Chronicle has posted a great Stationery Gift Guide for 2007 on their blog. If you’re a paper-fiend of just a fan of pretty things have a look!

Chronicle works with some fantastic artists and designers to create their stationery, including Sukie, Hammerpress, Lotta Jansdotter and Rex Ray.

This weekend, San Francisco is going to get UGLY.

Which is a good thing.

Chronicle Books is proud to co-sponsor the second annual Ugly Con! Ugly Con is, of course, Comic Con for Uglydoll fans. And the fans are a-plenty… last year, the line started forming at 6am. Dolls, drawings, paintings, prints, contests, costumes .... all at Giant Robot SF. The Uglydoll creators also will be there to sign anything Ugly.

If you don’t know what the fuss is all about, check out the Ugly Dolls website as well as Chronicle’s Ugly Dolls stationery line (the fuzzy-covered Hey Ugly! Ice Bat Journal is my favourite!).

It’s been 40 years since the publication of Eric Carle’s first illustrated book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

To celebrate the anniversary—and the work of this brilliant picture book creator—NPR visited Eric Carle in his studio to talk about his work, inspiration—and even his favourite colour.

If you’re a fan, be sure to check out the audio-slideshow of NPR’s interview with Eric Carle, and also read the article on NPR.org.

Chronicle Books (which, coincidentally, is also celebrating it’s 40th anniversary this year!) has brought out some fun Eric Carle items such as Animal Flash Cards, and the Up, Up I Go Growth Chart. Just released this month are the Eric Carle Animal Lacing Cards, which are tons of fun for little hands.

For a full list of Chronicle’s Eric Carle gift items, click here.

Parents, teachers and librarians who want to learn more about Eric Carle should visit the Caterpillar Exchange on the author’s website: it’s a bulletin board where fans can post their ideas and suggestions on how to use Eric Carle’s books in creative ways. The projects involve all kinds of disciplines, from reading and writing, to science and math, to art and other fun activites.