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creating the art for:
FOREST HAS A SONG
Robbin Gourley is an art director, a cookbook author, and the illustrator of books for adults and children. FOREST HAS A SONG is her third book for Clarion. Her first two, which she wrote as well as illustrated, are BRING ME SOME APPLES AND I'LL MAKE YOU A PIE: A STORY ABOUT EDNA LEWIS and FIRST GARDEN: THE WHITE HOUSE GARDEN AND HOW IT GREW -- both published to starred reviews. Robbin and her husband have two children, and she currently divides her time between rural North Carolina and Brooklyn, New York.
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Robbin made many development sketches for the girl in FOREST HAS A SONG before deciding on her final look. You can see a few of the ideas Robbin explored before she decided what "our girl" would be like.
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