Tahlequah Daily Press--Celebrating Children's Authors and Illustrators Week

Tahlequah Daily Press--Celebrating Children's Authors and Illustrators Week: "You don’t have to wait until next week to read to your kids, but since it’s going to be National Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week, what better way to celebrate?

Held the first week of every February, Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week is a time when authors and artists visit schools, libraries, and children’s shelters all over the nation, telling stories and teaching workshops that – hopefully – inspire a life-long love of reading and writing.

Author Debbie Duvall and artist Murv Jacob, both of Tahlequah, have become one of Oklahoma’s most prolific children’s book author-illustrator teams.

Duvall and Jacob often visit area schools and libraries to read from their seven-book series, “The Grandmother Stories.”

“Although we never put a cap on it, seven’s a good number, so we may leave it at that,” said Duvall. “The design is the same throughout all the books, and the stories are based on ancient Cherokee legends.”