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NEWS!
Events and news...
Illinois State Fair!
I signed and gave away 100 copies of THE NEW BICYCLE! The IRC team and Illinois Secretary of State, Alexi Giannoulias organized a wonderful event.
CBC Librarian Favorite Award
THE NEW BICYCLE is a Children's Book Council Librarians' Favorite! Thank you for this honor.
Key Colors Competition Info Session
Email me and closer to the date, I will send you a Zoom link to the session.
2024 Best Spanish Language Picture Books
Very honored that La bicicleta nueva has been included in Bank Street College of Education's 2024 Best Spanish Language Picture Books.
Illinois Reads Selection
The New Bicycle has been selected for the 2024 Illinois Reads book list by the Illinois Reading Council.
Award
3rd Place in the SCBWI Prairie Writer's Day Art Contest. Chosen by Sourcebook's Senior Art Director Maryn Arrequín
School Library Journal, Day of Dialog, Fall 2024
I am thrilled to have taken part in this virtual event on the An Invitation to Imagine Panel. The recordings will be available until January 12. It is free and open to all. There were fabulous speakers, check it out!
New York Workshop
October 3, I will be in New York at the Society of Illustrators with Clavis Books to talk about the Key Colors Award.
A Peek at the Bologna Children's Book Fair
It September, 2023, I made a presentation for our local SCBWI Food for Thought group about the Bologna Children's Book Fair. The recording will be available in December through SCBWI.
PW Close Up!
Thrilled to be the subject of this Publisher's Weekly Close up! Thank you, PW!
Milkwood Workshop!
I attended the Picture Book Workshop at Sophie Blackall's idyllic KidLit retreat, Milkwood. The workshop was led by the fabulous team of Susan Rich and Annie Barrows.
First review of The New Bicycle!
"Beautiful illustrations pair perfectly with simple, succinct text."
The New Bicycle is coming!
My picture book The New Bicycle is coming out in the world! On Nov. 7, 2023, I held a virtual Book Birthday Party and did a slide show about the book. So many people came, I was floored! Thanks for all the support, everyone.
Key Colors Competition
I'm thrilled that two of my books were selected as finalists in this Clavis Publishing competition. Fingers crossed!
Carte Blanche Concert
The second concert with jazz harpist Isabelle Olivier, on July 21, 2022
Award
This image was awarded an Honorable Mention at the 2023 SCBWI Spring Thaw event in May by Sourcebook's Art Director Jordan Kost
Hop Swiss!
The Swiss Benevolent Society of Chicago chose my design for Hop Swiss, a specialty beer made for their 150th anniversary.
SCBWI:Prairie Wind
Such an honor to be asked to be the Illustrator in the Spotlight for the upcoming issue of Illinois' Prairie Wind.
Kids Climate Summit
I'm so excited to be mentoring young artists at the Kids Climate Summit 2022. Cannot wait to see what they come up with!
https://www.chicagogiftedcommunity.org/KCS-22
https://www.chicagogiftedcommunity.org/KCS-22
Green, 2021
Concert Collaboration: Noted Jazz harpist, Isabelle Olivier + my illustrations! It was a magical concert.
Youtube: https://youtu.be/ma6kkRe5ikU
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PianoForteFoundation
Youtube: https://youtu.be/ma6kkRe5ikU
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PianoForteFoundation
Peter & the Wolf
Listen to Prokofiev's iconic music and story, performed by Jeffrey Panko (piano) and Marianne Parker (narrator) at PianoForte in August 2019. Illustrations by me!
On Exhibition, 2020
This image was chosen for The Children-Spectators exhibit at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, 2020. This year the fair and the exhibitions were virtual due to the pandemic.
Printers Row Lit Fest
I was honored to be on a panel with other debut authors and illustrators at this iconic Chicago event, for "So You Want to Write a Children's Book?" moderated by the wonderful Esther Hershenhorn.
On Exhibition, 2019
This image was chosen for the Children-Spectators exhibit at the Bologna Children's Book Fair, 2019.
Award
This image won the Prairie Writer's and Illustrator's Day judged by Jim Hoover, Assoc. Art Director at VikingChildren's Books and author/illustrator, Kelly Light.
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