ch-bk-illust- Zariah

***children's books, publication assignments, & Zariah's own children's fantasy stories***

editors & art directors:
please inquire for exclusive pages, manuscripts, closeups & more

Note: You can click on any of the links (underlined)
below to find out more!
Clicking on the menu items above will lead to other pages.
Some pictures on this page also lead with a click
(on the image itself) to their own full story pages.
*Zariah's newest creations and updates are being added all the time, so stay tuned! *
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(click on image
below to see more,
including closeups!)

Magazine Cover:
Moonstruck in Otherworld
publ.© 10/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN
©artwork by Zariah

(click on image to see more!)

"The Riddle"

placed second in the esteemed
Preditors & Editors Poll for
best artwork published in 2007.
publ.© 5/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine*

illustration assignment
©artwork by Zariah

Lucky's Doorway
("Rainbow Day")
publ.© 9/07 SFC magazine
illustration assignment
©artwork by Zariah

Australia's Prehistoric
Ice Forest
published © 6/07 STORIES for CHILDREN's* magazine
illustration assignment

©artwork by Zariah

Twighlit Dew-Bathing
publ.© 6/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine*
illustration assignment
for poem: "Where do Gnats Go at Night?"

Dew-Bathing:
closeup
©artwork by Zariah

*For more about this wonderful award-winning magazine which delights thousands of children worldwide each month--as well as more about the annual Editor's Poll-- be sure to visit the links page!

The Maypole Dance
publ.© 5/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment
©artwork by Zariah

The Maypole Dance: tearsheet

Berry-licious
(click this link to see more!)
publ.© 12/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment
©artwork by Zariah

(click image
to see more!)

Hidden Pictures:
Can you find all the scary creatures?

Fright
("Shivering...")
publ.© 6/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment
©artwork by Zariah

(click on image below
to see more!)

World Unity Spirit Dance
publ. ©2001-2005 Spirit of Polynesian Art:
Lokahi Collection
©writing
& illustration work by Zariah

(click this image to see more!)

What's a Sea Treasure that Barks?
publ.© 7/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
article for ages 3-6
3rd Place Winner of the “2007 Granny Award”
for Non-Fiction
©writing
& illustration work by Zariah

A. Jest
("Ants in Antartica...")
publ.© 6/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment
©artwork by Zariah

Hidden Pictures:
Can you find all the ghosts and aliens haunting the shadows?
The Lamppost Mystery
publ.© 11/07 STORIES FOR CHILDREN magazine
illustration assignment
©artwork by Zariah

Teddies' Baking Party
("Rainbow Day")
publ.© 9/07 SFC magazine
illustration assignment
(silly teddies, you toss in flour, not flowers!)
©artwork by Zariah

The Surprise Visit l and ll
       publ.© 12/07-09 SFC magazine
©artwork by Zariah

(click on images to see more!)

l: illustration assignment

ll: page design & poem

Each of Zariah's four illustrations below was selected by the children's magazine editors for their "SFC BEST OF 2007" Anthology:
What Are We?* ©artwork by Zariah	Moonpath Dream* ©artwork by Zariah
(click this image to see more!) Monster In Cabin Eight* ©artwork by Zariah	Nightmares* ©artwork by Zariah *poetry & stories by Gayle Jacobson-Huset

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what is    The Wishing Spiral ?
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* ** * * * * The 96-page storybook * * *

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The Wishing Spiral:
Book Cover

for story
written by Zariah
©artwork by Zariah

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** * *flows as one continuous journey
inside the world of a collaged painting * * * ** ** * * *
with each spread bordered in a special frame, ** * ** * * * *

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Wish Upon A Sea-Star
illustration for a
storybook
by Zariah
First place winner for
Children's Illustration
(click image for details)
©artwork by Zariah
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      with Hawaiian sands,   ** **
                metallic foils,

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and shells, ** * * *

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* * * * *with Zariah’s detailed illustrations * ** * *

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to see more!)

A Wish ComeTrue Book Illustration
©artwork by Zariah

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** * of mermaids,* * ** * * *

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* * ** * dragons, * * * * * ** * * *

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* ** * ** ** * * * playing their enchanted roles * * ** * * *

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* * * * * * * *(Goddess Namaka

riding Dragon Mo'o & * * * * *

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* * ** in the stardusty realms of oceans and heavens, * * ** *

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** * * castles and caves... ** * *

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Swirling all around are gold and silvers, multiple textures of seaweeds and paper barks...

...And swirling among all these are the words of the story.

So what’s the story?

                         It all starts out with the Hawaiian girl Maile and her best boy friend Kai.
                                         They are having a wild and incredible time at Maile’s
                               birthday party—
until disaster strikes.

When Kai is witch-napped by the evil,
   devious,
                                                                eel-headed sea hag,

                              Maile is desperate to rescue him, somehow!
But how?

                                             She begins her quest by diving with Mermaid Lehua
into the deepest mystical sea...
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steal a peek at

Witch Puhi
(click this link)

in her underwater castle dungeon
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THE WISHING SPIRAL celebrates the mysterious, beautiful culture of Hawaii—
and the Great Sacred <--(click purple words to learn more).

With a full cast of exciting, magical characters based upon real Hawaiian folktales and legends,

as well as important words of the Islands holding true mystical power,
this story embraces the ancient wisdom of <--(click these words to learn more)

as the * * greatest magic ** of all. * **

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As Maile unlocks the secrets of her shell, she also unlocks
the magic of her own storybook journey...

Maile unlocking the
Book of Secrets

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In this 20,000-word, 7-chapter, multi-dimensional journey for readers 8 and up, Maile ultimately discovers
that she must first overcome her resistance to sharing her own heart’s Aloha with all beings.

Each spread of the storybook’s collage design is bordered by a gilded, chapter-theme-tinted “frame”.
Included are a glossary with thumbnails,“cast of characters”, and references.

     written and illustrated by Zariah ©2003-2008
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