Tracy L Shubin
Author / Illustrator of the Hairy Scaries Picture Books
Hello from me and my rescue dog, Koda!
Tracy L Shubin
The Hairy Scary Book Collection
Coming Soon!
A Sleep workbook for parents to work through with their child to help reduce stress, fear and anxiety at bedtime.
The Illustrations were created with Prismacolor colored pencils on Canson Mi-teints paper.
The Story
The Hairy Scary monsters came from imaginary creatures I made up as a child. They were always in the scary places, under the house, in the woods, and in the dark and mys sister and I would run away so they couldn't catch us.
Years ago, after many sleepless nights lying awake ruminating about life I decided I had had enough. I started breathing exercises and stress reduction and committed to doing what I could during the day and leaving my worries all outside the bedroom at night.
During this process, a few lines of verse popped into my head. Those couple of lines grew into several and then to a story with illustrations of the creatures I imagined as a child. In the story , girl learns to face down her nighttime monsters. The result is an empowering read-aloud picture book that offers help to kids who are scared at bedtime. But it all started with my own adult nighttime monsters, which I have since largely put to rest.
About
Tracy is a Florida native who previously lived in California for many years. She is a mother of two, a real estate professional, photographer & artist. The Hairy Scaries is her first children’s book. She enjoys spending time with her family, animal rescue, travel, photography, painting, yoga, and morning coffee!