![]() Michele Slung commented in the New York Times Book Review that the illustrations in the book display "such an array of inventiveness" that the reader might believe they "somehow have a life of their own." ![]() ![]() Animal Fair followed in 1981, a traditional nursery song that Stevens both illustrated and adapted as a read-aloud picture book. The editor at a New York publishing company, Holiday House, liked Stevens's work so much that she offered her a contract. Stevens illustrated her first children's book, an anthology called Callooh! Callay! Holiday Poems for Young Readers, in 1978, after being inspired by a workshop she attended. Involved since then in such creative endeavors as advertising, textile design, and illustrations for architects, Stevens has translated her early love of drawing into a career that has filled her life. After finishing high school, she earned a degree in fine arts from the University of Colorado, graduating in 1975. ![]() Stevens was born in 1953, in Dallas, Texas, but was raised in such places as Virginia, Rhode Island, Florida, and Hawaii because her father was a career naval officer. ![]()
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