Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter

Just got an email: the good people at Disney have renewed their option on the film rights for my book Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter. We signed the initial contract two years ago; this is their indication that they're interested in continuing to develop the project. I'm very excited and very grateful.

"My Dad's Job" purchased by Nickelodeon

I've been having a run of good luck with film rights in the last little while. The latest news is that Nickelodeon Films has purchased the rights to My Dad's Job, a picture book written by ace New York City bookseller Peter Glassman for which I did the illustrations. Nickelodeon optioned it at the time it was published in 2003 and for some reason decided to seal the deal this fall.

Here's one of the interiors. You might want to click on it to get the bigger version: