Author Archives: Connie McLennan

Connie McLennan worked as an advertising, editorial and children's illustrator, painted for awhile, then briefly became a paralegal before returning to children’s books. "The Forest in the Trees" is the first book she has both written and illustrated.

The Forest in the Trees by Connie McLennan

The Forest in the Trees: A Children’s Book about the Redwood Canopy

by Connie McLennan on September 9, 2019

I have always lived within a hundred miles of the redwoods—though in northern California, 100 miles “as the crow flies” often means 200 miles of driving, some on tortuous coastal or mountain roads. I grew up in Yreka, California, where …