These holiday puzzle scenes were created in Adobe Illustrator for MasterPieces Puzzle Company.

I had the pleasure of illustrating The Kites and The Red Hat for Learner Books. I used Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for the final color files.

Starred Review! - Before They Were Famous from Crabtree Publishing. Learn about these well known figures in American history, what their lives were like as they were growing up, and what they did that made them famous.

I had the pleasure of doing the art direction, design, page layout and original illustrations for this new series. I was inspired by vintage drawings and photos to create a scrapbook for kids to learn what life was like before these figures became famous. I am so proud to have earned my first Starred Review from Booklist in October 2022 for Nellie Bly.

Crabtree Publishing expanded the successful Before They Were Famous book series for 2024 to include Babe Ruth, Dolly Parton, Harriet Tubman, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain and Walt Disney. Once again I was given full art direction to bring these characters to life for kids to learn and enjoy!

This fun and colorful game board and box were created in Adobe Illustrator for the MaterPieces Puzzle Company Beach Life Series.

This 6 book series for Crabtree Publishing combines my original character illustrations with stock photography to take kids along on different class field trip locations. These diverse characters were created in Adobe Illustrator.

This is just a sample of some under sea creatures I created in Adobe Illustrator for MasterPieces Puzzle Company.

This is an amazing series of 4 journals included in STEAM Kits for Carson-Dellosa Publishing. The themes were astronaut, doctor, scientist and engineer. These characters first appeared in a poster series and I was asked to illustrate interiors for all 4 of these 80 page journals. The illustrations, including the doodles, were created in Adobe Illustrator. I was also the graphic designer for this project and built the page layouts in Adobe InDesign.

MasterPieces Puzzle Company asked me to create a series of playing cards using an existing character style. This game includes 29 charades cards with activities, animals, and beach-side fun! The characters were created in Adobe Illustrator.

I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed designing and illustrating this new series for Crabtree Publishing. The My State series features a diverse group of students, who each take readers on a tour of the U.S. state where they live. I did the photo research, layout and original illustrations for all 50 states in these 24 page readers.

For this design job I did the stock photography research, Photoshop editing, template design, page layout and typesetting in InDesign for this 6 book series for Crabtree Publishing.

I illustrated these two smart girls for a new workbook series printed by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This was an existing character style they wanted me to match using Adobe Illustrator.

I designed these fun fact books for young readers (PreK-1) for Crabtree Publishing. I did the photo research, template design and original icons for both of these series using Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.

This group of colorful illustrations were created in Adobe Illustrator for an educational workbook series printed by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. I had the pleasure of illustrating the cover art as well as new characters through out this 4 part series. I was also the interior designer for all 1,024 pages, using Adobe InDesign.

Each book in the Life Cycles of Living Things series shows early readers how living things are born and how they grow up. I was the photo researcher and graphic designer for this 6 book series, using Adobe Photoshop and InDesign.

These fun and festive holiday illustrations were created in Adobe Illustrator for an activity tablet series published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This is just a sample of the 160 images and page layout designs I generated for this 8 book series.

These are just a few of the joyful animal illustrations I created for a 16 book cover series printed by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. I like to create my characters with my blue Prismacolor pencil on paper before I scan them in to be colored in Adobe Illustrator.

I finalized these zoo animals for a Carson Dellosa PreK Cover Series in Adobe Illustrator.

I had the pleasure of being the interior designer for this 6 book series. After choosing the photo stock images, I built the interiors in Adobe InDesign and did any photo corrections in Adobe Photoshop. The graphic elements were created in Adobe Illustrator. These 32 page readers were published by Rourke Educational Media.

These happy and creative kids were illustrated for a 6 piece workbook series published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. The pencils were done traditionally on paper and the color was created in Adobe Photoshop.

I truly enjoyed illustrating and designing this board book series for Carson-Dellosa Publishing. The images in these 16 page books were created in Adobe Illustrator by using colorful patterns and drop shadows. I was also the interior designer on this project and built the books in Adobe InDesign. I have included a sample spread from each book.

I created the covers and interiors for this 4 book series printed by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. These original characters were drawn with pencil and the color work was done using Adobe Illustrator.

This is a sample of a large amount of spot art that was published in a set of flashcards and a workbook series for Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This was an existing style and color palette they wanted me to match. All the art was created in Adobe Illustrator.

The Netty Know-It-All! story book is still one of my favorite projects. This was a 16 page book published by Learning Horizons as part of a larger learning kit. I layered colorful patterns and textures using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to teach kids what not to do in the kitchen.

Mr. Wiggle is an adorable inchworm that inspires children to read and respect books and libraries. I had the pleasure of illustrating this 4 book series for McGraw-Hill Children’s Publishing. The titles included were Mr. Wiggles’s Book, Mr. Wiggle Loves to Read, Mr. Wiggle Looks for Answers and Mr. Wiggle’s Library. Here are a few samples of the 128 images created in Adobe Photoshop.

Here are more images from the Brighter Child board book series for Carson-Dellosa Publishing. The art was drawn with pencil and once scanned in, the color patterns and drop shadows were created in Adobe Illustrator.

This art was used in a 16 page book published by Learning Horizons as part of a larger learning kit. I layered colorful patterns and textures using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to show how one little boy used his imagination to turn a trip to the grocery store into a vibrant safari.

This series of character illustrations were created for 6 workbook covers, printed for Carson-Dellosa Publishing. The art was sketched out in pencil, then it was outlined and colored in Adobe Illustrator.

This colorful 18 page board book with pull tabs was published by Learning Horizons. Every pull tab helped Michael make his mess disappear. The artwork was created in Adobe Illustrator. I engineered the pull tabs myself and did the page layout with die cut lines in QuarkXpress.

This educational wipe-off book was illustrated for Learning Horizons. I created the cover, spot art and spreads using a Prismacolor pencil on paper, then the art was outlined with ink on vellum. The color work was created in Adobe Illustrator.

Over the years I have designed thousands of pages of educational content for children’s workbooks. I have the ability to create and design interior book templates from concept to final production. I work directly with editors and art directors to make the necessary revisions until the project is complete. With my illustration background I also have the ability to make any updates or changes to existing art work provided to me for a project.

Early in my career I worked primarily with licensed products. I have designed multiple book covers, interior workbook spreads, card boxes and activity kits, coloring pages and activities. All these wonderful products were produced for Landoll Publishing.