Jody Wheeler ’74

Child and Adolescent Art Education

      Children’s book illustrator Jody Wheeler ’74 has worked on a variety of books,ranging from nonfiction titles for middle readers, such as more than a half-dozen weather-related titles in the Wild Weather series written by Lorraine Jean Hopping, to fiction titles for young readers such as Nate the Great. Jody ’74 has also teamed up with author Rosemary Wells to produce a series of books for preschoolers, with Jody ’74 providing the interior artwork. School Library Journal critic Anne Knickerbocker said of Jody’s artwork in Read Me a Story, “Each page sports a bright, color illustration that will