Children's Book Illustration




***children's books, publication assignments, & Zariah's own children's fantasy stories***

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 below  to see more,
including closeups!)

 
  Magazine Cover:
Moonstruck in  Otherworld

publ.© 10/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN
©artwork by Zariah










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"The Riddle"
placed second in the esteemed
 Preditors & Editors Poll for

best artwork published in 2007. 
publ.© 5/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine*
illustration assignment
©artwork by Zariah

  


















Lucky's Doorway
("Rainbow  Day")

publ.© 9/07 SFC magazine
illustration assignment                                       
©artwork by Zariah


 

  Australia's Prehistoric
Ice Forest

 
published © 6/07 STORIES for CHILDREN's* magazine
illustration assignment

©artwork by
Zariah




Twighlit Dew-Bathing
publ.© 6/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine*
illustration assignment
for poem: "Where do Gnats Go at Night?"

 
  
Dew-Bathing:
  
closeup
©artwork by Zariah


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For more about this wonderful award-winning magazine which delights thousands of children worldwide each month--as well as more about the annual Editor's Poll-- be sure to visit the links page!

The Maypole Dance
(click this image to see more!)
publ.© 5/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment

©artwork by Zariah







The Maypole Dance: tearsheet
 
                                                              


         

Berry-licious
(click this link to see more!)
publ.© 12/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment
  
©artwork by Zariah





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to see more!)
  

Hidden Pictures:
Can you find all the  scary creatures?
Fright
("Shivering...")

publ.© 6/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment

©artwork by Zariah


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to see more!)

     
World Unity Spirit Dance
publ. ©2001-2005 Spirit of Polynesian Art: 
 
Lokahi  Collection

©writing
& illustration
work by Zariah
          


                  
(click this image to see more!)

What's a Sea Treasure that Barks?
publ.© 7/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
article
for ages 3-6
3rd Place Winner of the 2007 Granny Award

for  Non-Fiction
©writing
& illustration
work by Zariah








  A. Jest
("Ants in Antartica
...")
publ.© 6/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment
©artwork by Zariah
  
Hidden Pictures:
Can you find all the  ghosts and aliens haunting the shadows?
The Lamppost Mystery

publ.© 11/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment

©artwork by Zariah






 
 Teddies' Baking Party
("Rainbow Day")
publ.© 9/07 SFC magazine
illustration assignment
(silly teddies, you toss in flour, not flowers!)
©artwork by Zariah







The Surprise Visit l and ll                             
      
publ.© 12/07-09 SFC magazine                                  
©artwork by Zariah                                  

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l: illustration assignment          
    
  





     
ll: page design & poem
  







 Each of Zariah's  four illustrations below
was  selected by the children's magazine editors
  for their "SFC BEST OF 2007" Anthology: 




What Are We?*
©artwork by Zariah


Moonpath Dream*
©artwork by Zariah

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Monster In Cabin Eight*
©artwork by Zariah

                                  


Nightmares
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©artwork by Zariah

*poetry & stories by Gayle Jacobson-Huset
                
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what is    The Wishing Spiral  ?
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                                              * *   is a magical fantasy adventure      * *   **  *

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                                           ** * *    *  *    The 96-page storybook   * *  

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The Wishing Spiral:

Book Cover

for story
written  by Zariah
©artwork by Zariah
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  ** * *flows as one continuous journey
                         inside the world of a collaged painting
     
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with each spread bordered in a special frame, 
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Wish Upon A Sea-Star
illustration for
a
storybook
by Zariah
First place winner for
Children's Illustration

(click image for details)
©artwork by Zariah
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      with Hawaiian sands,   **   **     
                  metallic foils, 


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and shells, 
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                                                                      * * *    *  *with Zariah’s detailed  illustrations    ** * *


 


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  A Wish ComeTrue  Book Illustration
 
©artwork by Zariah
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                             ** *  of   mermaids,* *   **  *                  * *                              

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       * *   **  * dragons,                                     * * *         *        ** * *  *

* * * *  *            *     and a multitude of other creatures  * *  ***         *

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       The Sea Empress
    ("108 Days")
     (Mer-keiki Pimoe inside
      Mermaid Ma-Limu, 108 days along)
©artwork by Zariah
            







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               *  ** *   **           ** * *  *  playing their enchanted roles         * **                 

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*         * *       *   * *(Goddess Namaka                                               
                                              riding Dragon Mo'o &                            * *  *          *      *
                                       commanding the ocean wave)
                                                                ©artwork by Zariah
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       * * in the stardusty realms of oceans and heavens,    * **      * *  *

                                                                                    ** * *       castles and caves...   ** * *

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Swirling all around are gold and silvers,  multiple textures of seaweeds and paper barks...

  ...And swirling among all these are the words of the story.
 

                So what’s the story?

                         It all starts out with the Hawaiian girl Maile and her best boy friend Kai.  
                                         They are having a wild and incredible time at Maile’s
                                                     birthday party—
until  disaster strikes.

When Kai is  witch-napped
  by the evil,                                  
                                                         devious,     
                                                                eel-headed sea hag
,

    
                              Maile is desperate to rescue him, somehow!
But how?

                                             She begins her quest by diving with Mermaid Lehua                       
 into the deepest mystical sea...

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steal a peek at

Witch Puhi 

(click this link)




in her underwater castle dungeon
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THE WISHING SPIRAL  celebrates the mysterious, beautiful culture of Hawaii—
and the Great Sacred <--(click  purple  words  to learn more).

With a full cast of exciting, magical characters based upon real Hawaiian folktales and legends,

as well as important  words of the Islands holding true mystical power,
this story embraces the ancient wisdom of 
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these words to learn more)

 as the * * greatest magic ** of all.  *  **

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                     As Maile unlocks the secrets of her shell, she also unlocks
                           the magic of her own storybook journey...


Maile unlocking the
Book of Secrets

                                *     ©artwork by Zariah  *         * *

                                                                                                                  

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In this 20,000-word, 7-chapter, multi-dimensional journey for readers 8 and up, Maile ultimately discovers
that she must first overcome her resistance to sharing her own heart’s Aloha with all beings.
Each spread of the storybook’s collage design is bordered by a gilded, chapter-theme-tinted “frame”.
Included are a glossary with thumbnails,“cast of characters”, and references.  
     written and illustrated by Zariah ©2003-2008
                            
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