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, teacher, author, and freelance writer. She writes Imagination Soup and freelances for publications online and in print, including Brightly for Penguin Random House, USA Today Health, Colorado Parent, and Parenting.