Last week, my mom and I took a day trip to NYC to visit the MoMA and to try some fun food at the Bryant Park Holiday Market. I can attest that every bite illustrated above was delicious. From the first latte to the Last Crumb, I documented everything we ate throughout the day. The best bite award goes to the raclette sandwich from The Baked Cheese Haus. It was the longest wait of the day but also the most entertaining, as we watched the wheel of cheese bubble under the broile

I made this illustration for the Narrative Art Award contest for SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators). The prompt was "Because this is the quarter-century mark since the Y2K scare, tell a story about something that turns out not to be a threat.” The audience is middle-grade children (ages 8-11). This illustration was inspired by a time I was walking by myself in the woods in Martha's Vineyard, MA, and I was startled when I saw a bear! I rushed back to