![]() Over the years, I’ve been sad to see bright lights wash away the stars in every place I’ve ever lived. “When I was a child in India, on clear nights, we could see the Milky Way. When you look up at the night sky, what do you see? Draw a picture of it, and send it to us! THE BACKSTORYīoth authors found inspiration for these books in their own childhoods. ![]() It was such an exciting idea that I applied and was accepted to a vocational arts highschool and took commercial art classes to prepare a portfolio for college where I majored in illustration.” - Aimee Sicuro, illustrator of Bright Sky, Starry City THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITY: DRAW THE NIGHT SKY At the end of the year she wrote me a long letter in that same journal suggesting that "illustration was my calling." This was the first time anyone had pointed out that illustration was an actual career. While writing about my life as a sixth grader, I would include a drawing at the bottom of the page that expressed what I had written that day. ![]() ![]() “When I was in the sixth grade my teacher Miss Byrnes had all her students keep a daily journal. ![]()
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