Presentations and workshops for all grade levels from Pre-K to graduate schools are now being scheduled for 2020.  Please contact me at petermccarty@optonline.net, for information regarding fees or availability.

I am interested in traveling to the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, and Washington.  I welcome the opportunity to do a presentation or a workshop in those states in either 2019 or 2020

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Bunny Dreams is really a biographical story of me being a bunny and then having a great dream when there is a full moon.  Published in 2016

The Tree in the Courtyard is a beautiful story about the chestnut tree that Anne Frank saw out of the attic window.  Written by Jeff Gottesfeld Illustrated by Peter McCarty. Published in 2016

I know it has been awhile since my last post, almost 6 years ago. To start, I am now working with Holly McGhee of Pippin Properties and Mark Siegel at First Second Books to create an epic adventure graphic novel with wolves, a beast, and a formidable princess.  In this transitional process, a great deal of research was conducted to establish the characters and environment. I have to say, that creating a graphic novel is much more involved than children's picture books.  At least for me, with the graphic novel, I have to tell the story through the action of the characters and details of the environment. For example, when I want to include a sentient being made out of a rock, I had to drive out to the mountains and explore the formations before I could illustrate the character. At the moment, I have almost 200 pages of the epic adventure book and hope to have some time to share it on this blog.

Omega Institute workshop

Upcoming workshops for all picture book enthusiasts and levels of ability. 

In production is a book about bunnies dreaming of carrots, blue skies, and a chicken.

Fall Ball 
Released September 2013