Reviews / Awards / Shows
It’s been a slice! Of Love and Pies takes the Literary Titan Award for children’s picture books.
A HUGE thank you to the folks at Literary Titan for their unending dedication to books, authors, publishers, and booksellers! And an additional gigantic thank you for bestowing the Literary Titan Book Award for Children’s Picture Books to Of Love and Pies. —Thanks for stopping by!Score your copy of Of Love and Pies Check out more…
Sweet! Of Love and Pies is cooking with all 4 of Literary Titan’s stars!
Of Love and Pies is an engaging picture book written and illustrated by Sheila McGraw. The narrator suggests that every time she says I love you a baker will bake three or five pies. It starts out with pies for breakfast lunch and dinner. Everyone loves having pie whenever they want. Soon there are more…
One helping wasn’t enough for Readers’ Favorite! They served up TWO five-star reviews for Of Love and Pies!
I can’t imagine having too many pies. But, perhaps like everything else, too much of any one thing can become overwhelming. How about too many “I love you’s”? Are the quantities of pies and the number of times someone says “I love you” connected? If so, there would be so many pies in the world…
Count Down
Next Saturday, February 7th, 5 to 8 p.m. 2015 is the opening reception of my show at Archway Gallery called Love You Forever and Beyond… The Children’s Book Art of Sheila McGraw. Who knew? Planning an art show is a lot like a wedding: the invitations, save the date email blasts, the pro’s and cons of “the…
The Collections
*Warning! Shameless-self-promotion alert!* The Chronicle spawned a litter of baby-papers (tabloids) and my local published this article about my paint-slinging ways and the upcoming show… Click HERE to check it out. First: There was the entire set of finished color illustrations purchased by the Buhler family of Winnipeg and the grouping of preliminary drawings sold…
Save the Date
ARCHWAY GALLERY PRESENTS: LOVE YOU FOREVER AND BEYOND… The Children’s Book Art of Sheila McGraw An exhibition of original art and prints of illustrations by Sheila McGraw. Show runs from February 7th to March 5th, 2015. To preview a selection of the art offered at the show view Upcoming Art Show blog posts Exhibition Opening Reception…
Preview
On view February 7th through March 5th, at Archway Gallery, Houston TX THE FULL COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE BESTSELLER I PROMISE I’LL FIND YOU Twelve colorful and lush illustrations that comprise the full collection from bestseller I Promise I’ll Find You, a reassuring and loving story of a mother’s quest for a lost child….
Archway Gallery
Archway Gallery 2305 Dunlavy, in the Montrose area of Houston. Shameless self-promotion alert!… My solo show will be in February 2015 and will feature original art and giclee prints from my children’s book art past and present.
Hi! I'm Sheila McGraw. Welcome, and thank you for visiting. I began my career toiling in the “sequin-mines” of advertising and fashion houses as an illustrator and copywriter. Then, in 1986, Firefly Books approached me to illustrate a little book titled, Love You Forever.
Welcome hyper-typers and paint-slingers to my blog about writing, illustrating, and publishing books for kids and adults; art, crafting, and whatever else tickles my fancy.
