ABOUT
How it all started...
After painting a funky mash-up of a fish and a pineapple, Amy Leigh Starr (author/illustrator) punned the title, "Tropical Fish"! She couldn't stop there; next she mixed a bear and a strawberry and titled it "StrawBEARY".
Amy and her children had so much fun learning about fruits, animals, colors, textures, cultures and geography while dre
After painting a funky mash-up of a fish and a pineapple, Amy Leigh Starr (author/illustrator) punned the title, "Tropical Fish"! She couldn't stop there; next she mixed a bear and a strawberry and titled it "StrawBEARY".
Amy and her children had so much fun learning about fruits, animals, colors, textures, cultures and geography while dreaming up this zoo of fruits, that she wanted to share the amusement and educational opportunity by creating a children's book(s)!
What is "Rainbow Thinking"?
And to you, Dear Reader (no matter your age)
promise me this as you turn each page:
That you'll think a bit *different*
and outside what you "know."
Because the world is not black and white...
it's an entire RAINBOW!
Rainbow Thinking means having endless options (like the endless spectrum of color in a rainbow) instead of limiting your perspect
And to you, Dear Reader (no matter your age)
promise me this as you turn each page:
That you'll think a bit *different*
and outside what you "know."
Because the world is not black and white...
it's an entire RAINBOW!
Rainbow Thinking means having endless options (like the endless spectrum of color in a rainbow) instead of limiting your perspective by thinking there is only one answer (black or white; right or wrong; my way or your way; etc).
Author/Illustrator
Author and illustrator, Amy Leigh Starr is a fine artist, costume designer, and mom of two young kiddos. Amy is a self-described "creative chameleon" (or should we say, chaMELON?) who creates in all sorts of mediums and styles: music, painting, drawing, sewing, graphic design, poetry and prose...if it requires flexing creative muscles, she's up for the challenge!
The Series
Froot Zoo had too many blended beasties to fit into just one book, so it is the first in a series of many, many more to adore.
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For those that need a little encouragement on the potty...
It's a wild, wild world.
Full of animals and fruit.
You've met some of our friends,
but did you know they ALL poop?!