Children’s author to talk at Roe Jan

Children’s author to talk at Roe Jan

Aimée Sicuro

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COPAKE — The bright colors that splash across the pages of author and illustrator Aimee Sicuro’s latest children’s book “If You Spot a Shell,” promise an equally cheery day when she will read from that work at the Roeliff Jansen Community Library on Saturday, June 1, at 2 p.m.

Besides presenting a charming story of a day at the beach designed to open up a world of imagination in “Shell,” Sicuro demonstrates meticulous detail in her introductory drawings of 32 types of shells.

That talent will be on display during a live drawing session which will conclude with a take home craft kit for creating shell rubbings.

By the time she authored her own 2022 debut, “If You Find a Leaf,” the inaugural book of her two volume Treasure set, Sicuro’s art had already appeared in publications such as The New York Times and Parent Magazine and had gained acclaim in such highly regarded books as Elizabeth Brown’s Dancing Through Fields of Color, and The Stuff Between the Stars.

The free session at the library at 9091 Route 22, Hillsdale is open to the public. For more information call 518-325-4101 or visit roejanlibrary.org.

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