Hey! It's me, Caleb

(In A Hurry)

I'm a storyteller and illustrator who creates picture books that resonate with children and adults.

(Time to Spare)

I’m a storyteller and illustrator working in graphite, marker, oil pastel, and digital collage. Heartfelt moments and humor are underlying themes throughout my work as a creator. I have over a decade of experience working with children as a Teaching Assistant and Daycare Provider. While working as a Teaching Assistant at the Cleveland Institute of Art, I further developed my passion for children’s literature. I was fortunate to become friends and connect with many of the children I was helping instruct. As I got to know each of the children, they began sharing their stories and experiences about loneliness, anxiety, and fitting in. Using these interactions as my inspiration, I created stories for them. My continued work on these stories has become my unique driving force. It has allowed me to develop designs that tell a sensitive and expressive story.

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(Caleb) reaches high standards for excellence by his tenacioius spirit and his patient, steady approach with his attention to detail and subtleties. He is a superb craftsman with a highly developed sense of design and composition, which, coupled with both tactile, and digital ability, rivals that of any of his professsional counterparts.

— Dom Scibilia

We need more of Caleb telling stories. We’ll sure try to do our part here at Cricket Media.

— John Sandford

What I'm reading

• The Village by Tom Cox
• The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
• The Locked Tombe Series by Tamsyn Muir
• Holes by Louis Sachar
  
  

What I'm listening to

• Hello from the Magic Tavern
• Oologies
• Shelved by Genre
• You are a Storyteller
• Creative Pep Talk
  
  

What I'm watching

• The Bear
• The Good Place
• Severence
• Columbo