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Meet the Illustrator

Illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen

Illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen @ KPL

Illustrator Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen takes a group of young artists through a step by step process using circles, squares and triangles showing how easy it is to draw. Gijsbert has illustrated the four “Great Lakes Regions” series of books, including The Mammals, The Ancient Life, The Reptiles and Amphibians, and The Insects of the Great Lakes Regions. You can find his work in Owls of North America and The Best of Wildlife Art and The Island Within Us. He is also one of five illustrators for The Birds of Michigan, a large hardbound volume with text and illustrations of the birds of Michigan.

Recorded 03/19/2015

Presented Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Central Library. A Reading Together 2015 program, focusing on the themes presented in Jerry Dennis’s book, The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas.

Categories: Authors @ KPL

Tags: children; illustrator; reading together

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