The Caldecott and Newberry Awards announced!

American Library Association announces literary award winners.

They're here!!!

The Katherine The Almost Great series books arrived today! It's always exciting to have a book arrive in printed form after waiting for months to see it. These were the first chapter books I have illustrated and they were printed with hard bound (library bound) covers. The colors printed really wonderfully. No scary color surprises. Yay! ABDO did a great job!

Here's a play by play brought to you by my photographer husband, Bradley Harris. :o)...

Ta Daaaa!!!!!!!

Juggling

I've been absent recently from my blog but I am back after my husband's surgery. We are home from the hospital for him to continue his road to recovery and much better health for the new year.

I've got a deadline looming so I will need to juggle my nursing skills along with sketching over the next couple weeks which means I may be absent a while longer but I will try to post something when I can.

Stay tuned as I expect some copies of the books I illustrated to arrive on my doorstep any day.

Happy 2009!

I'm back!

After the wonderful but hectic holidays we've just returned from a relaxing trip to my brother's cabin. We enjoyed spending time with my brother and his sweet wife and my three fabulous nieces! He has a dream cabin in such a peaceful place and when the weather is right, it's some of the best trout fishing in the country! What a blessing! I can't wait to go back sometime with my easel and paints in tow.

Anyway, here are a few photos. Enjoy and Happy New Year to all my blogging buddies!!