Once Upon Alaska: A Kid's Photo Book

Beautifully updated in 2019 with eight new pages. Now in its seventh printing!
Celebrate Alaska, A land so grand and wide and far...Mark Kelley and Nick Jans are at it again, and this time for the kid in all of us! With beautiful photography and rhyming verse that makes you smile, Mark and Nick express their deep passion for Alaska in a kid`s book that deserves a place on your coffee table. A Mom's Choice Awards® Gold Recipient -- A Foreword's 2013 Book of the Year Awards Finalist -- The Eric Hoffer Book Award 2014, Honorable Mention -- Communication Arts Magazine: Photography Annual 55 Winner, Book Category

"I live on the edge of unbelievable wilderness", says Mark Kelley, "I love my family and I love kids, so my next book just had to be a kid's book".<P>"I always wanted to write a kids book", says Alaska author Nick Jans, "But it was too scary. Kids are the toughest audience there is". From early childhood, Jans remembers his parents reading aloud to him and his brothers, everything from Shakespeare to Rudyard Kipling to Dr. Seuss, and says those nightly readings are among his strongest and fondest memories. "I learned to love the sounds of the words, not just the stories they told", he says. Writing is meant to be heard, not just seen." Jans has also written eleven adult books, which he hopes get read aloud now and then. His latest book, A Wolf Called Romeo (Houghton Mifflin, 2013), is about a resident wolf in Juneau, Alaska. Nick, his wife, Sherrie, and their four dogs live in Haines, Alaska, and he travels widely across the state. <P>As principal of a design studio working in print and web with clients in Alaska and California,Heidi Reifenstein,graphic designer, enjoys a diverse range of projects. Her clients include nonprofits in the arts and human services, commercial enterprises in tourism and wine, and private educational institutions and design professionals. Heidi has an affinity for book design and typography, and she is an Adjunct Professor of Typography at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Prior to establishing her own design studio, Heidi gained valuable experience with MINETM and Noon Design, both award-winning studios in San Francisco. Heidi is an alumna of California College of the Arts and Whitman College, with degrees in Graphic Design and Studio Art.