Hello! My name is Sara Lynn Cramb.

I'm an illustrator and designer with a love of nature, animals, and travel.
I create colorful illustrations full of personality for educational children’s books, websites, apps and other media with a focus on engaging and educating young audiences about the natural world. I also create patterns, puzzles, and greeting card designs for art licensing. I currently live in Fairbanks, AK with my partner, two grumpy turtles, a pair of mischievous cats, and far more books than one person should own.

Member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators and the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

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Clients:

Lifeology, Google, Callisto Media (Rockridge Press), Oxford University Press, University of Utah, Rome Historical Society, Pearson, Miles Kelly Publishing, Nosy Crow, National Trust, Highlights for Children, Tilbury House Publishers, Quarto Publishing Group UK, Marshall Editions, W. W. Norton & Company, Scholastic, Cambridge University Press, Five Mile Press, UGA Center for Applied Isotope Studies, Rising Stars (Hodder Education), Balloon Media, Socratic, Silver Dolphin Books, Smithsonian, Akron Zoo, Illinois State Museum, Igloo Books, Curriculum Associates, Autumn Publishing, Creative Discovery Museum, Nat Geo Kids


Select Publications:

2025
“Little Kids First Encyclopedia of Almost Everything,” Illustration; Nonfiction book, published by Nat Geo Kids.

2024
“Zoo Coloring Book with Stickers,” Illustration; Nonfiction activity book, published by Jiri Models.

2022
“First Grade Activity Book: Dinosaurs,” Illustration; Nonfiction activity book, published by Rockridge Press (Callisto Media).

“Big Ideas Learning Box: Human Body,” Illustration; Nonfiction activity kit, published by Igloo Books.


2021
“Search the Rainforest, Find the Animals,” Illustration; Nonfiction activity book, published by Rockridge Press (Callisto Media).

2020
“Dinosaur Activity Book,” Illustration; Nonfiction activity book, published by Rockridge Press.

“Ocean Animals and Their Ecosystems,” Illustration; Nonfiction book, published by Rockridge Press.

“History Activity Books: Ancient Rome, Ancient Egypt, Middle Ages, and Dinosaurs”
Illustration; Set of four nonfiction activity books, published by Balloon Media.

“Search and Find: Ocean Animals, Zoo Animals”
Illustration; Nonfiction activity books, published by Rockridge Press.

”The World’s Weirdest Places, A Guide to Ancient Egypt”
Illustration; Nonfiction book series, published by Rising Stars (Hodder Education).

“Lots of Crabs”
Illustration; Nonfiction picturebook, published by Oxford University Press.

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2019
“Animal Engineers, Plants vs. People, Animal Heroes, Biome Explorer”
Illustration; Nonfiction book series, published by Rising Stars
(Hodder Education).

“The 50 States Atlas”
Illustration; Nonfiction state atlas, published by Silver Dolphin Books.

“My First Atlas of the 50 States”
Illustration; Nonfiction state atlas, published by Quarto.

“Sticker Atlas: Culture, Flags, Animals, Nature”
Illustration; Set of four interactive atlases, published by Balloon Media.

2018
"Games on the Go!: 50 States Puzzle”
Illustration; Puzzle set, published by Silver Dolphin Books.

"Smithsonian Jigsaw Journey: The 50 States”
Illustration; Puzzle set, published by Silver Dolphin Books.

"Project Science”
Illustration; Nonfiction book on scientific concepts, published by Miles Kelly.

2017
“Children's Discovery Atlas”
Design/Illustration; Illustrated world atlas, published by Marshall Editions.

“Night Explorer”
Illustration; Interactive book about nature at night, published by Nosy Crow in partnership with the National Trust.

“Animals of the World”
Illustration; Interactive nonfiction boardbook, published by Five Mile Press.

“The Human Body”
Illustration; Interactive nonfiction boardbook, published by Five Mile Press.

2016
“If You Are a Kaka, You Eat Doo Doo”
Design/Illustration; Nonfiction picturebook, published by Tilbury House Nature Books.

“UGA Junior Archaeologist Workbook”
Design/Illustration; Nonfiction activity/workbook, published by University of Georgia.

“Sticker Road Trip: 50 States”
Design/Illustration; Nonfiction activity book with stickers and poster, published by Silver Dolphin Books.

“Kidsbox Ecuador”
Illustration; Illustrated nonfiction book, published by Cambridge University Press.

2015
“50 Things You Should Know About the Human Body”
Illustration; Fully illustrated nonfiction anatomy book, published by Quarto Publishing Group UK.

“Brainfood Doodle Mats: USA, Animals, Vehicles”
Design/Illustration; Set of three activity books, published by Silver Dolphin Books.

2014
“Smithsonian Young Explorers Fact Book & Floor Puzzle: 50 States”
Illustration; Book, puzzle, and poster boxed set, published with Silver Dolphin Books in partnership with the Smithsonian.

“Many Kinds of Maps”
Illustration; Poster, published in Scholastic News Magazine.


Recent Awards, Presentations, Service & More:

GNSI Journal Member Spotlight
In the May 2023 issue of the Journal of Natural Science Illustration.

GNSI National Conference Presentation

Presented on Illustrating for the Educational Children's Market,
Virtual Conference, August 14, 2022.

Invited Guest Speaker
Presentation on “Illustrating Educational Children’s Books” for the SCBWI Alaska Chapter, April 28th, 2022.

Guest Blog Post
On “How to Prepare for a Successful Sci-Art Collaboration” for the Lifeology learning app blog, June 3rd, 2021.

Talaterra Podcast Interview
Podcast with a focus on freelancers working in environmental education. Episode 75: Sara Lynn Cramb, Nature Coloring Pages, released January 15th, 2021.

Guest Blog Post
On “Creating Educational Illustrations for a Young Audience” for the Lifeology learning app blog, January 6th, 2021.

Founding Member, Secretary, and Event Coordinator of the Georgia GNSI Group
September 2018 - July 2020.

Eating Insects Athens Conference Art Exhibition

University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education, August 13th-15th​​​​​​​, 2018.

GNSI National Conference Presentation
Presented on Creating Educational Illustrations for a Young Audience,
American University, Washington, D.C., July 2018.

Georgia GNSI Gallery Show
The Gallery at the Galloway School, Feb 15-March 12, 2018.

SCBWI Southern Breeze Children's Book Illustrators Gallery Show
Decatur Library, May-July 2015, 2016, 2018.

Best App of 2017
Socratic educational mobile app named the Best App of 2017 on the Google Play store.

2017 ILA-CBC Children’s Choices list
Awarded to “If You Are a Kaka, You Eat Doo Doo” by a cooperative project of the International Literacy Association (ILA) and the Children’s Book Council.

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 for 2017 list
Awarded to “If You Are a Kaka, You Eat Doo Doo” by a cooperative project of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children’s Book Council.

Best Informational Books for Younger Readers in 2016 list
Recommended “If You Are a Kaka, You Eat Doo Doo”, by the Chicago Public Library.

2016 EUREKA! Awards: Honorable Mention
Awarded to “If You Are a Kaka, You Eat Doo Doo” by the Excellence in Children’s Nonfiction award committee.

SCBWI Southern Breeze Region Springmingle 2016 Conference Q+A Panel
Presented on alternate streams of income for illustrators and authors with Heather Montgomery.


 
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