Three panels showing a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.
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Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser, and Corey R. Tabor, Artwork for Papilio, by Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser, and Corey R. Tabor (‎Viking Books for Young Readers). © 2025 Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser, and Corey R. Tabor.

Special Storytime: Andy Chou Musser and Ben Clanton

Artists & Authors
For Families
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Reading Library

Free with Museum admission

Free for Museum Members

Join “authorstrators” Andy Chou Musser and Ben Clanton for drawing games and an interactive reading of their books Paint with Ploof and Papilio.

Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.

 

Three panels showing a caterpillar turning into a butterfly.
A cloud smiling and holding a paintbrush making a rainbow.
Who You'll Meet
Artist Andy Chou Musser

Andy Chou Musser

Andy Chou Musser makes books for kids. He is the author and illustrator of the picture book A Home Under the Stars, co-creator of the picture book Papilio with Ben Clanton and Corey R. Tabor, and co-creator of two series for young readers: Science Explorers with Amy Seto Forrester and Ploof with Ben Clanton. Andy lives in Seattle, where he can also be found rock climbing, eating donuts, and planning adventures. Andy proudly identifies as mixed-raced Chinese American.

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Artist Ben Clanton

Ben Clanton

Ben Clanton is the NYT Bestselling and Eisner Award-winning author/illustrator of the Narwhal and Jelly series. His other titles include Tater Tales, Rot: The Cutest in the World, and It Came in the Mail. Ben is the co-creator of Papilio (along with Andy Chou Musser and Corey R. Tabor) and Ploof (Andy Chou Musser). Ben lives in Seattle, WA.

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