Starry Stories book two! Book two in the Starry Stories series is now out! The Squirrel That Found the North Star is the follow-up to The Squirrel That Watched the Stars, both written by fantastic astronomer Tom Kerss and illustrated by me. In this second installment of the Starry Stories series, our friend the squirrel […]
My series of Alphabet Animals is now complete! It’s a little personal project that I started before I even had kids of my own, and along the way it became more influenced by my experience as a parent. I had a lot of fun picking out which items to include with each animal, and each
I recently had the opportunity to be a part of a fun eco-focused picture book project, illustrating an adorable book called Levi the Lamb’s Big Day. It tells the story of an interesting collaboration between the LG&E and KU Energy and Shaker Village, both located in the Louisville area in Kentucky. As part of their
Last week I introduced you to my latest picture book project — The Squirrel That Watched the Stars by Tom Kerss. This week I’d like to share a fun companion to the book: the read-aloud video version on YouTube! It’s produced and narrated by Tom himself, with Tina Ibsen lending her voice to Cygnus, and
I’m very happy to share my latest picture book project: The Squirrel That Watched the Stars! It’s written by astronomer Tom Kerss and it tells the story of a curious squirrel living in Greenwich Park, in London. One night as he’s wondering about the stars above him, and watching the astronomers hard at work in
Hello and happy holidays! As I’m writing this there is frost sparkling on all the grass outside, it’s 0 degrees C, and there are only eight days till Christmas! It’s the perfect backdrop for an introduction to my latest collaboration with the amazing and talented Kira Willey — Hot Cocoa Calm. It’s the fourth in
Three more Alphabet Animal prints are finished! First is P is for Panda splashing in a Puddle: This is one of those illustrations that I have a greater insight for now that I have kids. The universal love of jumping in puddles that kids seem to have is definitely present in my own children! It’s
Hello from a very snowy Durham, UK! In my eight winters living in the United Kingdom, we’ve never had that much snow, usually just one or two snowfalls a year, and they hardly ever last more than a couple of days on the ground. This year is more than making up for it, with so
Happy 2021! I hope you all had a happy and safe holiday time and start to the new year. I had a lovely time with my little family — lots of excitement over presents and Santa for my kids since they are 2 and 4, and we even had Christmas Eve snow to play in,
Hello world! This is a post I’ve been meaning to write for a few weeks, but, as it has for everyone, everything went a bit topsy-turvey a couple of weeks ago and regularly scheduled tasks have been all scrumbled up (as my Emmett would say). I hope everyone reading this is staying safe and healthy
