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Kari Rust
Author / Illustrator / Speaker
https://www.karirust.com/
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About Me
I am an illustrator and author who was once a full-time animator. The process of bringing characters to life and telling stories from a visual point of view
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has been of interest to me since I was very young. I am an Emily Carr graduate with a degree in fine arts/animation. In addition to illustrating, writing and animating, I have also done quite a bit of post-secondary teaching and I currently mentor at Vancouver Film School. My two kids, my husband and I live in an old house in Vancouver. I love picture books, graphic novels and listening to audio books on family road trips.
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Picture Books
Educational & Information Books
Published Works
Tricky - 2017 - Author/Illustrator - Owlkids Books
Tricky was my first picture book. It is a story about a pair of rascally troublemakers and what happens when one of them sees the error of his ways.
The House at the End of the Road 2019 - Author/Illustrator - Owlkids Books
The House at the End of the Road is a picture book with graphic novel elements. It is an inter-generational story about three kids who discover an old house on their summer holidays.
Emmy Noether - 2020 - Illustrator - Written by Helaine Becker - Kids Can Press
Emmy Noether is a picture book biography about a brilliant and important, yet little known mathematician whose work changed the way we understand the world.
I will visit:
Vancouver
Lower Mainland
Northern British Columbia
I Present to Age Groups:
Primary School
Grades K-3
Grades 4-6
College / University / Adult
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Awards and Recognition:
2019 Chocolate Lily Book Award - Nominee - Tricky
2019 Blue Spruce Award - Nominee -
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Tricky
CBC Books - "30 Canadian picture books to watch for this fall" (2019) - The House at the End of the Road
2020 Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award - Shortlist - The House at the End of the Road
2021 Chocolate Lily Book Award - Nominee - The House at the End of the Road
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