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Life's Work

Jules Feiffer says he feels lucky that he’s doing work that is still challenging and that he loves.

An insatiable devotion to pink, and other real-life stories

Kate Feiffer says that most of her children’s books are inspired by her own family life and adventures.

Playing favorites

Jules Feiffer shares his fondness for By the Side of the Road, a picture book with a not-so-happy ending.

Opening lines

In the early stages of a book, the story can sometimes seem to write itself. Then come the careful revisions and polish.

Counterpoint

For Jules Feiffer, the great fun in creating a book is in the counterpoint between what the text says and how the illustrations react.

Jules and Kate Feiffer: Writing for children

After illustrating the Phantom Tollbooth Jules Feiffer never thought about doing children’s books again, until he had his own kids and that changed everything.

Kate Feiffer’s background as a television news reporter taught her to write to the pictures. Jules Feiffer says that picture book making is kind of like film; the text is the starting point for storyboards.