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Chris Raschka, who won the Caldecott Medal, awarded for best picture book, also stayed close to home with his picture book, “A Ball for Daisy.” The wordless book for ages 3 and up deals with a dog’s loss of her favorite ball. It was inspired by an everyday incident in an elevator a decade ago involving Raschka’s four-year-old son, his favorite ball, and a dog named Daisy. The dog eventually destroyed the ball, but it also sparked the idea behind ...

Syoryopolis Entertainment is honored that their Artist the Balbusso Sisters have one ANOTHER GOLD MEDAL BY THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS, ILLUSTRATORS 54 COMPETITION
Sunday, 08 January 2012 14:21 NEWS
The Society of Illustrators jury of the Illustrators 54 competition awarded us another GOLD MEDAL for our piece titled pregnant of the The Handmaid’s Tale book, written by Margaret Atwood and published by The Folio Society in 2012. We are very proud and happy to receive this important recognition for two ...

Storyopilis Art is excited to offer Jerry Van Amerongen exceptional Prints in our gallery.

Jerry Van Amerongen is a cartoonist based in the United States.[1] His work includes the comic panel Ballard Street, which has run since 1991. Before 1991 he drew a comic panel entitled The Neighborhood for ten years. He has been recognized with the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Panel Award for 2004 and 2006 for his work on Ballard Street. Van Amerongen’s work is currently distributed by Creators ...

Storyopolis Entertainment announces Signed Classic Print from Maurice Sendak from The Emperors New Clothes called ” The Imperial Prime Minister ” Sendak gained international acclaim after writing and illustrating Where the Wild Things Are, although the book’s depictions of fanged monsters concerned some parents when it was first released, as his characters were somewhat grotesque in appearance. Before Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak was best known for illustrating Else Holmelund Minarik’s Little Bear series of books.[6]

Storyopils Entertainment is honored to bring photography to their new web site.
Henry Horenstein [dog with long tongue] from 21st Century Dog
Keith Carter, Bird’s Nest
Robin Schwartz, Snow Cat (2 prints available)
Edward Valfre, [teepee and satellite dish]
Elizabeth Glasgow, [baby in stable with horse]
Wendell Minor [kids in snow]
John Huet [girl running]
Sally Gall [bedroom with curtains]
Matthew Septimus, “Subway Surprise”
Matt Mahurin [clown child]

Joe Sorren all of his prints are 30% off. (born 1970, Chicago) is an American conceptualist lowbrow artist.
Sorren grew up in Arizona and began painting in 1991. Two years later he earned a BFA from Northern Arizona University. His artwork has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, Time and Rolling Stone. Warner Bros. and Atlantic Records have also used his art; he created the cover for the Tweaker album The Attraction to All Things Uncertain and “2 ...

Thursday, Jan 12 5:00p

at The Diamond Club at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, TX

Meet American icon C.F. Payne in the Diamond Club at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington! His artwork has graced the covers of Time Magazine, Readers Digest, Sports illustrated, MAD Magazine and more! He is known for the children’s books “The Remarkable Farkle McBride” and “Micawber”, written by John Lithgow
C.F. Payne is an artist-illustrator whose artwork has graced the covers of Time Magazine, Readers Digest, Sports ...

The holiday season is fully upon us and the ads for eReaders, audio-books and everything that is the latest and greatest in techi-temptation is out in full force. What will all of this forecast for the future of children’s picture books? Quite frankly, it makes the beloved hardcover picture book even more precious. How magical it will be to create a young child’s library with real books that perhaps were yours as a youngster. For years at Storyopolis, our clients ...

Check out Storyopolis Entertainments Kristine Abramowitz on Good Morning Texas talking about her recommendations on childrens books.