OUR ENDURING SPIRIT!

Today I'm very happy to announce the release of my latest children's picture book, OUR ENDURING SPIRIT (published by Harper Collins)! Using the original text from President Obama's first inaugural address I wanted to create a children's book that could at once communicate the vitality and ideas of that day in pictures to children and act as a historical record and a snapshot of that day to the rest of us. As many of you know the opportunity to do this book came out of a series of drawings to benefit Habitat for Humanity during the weekly drawing series, The 52 Weeks Project. So in a wacky way this is an extension of the spirit of that strange endeavor.

You can find out more by visit Harper Collins at their website:

http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/BookDetail.aspx?isbn13=9780061834554

To celebrate the release of OUR ENDURING SPIRIT, I'll be issuing a limited edition of autographed books complete with a unique original 9x9" sumi-ink drawing on paper of President Obama for sale up at the Storefront section of my website. If you're interested in having the book personalized, that too is happily arranged. There's only going to be a very small run of these so be sure to snap one up before its gone!

50% of all proceeds raised will this time go to benefit the extraordinary efforts of Doctors Without Borders. Take a look:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31719899

WEBSITE UPDATES!

We have at long last updated the main website here at Gregthings.com, thanks in no small part to the excellence of webmaster, Tara Sinn (http://www.tara-sinn.com/). Included in this new batch of updates are:

-A new devoted section to showcase the 52 Weeks Project, located right on the home page

-A new reordering of the Illustration section, including all new work and the random pieces fromerly occupying the Otherness area.

-A wholly new section featuring the various children's books I've been lucky to have a hand in, located also on the home page- especially highlighting the soon to be released hardcover edition of my illustrating President Barack Obama's first inaugural address to the nation, from Harper Collins.

-An expanded and larger Community message board for readers and artists to display, showcase and discuss each others work, and pretty much whatever else strikes one's fancy.

-A raft of new images throughout the site in general.

-An updated links area, headers and html coding, and the recent Tor.com interview link.

-And maybe my favorite, a brand new original story from the Woodland Chronicles, located exclusively within the map on the devoted minisite. Follow the key....

We've been busy here, but this ain't the all of it. More news coming next week!

For now, drop by and so hello to the various visual confections Gregthings.com: (http://www.gregthing.com/)