Meet the Pollinators

 

Cover of 'Meet The Pollinators' board book, written by Lisa Jaffe and illustrated by me, Ele Willoughby

The last week of April is InverteFest, of one three yearly week-long celebrations of all things invertebrate. I usually participate in sharing invertebrate art, and often in their collections of invertebrate art. This year they decided to also publish an online anthology. They paired up artists and writers, and the pairs all collaborated on different projects. I was paired up with the lovely Seattle-based writer Lisa Jaffe. Last fall worked together to come up with a project. She wrote the sweetest little book, introducing little ones to some of our favourite pollinators. We chose a collection featuring some of our favourites from where I live in Ontario, and where she lives in the Pacific Northwest. I designed and illustrated the book with my linocuts of plants and pollinators.

You can find the entire book, and download it for free, along all with all the other wonderful and varied contributions to the InverteFest Anthology on Saimi Hanma's website. It's really an amazing assortment. There's poetry, short stories, sci-fi, satire, children's lit, historical fiction, and fantasy by some very talented writers and artists. You can also enjoy the collection of art books put together by Franz Anthony and information about joining on observing (or making art or writing about) invertebrates for InverteFests. Check it out!