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The Argonath

Donato Giancola

Last year I was approached by an art collector, Lucas Schroeder, to see if I was interested in pursuing a new commission along the theme of The Argonath, a rendering of the Fellowship as they pass beneath two large statues flanking the River Anduin from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Given that I had not yet illustrated this moment from the novels, I was more than happy to explore and see what kind…

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ALA Annual Conference

Winona Nelson

June 30, 2025 - I’m at the ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia PA. This is the big event of the year for picture books, with publishers displaying new and upcoming books to eager librarians. It’s my first time attending, and I haven’t yet met very many people in this field, so I’ve been really excited to get to put a face to the names of some of those I worked with at Simon & Schuster, especially my editor Celia Lee. She and my art director Lizzy Bromley put a lot of trust in me trying out a new technique I was developing to incorporate beadwork into my paintings, and were very patient when that turned out to need significantly more time than I originally anticipated. I’m so new to this event and this crowd of people that it’s hard…

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