Do-It-Yourself Dollhouse: Thinking Inside and Outside the Boxes

DO-IT-YOURSELF DOLLHOUSE is a STEAM picture book for kids 4-8 years old, featuring two girls who live on the same street, but have very different life experiences. The spreads offer a peek into each girl’s home and their contrasting interactions with their dollhouses. Readers may be surprised to see which girl really has the ＂ fancy dream house.

Giulia calls herself a bittersweet illustrator, because in her illustrations she likes to mix poetry, irony and, at times, a grotesque note. She was born in 1993 in Piacenza. She attended the Bruno Cassinari Artistic High School while attending sculpture courses at the ’Isti- tuto dell’Arte e Tecnologia del Marmo’. Also in 2012, she received a merit scholarship for International School of Comics in Reggio Emilia, where she fell in love with illustration. Shannon Anderson is an award-winning author and former teacher of 25 years. She taught at the elementary and college level and was named one of the 10 teachers who ＂＂awed and inspired＂＂ the Today Show in 2019. Shannon travels the country doing author visits and enjoys speaking at conferences and events. You can learn more about her and her books at www.shannonisteaching.com.