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Good Enough to Eat, Lizzy Rockwell's first book as both author and illustrator, reveals much about its talented creator. Lizzy's love of food, sense of fun, and interest in education are apparent from the very first page.
On any sunny day, you might find Lizzy and her two young sons out in their garden in Norwalk, Connecticut, picking vegetables for dinner. Later, you might find Lizzy inside whipping up a yummy, nutritional dish, such as "Full o' Beans Soup," a recipe she composed for Good Enough to Eat.
But most of the time, you'll find Lizzy in her studio, illustrating books for children. Lizzy first learned to draw in her parents' studio. She continued her artistic education at New York's School of Visual Arts. The first picture book Lizzy illustrated was a combined effort with her parents entitled My Spring Robin.
More recently, Lizzy and her mother, veteran author and illustrator Anne Rockwell, have paired their talents on a series of books: Show & Tell Day, Halloween Day, and the forthcoming books Thanksgiving Day and Valentine's Day. Written by Anne and illustrated by Lizzy, this series is set in cheerful Mrs. Madoff's classroom. According to Lizzy, each book conveys to children the all important lesson that "you can be part of a group but still be yourself."
Lizzy's sons, Nicholas and Nigel, also play a role in her books -- as occasional character models and certainly as real-life inspiration. It was their curiosity about the world around them that helped inspire Lizzy as she illustrated A Nest Full of Eggs by Priscilla Belz Jenkins and On the Move by Deborah Heiligman, two books in the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. And, Lizzy says, part of her inspiration to create Good Enough to Eat came from being a dedicated mother: "One of the most important things I want children to learn by reading Good Enough to Eat is to enjoy eating good food with family and friends." When's dinner?
