His latest creation is Lily The Unicorn who is being developed as a television show. One of the things that I love about him is that early on in his journey he started the non-profit Awesome World Foundation to give away books and promote literacy. In 2012 the story of his success was featured in an ad campaign for Google Chrome. He has since published a host of books, including An Awesome Book Of Thanks and An Awesome Book Of Love, and been able to work with a variety of publishers like Amazon and HarperCollins. He now tours the world world reading to kids and collaborating on murals and showing them what it means to dream big. He began to ship the book worldwide out of his livingroom and then piled into a van with some friends to challenge the idea of what a book tour could be. His Do-It-Yourself ethic lead him to self publish An Awesome Book in 2009, and once the internet grabbed a hold of it, it did not let go. He works with brightly colored visuals and strong thematic ideas cleverly disguised in words. The way I like to describe him is a mashup of Dr. Dallas Clayton is an author and illustrator who brings an incredible sense of joy, wonder, possibility, and adventure with him wherever he goes.
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