Luciana Navarro Powell- Squirrel Draws Big Feelings

Free all-ages event! Hear from the local illustrator behind Squirrel Draws Big Feelings and take part in a fun chalk art activity!

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"Uh-oh! Sometimes, when Squirrel felt BIG feelings, he couldn't stop racing around."
Squirrel feels squirrelly all the time! Porcupine gets the pricklies when things don't go the way she expects them to. And Bear only knows how to express his feelings ROARfully.
When Squirrel is having a hard time controlling his emotions and his body, his squirrelly behavior causes such a commotion that Porcupine gets all prickly and Bear has a ROARful day. No one is having fun and everyone is overwhelmed. Until Squirrel turns to chalk art to express his big feelings: "With each squiggly line, Squirrel felt better. Art felt like a quiet hug." After some initial hesitation and insecurity over whether they can make art too, Porcupine and Bear join Squirrel in drawing their hearts out. Turns out, friendship and sharing are coping skills too.
With rhyming text and dynamic, mixed-media illustrations, Squirrel Draws Big Feelings will help readers understand that even when we don't have the words to express how we feel, we don't need to get stuck there.
Luciana Navarro Powell is an award-winning illustrator who grew up and started her career in Brazil before moving to the United States in 2002. She now lives in Washington state and has illustrated more than twenty books for children. In her free time, she loves to go hiking and enjoying the beautiful outdoors of the Pacific Northwest with her family.