polar dip and dash
It’s that time again: the Natural Resources Council of Maine is leading the charge around Back Cove and into chilly Casco Bay tomorrow at high noon. I’ve once again donated copies of my book, A Warmer World, to the top kid dippers and dashers in their annual Polar Bear Dip and Dash. Chicken me will not be dipping, I’ll be in my studio drawing in a frenzy on my John Muir Wrestles a Waterfall deadline. I’ll keep those dippers in mind as I draw Muir drenched. While polar bears are the poster boys for climate change, on a local level, other species are shifting habitats...
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My superhero Marty framed three originals from Here Come the Humpbacks for the upcoming Children’s Book Illustration Exhibit at Charlesbridge Publishing during Children’s Book Week in May. It was worth the hustle: Charlesbridge designer Whitney Leader-Picone was due to arrive on Peaks Island for a quick outing with her parents, visiting from California. What good sports to sail across the bay on a blustery spring day. We gathered at the island cafe along with fellow islanders and Charlesbridge regulars Tim Nihoff and Anne Sibley O’Brien. I can’t tell you how rare such...
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2013 is off to a brave and busy beginning, full of stories, students, and creatures with white fur. Charlesbridge donated a stack of books for the Natural Resources Council of Maine’s Polar Dip and Dash on the last day of 2012. Sunny but cold, it was a glorious day to sign books about climate change for the top ten kid winners. There was a great crowd, including a polar bear looking a bit out of his element, a fitting metaphor for the whole deal. Wait, what’s the bride doing here? Oh, it’s Beth Dimond, Public Affairs Coordinator for the NRCM, who decided to take the...
Read Morepolar dip n’ dash!
The time is here! Can you take the plunge? The Natural Resources Council of Maine is once again hosting a Polar Dip and Dash tomorrow at East End Beach. I’ve sponsored my brave neighbor, Jeanne Gulnick, braver than I, who will dash and then run into the chilly Atlantic at high noon. The NRCM advocates on behalf of Maine’s natural resources, so they have my support. There are many charity dips like this; find one near you!
Read Morechilly illo news
Wow! I love receiving my book in a language I can’t read! A Warmer World has now been published in Korea. That totally warms my heart. My illustration from this book also graces Charlesbridge Publishing‘s holiday card: With winter on my brain, I was inspired to draw a snowy owl for my own holiday greeting this year: I’m still in the process of mailing out my warm and wild wishes so let me know your snail mail address! I’ve been busy with the culmination of the semester at Maine College of Art. My class once again participated in the Holiday Sale, a very practical...
Read MoreScience rocks
Wow! A WARMER WORLD is on the National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12: 2013 list! AND it’s on the 2013 Elementary California Collection list! Cool stuff for a warmish book. I’m eager to see a new film, Chasing Ice. Even diehard skeptics of global warming are getting the picture. It’s a documentary from the Extreme Ice Survey and sure to send chills down anyone’s...
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