She's always doing research of on kind or another...

with her nose stuck between the pages.

Here's the original watercolor. It was used for a SCBWI conference titled, Reading = Power. 

Arlo collects backyard bugs and insects from the backyard.

The grass is a good place to search.

He can tell the difference between an insect and a bug.

And has identified over 40 different kinds.

One day he comes across an unidentifiable creature.  He decides to call it Gremlin.

Willa on her way to Chicago.