A
graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Tamara has always
been creative with a passion for drawing and a deep love of
all animals. When combined in her work the results are fun,
quirky, colorful images with an affinity for creating animal
characters. She has illustrated several children’s books
that include Dog Poems, Cat Poems, No Plain Hair, The Spookiest
Jack-O-Lantern Ever!, AA is for Aardvark, A is for Zebra, and
There Once Was a Very Odd School, an IRA-CBC Children’s
Choice book in 2005.
In addition to books, she has illustrated packaging, editorial
materials, educational texts, licensed characters and designs
for various companies and publications such as The New York
Times, Scholastic, Pearsons, JW Pet Company, and Highlights
magazine.
Tamara enjoys meeting her readers through book signings and
readings at schools, book fairs and bookstores, as well as
at her 2003 gallery show of children’s book art in Princeton,
NJ.
Tamara also takes pleasure in spending time with her pets
and husband in NJ. She draws some of her inspiration from
her 3 curious cats, a giant koi fish, and other animals and
people in her life.
Recently Tamara has been working on new kid’s books,
characters and designs for license and toy production and
other fun projects!
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