Carol Reed-Jones lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband,
son, dog, and cat. She enjoys hiking, camping, backpacking, and
watching Douglas squirrels from her living room window. She
strongly believes in living in ways that preserve the earth and all
life. In addition to her writing, Carol teaches music, directs an
early music vocal group, and is completing her Master's thesis in
music history. Carol has written two books for Dawn Publications,
the Ben Franklin Award-winning The Tree in the Ancient Forest and
the beautiful new Salmon Stream, which follows the life cycle of
salmon in cumulative verse. Christopher Canyon is the illustrator
of several wonderful books for children. When he isn't in his
studio, Christopher enjoys traveling and providing educational and
entertaining programs for schools, libraries, and conferences.
Christopher received his formal art education at the Columbus
College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio. His work has been
selected for many exhibits and publications including the Society
of Illustrators, the Mazza Collection at the university of Findlay,
Ohio, and the Natural History magazine.
Currently Christopher is adapting and illustrating several of John
Denver's songs as children's picture books. The critically
acclaimed Sunshine On My Shoulders was released by Dawn
Publications in 2003, Ancient Rhymes: A Dolphin Lullaby in 2004,
and Take Me Home, Country Roads in September 2005.
Christopher Canyon shares some thoughts on the project: "To have
this opportunity to share John Denver's music and message with the
children of today is truly a dream. John gave the world so many
thoughtful songs about relationships; our global need to live
together in peace and the importance of caring for our environment.
These messages, as relevant today as ever, and John's music and
voice continue to touch our lives and lift our spirits."
Three of Christopher's books, Sunshine On My Shoulders, The Tree in
the Ancient Forest and Stickeen, have won the American Bookseller
Association's Benjamin Franklin Award for best children's picture
book of the year. Chistopher is also the illustrator of Wonderful
Nature, Wonderful You and the beautiful Earth trilogy, Earth and
You - A Closer View: Nature's Features, Earth and Us - Continuous:
Nature's Past & Future, and Earth and Me - Our Family Tree:
Nature's Creatures. Christopher lives with his wife and cat in
central Ohio.
"Reed-Jones' cumulative verse technique, which very effectively illustrates the ecological concept, will make this book a lively story-time read aloud ..."
"Reed-Jones' cumulative verse technique, which very effectively illustrates the ecological concept, will make this book a lively story-time read aloud ..."
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