Illustrations for Magazines

Highlights High Five Magazine

I did a cover! I did a cover! Eeeek! This festive little turtle buddy appeared on the cover of Highlights High Five’s December, 2022 issue


Ranger Rick Cub

Ranger Rick Cub is an adorable little magazine for babies and toddlers published by the National Wildlife Federation. This piece appeared in their April/May, 2018 issue. 

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Ranger Rick Jr. Magazine

This assignment was so fun! I was asked to depict animals in a style reminiscent of children's sidewalk chalk art for Ranger Rick Jr.’s July, 2021 issue. Readers then sent in photos of their own creations on their local sidewalks! It doesn’t get much better than this!


Highlights Hello

I consider working for Highlights one of the *highlights* of my illustration career! For the past few years, I've been contributing to their magazines for toddlers (Highlights Hello), for young kids (Highlights High Five), and bilingual kids (Highlights High Five Bilingüe).

I've illustrated several "Look and Look Again" and "Find It" activities, which ask kids to spot the differences between two images or locate an item within an image, and "Action Rhymes," which use animal characters to demonstrate a simple exercise activity.

And I'm currently illustrating mazes for a Highlights activity book, which is so much fun!

 

The kitchen "Find It" illustration (right) appeared in Hello's November, 2016 issue. 


Highlights High Five Magazine

This piece appeared in Highlights High Five’s August 2017 issue. The circles feature photos of a child doing the exercises described in the rhyme. 


Ranger Rick Jr. Magazine

This "Animal Fun" puzzle appeared in a 2022 issue of Ranger Rick Jr.


Ranger Rick Jr. Magazine

This "Fun with Woodpeckers" Dot to Dot appeared in Ranger Rick Jr’s September, 2017 issue.


Look and Look Again: "Ready Set Go" for Highlights High Five

Click the image below to reveal the differences between the two illustrations. Appeared in the October, 2016 issue.


Look and Look Again: "Cooling Off" for Highlights High Five Bilingüe

Can you find all the differences between these illustrations? Appeared in the August, 2015 issue.


Action Rhyme:    "Big Stretch" for Highlights High Five

These little illustrations accompany photos of children doing the same activity as each animal character. A fun way to get kids moving!


Action Rhyme: "Jump Jump" for Highlights High Five

These spot illustrations appeared in High Five's July, 2015 issue.

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Spot Illustrations for Cousteau Kids Magazine

Another magazine I enjoyed working with is Cousteau Kids. I actually read this magazine when I was a kid because I was OBSESSED with whales, dolphins, and the ocean! These spot illustrations appeared in the Spring 2015 issue. They accompany articles about brittle stars' regenerative limbs, dolphins' names for one another, sharks that bear live young, and lobsters that grow very big and strong.