Eric A. Kimmel

An older book of mine, Why Worry?, is back in print with beautiful new illustrations by Aiko Ikegami. I just made a video. Check it out on Vimeo. Here’s the link: https://vimeo.com/333648304

Aiko Ikegami, the illustrator of our forthcoming book, Why Worry?, created a trailer to go with it. Aren’t Aiko’s illustrations lovely? Enjoy!

If you’re going to be in the Portland area on Sunday, you’ll have three chances to meet me and hear some stories. I’ll be at Green Bean Books from 11:00 to noon.  From noon to 4:00 I’ll be down at the Historical Society autographing with lots of other Oregon authors. That’s always a great event. […]

I’m going to be autographing tomorrow at the Audubon Society’s event at Montgomery Park. Loads of Oregon authors, artists, and craftspeople will be there. If you love books and birds, it’s the place to be. See you there!

I’m looking forward to June. On June 7th I’ll be speaking at the Read To Me International’s conference in Honolulu. I get to talk about my favorite subjects: the importance of storytelling and reading aloud. I am SO looking forward to this event. And since I’m going to be in Hawaii, I wrote to my […]

2018 is here and I couldn’t be happier. The entire holiday season was a bust. I got very sick and spent the entire holiday period coughing and coughing. I believe I know where I picked up the bug. I did a school visit just before Hanukkah. The children were lovely; absolutely no complaints there. However […]

I just got back from having lunch with my friend Chris Wubbenhorst, who was one of the best children’s librarians I ever met. Unfortunately, about 20 years ago, budget cuts led her district to reduce the number of librarians. Chris was given the choice of going back to the classroom or looking for another job. […]

My website was hacked while I was off taking care of my new knee. Thanks to my webmaster, Wess Willis, it’s back up and running. I still have to go through it to make sure everything is here. If not, I’ll have to add new things. That will have to wait until after the holidays. […]

Eric, where have you been! I haven’t been here, that’s for sure. On October 14th, two weeks before my birthday, I went into the hospital to have my left knee replaced. It had been bothering me for years, causing a lot of pain and making walking difficult. I used to love to go hiking. In […]

All my fans are heading back to school. Time for me to get back to business. I spent most of this week working on a book about bicycling in Portland. Portland is a great city for bicycling. You see bicycles everywhere. Sometimes there are more bikes on the street than cars. The story I’m working […]