Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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I'm just a girl who loves chickens
I’m just a girl who loves chickens 🐓❄️
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Wintertime fox - looking forward to the cozy season
"This little fox is happy that the coziness of the winter season is almost here. Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow." -T.S.Eliot #illustration #cozy #cozyvibes #fox #snow #winter #winterwonderland #kidlit #kidlitart #licensing #licensingartist #winterart #holiday #holidayart #christmas #christmascollection
Dream Project - Super Shy!
For our fall promo, The CAT Agency asked us to dream big! 'What is your dream project?' I immediately knew the answer - to make an author-illustrated picture book (maybe a series?!!) based on the manuscript I wrote, called 'Super Shy!' It's about a dog at Puppy Kindergarten, learning new skills and being a part of a group of other puppies who seem to know what they are doing. Throughout the story, the pup learns to embrace the fact that sometimes it’s okay to feel small. Trusting its inner power, the pup discovers that what seems like challenges are actually gifts - superpowers! Inspired by my dog, Maverick (who just turned 3! Happy Birthday Maverick!!! 🎂🐾) and the many, many training classes we had together, and for the shy, quiet, little me.
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THE DARK SIDE - AUGUST PROMO ART 'LOVE AND LOSS'
The August Promo Prompt for the Cat Agency was 'The Dark Side'. I decided to create a piece about love and loss. I lost my beloved cat named Sammy when I was young. He was so loving and we did everything together. I remember having a very hard time dealing with his death - It was my first real loss. I really enjoyed making this art and thinking about my sweet Sammy. I think it’s wonderful that we have better resources today and a deeper understanding of social-emotional learning and the importance of processing big emotions like grief.
It's winter here in New England!
Today's inspiration - my dog, Maverick!
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.😆)
My elephant art on a reusable bag at TJMaxx!
Was super fun to see my art on a reusable bag at TJMaxx today!
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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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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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Hope you all are finding your own special ways to stay connected! ❤️
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Sunny and Stormy Day! (Book and Game combo - Peaceable Kingdom Press- 2017) - On shelves at Target!!
My daughter and I got to see the storybook/game I illustrated for Peaceable Kingdom Press, called 'Sunny and Stormy Day!' on the shelves at our local Target. Such a thrill!!
MY CHILDREN'S BOOK - 'You're My Boo' is in the Scholastic Book Club Flyer!
Oh my goodness! My children's book, 'You're My Boo' (Beach Lane Books/imprint of Simon & Schuster) Sept 2016 written by: Kate Dopirak and illustrated by: (ME) Lesley Breen Withrow is in the October 2017 Scholastic Book Club - Honeybee (for preschoolers) flyer! This is a total dream come true for me. I absolutely loved the Scholastic Reading Flyers when I was a kid. I can still remember the excitement I felt when the teacher passed them out and the thrill I had when my books arrived. I am honored to have a book that I illustrated be included into the Scholastic Flyer family. ...and to think that I can make a child feel that thrill makes me so happy.
My Postcards are here!
My Postcards are here!
Book Anniversary! - You're My Boo
Happy One Year Anniversary to 'You're My Boo' - Beach Lane Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) September 2016. It was such a thrill to illustrate this book and I just love the trailer Kate and I had made for it... so I thought I's share it again. Enjoy!
You're My Boo - Awesome Kirkus Review!
KIRKUS REVIEW
A day in the life of a family is more than the sum of its adorable parts.
“You’re my peek-a-boo, my sneak-a-boo, / my laughing till-you-squeak-a-boo.” So begins this mother fox’s celebration of her quick, sneaky, funny, naughty little fox cub. All day long, the toddler plays, alternating between engaging its baby sibling and teasing it. And all day long, the mother cajoles, comforts, or corrects the child’s behavior, using the “boo” diminutive throughout, until at day’s end the child is comforted and tucked in to sleep. Adult readers with a low saccharine tolerance may shudder at the sweetness of the endeavor, but with its meticulous scansion and playful affection, it subtly morphs into a story that is both a silly name litany (always popular with young readers) and a quietly reassuring statement of continual mischief-proof parental love (“And no matter what you do… / you will always be my boo”). The book also draws a fairly neat line between the “boo” of “peek-a-boo” and the contemporary, affectionate slang term for “sweetheart.” Withrow’s accompanying pencil, collage, and digital art aptly illuminates the cub’s day, excelling in vignettes that illustrate the protagonist’s shenanigans even as the text delivers simple, one-word descriptions. In the end, it’s the love between parent and child that carries the story.
Boo-tiful. (Picture book. 3-5)
And here's the link to the actual Kirkus review, /www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kate-dopirak/youre-my-boo/
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