Itzhak

I’m thrilled to share that Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin was named a Schneider Family Book Award honor book, as part of this year’s American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards.

It was an absolute delight illustrating this book by Tracy Newman, a picture book biography about the young Itzhak Perlman. And I’m very grateful to have had Courtney Code as editor and art direction by the talented Steph Stilwell.

And while library and school visits aren’t a thing for me right now, I do have a virtual illustrator talk for the book that I recorded this past summer. A behind the scenes look at how the illustrations for Itzhak were made, there’s also a kid’s craft project included at the end of the recording. If you’re looking to make that craft, a violin sun catcher, here’s the free download you’ll need.