4 of my drawings on coasters for Nucleus Portland’s 10th annual “Salut!” group show which opens tomorrow

I just learned that my picture book, CUT!: HOW LOTTE REINIGER AND A PAIR OF SCISSORS REVOLUTIONIZED ANIMATION, illustrated by @mattschu.bsky.social, is a nominee for the Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Awards program! What an honor! library.la.gov/media/fo5m0o... @marthamihalick.bsky.social

THE TONTINE CAPER by @diannesalerni.bsky.social; illus. by @mattschu.bsky.social (Holiday) www.hbook.com/story/2025-s... #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #Intermediate #MiddleGrade

"Is it dead?” a kid asks… I’ve heard this question many times from kids on field trips to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History where it was my task to answer them. Today, this book, illustrated by @mattschu.bsky.social and published by Little Bee, hopes to honor their question honestly. 🐋

30x40” oil on canvas from my 2023 show with @nucleushouse.bsky.social

Artist: Matt Schu @mattschu.bsky.social Title: Backyard Medium: Ink and Acrylic Gouache on Paper Art Size: 11 in. x 14 in. Frame Size: 11.5 in. x 14.5 in. x 1.625 in.

3.5x5.5” ink, watercolor, & gouache in Moleskine pocket watercolor notebook.

If you are looking for a delightful #NF #KidLit #Poetry read-aloud, take a look at STAR AND THE MAESTRO by Thor Hanson, illustrated by @mattschu.bsky.social about an unlikely pair of musical collaborators. www.10000birds.com/star-and-the...

🏡 Artist: Matt Schu @mattschu.bsky.social Title: Tree House on Hill 3 Medium: Ink and Acrylic Gouache on Paper Art Size: 8 in. x 10 in. Frame Size: 8.5 in. x 10.5 in. x 1.625

As I woke up to find it on all the usual sites, I thought I'd share the cover for THE CHRONICLES OF VIKTOR VALENTINE: WHAT LURKS IN THE SHADOWS! (Hitting stores 10/7!)

Thanks to @thehornbook.bsky.social for this scrumptious review of THE TONTINE CAPER! 🎉🎈 In celebration, I am sharing one of the hilarious illustrations by @mattschu.bsky.social. The book releases on April 22! @smorgridge.bsky.social

🏡 Artist: Matt Schu @mattschu.bsky.social Title: Tree House on Hill 2 Medium: Ink and Acrylic Gouache on Paper Art Size: 8 in. x 10 in. Frame Size: 8.5 in. x 10.5 in. x 1.625 in.

5x7” each, ink & acrylic gouache

THE TONTINE CAPER is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! Woo Hoo! Looking forward to putting this book, with illustrations by @mattschu.bsky.social, into the hands of readers young and not-so-young this spring! What would YOU do for $150k?

Delighted to reveal the cover for my 4/22 release, THE TONTINE CAPER, illustrated by @mattschu.bsky.social! It's a comedy mystery for MG readers set in a crummy inn on a mountain in the Poconos in 1900. Shenanigans ensue when $150k is at stake for the last surviving member of a tontine.

Drawings for Nucleus House gallery’s current group show. 5x7” ink & acrylic on paper.

“Starlight.” 8x10” ink & acrylic

8x10” ink & acrylic on paper

Sketches with ink and watercolor

I’m finally able to share my cover art for an upcoming picture book I illustrated, “Star and the Maestro” by Thor Hanson! Published by @greenwillowbooks, who I’m very glad to work with again. It’s about Mozart’s pet starling and it’s ability to sing his music. It’s out in September!

Drawings for a group coaster art show, 2021

Lookouts. Ink/watercolor

Gouache on paper

Houses

Three cats on a roof