Itsy Bitsy Teddy Bear's Adventure is Off to Press

IT'S COVER REVEAL DAY! I am so excited to share the cover for Itsy Bitsy Teddy Bear’s Adventure! As many of you know, this has been over...

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

I'm celebrating the pioneering woman artist , Ruth Asawa, and helping support the USPS with a book giveaway of the book I illustrated...

The adventure continues and is nearing it's end. It’s been a while since I’ve updated everyone on Eensy, Teensy Teddy Bear's Adventure.

A peek at the sketches for Eensy, Teensy Teddy Bear's Adventure and my sketching process. I sent a pdf dummy book to my mom and she loved it

An Inktober update for 2019 Monsters Unleased and Unafraid

An update on the progress I've made with Teddy Bear's Adventure including sneak peeks at a couple rough spreads.

Creating characters for readers to love for the picture book Eensy, Teensy, Teddy Bear's Adventure.

Step One of my picture book illustration process: the text dummy. Setting the imagination free to explore.

Today is the day! Eeensy, teensy teddy bear Willie and I are starting our adventure together and we hope you’ll join us on Patreon.

I'm illustrating a story my 86 year old mom wrote and will be sharing the journey from sketch to final printed book on Patreon.

SCBWI Draw This Alone

Vulnerability by Traci Van Wagoner I promised to share my creative journey as a children’s book writer and illustrator. I feel I may...

by Traci Van Wagoner Part 5 of 5 Snow piled up on the windowsill, and I couldn’t take my eyes off the glowing star on top of our tree. It...

by Traci Van Wagoner Part 4 of 5 I sang my heart out, sometimes glancing out the window. It wasn’t snowing. But Papa still wasn’t home,...

by Traci Van Wagoner Part 3 of 5 The sun sank low and Jacob breezed past me. “Last one home is a lump of coal!” I raced to catch up....

by Traci Van Wagoner Part 2 of 5 At lunch, I stared at the melting butter on the steaming hunk of homemade bread and worried. “Why aren’t...

Written and illustrated by Traci Van Wagoner Inspired by a story told by Grandma Mead on many a Christmas Eve. Part 1 of 5 My breath blew...

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