How Does a Picture Book Artist Balance Working and Being a Mom?

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By Melissa Taylor Posted onJuly 29, 2015February 8, 2021 Updated onFebruary 8, 2021

Ever wonder how a picture book artist balances working and being a mom? (In a small house?) (With small people?)

Want to see?

Hannah E. Harrison, picture book author and artist, shows us a day in the life. Watch.

WOW, right?

Can you relate to Hannah’s dance of working and parenting?

working mom balance - perspective from author and illustrator of Bernice Gets Carried Away

Hannah’s new book, Bernice Gets Carried Away, tells the story of an adorably grumpy cat who is having a truly rotten time at her friend’s birthday party. (Don’t you LOVE her grumpy face on the cover?)

How Does a Picture Book Artist Balance Working and Being a Mom?

Bernice looks good at expressing her feelings with her body language!

Oh, Bernice. That wasn’t a good choice.

Luckily, Bernice learns how sharing can help save the day!

Bernice Maze

Don’t miss Hannah’s previous book, Extraordinary Jane, a lovely book about an ordinary dog in an extraordinary circus.

Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor, MA, is the creator of Imagination Soup. She's a mother, former teacher & literacy trainer, and freelance education writer. She writes Imagination Soup and freelances for publications online and in print, including Penguin Random House's Brightly website, USA Today Health, Adobe Education, Colorado Parent, and Parenting. She is passionate about matching kids with books that they'll love.