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Henderson Pawz

Wendy Wahman
Illustrator /Children's Author

Rabbit Stew  Book Trailer Animation Project

Project update: The animation project was completed first week of January. Wendy loves it.  Quoting from her emails:

The trailer far exceeds my expectations. Your students did an incredible job! So much fun. The butterfly is so expressive. I love the fox’s throat as he swallows the raisin, the blueberry spread is well done too. All of it really.

That is so important, to finish something. And learn how to collaborate. I hope they are proud of their work. They should be. They can download and share it to their heart’s desire.
                                                                              ~Wendy Wahman

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Wendy Wahman,  children’s book author and illustrator,  visited Henderson Bay High School from 8-10 A.M. to speak to students about compiling an animation trailer for her latest book,  
Rabbit Stew, coming out March  7,  2017.

She began by reading and showing the book on the big screen. Wendy  then showed  the storyboard with animation suggestions. She indicated tone and direction to students  while exploring animation options to include the creative aspect individual Henderson students can demonstrate through their creative vision.

Wendy also did a reading for our daycare kids where she showed them how to make friends with dogs. Peg says it was really excellent and the kids were totally involved.

Students who work on the trailer will be credited in the video. Wendy can be reached at
wendy@wahman.com. See John for more details!

                                                                 ~Bre  


Photos by Brook during Wendy's presentation
​of the Rabbit Stew trailer project.
Wendy Blog

The children's book Rabbit Stew will be launch March 7, 2017. The idea for the book came in 2009, and Wendy worked on it off and on along with other projects since then. Wendy explained the creative process of getting an idea, advancing that idea alone and with her critique group,* agent, then at last, the Acquisitions Editor, each book requiring multiple revisions before publication. Wendy said that on average, picture books  can take from two to six years from conception to publication. 

*Visit the Whatsits here.  (http://thewhatsits.blogspot.com)


We will be breaking the project down into 15 or 16 separate frames. This is an ideal project that can be worked on by media students, photography students or any student who is caught up and wants to come into the lab on Wednesday afternoons to extend their learning options. We will be using the program Adobe Animate to create subtle movements that carry the story forward in creating a high resolution video designed to market the new book. For us this is a rare opportunity to work with a real world project.  

During Wendy's second presentation she shared that some of her work is on display at EMP where she worked for a while. The following links are examples of the tone of the animations she has created in the past for introducing her books.
A Cat Like That
Don't Lick the Dog
SNOW BOY
To get a closer look at the range of her work check out these examples of Wendy Wahman work.
Wendy Wahman Projects

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What Our Teachers Are Saying

             This looks GREAT!!!    I am excited to watch this evolve.      ~ Lisa​                " Looks great!!!"        ~Rob              
​                          " PAWZ--I Can't Wait"     ~Brian                                                     "Looks wonderful"     ~Shannon

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