0:29 Mike Ciccotello—children’s book author and illustrator

3:57 How did you get into children’s books?

8:25 In the “new world” that opened up, what surprised you the most?

11:04 How much input do you get as the illustrator if the author has the story?

13:40 How has your process changed as you do it more often?

16:20 How do you get through the dips?

20:15 Do you have a preference between writing and illustrating versus just illustrating?

22:20 How did pandemic affect this?

27:37 Do you have a favorite?

29:08 What’s your biggest frustration?

34:21 As people are looking at your book on the shelf, what do you wish they knew or understood about the path that it took to get there?

36:36 Is there anything that we missed? (Yes! Draw with Mr. Mike!)