I am very excited to announce the release of my first children’s book! I was contact last year by Little Brown Books, who was working in association with Universal Pictures to develop a few different kids books for their upcoming movie HOP. I was happy to hear that they were interested in having me illustrate a 24 page, full color, 8×8″ paperback for them. The story was a lot of fun to work with, and it was also a delight to illustrate characters designed by one of my favorites, Peter de Seve.
I’m not exactly sure where the book is available…I’ve heard it’s at Target and I know you can get it on Amazon here: Hop: Chicks Versus Bunnies
It even comes with punch-out easter egg stands! Fun for the whole family this Easter! Haha. I’m really not sure how much I can post of the inside of the book at this point, so for now here is an early sketch of the cover I did:
And the HOP trailer, for anyone interested:
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March 5, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Nathan Bottcher
Nice! The cover turned out great!
March 5, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Juan Bauty
Congrats Bill! the book (and the movie) looks awesome!
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March 30, 2011 at 1:18 pm
Mike
Congrats Bill! That looks great, I’ll have to check my local book stores for it, I know my kids would love it.