https://www.wolvertonhill.com/news-nonsense daily 0.75 2025-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/bf30df9a-e135-440e-a74e-dea2c793f423/The+Boy+Who+Became+a+Parrot_Cover.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/6afe82fe-eae9-4127-b57a-25ebfea3f598/The+Boy+Who+Became+a+Parrot_int_300dpi_1.jpg News & Nonsense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/d0c74d93-46b9-403d-8867-b42212c4869e/The+Boy+Who+Became+a+Parrot_int_300dpi_2.jpg News & Nonsense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/c06824b0-546b-4b1b-80cd-f1d521611cb5/The+Boy+Who+Became+a+Parrot_int_300dpi_3.jpg News & Nonsense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/6fd806d0-c9b1-4005-bc89-e39a3fe462c8/The+Boy+Who+Became+a+Parrot_int_300dpi_4.jpg News & Nonsense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/fec4e4bc-a335-404c-b3ef-419dd13be6d0/The+Boy+Who+Became+a+Parrot_int_300dpi_5.jpg News & Nonsense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/96e9398a-132d-45a2-9a72-2ff763c6e8bb/The+Boy+Who+Became+a+Parrot_int_300dpi_6.jpg News & Nonsense https://www.wolvertonhill.com/news-nonsense/nmrfbsogv67f5vhe1g669nhenwfvc8 monthly 0.5 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/1630263032626-V43Q78QRLUR5YDKNJU6V/Blue+Yelow+Macaw.jpeg News & Nonsense - The Natural Talent of Edward Lear https://www.wolvertonhill.com/home daily 1.0 2026-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/4dcc1f87-b3fd-4047-a602-a3533b8f2ead/The+Boy+Who+Became+a+Parrot_Cover.jpg Home - A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2025! *Available now from Enchanted Lion Books, or you can order from your favorite local indie bookstore. Click here for a sneak peek at more spreads. “An absolute joy of a picture book — celebrating nonsense, play, art, storytelling and the life of the writer and artist Edward Lear.“ —Jon Scieszka, the first U.S. National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, for The New York Times A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2025! “In this joy of a book, Hill tells the story of Edward Lear’s life with a playfulness that echoes his subject’s own writings. Carlin’s seamless mix of illustrations and sketchy doodles, her art and Lear’s, is not only exquisite but as exuberantly clever and goofy as the nonsense king himself.” —Jennifer Krauss, Children’s Books Editor, New York Times Featured in The New Yorker’s Holiday Gift Guide! “For artistic inspiration that isn’t overly instructional, turn to … my favorite children’s book of 2025, The Boy Who Became a Parrot, a stunningly beautiful illustrated biography of the great ornithological artist and bard of the limerick Edward Lear.” —Jessica Winter, The New Yorker One of New York Magazine / The Strategist's Best New Books for Kids Published in 2025! "Introduces kids to Lear, a lover of words, natural history, and all things playful and fanciful, and celebrates the story of a lesser-known creator." —Youngna Park, The Strategist Featured in the Politics & Prose Holiday Book Guide! “This enchanting book is the pertect union of subject, writer, and illustrator… Hill tunes in to Lear's sense of fun and fantasy, and to his sympathy with children and animals. Carlin's magical paintings combine powdery pastels, watercolor, and (Lear-inspired) pen work… This beautiful book is gentle, playful, and whimsical- everything that Mr. Lear himself embodied.” —Politics & Prose A Politics & Prose Children & Teen Favorite of 2025! “An enchanting tribute… Lear’s sense of fun and fantasy is conveyed by the text, and Carlin’s magical paintings with Lear-inspired pen work. This beautiful book is gentle, playful, and whimsical—everything that embodied Lear himself.” —András Goldinger, buyer at Politics & Prose (Washington, DC) "The playful loquaciousness of the writing alongside Carlin’s gorgeous art… This book is unlike anything that’s come before." —Betsy Bird, A Fuse #8 Production (A School Library Journal blog “A fitting portrait of the creator of nonsensical foolishness… Hill’s writing complements Carlin’s ethereal illustrations, creating a fanciful world full of wonder and nonsensical imagery… A lovingly unique tribute to a master of whimsicality.” —Kirkus Reviews “‘The Owl and the Pussy-Cat’ has delighted generations of children, and this thoroughgoing picture book biography carefully documents the life of its author, Edward Lear… In this extended, dreamlike examination of a creator who found ways to express his love of the unconventional, Carlin weaves Lear-like scribbles (and some of the artist’s own work) in and around smudged, often ghostly figures, portrayed with various skin tones.” —Publishers Weekly HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! “Surreal and beautiful illustrations help tell the story of Edward Lear. Literature and bird lovers alike will appreciate reading about his busy life.” —Rebecca Roman, NYPL Librarian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/1625763418774-9EMQPBS6VARFQ1Y19RTG/VanishingIslandHC.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/1625763442354-FIA3QA4NXS3DDMEN5K6H/DragonsGateHC+c.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/1625763470922-NLF0R9FAIXQIHDCUVY2R/Sea+of+the+Dead+hc+c.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/1625763515327-G4KRVTR35PJDDO2E01SS/NeversinkFinalCover.jpg Home https://www.wolvertonhill.com/about daily 0.75 2024-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60e6ffd60154d828d3206e6e/1626739601536-WJJF6C6LPKHP2V3L50CP/ACS_2594.JPG About - Wait, who are you? I’ve written books for children and adults my whole life. Sometimes as Barry Wolverton. Other times as Wolverton Hill. Some material may or may not be written by my cat. I’ve written for National Geographic Books, Time-Life Books, Discovery Networks, the Library of Congress, and Looney Tunes Comics (favorite protagonist: Foghorn Leghorn). I grew up in Jackson, Miss., and lived most recently in Memphis, Tenn. I currently live in Staunton, Virginia, but wherever I am, I’m covered in pet hair.