Carter Goodrich has illustrated sixteen New Yorker covers and was the lead character designer for Brave, Ratatouille (for which he won the International Animated Film Society's Annie Award for character design), and Despicable Me. He has designed characters for many other beloved animated films, including Finding Nemo; Monsters, Inc; and Open Season.
Goodrich's illustrations perfectly portray the drama and humor of life with an imaginary friend. -- School Library Journal * August 2015 * * What starts as a familiar story of pretend play and dramatic irony turns into something stranger and more beautiful-a Moebius strip of fantasy and reality, with happy endings all around -- Publisher's Weekly - Starred Review * May 2015 * * Hilarious and heartwarming in equal measure. -- Booklist - Starred Review * August 2015 *