Interview with Children's Book Illustrator Kim Sponaugle
Mayra Calvani
June 23, 2008
Kim Sponaugle is the illustrator of 13 children's picture books. When she was 8 years old, her grandmom entered her picture in a "color the bunny" contest. She won. The prize was a paint-by-numbers set. But Kim soon got bored with the numbers and began painting on her own. With time, her love for drawing and painting grew stronger, which led her to earning a degree at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. She has sketched hundreds of children as a cartoon pastel and mural artist. Many of her children's books are to be released in 2008.
Multi-genre author, reviewer and animal advocate Mayra Calvani hails from San Juan, Puerto Rico. She's the National Latino Books Examiner for Examiner.com, as well as a regular contributor to Blogcritics Magazine and Suite101.