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Black Lives Matter
More than 30 years ago I created this image. I am heartbroken that in June, 2020, in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd and many other black men and women, it is still relevant. To get beyond heartache, we must act. How You Can Help When You Don’t Know Where to Start is…
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Love>Fear
Thank you to workers on the frontline of the Covid 19 pandemic including health care workers, janitors, grocery clerks, delivery people, research scientists. And to everyone else for doing what is necessary in this moment. As poet Gwendolyn Brooks wrote, “…WE ARE EACH OTHER’S BUSINESS: WE ARE EACH OTHER’S MAGNITUDE AND BOND.”
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The Art of the Book
Visit Diablo Valley College Library March 7-April 3 to view my work and that of the wonderfully talented book illustrators, Eve Aldridge, Julie Bayless, Sara Kahn, and Elisa Kleven. The work will be up until April 3. Please note: the book talk and reception scheduled for March 14 has been canceled due to Covid-19 concerns.
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30th Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Show, Sun Gallery
I am happy to be exhibiting with many other wonderful illustrators at Sun Gallery’s 30th Annual Children’s Book Illustrator Show. I will be at the artist reception from 1- 4 PM, February 2. Hope to see you there!
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Season’s Greetings
May joy find you!
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Children’s Fairyland Book Festival
Join me May 19 as Children’s Fairyland in Oakland presents Turn the Page! a day for children’s book authors and illustrators to meet and greet their young readers. I will be at my greet and meet table from 1:30-2:40 PM presenting A Stick Until and Smelling Sunshine. I will share my process for writing…
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Lindsay Wildlife Experience Story Time Reading
Join me for story time… at Lindsay Wildlife Experience, 11 a.m. Sunday, March 11. I will read my newest picture book A Stick Until…The story follows a stick on its journey as a tool, and from a tool to a toy, to a tree. Science information about stick use is included, like a science journal. Story…
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Interview with Kidlit411
Delighted to have an interview this week with the informative and fun blog, Kidlit411! I discuss my process for writing and illustrating with a focus on my newest picture book, A Stick Until…. Thanks so much to Sylvia Liu for the opportunity. Here is the link: http://www.kidlit411.com/2018/01/Kidlit411-Author-Illustrator-Constance-Anderson.html Illustration from A Stick Until… …
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Welcome, 2018
HAPPY NEW YEAR “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” John Muir Illustration from A Stick Until…
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Video for A STICK UNTIL…
I had a great time making this video for A Stick Until…as part of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Book Stop online book launch. To make the video, I assembled images in my PowerPoint program, edited, added music (with permission from and honorarium to the musicians), and saved it as an MP4. The SCBWI Book Stop…