Oak Park! Join me at the library this Thursday for some 🐢📚🖍️ time! I'll read my new book, TURTLE SLEPT IN, lead some draw-along activities, and hang around afterwards to sign books and say hello!
Register here:
oakpark.librarycalendar.com/event/hold-j...
How I made the art for Turtle Slept In 🐢🏖️ Gather some oil pastels and color pencils and try it yourself! @penguinkids.bsky.social
Signed copies of Turtle Slept In and Umami are now available in Indianapolis! Stop by Golden Hour Books, The Whispering Shelf, or Kids Ink Books to pick up yours while they last 🐢🐧📚
More Turtle storytimes and draw-alongs coming up! Find me in Winnetka and Oak Park this June, and Cincinnati this July. Turtley ready for summer reads! 🐢🏖️
🐢 SCHOOL VISITS 🎉 I've been packing in all the visits I can leading up to the summer break, and I still have a few more later this week. (Hey Milwaukee!) Presenting for days on end can be exhausting, but the students' enthusiasm at every school brings me so much joy.
Another sketchbook for the archives!
A good while back I began selecting limited palettes for every several pages of my sketchbooks, and I cannot overstate how helpful it has been in getting comfortable with color. Try it out! 🎨
#kidlitart
I'm bringing Turtle to Winnetka this weekend to celebrate with the always charming The Book Stall 🐢🏖️🎉 Hope to see you there!
Art process explained 🐢🎨 Hope this adds a bit of clarity on how the many oil pastel mono prints build up to create a full scene!
Educators! 🐢🖍️ Turtle coloring/fact sheets are now free to download on my website: jacobgrantbooks.com
You can find Umami worksheets there as well - just click on a book to access the links!
