Itty Bitty Read Poster

Get the scoop on Itty Bitty over at Amazon or Powells or BN.com.

Itty Bitty’s biggest fan!

Cece got a box full of Itty Bitty books the other day — stores should get them in another week or two — and Sue Bee couldn’t wait to pose with the book…

Serious Cece Bell fans will recognize Sue Bee from the Monday Shirt video  which Cece made for a Scott Brookman song.

YipYipYip! Good reviews for Jerry Bee & Itty Bitty

I like Jerry Bee. Hopefully, you like Jerry Bee, And School Library Journal likes Jerry Bee, too!
Here’s an excerpt from their review of Bee-Wigged:
Engaging, digitally combined ink and acrylic illustrations in bold colors with black outlines highlight this funny and ultimately cheerful tale of acceptance.

Meanwhile, Kirkus is already digging Itty Bitty!
Children will do the [...]

Jerry Bee fan art…

Cece received some wonderful fan art following a recent school visit. Lots of great drawings of Sock Monkey and even a couple of Cece herself! Here’s a great Jerry Bee from Jaymari!

What’s going on around here…

Cece has been busy lately trying to prepare several new manuscripts for her super new agent. It’s great stuff, but I’m totally not allowed to tell you about it.
But here are a few things I am allowed to tell you:
It’s almost Itty Bitty time! And we’re mighty happy to announce that Itty Bitty (and Cece) are [...]

Happy Easter from Sock Monkey, Cece and Tom

Sock Monkey 101

What with “sock monkey” being a red hot search term these days, I thought I’d reprint the Sock Monkey 101 post from my own blog over here…
What is the difference between a sock monkey and Sock Monkey?

This is a sock monkey. Cece did not invent it. No one knows who made the first sock monkey. It [...]

Sock monkeys are hot on the charts!

Sock monkeys made Yahoo’s hotlist today:
1. Fox Nation
2. CIA jobs
3. Sock monkey (+428%). The tried and true toy for these recessionary times.
4. California earthquake
5. Easter decorations.
Of course, it’s hard to say how many of those searches might have been for Sock Monkey as opposed to sock monkey. Probably several million!

Fan Art!

Sock Monkey gets the best fan art! Here’s one that came in recently that can only be described as “COOL!”

Two of the world’s most famous sock monkeys meet at last!!!!

As you may know, we just got back from the Sock Monkey Madness Festival in Rockford. It was great!
For Sock Monkey, the highlight was meeting a fellow sock monkey celebrity…

You may recognize him from the cover of this incredible book:

 
A highlight for Cece (and for me, too!) was meeting Ron Warren, the sock monkey collector [...]