The Second Coloring Book for Big Girls: Spirits and Goddesses--10th Anniversary Edition
Sudie Rakusin is an artist whose body of work includes pen-and-ink drawings, oil paintings, papier mache pieces, and 3-D Journey Books. Her work has appeared in calendars, magazines, and books, as well as on book covers and as notecards.Ms. Rakusin has published two books in herColoring Books for Big Girlsseries. These books feature Ms. Rakusin's pen-and-ink drawings of strong womyn, goddesses, and animals.In 2011, Ms. Rakusin published a divination deck calledJourney Cards: Multicultural Goddesses and Imagined Saints for Guidance, Epiphanies, and Revelations. This 55-card deck comes boxed with a 132-page booklet that describes each Goddess and Saint and gives tips for incorporating the deck into one's daily life.She also has published three hardcover picture books and one softcover dual-language activity book in English and Spanish in her children's series,Dear Calla Roo...Love, Savannah Blue. The characters in the series were inspired by two darling girls: Ms. Rakusin's Great Dane, Savannah Blue, and her niece, Calla Ruth. Pen, ink, and water-soluble chalk were used to create the illustrations. Ms. Rakusin lives and works outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Books Written & Illustrated by Sudie RakusinFor Children:Dear Calla Roo...Love, Savannah Blue: a letter to a pen palDear Calla Roo...Love, Savannah Blue: a letter about getting sick and feeling betterDear Calla...Love, Savannah Blue: a letter about my birthdaySavannah Blue's Activity Book/Libro de Actividades de Savannah AzulFor Adults:The Coloring Book for Big GirlsThe Second Coloring Book for Big Girls: Spirits and Goddesses, 10th Anniversary EditionJourney Cards: Multicultural Goddesses and Imagined Saints for Guidance, Epiphanies, and Revelations