Hello!

As a creative person, I’ve always loved making things with my hands—drawing, writing, gardening, sewing, tinkering, fort-building. I delight in the magic of creating something out of (seemingly) nothing! ✨✍️✨ I’m also endlessly curious, always asking questions, always learning. 🤓 And I love sharing what I discover! Through my children’s books, I get to write words, paint pictures, and talk about the wonders of the universe! 💧🌈🌦️

My new children’s book series, Science Pals, is here to introduce the basics of science and nature! I know, it’s a big ask, but I’m starting small… with a Drop 💧 of water, a Puff 💨 of air, and a Ray 🌟 of light! These adorable characters are ready to teach science in a new, fun way!

I started this series with a splatter painting. I put a smiley face on a blue ink drop and there she was, my new children’s books character! 💧I had just moved to Florida and I was new to the daily storms of the tropics. There was always so much water falling from the sky! It was awe-inspiring! It got me painting splatter art and studying the water cycle. And after much painting and pondering, and writing and revising, Drop became a book (Penguin Random House, 2021).

After Drop, which gained great reach (especially with 770,000 copies distributed through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library as a Blue Ribbon Selection in 2022 and 2023!), I was excited to make a book about Drop’s bestie, Puff. In order to illustrate Puff, whom I made by finger-painting in Procreate, I had to learn how to layer my watercolor art with my digital art. So I spent my pandemic years learning Photoshop, watching YouTube tutorials, and diving deep into the science of air and light. Puff was finished in 2023 and then I got right into Ray. I loved learning so much about art and science while making these books. And I’m just tickled that Drop is literally made of drops of water 💦 and Ray is literally made of pixels of light! 🌟

I’m so happy the Science Pals are getting out there in the world, showing kids how amazing it is! Children are growing up in a new age of tech and discovery, so they need to be grounded with a fundamental understanding of how things work in our physical world. I hope my books answer questions, spark wonder, and help kids explore the fascinating universe around them so they shine in a future full of possibilities! ✨🌏✨