Join us at CBW for a special event featuring a new edition of The Scroobious Pip

Acclaimed artist Nicholas Santore will share his beautiful illustrations and talk about completing what his father, Charles Santore, began before his death in 2019. 

Join us as we enjoy this fabulously illustrated new edition of the fantastical nonsense poem written by Edward Lear in 1872.

About Nicholas Santore

Nicholas Santore–painter, musician, and son of Charles Santore–was born and raised in Center City, Philadelphia. As a child he became interested in art and studied drawing and painting with his father, and eventually received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in painting and illustration, and his MFA from Yale University School of Art in painting. Nicholas’s work has been shown in galleries and museums nationally and is part of several notable private collections.

About The Scroobious Pip

“Chippetty tip! Chippetty tip! Its only name is the Scroobious Pip.” Unfinished at the time of Edward Lear’s death in 1888, The Scroobious Pip is a fantastical journey into the world of beasts, birds, fish, and insects as these creatures try to determine what, exactly, the Scroobious Pip is. In the end, the Scroobious Pip’s unique nature is embraced and he is welcomed among all animals, fish, and insects

A beautifully reimagined and illustrated edition of classic poet Edward Lear’s unfinished nonsense verse poem by award-winning illustrators Charles Santore and Nicholas Santore, which celebrates diversity and the importance of accepting others.