Growing up, award-winning author illustrator MERRILL RAINEY spent most of his Saturday afternoons drawing, watching monster movies, and going on imaginary adventures with his brothers. Today, he is a […]
ELIZA REISFELD is a children’s book author and illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating with honors from Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in […]
Sonia Sánchez is an award-winning illustrator of over twenty picture books for children. She paints with both traditional and digital brushes using layers of texture in her work to evoke […]
Best-selling author BRIANNA CAPLAN SAYRES used to tell her second graders, “When I grow up, I’m going to be a writer.” “But you are grown up, Mrs. Sayres,” her students […]
STEPHEN SHASKAN graduated from Rhode island School of Design. Since then, he has worked as an early childhood educator and played in four rock bands. Steve received a Minnesota State Artist’s Initiative […]
Award-winning author-illustrator BENSON SHUM uses watercolor, ink and digital tools to bring his illustrations to life. With more than twenty children’s books to his credit, Benson has worked as […]
BROOKE SMART’s illustrations focus on brave women in history and those making an impact today. Her art also celebrates motherhood, family relationships, and the bonds we make as friends. Brooke loves […]
ELLEN STUBBINGS studied illustration at the University of Lincoln in England. Often fueled by cake and iced tea, she creates whimsical illustrations with lots of personality and vibrant color. Ellen […]
Kristin Varner is an award-winning author, illustrator, and graphic novelist based in the Pacific Northwest. She grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Utah, where she fell in love […]
With over two million books in print, award-winning author-illustrator JOYCE WAN is on a mission to help babies fall in love with books and build lifelong literacy. Joyce […]
DANIEL WISEMAN, an award-winning and New York Times bestselling illustrator, likes to draw . . . a lot. He likes it so much, he’s made a career out of […]
KIT WREN (aka Kit Chase) has been sprinkling magic into nurseries and children’s rooms across the globe through her best selling shops Trafalgar’s Square and Hawke and Wren. She works […]
ELISABETH ZUNIGA was raised in a magical world of tea parties and fairies. Sketchbooks and stubby pencils were her diet for years, as well as daily sketching trips with […]