Thursday, April 17, 2008

Jack and the Beanstalk is now available!!!

My first children's book has hit the stores this past month and I can't tell you how excited I am. I have always been captivated by old fairy tales and distinctly remember my mom reading Jack and the Beanstalk to me as a child. So when Sterling Publishers gave me the chance to illustrate a retelling of it, I jumped at the opportunity.
It took me nearly 10 months to complete the illustrations, and it was a tremendous learning experience. For anyone out there looking to illustrate children's books I have to say that it is so much fun, but it is an incredible amount of work and requires a lot of planning and discipline (I also developed a caffeine addiction during the process). However, it is so rewarding to take on a big project and see it to the finish.
If you are interested in purchasing this book, click here. Amazon.com has it for a discounted price.

16 comments:

Sorrentino said...

WOW!
that is extremely exciting!
congrads! many more in the future!!

TJ Phan said...

Congratulations, Bob!

Leighton Johns said...

It'll be great to see the finished book, I wondered what had happened to the project after seeing the amazing work you posted last summer. It looks like a great marriage of style and subject and it would be good to see your treatment of other fairytales in the future.

Benjamin Plouffe said...

Looks great! Anyway you can post a Few of the inside illustrations? Would be nice to see!

Christian Alzmann said...

Looks great Bob, happily added to my collection!

Eric Orchard said...

Congratulations! I can't wait to have a copy!!

dicet said...

Congrats Bob!
you know how many millions of people are waiting for this book? I already placed an order.

Don't give out any of the illustrations. We promised we trade right!!???

can't wait to see it.

d

Maly Siri said...

i'll purchase it! it's such a magnificent you done here...again!
kisses to you robert
keep the goodies coming :)

aermio said...

Congrats Bob. I'm definitely gonna pick it up. It'll be a good addition to add to one of the storytime books I read to my daughter. Thanks for creating and sharing.

Lily said...

Hello Mister MacKenie :]
...words are sometimes useless : I just wanted to thank you for the beauties you share here...
Shame on me, I have just discovered this night what you do,and...it "speaks"to me in a very deep way !
:] ... I have a lot of things to change in my images, now...
Thanks for giving "desire" !

Noah Klocek said...

Awesome Bob, I'm going to order one right now.

geraldraws said...

At LASSSTTTT ! My god, I am going to buy it directly on amazon !
Congrats Robert ! I can't wait to read it.

Thomas von Kummant said...

hey robert

i just recieved "jack and the beanstalk" with illustrations by robert mackenzie.
i want to tell you, that it´s fantastic!!!
the whole bunch of my atelier like it very much.
i also have to do a children book some day....grrrrrr;-)

best
thomy

Oliver said...

what the??? man, i am SO out of touch.

geraldraws said...

I have finally received it by amazon. Hopefully, At last, I have got it in my hands. Such a joy !
Thank you for bringing so beautiful pictures to our eyes Giant Bob.

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