Join us as we host R. W. Alley and Zoe B. Alley for a children’s event on Saturday, February 22 from 11-12:30 PM! Light refreshments served.

R. W. stands for Robert Whitlock. But, please, call me Bob.

I’ve been making pictures as long as I can remember. They have always told stories. For me, that’s the best part of any picture; the narrative implied by the scene (what’s around the bend?), the characters (are they going or coming?), the technique (calm and static or staccato and animated?). Illustrated books are the perfect format for exploring all this. I’ve had the good fortune to illustrate the narratives in well over one hundred books by a wide variety of authors. I’ve also written and illustrated several titles.

Zoe B Alley

I became at long last thrilled to call myself an “Author” and see my own words in print with the publication of There’s a Wolf at the Door (Roaring Brook Press, 2008) and There’s a Princess in the Palace (Roaring Brook Press, 2010)! And now, my third book, Enzo Races in the Rain! I enjoy writing for being, among other things, a career that allows me to sit on the couch -– my office! -- in my pajamas and play with a pen and paper! And, to know that, somewhere, someone is reading a book to a child.