Featured Illustrator Alyssa Sidlosky

 

MEET ALYSSA

This questionnaire goes back to a popular parlor game in the early 1900s. Marcel Proust filled it out twice. Some of our questions were altered from the original to gain more insight into the hearts and minds of our illustrators. We hope you enjoy this way of getting to know everybody.

 

 

1. Your present state of mind?

Hopeful

2. What do you do best?

Look for the positive

3. Where would you like to live?

Michigan is home

4. Your favorite color?

Purple

5. Three of your own illustrations:

 

6. Your music?

Country or classical

7. Your biggest achievement?

Parenting 4 kids

8. Your biggest mistake?

Spending too much time on stuff that’s not important

9. Your favorite children's book when you were a child?

Benjy’s Dog House

10. Your main character trait?

Optimistic

11. What do you appreciate most in a friend?

Kindness and laughter

12. What mistakes are you most willing to forgive?

Mistakes that help people learn and grow

13. Your favorite children's book hero?

Nancy Drew

14. What moves you forward?

New inspiration

15. What holds you back?

Procrastination

16. Your dream of happiness?

Living with purpose

17. The painter/illustrator you admire most?

Margaret Bloy Graham

18. What super power would you like to have?

Ability to be in many places at one time

19. Your motto?

Be flexible

20. Your social media?

Instagram alyssajoybooks

Twitter @alyssajoybooks