Kathy Jakobsen is one of America’s premier folk artists. Widely collected, her paintings are included in a number of permanent collections, including those of the Museum of American Folk Art and the Smithsonian. She is the author and/or artist of 3 bestselling titles: My New York, This Land is Your Land, and Johnny Appleseed. Kathy now lives in Florida with her husband and three grown kids just a few miles away.
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Latest From The Blog
Book-signing in Clearwater
I had such a nice time at Barnes & Noble with the children from the Espiritu Santo Catholic […]
Book Chat on My Washington DC, Presidential Pets painting
Happy National Picture Book Month! Painting over 200 presidential pets was quite the task! I learned so […]
Book Signing Event in Clearwater, FL
Kathy Jakobsen will be signing her latest highly reviewed children’s picture book, My Washington, DC, at Barnes […]
Praise for My Washington, D.C.
Great reviews are pouring in for My Washington, D.C.! The book, published by Little, Brown/Hachette, hits stores […]
Sept. 6th Book Release! And a flashback to Easter At The White House
Great news! I just heard news from my editor that the My Washington D.C. book release date is […]
The Book is DONE!
After many years and many interruptions, the My Washington D.C. book is finally done! We had a […]
E-book coming out for This Land Is Your Land
Great news! Hachette Book Group has come out with an e-book for This Land Is Your Land available […]
Presidential Pets painting, quite a long list of pets!
I’ve been having so much fun researching and painting presidential pets for the next page of the […]
My progress board for the new book
Here’s my progress board for the My Washington DC book.
Getting close….!!!!