Today’s sketch - girl with her chickens. This sounds all too familiar to me, since I have nine of them! 🐓
(see last pic of me and my rooster, named Morsten.😆)
I created this art to celebrate Rachel Carson’s birthday, which is May 27. Rachel Carson was a beautiful writer, scientist and conservationist. With her inspirational words, she changed the world and inspired many women to pursue careers in the sciences.
Rachel was the author of several books but her book 'Silent Spring' (1962) helped to change the way people thought about humanity's impact on the natural world, by bringing environmental concerns to the public. It became one of the catalysts for the environmental movement of the 1960s, which eventually lead to changes in legislation and even contributed to the establishment of Earth Day.
Rachel Carson holds a particularly special place in my heart and in the hearts of many people where I live. Rachel visited Woods Hole, here in my hometown of Falmouth, on beautiful Cape Cod, for the first time in 1929. Woods Hole had (and still has) a big science community. Rachel was studying the sea and marine life at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL). This experience inspired her to later write books like ‘The Sea Around Us (1951).
Today, there is a beautiful statue in Woods Hole of Rachel Carson, where she is forever looking over the sea. Thank you to Rachel Carson for being an inspiration!
My art in Highlights - High Five Magazine May 2020!
So happy to see my art in this months HIGHLIGHTS HIGH FIVE magazine! (and this was especially fun for me to draw because I also design/make art for wrapping paper). 😄
Front Cover art by: Josh Cleland
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Front Cover art by: Josh Cleland (not my art but I love the cover)!
BUNNY BUS (Farrar, Straus Giroux 2017) Horn Book Easter Recommendation
Fun to see my book, BUNNY BUS, (Farrar Straus Giroux 2017) on the Horn Book’s online recommended reading for Easter list today! (see link below) I’m creating some new BUNNY BUS activity pages for kids, since I know everyone will be home and looking for things to do this Easter. So keep a lookout... I will be uploading them on my Instagram and Facebook pages soon!
LINK TO THE HORN BOOK RECOMMENDED EASTER BOOKS FOR 2020
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