Laurie O'Keefe

Medical/Biological Illustrations

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Hi everyone, I guess this info. might best be suited for the "shameless" self promotion category, but I just found out this week that a children's book I illustrated was named to the NSTA 2013 list of Outstanding Science Trade Books. The National Science Teacher's Association ( NSTA) in combination with the Children's Book Council (CBC) collaborate each year to choose top reads for grade K-12 that promote science and literacy. The book is called "Gopher to the Rescue! A Volcano Recovery story", published by Sylvan Dell Publishing and written by Terry Jennings. I donated some copies to the GNSI auction at the meeting this past summer, so some of you may have seen it there ( or may even have a copy, "Gretchen"). If you want a glimpse of the artwork and general story you can look it up on Amazon, or go to the publishers website http://www.sylvandellpublishing.com to find out more details. 

Here is the link to the NSTA site that shows the list and short description of the books that won:

http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/ostb2013.aspx

Here is the Amazon link that shows selected inside pages and reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Gopher-Rescue-Volcano-Recovery-ebook/dp/B008GUNECM/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1

I suppose having been in the illustration field for 20+ years, I am kind of late to this genre considering this was my first official illustrated children's picture book. Better late than never ( but I'm close!). Also, just so you know, I actually contacted the publisher when they were soliciting for scientific illustrations after posting it on this listserv a few years back. SOOOOOO, my extreme gratitude to this list with all of your generous input and all the opportunity it creates. 

Laurie

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