Sara Van Note

@svannotes.bsky.social

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Science & nature writer for kids and adults. Also educator, naturalist, meanderer. 🌱 🦋 🦜 Member SCBWI, SEJ, NASW. Represented by Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency. New Mexico = home

A black and brown Royal New Mexican Mutt surveys the winter landscape from his perch on a lichen-covered rock.
Book page signed with “For Sara with love. Eric Carle”
A large spider with yellow and black patterns and an egg shaped abdomen waits at the center of a web with zigzag design beneath it
A hairy patterned gray, brown, black and white spider with a wide, round abdomen does a short wiggle
A boldly patterned black, gray and white moth is perched on a hand
A dark maroon chrysalis with a loop rests in a hand
Rain falls on a small concrete pond with a flowering rose of Sharon bush in the background.
An acequia or irrigation ditch flows with muddy water surrounded by tall grass, with a field and mountain in the distance.
Several black and white prints of women’s faces are displayed on a gray pillar. One print is named “Florence.”
Watercolor paper with paint samples in different colors and the recipe for each mixture, eg cochineal + lemon juice
An irrigation ditch called an acequia flows with water next to a tree-lined path
Sweat bee in a bright white flower
A wide irrigation ditch called an acequia is flowing with water and framed by cottonwood and other trees and distant mountains.