Lake Shore Drive, the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier...just the mention of these iconic sights conjures up a skyline known the world over as the Windy City. Welcome to Chicago! And there's no better guidebook to the city than W is for Windy City: A Chicago Alphabet. Following the alphabet, the city's character and familiar landmarks are fully captured in poem and expository text. A is for Art Institute or Adler Planetarium. And if we want a "triple A," we'll add the Shedd Aquarium. Young readers can marvel at the treasures on display at the renowned Art Institute, go window shopping along Michigan Avenue's mile-long Magnificent Mile, or take in an afternoon game at Wrigley Field with the Chicago Cubs. W is for Windy City brings this famous city to life.A faculty member in the Department of Education at Judson University in Elgin, Illinois, Dr. Steven L. Layne is a respected literacy consultant and keynote speaker, working with educators and children at schools and conferences throughout the world. With more than 20 years as an educator, Deborah Dover Layne has worked at elementary and middle school levels and has been a reading specialist. Currently, she is an elementary principal in Elgin. The Laynes live in St. Charles, Illinois. Rhode Island School of Design graduate Michael Hays teaches illustration and drawing at Columbia College and lives in Oak Park, Illinois. Judy MacDonald and Michael started Painted Pony Studio in Chicago several years ago, each of them bringing their own unique style to the drawing table while illustrating books and creating art for children.
About the creators
Judy MacDonald has illustrated for Cricket Magazine Group's, "Click!" and "Muse," publishers Scholastic, Harcourt, Reader's Digest, Weekly Reader and Frog Street Press, and retailer IKEA. Judy and Michael work together at Painted Pony Studios in Chicago, illustrating books and creating art for kids on "that toddlin' town's" far north side.
Rhode Island School of Design graduate Michael Hays teaches children's book illustration at Columbia College Chicago. He began his long career of illustrating picture books with Pete Seeger's storysong, Abiyoyo. Michael has illustrated 20 picture books and many YA covers including Junebug by Alice Mead.
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