Illustrations for a 4 page story in the March issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)

A bowling alley themed “That’s Silly!” illustration I did for the March issue of Highlights High Five. (click on image to enlarge)

Illustrations for a 4 page story in the February issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)

Illustrations for a 4 page story in the December issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)

Puzzle illustration in the January/February 2018 issue of ChickaDEE. (click on image to enlarge)

Cover illustration for the January/February 2018 issue of ChickaDEE.    

Illustrations for a 4 page story in the December issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)  

Having some fun with a series of fruit and vegetable characters:    

Illustrations for a 4 page story in the November issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)  

Illustrations for a 4 page story in the October issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)  

Written by Stella Partheniou Grasso Illustrated by Chris Jones ISBN: 978-1-4431-5725-4 24 pages ▪ 9″ x 9″  ▪ paperback   Hockey season is finally here and there’s no better way to celebrate than to sing about how much we love the game. Take me out to the ice rink. Take me out to the game. […]

Illustrations for a 4 page story in the September issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)

Science Museum illustration for the Take a Trip feature in the September issue of Chirp. (click image to enlarge) Here’s how is appeared in print:

Illustrations for a 4 page story in the August issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)

Spot illustrations for “What’s an Eclipse?” feature in the July issue of Click magazine.

Illustrations for a 4 page bible story in the July issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine.    

A three page comic I illustrated in the June issue of Highlights magazine. (click images to enlarge)

Illustrations for a 4 page bible story in the May issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine.    

Illustrations for a 4 page bible story in the May issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine.

Illustrations for a 4 page bible story rebus in the April issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine: Here’s how they appeared in print:

Here’s a fun little story about the time I was a paperboy:  

Illustrations for a 4 page bible story in the March issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine:  

Spot illustrations for a 3 page story in the February issue of Click Magazine: Here’s how they appeared in the magazine:

I had a ton of fun illustrating this cover and rebus story for the February issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine.   Here’s how it appeared in the magazine: A few of my working sketches:

Here are a few fun monster character illustrations:  

I had a lot of fun illustrating these double page spreads for this bible story in the January issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (click images to enlarge)

Poster artwork for Scholastic Canada’s Newfoundland Science series on Liquids and Solids.  (click image to enlarge) The poster also included some food item spots:

I had the opportunity to illustrate another super fun That’s Silly for the January issue of Highlights High Five. (click on image to enlarge)

Back cover illustration for the November issue of The Friend Magazine. Here are a few of the alternate sketches:

Illustrations for a double page story in the November issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (Click on image to view larger.)

I had the opportunity to illustrate the Flying High paper airplane activity for the November issue of Click Magazine. It was a lot of fun designing the plane, and making sure it folded up correctly on the template was quite a challenge! The assembled airplane: The fold out activity: The original templates (click to view […]

I had a blast illustrating this Double page puzzle illustration for the November issue of ChickaDEE Magazine. Can you find all 4 spider bots? Click on the image to view larger.

I had a great time illustrating this fun little story in the October issue of Highlights Magazine. Click on the image to view larger. Here are a couple of the alternate sketches I did for the first spot:  

Illustrations for a 3 page story on Isaac Newton, appearing in the September issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. I had fun sneaking in a little worm character throughout the illustrations. Click on the images to view larger.

Here are a few insect illustrations I’ve been working on lately. More to come!  

This is a double page spread I illustrated for the August issue of Highlights High Five. Can you find all of the hidden R’s? (Click on image to view larger).

This is a double page comic I illustrated for the August issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine. (Click on image to view larger).

This is a recent personal piece I created featuring my boy scout character.

Coming in August, 2016 from Stone Arch Books: Jim Nasium is a Strikeout King, and Jim Nasium is a Tennis Mismatch. Covers pictured below. View all titles and interior samples.

I illustrated these fun little bike games for the May issue of ChickaDEE. I had a great time adding in the worm character and creating a little story with him: Here’s how it appeared in the magazine:

I had a blast illustrating these bike tune up monsters for the May issue of ChickaDEE. Here’s how they appeared in the magazine:

I never realized that designing a mini-putt course would be so challenging (and fun)! This is my illustration for the June issue of Highlights High Five. And here is how it appeared in the magazine:

Fun and educational adventures of brother and sister, Max and Kiwi. Please enjoy this small group of samples for this early reader comic.          

I wrote and illustrated a 4 page comic story that appeared in the March issue of ChickaDEE Magazine:   Here’s a sample of my thumbnail/sketch process:

These are two spot illustrations I did for the joke page in the March issue of Clubhouse Jr. Magazine.

During the month of January I illustrated daily portraits of elderly characters. I collected my favorites into a small poster:

Illustrations for a Thanksgiving story in the November issue of Highlights: Here is how they appeared in print: A few of my working sketches, trying out various compositions:

I had the wonderful opportunity to illustrate another cover for Clubhouse Jr. magazine recently. I also illustrated the 4 page interior story. Here’s the cover as it appeared in print: These are some of my preliminary sketches for the cover, exploring different poses for the main character: A couple illustrations from the interior story: As […]

Double page puzzle illustration for the October issue of Chirp. Final sketch of the spread: As it appeared in print:

Growing up isn’t easy. Especially when you’ve just moved to a new school and you have no friends! Nerdy Birdy follows the adventures of CJ, an introverted eleven year old, as she attempts to find her way in the uncertain world of middle school. The following 13 page preview contains a few short stories meant […]

I had the pleasure of illustrating the covers and interiors for Capstone’s new Jim Nasium book series. Published in their Stone Arch Books imprint, there are four titles in the series. Check them out here! Despite his name, ten-year-old Jim Nasium is no all-star athlete. But he’s determined to find the right sport for him […]