August 9, 2025

Preorder Swag Alert!

It's hard to believe there's only one month before my first picture book hits the shelves. I'm excited and so incredibly thankful for everyone who's supported my writing and art up unto this point. In order to celebrate the release of Earth Rover and Birthday Bash, I've put together some swag bags to send out to people who preorder the books. If you want to recieve some fun book mail, follow the instructions below to snag your preorder swag!

1. Preorder Earth Rover or Birthday Bash from your favorite bookseller. I have some options for where to purchase on my books page.

2. Fill out the form for the book you've preordered (see links below).

3. Upload proof of purchase (like an email confirmation) showing a unique order number and that you’ve purchased Earth Rover

🚫 Please don’t upload any personal financial information (like credit card numbers). Just the basics we need to confirm your preorder.

That’s it!  Your swag bag will be zooming your way soon!

*Limit of one swag bag per copy preordered, must live in the United States to enter*

Earth Rover: Get your Preorder Swag Here!

Get ready to zoom through the cosmos with Earth Rover, coming in for landing on September 9! To celebrate liftoff, we’re launching an out-of-this-world preorder campaign, and you’re invited!

🚀 Your Mission:

The first 25 readers who preorder Earth Rover and complete this entry form will receive a FREE Earth Rover Swag Bag! Inside, you’ll find:

🪐 A set of stellar Earth Rover stickers

🌟 A bookmark to commemorate your adventure

💫 A squishy metallic star (perfect for intergalactic stress relief)

Birthday Bash: Get your Preorder Swag Here!

Kiko’s throwing the wildest birthday bash of the year—and you’re invited! His new picture book, Birthday Bash, hits shelves on September 16, and the celebration starts now!

The first 50 party guests (ahem, readers) who preorder the book and fill out the form will receive an exclusive Birthday Bash Swag Bag—delivered right to your doorstep! Inside you'll find:

🎂 Kiko’s secret recipe for Gigantic, Gooey, Gourmet Cupcakes
🎉 A pesky fly cupcake topper (yes, really)
📚 A colorful bookmark
✨ And some super fun stickers

<< Back to blog

If you liked this story, here's some more you could try:

Character Design Challenge

Take a deeper look into the characters I created for Hayden Aube's character quest and find out how you can participate!

Read More

American Folktales Process Blog

This is a series of illustrations I created based on the Folktale Week prompt list put out in November of 2018. The idea was to create and post one illustration based on a folktale every day for a week. Instead of picturing the more popular European folk and fairytales, I wanted to make pieces based on North American folktales. In American folktales, subjects are rugged and wild; cowboys, lumberjacks, pirates, and outlaws. At the time the Americas were being settled, the world had a very negative association with witches and magic. Because of this you see much less of a focus on witches and spells. Instead, American folk tales portray people with larger than life personalities and great senses of adventure.

Read More

Fierce or Fluffy?

See the process behind the creation of this misunderstood beast as I go from concept and first sketch to completion.

Read More