Author/Illustrator D. B. Johnson
I am the author/illustrator of 11 children's picture books, including the Horn Book Award-winning, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg (Houghton Mifflin, 2000). My work has also been awarded the New York Times Best Illustrated Book, The Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, a Society Of Illustrators Silver Medal, and The Thoreau Society Award for Distinguished Service.
Since publishing my 2012 surreal picture book, Magritte’s Marvelous Hat, I've written, illustrated, and animated two digital picture books, Polly Wolly Willy Woggle and POTS, REBBOR!, available on the Apple Bookstore.
Polly Wolly Willy Woggle
Pictures come alive to the gentle sounds of nature in Polly Wolly Willy Woggle, written, illustrated and animated for the iPad. This multimedia book brings the sound of birds and bees and rustling leaves indoors and adds humor and surprise to its simple animations.
In 2023, I launched Lost Woods online as an independent daily dose of the natural world so necessary to restore our collective sense of humor. If you subscribe (it's FREE), you'll receive five of my latest week's strips in your email Inbox each Wednesday morning. The week's offering may also include videos of my art process, animations of the characters, previews of what I'm currently working on, and a direct link to explore the Lost Woods website as your own private library!
I hope you enjoy these adventures of Henry, Wally, Lydia, Auk, and Eddie. I'm growing my readers one by one through word of mouth, so please forward your weekly Lost Woods email to a friend. I depend on you to spread the love and laughs!