Join us for a special event at 2pm!  Local author/illustrator Claudia McGehee will read from, talk about, and share images from the new children’s book she illustrated by Nancy White Carlstrom, Counting Winter!
“It’s a counting book. It’s a winter animal book. It’s a just plain beautiful book! . . . Though weather and color palettes may change from page to page as the book counts to 12, the one thing that remains the same is the sense of awe readers will feel observing these animals in their native Alaskan environments. . . . Carlstrom’s writing deftly sets this title apart from other counting books. . . . A little scratchboard, a little watercolor, and voilà! The prettiest nondenominational winter book seen in ages.”- Kirkus

Claudia McGehee is a local artist and author/ illustrator of numerous award-winning picture books. She works in scratchboard, a unique medium that celebrates nature and story with lively, woodcut-like lines. In starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal, McGehee’s scratchboard illustrations have been praised as “meticulous” and “striking.” Her titles include My Wilderness: an Alaskan Adventure, A Tallgrass Prairie Alphabet, North Woods Girl by Aimee Bissonette, Creekfinding: A True Story by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, and Begin With A Bee by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. Raised in the Pacific Northwest, she lives in Iowa City.