Two dogs in rain gear on a fishing boat with birds flying in the background.

Special Storytime: Astrid Sheckels

July 27, 2024 at 11 - 11:30 am

Reading Library

Free with Museum admission

If you want to know about boats, trust a sea dog to set you on course. In her latest picture book, Sea Dog Boats, award-winning children’s book author and illustrator Astrid Sheckels has created a whole raft of sea dogs to help young readers begin their ABC’s and their nautical explorations. Filled with boats (and sea dogs) from all over the world and told in whimsical rhyme, children will discover vessels from air boats to rafts and coracles to schooners. During this special storytime, Astrid Sheckels will read Sea Dog Boats, answer questions, and do a drawing demonstration.

Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.

A Border Collie pup in clothes paddles along a river in a coracle boat.

Who You'll Meet

Astrid Sheckels

Astrid Sheckels, a native of western Massachusetts, has always enjoyed stories involving imaginary animals, so she felt right at home bringing an assortment of animals to life in her detailed watercolor illustrations. Her award-winning titles include Hector Fox and the Giant Quest, Nic and Nellie, The Fish House Door (illustrator), and The Scallop Christmas (illustrator). She describes her art as a mix of classic realism and whimsy.

Artist website

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