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