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Thursday, March 22nd, 2018

Hey, I’m a Mail carrier, the 8th book in the Tinyville Town series came out two weeks ago. I stopped by the local USPS and gave a copy to Rita, who has worked there forever and was one of the inspirations for the character of Rita in the book. Also, I dropped by the local fire station, Engine 30, and gave Lieutenant Tony Knighton a copy of I’m a Firefighter. I’d been meaning to do this for a while now, and the perfect chance came up when I also needed to take some pictures for the next Tinyville Town book, called At the Firehouse, which will be out in Spring 2019.

Thanks Rita, and thanks Tony!

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Jennifer is a Police Officer

Tuesday, August 1st, 2017

The sixth book in the Tinyville Town series is out today, called “I’m a Police Officer.” It follows our hero, Kathy, as she walks her beat, solves a crime, and generally keeps the citizens of Tinyville Town safe. It’s available today at a bookseller near you.

I also want to point out that it’s dedicated to my good friend from high school, Jennifer Coffelt of the Houston Police. Because she’s awesome.

Jennifer Orsak Koffert houston police

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Time for School!

Tuesday, July 11th, 2017

Today is the “book birthday” for the 2nd picture book in the Tinyville Town series. This one is called “Time for School” and it follows our hero, Ellie Emberley, as she begins her first day at Tinyville Town Elementary.

The name “Ellie” came from my daughter, Elliot, and “Emberley” from one of my first favorite illustrators, Ed Emberley. Mainly, I like the alliteration of the names, and it’s fun to say while reading aloud.


I also made another time-lapse video of the drawing of the cover art. I hope you like watching this stuff as much as I like making it. Buy it on Indiebound here!

Time for School cover draw. from Brian Biggs on Vimeo.

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I’m an Architect

Thursday, November 10th, 2016

trump

Julie over at Kirkus asked me a few questions last week, and I gave her answers. These were written before the election on Tuesday, and my feelings about the series and about our responsibilities and as parents and adults are even stronger now, two days after watching this unmitigated disaster take place. The world I want my kids (all kids) to grow up in is a different one than this new president represents. Maybe you feel differently about the events than I do. And that’s fine. If so, don’t gripe at me here about it. Go make a children’s book.

Here’s the interview.

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Tinyville Town Day

Tuesday, September 6th, 2016

In the publishing business, books have birthdays, and today is Tinyville Town’s. The series is officially “published” today, and you can ostensibly get it in your local favorite bookstore. I’m hoping this series has a lot of book birthdays over the next several years.

Tinyville Town characters cards

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Book Release Party

Thursday, September 1st, 2016

You’re invited.

Tinyville Town poster

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Greetings from Tinyville Town

Wednesday, August 31st, 2016

The series debuts in a week, on September 6. Abrams asked me to use the little Time-lapse video I made last year when I drew the cover of Gets to Work. I tacked on some bumpers and branding, and changed the soundtrack.

So here’s that.

Greetings from Tinyville Town from Brian Biggs on Vimeo.

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Tinyville Town gets some Society love

Thursday, August 18th, 2016

Received an email this morning that Tinyville Town Gets to Work got into the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show. I’d forgotten to enter the show entirely this year (I know, how do I even make a living at this?) but Abrams entered the book for me, and it was one of three Abrams books that was selected. I couldn’t be happier.
My books have been in a few times in the past. The first two Everything Goes books got in, as did the fourth Brownie & Pearl book and The Boy Who Cried Alien. It’s been a few years for me, however, and it just makes my week that Gets to Work will be at the show in October.

We have to choose one spread to hang. These are my favorites. Thoughts? (click to enlarge)

Tinyville Town Gets to Work

Tinyville Town Gets to Work

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Talking about Tinyville Town

Friday, August 12th, 2016

Tinyville Town, by Brian Biggs

Super-blogger and librarian Betsy Bird wanted to talk to me about Tinyville Town recently, and put together some really good questions about the series and around some more general children’s book topics, like gender roles and the idea of “timelessness.” The spark that became Tinyville Town came from my literary agent, Steve Malk, but the ingredients had been cooking in my head for some time, and I was happy to mix it up a bit. I don’t often think of myself as one of those children’s book authors with an axe to grind or anything, but as I raise and send these kids of mine into this sometimes backward world, I realize that words have formed in my head. Please enjoy, and feel free to comment.

Here’s the interview.

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Tinyville Town: the reviews are in!

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Tinyville Town Gets to Work

The first three Tinyville Town books will be in stores on September. This includes two board books, I’m a Firefighter and I’m a Veterinarian, and a picture book, Tinyville Town Gets to Work. Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly have reviewed Gets to Work, and they use all the right words.

From Kirkus:
“The diverse people of Tinyville Town fill jobs with a healthy disregard for strict adherence to gender roles in this big, bright, and friendly construction tale.”
(see full Kirkus review here)

From Publisher’s Weekly:
“Biggs kicks off the Tinyville Town series, focusing on hard-working, civic-minded folks, from the police officer to the trash collectors, who share their expertise to make a city work. The visuals are more stylized than in Biggs’s Everything Goes series—while Tinyville Town is diverse, everyone has the same toylike body shape—but the mood is similarly exuberant and attentive to detail. And the can-do spirit is off the charts.”
(see full PW review here)

Tinyville Town picture book

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