Catching Flight: A Story Time and Bird Drawing Activity

Join award-winning author/illustrator and Maine Master Naturalist, Rebekah Lowell, for a CATCHING FLIGHT story time followed by a bird-drawing workshop where you will learn how to draw birds by looking at their various beaks, feet, and other features, and what that might say about what they eat and where they live. Signed copies of CATCHING FLIGHT will also be available.

Rebekah Lowell is an award-winning author/illustrator, designer, educator and Maine Master Naturalist with a curiosity for the natural world. She is passionate about resilience, freedom, and hope. Her middle grade novel in verse, THE ROAD TO AFTER (Nancy Paulsen/Penguin), was a Junior Library Guild selection. Her picture book illustration for, CATCHING FLIGHT (Doubleday/Random House), was long-listed for the World Illustration Awards. She earned her BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design, and her MFA from Hollins University. She earned her Nature Journal Educator certificate through the Wild Wonder Foundation and is earning her certificate in Natural Science Illustration through RISD. She serves on the Board of Directors for York County Audubon, transports birds for Avian Haven, and rescues monarchs from local hayfields. She is an Adjunct Professor of Art at the University of New England teaching Graphic Design and Nature Journaling. Rebekah is also a homeschooling mama, gardener, and cat lady.  https://rebekahlowell.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rebekahlowell

Questions about this event, email Ivy at iburns@yarmouthlibrary.org