Art professor and student create illustrated children’s book Published: February 24, 2021 Author: Jordan Schmitt Ben Siegel Ohio University student Callie Smith and Professor David LaPalombara collaborated on the illustrated children s book Fescue: A Brave Blade.
Professor David LaPalombara fondly recalls the exciting stories his father, Joseph, would tell his three children on long car rides. Fascinating tales with dynamic characters, the children would listen intently as they traveled to their destination.
“When we were kids on long car trips, usually to Maine, we would be bored and ask him to tell us a story and he’d make up these crazy stories. And Fescue was one of them,” LaPalombara said.