Artist Craig Orback has one of his paintings featured in an exhibit at the Washington State History museum. Please visit his blog for the details:

 

http://craigorback.blogspot.com/

 

Congratulations to artist Roberta Baird on the success of the "The Swamp Where Gator Hides" , Dawn Publishing. The book and app have been well received in the marketplace and received the following awards:

        2014 IBPPG Next Generation Indie Book Award (Finalist – Children’s Juvenile Non-fiction)

        2014 Green Book Festival Award (Honorable Mention/Children’s Category)

 

 

and The Legend of Ranger won a Mom's Choice Award.

Congratulations to artist Wes Thomas for being chosen by the SCBWI chapter as June's Featured artist of the month! Wes's work will be seen on a banner on their homepage and in the Illustrator's Gallery. Also find information and artwork on their twitter account (@scbwi) and the Facebook fan page (http://www.facebook.com/SCBWI) We hope that everyone enjoys seeing Wes's fabulous artwork!

Charlotte Award/ Craig Orback

Congratulations to Artist Craig Orback! "The Can Man" published by Lee and Low in 2010, has won the  New York State Reading Association's Charlotte Award for 2012.

This is an especially high honor as the winners are voted for by thousands of students across New York State and the winners are only chosen every 2 years.

We wish artist Craig Orback and author Laura E. Williams our heartiest congratulations for touching the lives of so many young people with the wonderful content of "The Can Man" story.

Highlights Award for Roz Fulcher

Congratulations to Roz Fulcher on her 2008 Visual Puzzle of the Year Award from Highlights Magazine! The award was lost in the mails due to a move and it's just arrived now but what a welcome surprise. All our best to Roz for a well deserved acknowledgement of her great work.

Six Book series for Gabhor Utomo

Just out in the marketplace is the six book series of "I Wish I Were a.." Furry Ferret, Speedy Cheetah, Humpback Whale, Komodo Dragon, Enormous Elephant and Howler Monkey" with artwork by artist Gabhor Utomo.

The books were written by Christina Jordan and published by Magic Wagon, a division of ADBO Group. Our congratulations to Gabhor on a fabulous collection of books and great illustration. We hope that children will enjoy the books and that they'll do wonderfully in the marketplace.

Steven James Petruccio in Exhibit

Steven James Petruccio's illustrations were recently part of the exhibition, "American Nostalgia: Contemporary artists and illustrators reinterpret the traditional themes ofNorman Rockwell" , in Fullerton, CA.. More than thirty years after his death, iconic American artist Norman Rockwell’s art is still enormously popular. This invitational group exhibition examined the enduring themes represented in the art of Norman Rockwell–patriotism, family and the American ideal. Steven's illustrations were created for magazines including Scholastic News.