One of the great joys of my life is making books with my sister, Laura Kvasnosky, a rockstar in children's books writing and illustrating.  If is so special to work with my sister.  Our three books share our love of nature with kids.  The first two introduce them to Yellowstone's landscape and very noisy! inhabitants from early, early morning to late at night.  Our third is a quiet sleepy time poem that transports the reader to a beach in the tropics and visits the marine life above and below the tideline.

Squeak! IS IN BOOKSTORES AND ONLINE!

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In this story, a mouse’s squeak sets off a chain reaction that wakes all the animals in the surrounding meadows and mountains. My sister Laura wrote the book. We illustrated it together.  She painted the illustrations in black and white gouache resist in Seattle, scanned and sent them to me.  I then colored them digitally in Photoshop, as we did for Little Wolf’s First Howling.  Gotta love the internet!

Squeak! has gotten starred reviews from School Library Journal and ALA Booklist! 

Our third book together!
OCEAN LULLABY

Laura Kvasnosky wrote a beautiful sleepy time poem, inspired by a family sing-a-long at the beach.  She finished her sketches and gouache resist paintings for Ocean Lullaby and I coloured them in Photoshop.  Released by Philomel in May, 2021.  
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American Anthem
We were one of 13 illustrators asked to contribute to the new book, American Anthem, whose text will be the lyrics from the song.  Our community garden page spread illustrates the stanza: ​
For those who think
They have nothing to share
Who fear in their hearts
There is no hero there
Know each quiet act
Of dignity is
That which fortifies
The soul of a nation
That never dies

LEADING THE PACK!
​LITTLE WOLF'S FIRST HOWLING

Little Wolf's First Howling is meeting critical success since it's publication in April, 2017.  Written by Laura McGee Kvasnosky and illustrated by Laura and Me!  The book has been well received with three starred reviews:
ALA Booklist, School Library Journal and Kirkus.
Laura was awarded the Margaret Wise Brown Honor Book for the text. Little Wolf also was awarded the first Redbud Award by Oklahoma students and was a finalist for the 2018 Washington State Book Award in the Picture Books category.  ​Published by Candlewick Press, Boston, MA
      ORDER ONLINE AT POWELL'S BOOKS
More about the author and our collaboration at    www.LMKbooks.com
​Published by Candlewick Press, Boston, MA
      ORDER ONLINE AT POWELL'S BOOKS
     More about the author and our collaboration at    www.LMKbooks.com
    
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