Hi! I’m Bernice Seward, a visual storyteller who creates books and illustrations for children. I’ve never met a sheep I didn’t like, though, admittedly, I haven’t met as many of them as Pete from The Sheep Magnet has. You can find me engaging in a plethora of STEAM-powered activities throughout the Pacific Northwest. I live in Lewiston, Idaho, with my family and a cluster of cats.
I’m passionate about creating content that connects children of all ages (though mostly ages 2 to 102) to reading and helps them connect reading to life. I also act as a mentor, sharing my creative process with students and adults alike. I’m a lifelong learner who enjoys sparking collaborative, creative projects with others.
I first knew I wanted to be a writer when I was in the second grade. I lived in Twin Bridges, Montana, at the time. My fellow classmates and I wrote and illustrated our own stories, and I wrote about my family’s White German Shepherd named Missie. I was excited because I’d written a story that children like me could understand and enjoy. I didn’t realize until many years later that I wanted to illustrate as well as write. My favorite way to illustrate involves using hand-painted papers to make colorful, whimsical mixed-media collages.
The Sheep Magnet is my twelfth illustrated book for children. Some of my other works include The Girl Who Lived in a Shoe and other Torn-Up Tales, as well as Have You Seen My Frog? and a series of Bite-Size Books for Beginning Readers.
You can learn about Author Visits here, and find my Press Kit here. You can also find printable educational materials for my books on their respective book pages, as well as in some blog posts. The main book page is here. Follow me on Facebook @BerniceSewardWriter, on YouTube @BerniceSeward and on Instagram @bernice_seward.
Interested in contacting me? You can reach me at berniceatbernicesewarddotcom (just replace “at” with “@” and “dot” with “.”).