Endpapers are the unsung glory of contemporary children’s publishing. Once a purely functional form—sturdy pages glued to the inside of a book’s cardboard covers—endpapers today are often full of wit, surprise, and deep emotion. As one of the first (and last!) visual elements readers encounter when interacting with a book, endpapers set the mood for the story inside…

More than 50 works on view now, including from classics such as Blueberries for Sal and The World of Pooh. I’m incredibly grateful to curator Bruce Handy for hanging my endpapers from Blue Chicken on the wall next to book art by so many illustrators I admire.

At the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA, April 19 - November 9, 2025