Traci Van Wagoner

A New Post Where I Ask for Your Help It’s a brand new year and I’m diving back into my mourning doves picture book. It was on pause for a short time while illustrating Carlos Crosses the Border now available here . I’m at a crossroads with the cover and title, and I’m looking for your input. I’m moving along with the artwork and part of the process is finding the best title and cover art that gives the flavor of the book, a peek at what readers will find inside. I want to cre

Get a behind the scenes look at the beginnings of an idea for a picture book inspired by nature in the city. I was delighted to wake one morning to the noisy going-ons of a mourning dove couple setting up home in my top floor window in the back of the building. Over the first summer of the pandemic I was privileged to watch the development of two families from the same couple and was inspired to write a story about it and how it effected my life and brought a new sense of won

Another picture book creation journey begins where a pair of mourning doves nest in my window, and I pose a question: bars or no bars on the windows?

IT’S OFFICIAL!!! Many of you have watched and waited and shared in the journey from initial text dummy to final book for Boomer the...

Update on the book making process following Boomer's journey from sketches to final book.

You are all due an update for Boomer! Time has gotten away from me with so much of my attention at the drawing board with this project,...

One of the best parts of illustrating children's books is developing the characters that live within those books. I've had a ton of fun...

I apologize for my lack of posting lately. I've been busy, busy painting and creating art for two big games which successfully...

We received the 2nd print proof of the book and it looks fantastic. It has been officially approved by Blue Bear. So, we can now release I

Good news. Bad news. I got the very first ever printed book of Itsy Bitsy Teddy Bear's Adventure.

The final step in Itsy, Bitsy Teddy Bear Willie's Adventure is getting the book ready for print and purchasing.

A behind the scenes look at my process of illustrating a children's picture book The project begins: * manuscript cut up into text dummy...