"Something to Sing About," The 12th picture book by Dr. Heather Harris, associate professor in the Jandoli School, was released this summer by In Your Heart Books.

Harris worked with author Karen Richards Toothaker to create the pictures for this fresh telling of the star-filled night that Jesus was born.

"This project pushed me to research and discover ancient worlds and peoples, animals and angels, settings and styles, so I could illustrate it for a modern audience," Harris said.

The project entailed creating 28 fully finished illustrations, the cover illustration, and end papers, which took the better part of a year of working with the author; it took more than 200 hours to produce the final illustrations. 

The book has been submitted for national book award recognition to the following organizations: The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, The Illumination Award for Christian Literature, The Rubery Book Award for International Recognition of Independent Publishers, and The Charlotte Zolotow Award for outstanding writing in a picture book published in the United States.

The book is available on Harris's website: www.heatherlynnharris.com