Pamela Zagarenski

Two-time Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator, Pamela Zagarenski, talks to Giuseppe Castellano about why personal hardship—which led to professional  abandonment—almost torpedoed her career; how she picked up the pieces; how her company’s name, Sacred Bee, came from a near-death experience; and what Goethe teaches us about achieving our creative goals.

To learn more about Pamela, visit sacredbee.com.

Be sure to check out her newest book, The Fabled Life of Aesop, by Ian Lender, where you buy or borrow books.

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