Visit Carl and Jean at the Art and Apples Festival in beautiful downtown Rochester at Paint Creek Park the weekend of September 10-12. New 10th Anniversary Stranger in the Woods Snowflake Edition See the cover of our new 3d lenticular 10th Anniversary Stranger in the Woods Snowflake Edition. Kids (and grown ups) will love watching the deer pull the [...]
The Harrisville Arts and Crafts show is this Labor Day weekend, September 4th and 5th in Harrisville, Michigan on the grounds of the courthouse at US23 and M72. Carl and Jean will have their wildlife and nature prints, along with prints from their books available. Pick up a couple of their best-selling children’s books, board books, award-winning DVD movies, and stuffed [...]
Our art director Karen McDiarmid had a nice surprise yesterday! Her family visited our studio and spent time with Karen, Carl and Jean reviewing our new movie, First Snow in the Woods: The Movie. Karen’s Aunt Margie is a huge fan of Carl and Jean’s nature prints and children’s books and movies. Karen says that [...]
The screening of First Snow in the Woods: The Movie, our new children’s nature movie, was enjoyed by students from Spring Mills Elementary School in Highland, Michigan. I shot video with my small pocket sized Flip video camera of the children asking questions to our office manager Becky Ferguson, and our art director, Karen McDiarmid. [...]
Katie Baxter, our favorite child reviewer and niece of our Art Director Karen McDiarmid, wrote the following review of our new children’s nature movie, First Snow in the Woods: The Movie: No artificial flavors, just natural beauty! This video has absolutely amazing photography and wonderful voices. This video is not long, but it’s long enough [...]
The following is a great story, especially with our new upcoming movie, First Snow in the Woods: The Movie (watch the trailer: 2:58 minutes), featuring a groundhog, along with a variety of other wildlife. An Ohio woman heard a thumping coming from under her car hood so she pulled over in a parking lot. She opened [...]
Students from Spring Mills Elementary School in Highland, Michigan screened our new movie, First Snow in the Woods: The Movie. Spring Mills Elementary School is part of the Huron Valley School District. I took some quick video with my small pocket sized Flip video camera. Watch the video to see the children’s reaction to First [...]
Here is a photo of our staff at BookExpo America (BEA) this week. BookExpo America is the largest publishing event in North America. Karen McDiarmid, art director, is on the left. Denise Caverly, trade show representative, is in the center. Author Jean Stoick is on the right. We are showing our newest book, One Child, One [...]
This is an updated sneak peek of our new children’s nature movie, First Snow in the Woods: The Movie, based on our award-winning children’s book First Snow in the Woods. We expect the movie to be available for purchase in early fall. Receive updates on First Snow in the Woods: The Movie by subscribing to our [...]
A groundhog bursts into song about hibernation, then a chipmunk sings about semi-hibernation, followed by a duet with a woodpecker . . . this is one of the songs from our upcoming film First Snow in the Woods: The Movie, based on the best-selling children’s book First Snow in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and [...]
