I wanted to ensure that the book be designed with kids in mind, so I engaged Cara Frost, the Art Director at the Community School, to provide overall art direction on the project.  She introduced me to the concept of "augmented reality", which mixes illustration with real-life photography.  As we looked around for an illustrator, we found a brilliant match as I was cleaning up my son's (Alexander Guylay) room.  I found the most amazing illustration of a wizard.  I brought it to Cara, and she agreed:  Alexander would be the perfect addition to our project team.  Designer Colleen Quindlen kept us all in line making sure that the end product was awesome.

More about Alex

Illustrator Alexander (“Alex”) Guylay is a middle schooler at Community School in Sun Valley, Idaho. Alex knows how to fuel his body for all of the activities he enjoys, including alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, playing hockey, mountain biking, riding a scooter, and hiking.  As a participant in and volunteer for Nurture programming from a very young age, Alex has absorbed and integrated nutritional advice in a fun, actionable way.  Alex’s warm and witty sense of humor allows him to communicate with other kids in a way that is well-received and high impact. In 2015, Alex won a Silver Award for Academic Merit in Art, a high distinction for his dedication to the subject matter.  Alex has found inspiration for his illustrations from artists Jake Parker, Alan Blackwell, Matthew Armstrong and his art teacher Cara Frost.

More about Cara

Cara Frost was born and raised in the desert town of Tucson, AZ.  She left town on a D1 volleyball scholarship only to return to graduate from the University of Arizona with a BA degree in art and a teaching certificate for art education. After three years teaching 6-12th grade art at a public school in Tucson,  she traveled to the snowy slopes of  Ketchum, Idaho with her dog Maynard and began teaching at the Community School where she was able to pursue her passion of education through art exploration, process and instinct for the past  five years.  She continues to develop her own style of art through ceramic sculpture, painting, and stained glass and the love of doodling. It has been an amazing opportunity for Cara to be a part of the discovery and connection between the characters of Kathryn and Alex's passionate voices within  the book, Give it a Go, Eat a Rainbow.

More about Colleen

Colleen has a diverse education and experience which play nicely together in her organization obsession and love of all things biking, outdoors, and coaching.  Her natural logistical understanding comes from her in-depth work in the microbiology and biotechnology fields, while Colleen's creative side continues to branch from her background in literature, work as an art teacher, and coaching triathlon training to beginner and intermediate athletes. Colleen is a mix of Martha Stewart and MacGyver who can't help but skip in the outdoors and deeply enjoy the science and beauty of bikes.  She excels at taking ideas and mapping an accurate, feasible, and reliable plan for making them reality.  She has a Bachelor of Science (focus, microbiology) and a Bachelor of English degree from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) and a Masters of Kinesiology from The University of Texas.

Every book is a team effort.  We want to give a special Shout Out to everyone else involved with the project: