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My name is dave horowitz. I grew up in Smithtown, New York in the 1970s. Instead of paying attention in school I drew pictures of my teachers. Then I went to a famous art college in Rhode Island and studied coloring.

In 1992 I graduated and went to Oregon to play drums and drink coffee. Then I moved to New York City and worked next door to the Twin Towers. Then I learned how to climb rocks and got fired.

Then I climbed rocks.

I moved up to the Hudson Valley and then to California and then to New Hampshire and then back to the Hudson Valley. Then I got a job as a “professional” rock climber. Then I got too old for that.

I still live in the Hudson Valley where I write and illustrate picture books. So far so good…



My 10 year old niece is learning to play the flute. She knew I was coming over last weekend so she got the accompanying percussion parts to the songs she is learning, so I could help her practice.

I sat at my brother's drum kit and rested my sheets of music on the floor tom. We played the 1812 Overture about a dozen times. Mostly quarter notes and rests.

Then she starts noodling around between so... read more »
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Average rating: 3.87 · 581 ratings · 195 reviews · 12 distinct works
The Ugly Pumpkin
4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Twenty-six Princesses
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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Duck, Duck, Moose
3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2009
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Five Little Gefiltes
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2007
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Buy My Hats
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2010
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A Monkey Among Us
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Pretty, Pretty Bunny
3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011
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Soon, Baboon, Soon
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005
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Chico the Brave
2.73 of 5 stars 2.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012
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"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think."Rumi
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description: Come to Books of Wonder on 3/19, where Dave will be reading and signing his latest book, the Pretty, Pretty Bunny.

Also reading and signing will be Sophie Blackall, Amalia Hoffman, Steven Savage, Peter Ackerman, Wendell Minor. And as usual there will be some of the most kick-ass cupcakes you've ever had; so come on down!

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I love this book. I used to use it as a text book in a design class I taught. Great art and some brilliant commentary by Tony Kushner.

"Art is not a mirror, it is a hammer!" —Fluxus
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