Calling all artists! Using tips from their new book How to Draw a Tree, author David LaRochelle and illustrator Colleen Muske will share their wisdom about using all your senses when you draw.  You’ll even get to look at some real live trees with them, and to draw your own tree in a beautiful nature journal that’s yours to keep. (Ages 3 and up)

About the Authors

David LaRochelle has been writing and illustrating award-winning children’s books for over thirty years. His books have won numerous awards, including the SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Award, the American Library Association’s Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, and four Minnesota Book Awards. A former elementary school teacher, David enjoys solving puzzles, geocaching, and carving creative pumpkins. He lives in White Bear Lake.

Colleen Muske, the writer and illustrator of Linden: The Story of a Tree, has been an artist most of her life. She has studied at Minneapolis Community College, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and dozens of workshops, conferences, and private artists’ studios. After taking her first children’s book illustration class, Colleen knew that children’s books were her calling. Colleen lives in Stillwater, Minnesota.