Cosmic Journey
Happy International Women’s Day! This day has been special to me for many years. I hope you’re celebrating the women in your life and history. I am thrilled to announce my newest book, The Cosmic Journey of Jessica Meir, to be published this fall by Islandport Press! It became official in early February when Publisher’s Weekly included this bit of news:) During the years of development of my last picture book, Skywatcher, I saw in the Portland Press Herald that Jessica Meir, native of Caribou, Maine was up in the International Space Station. How cool! I decided to put a...
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It’s been two weeks since the Reading Round Up, the annual conference of Maine Children’s Librarians held in Augusta on May 1. This event brings together those serving youth in a Maine school or public library and celebrates children’s literature while honoring individuals who have made significant impacts on the literary landscape. I drew this for my Rabbit rabbit rabbit good luck post before heading out the door wearing my best purple attire. A few weeks before the conference scheduled for April 4, I got a surprise phone call from Camden Public Library’s...
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Ahoy, it’s me, the Bluffer. Last summer I hiked up this trail in the White Mountains, thinking of my looming deadline for The Lobster Lady by Alexandra S. D. Hinrichs. It was a challenging time, juggling two book deadlines at once for the first time in my career. This sign spoke to my doubts about my ability to capture the iconic Virginia Oliver, aka the Lobster Lady. When Charlesbridge art director, Kristen Nobles, contacted me about the assignment in early 2022, I was ecstatic about the opportunity to illustrate a picture book biography about the oldest person lobstering in Maine,...
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