Archimedes Notebook

Many of my favorite childhood memories are seasonal in nature. Building snowmen and then warming up with hot chocolate. Growing pumpkins. St...

In the middle of a packed school assembly for my debut picture book The Secret Pool , a second-grader asked a question I couldn’t answer. “W...

Most of my ideas for picture books are inspired by questions my children ask. My debut nonfiction picture book, A Stone Is a Story, was insp...

 I’m extremely excited to tell everyone about my debut picture book, Great Carrier Reef , illustrated by the incredibly talented Gordy Wrigh...

I’ve learned a lot over the past five years while focusing solely on illustrating picture books. I still feel like a “newbie” when I open a ...

During the pandemic, we all looked around for things to keep us occupied. I joined the crowd looking around the internet for classes. At lea...

I write and make art to make the world a better place. To me, that means protecting wild creatures and wild places, connecting people with t...

 In June, I was very fortunate to take an Alaskan cruise with my husband. We saw beautiful mountains, waterfalls, eagles, glaciers, and…fung...

 I’ve loved the natural world my entire life. Thanks to a childhood full of hikes in metro parks, afternoons splashing in creeks, and worksh...

Several years ago I wrote an artist statement – a sentence or two that described what I did as a writer. That was before my debut book was p...

Cosmic cliffs. Star birth. Our past mysteries come alive. Stellar nurseries. I am thrilled to be guest blogger on author-friend Sue Heavenri...

Writers never stop learning, and with every book we write comes more lessons. The lessons learned from my latest book, The Wolves And Moose ...

I've had more slugs in my garden this year than ever. So when I found a slug hanging out atop a dandelion after a rain, I asked Marla (a...

Laura and Tivy When I think of STEAM, I think of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Without curiosity science wouldn’t exist. And wonders? Yo...