Our Day 8 list-maker, author/illustrator Johanna Wright (Bandits, The Secret Circus), says she’s been painting snow scenes and ice-skating rabbits for her upcoming book Bunnies on Ice (Roaring Brook, 2013) since summer. “So I’ve actually been in a holiday frame of mind for a long while now,” she writes. “Holiday music and Christmas-themed audio books …
“Bandits is the tale of a rabble-rousing band of robber raccoons, with pictures as beautiful as The Secret Circus. Local author and illustrator Johanna Wright will introduce this beautiful new picture book at Green Bean Books on Saturday, August 20th at 2 pm. The event is free!”—Green Bean Books, Portland. Buy Bandits at Green Bean …
Author/illustrator Johanna Wright grew up in Eugene and studied puppetry and children’s books at Evergreen State College. After college she moved to New York City, where she sold her artwork on the street outside the MOMA for four years and then worked as a painting assistant, helping with large-scale backdrops for photo shoots, film and …
