The Buzz
A grant from Fund for Teachers (thank you!) and part of my book’s advance are paying to have a mural painted in my school library of two pages from Substitute Groundhog. I will post photos soon.
What was once only mental images in my imagination are now six foot figures via Kathi Ember’s illustrations painted (with permission) by 3 artists from Trace of Art. They’ve been painting for six days now and are half finished. The layers of paint, the shading, the outlining with tiny brushes–it’s a complex process that the students get to see each day. Groundhog and all his friends will be a part of the Creech library long after I am gone, and that fills me with warm satisfaction.
