Got some very exciting mail today, the Italian version of “Sometimes We Fall” ♥️ feels a bit full circle holding this, as I illustrated my first picture book dummy for a school project while living in Italy.

Written by the award-winning, bestselling author of JINGLE DANCER, Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee), and filled with tender illustrations by @kategardinerillus.bsky.social (Nipmuck), this unforgettable, warmhearted picture book is for family and the friends who become family. 📖 bit.ly/4eMCjoa

"The artist used gouache and colored pencil, assembled digitally, to create the illustrations in this book." -Small Places Close to Home: A Children's Declaration of Rights (2023) by @kategardinerillus.bsky.social & @deborahhopkinson.bsky.social 🔎 #CopyrightPageArtNotes AND cool copyright design!

Recent illustration trying out a new technique 🌼