I finished some work for a magazine and wanted to post some of the pieces here. I’m very happy with the results! I LOVE the way the watercolor came out. I feel like I’m finally getting the hang of watercolor.
And the young man in the picture came out a lot like my friend, D! Um…sorry, D, I was told to make the caregiver young & fun, so I thought of you!
Also, I just finished reading Grace Lin’s Year of the Dog, and put the little girl on the right with her very own “Year of the Dog” tee shirt as a tribute to Grace’s wonderful novel.
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New Book: Liberty’s Civil Rights Road Trip
Time to board the bus! Liberty and her friend Abdullah, with their families and a diverse group of passengers, head off to their first stop: Jackson, Mississippi. Next on their map are Glendora, Memphis, Birmingham, Montgomery, and finally Selma, for a march across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Tiara’s Hat Parade
Welcome to the world! Tiara’s Hat Parade by Kelly Starling Lyons is available now! Albert Whitman & Company.
When fiction fills in for missing histories
When is fiction filling in history, and when is it appropriation? In this post I discuss what seems to be a fine line between lifting up lost voices and exploiting them.
