Virtual Saturday Stories Featuring Multi-Award Winning Illustrator John Rocco
May 17 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Presented monthly, Saturday Stories invites guest illustrators to lead children and their adult companions in a read-aloud workshop related to the wide range of materials and processes that illustrators use to create their picture books.
Join John Rocco in his studio as he shares his process for creating illustrations, and his unusual path to becoming an illustrator. He will then read his wonderful book, Wild Places written by Hayley Rocco using his best David Attenborough impression, followed by a drawing exercise where you will learn to draw a “wild place” using simple shapes and lines!
Visit John on instagram: @roccoart
Good for ALL ages 5 and up!
John Rocco is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Blackout, recipient of the Caldecott Honor and How We Got To The Moon, recipient of the Sibert Honor and Longlisted for the National Book Award. Rocco has illustrated the covers for Rick Riordan’s internationally bestselling series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, and The Trials of Apollo. He also created the illustrations for the #1 New York Times bestsellersPercy Jackson’s Greek Gods and Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes.
Most recently, Rocco has been collaborating with his wife, Hayely Rocco, on several conservation-focused books including Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal for illustration and selected for The Society of Illustrators, Original Art, Best in Picture Books 2024.