MEET AMANDA

Amanda's Story

Amanda Edwards is a New Jersey-based author and illustrator. While she became a self-proclaimed professional doodler at age four, she recently joined the world of children's books while pursuing a Master of Public Health at Cornell University. As a graduate student, she conducted research about the benefits of spending time outdoors. With her professors, she worked with elementary school teachers in Ithaca, NY to explore the barriers, facilitators, and outcomes to spending time outside. She learned that the impacts of being outdoors for even10 minutes a day were widespread for children's physical and mental health, academic success, and environmental stewardship! The next step was sharing the results with the world.

Amanda first worked on a traditional science publication to share the study's results with other scientists, but quickly learned that she needed a more approachable, kid-friendly resource to spread the word to children and families. And so, that is how her first book, With a Skip, Hop, Run, was born! Now, Amanda is busy working on other stories too, as she realized that creating children's books is the perfect way to combine her love to educate and create!

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Check back soon to see what other stories she has to share!