children’s Books
Elin is a best-selling, award-winning children’s book author. Her books celebrate the intimate connections children share with the glorious complexity of life on Earth.
- A Last Goodbye…mindfully opens up avenues for children to talk about death through the exploration of animal emotions and relationships.
- Marc Bekoff, PhD, author of the Emotional Lives of Animals.
— Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim, with lyrical text and gorgeous art, make the interconnectedness of life here on our blue planet very clear. The positive message is scientifically based. Our relationships benefits us in remarkable ways. These two creators remind us that "Mother Nature has your back.
—Library Matters
— An Exquisite Picture-Book That Instills That Profound Sense Of Connection With The Natural World. Underpinning The Narrative Is A Bold Sense Of Optimism — A Refreshing Antidote To The Fear-Appeal Strategy Plaguing Most Environmental Messages Today.Elin Illuminates Our Deep Connections To The Complexity Of Life On Earth.
— Brain Pickings
Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim have done it again. Their first collaboration, 2012’s You Are Stardust, was a breath of fresh air, inventive in its theme and gorgeous diorama-based illustration. Wild Ideas is equally delightful and thought-provoking. The book’s subtitle is Let Nature Inspire Your Thinking, and this is just what Kelsey advises her readers to do, as she celebrates the myriad creative ways in which animals solve problems.
—Quill & Quire
Read more about Wild Ideas here and what Elin was thinking about when she wrote it here.
