Carolyn Fisher, Illustrator of Weeds Find A Way shares Process October 20, 2015

Carolyn Fisher and I visited a classroom recently and she shared the process of turning my  Weeds Find a Way manuscript into a picture book — from first encounter with the manuscript to thumbnail sketches, then going over the sketches with thin paper and keeping the important lines, then making more detailed renderings of sketches (for 2 years!) then creating the  illustrations on Illustrator, collaging with colors and textures she has created in her studio

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Monarchs visit the school garden

A week ago, I watched a monarch butterfly lay her eggs on the milkweed in a flower box outside a classroom. Today, there are caterpillars, flowers, and seeds popping out of pods. The cycle of life happens very fast this time of year, everything happening at once.