No Trick, Just a Treat at my Boo Carre Festival Concert!

Come dressed in costume and howl along with me at my Boo Carre concert on Saturday, October 25 at 12:30 at 916 N Peters Street in Dutch Alley in the French Market. There will be crafts and trick or treating at participating shops, so come out for a silly, slightly spooky, fun time!

Big Orange Monster Art Exhibition at Kolaj

My collage titled “Big Orange Monster Consumes the World” is part of a fun exhibition at the Kolaj Institute in New Orleans through October 18, 2025. I couldn’t resist the call to artist to create a monster out of cut-paper collage and hand-painted paper.

For more information about the show, please visit - https://kolajmagazine.com/content/content/collage-exhibitions/big-orange-monster/

Collage in the show. Photograph by Thom Bennett.

Petit Pierre and the Floating Marsh Book Video Now on YouTube!

Illustrator Heather Stanley and I are happy to announce that our book Petit Pierre and the Floating Marsh is now on YouTube as a book reading video! Watch, read and sing along with this popular book about how friends and family make a home.

Summer Reading Program Concerts!

Summer Reading Program Concerts!

Johnette will be singing animals songs during her “Down in Louisiana” concert to select libraries this summer!

Tick Tock Rock Music Video Released

I hope children will enjoy learning to tell time by the hour with my latest music video titled “Tick Tock Rock.” The song is on my 2005 “Music Time” album, and I thought I would illustrate it in my cut-paper and foam collage to make telling time a snap, or in this case, a clap!

I remember when I was young, I had a hard time learning to tell time. It wasn’t the hour so much as the half-past and quarter hour that tripped me up. Maybe I need to write that song as well!

Anyway, let’s jump into this interactive song in which part of the song I tell the time, but the second half of the song, you tell the time.

https://youtu.be/Ll_BGs47BYo?si=F2BngS74ltM1fl7R

Chef Creole is Back in Print in Hardbound and Paperback Editions!

Deborah and I are thrilled to announce that our beloved book Chef Creole is now back in print in new hardbound and paperback editions! This singable book is a fan favorite as children learn about this famous chef whose body is made of yummy and iconic Louisiana foods! Pick up this tasty read today through Amazon!