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One of the reasons I enjoy clay so much is that I don’t really know how to do it.  Each illustration is a discovery process as I study nature and animals and try to figure out how to bring them to life in clay.My finished clay critters live in pizza boxes, and I suspect that they... Read More →

Jessica Young grew up in Ontario, Canada. The same things make her happy now as when she was a kid: dancing, painting, music, digging in the dirt, picnics, reading, and writing. Jessica is the author of award-winning picture books, early readers, and early chapter books, including... Read More →

A former special education teacher of eleven years with a MS in School Psychology. Rita has two sons who each hold degrees in Media Arts and Animation, and they illustrate much of my written work. In 2007, one of Rita's unpublished adult historical middle grade novels won 3rd Place... Read More →