Micha Archer escribió e ilustró el libro ganador del premio Ezra Jack Keats, Daniel Finds a Poem y su complementario Daniel’s Good Day. También ha ilustrado varios libros para niños, incluido Girl Running, de Annette Bay Pimentel. Micha trabaja en óleo y collage sobre papel, que realiza con impresiones caseras y capas de papel de seda. Ella proviene de una larga estirpe de artistas y maestros y enseñó en un jardín de infantes. La crianza de dos hijos y la enseñanza es lo que le permitió cultivar su amor por los libros ilustrados y darse cuenta de su importancia como recursos de enseñanza. Micha vive en el oeste de Massachusetts en la casa que construyeron ella y su esposo, rodeada de jardines y bosques para pasear.
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Micha Archer wrote and illustrated Ezra Jack Keats Award winner Daniel Finds a Poem and its companion, Daniel's Good Day, and has also illustrated several picture books, including Girl Running (by Annette Bay Pimentel). Micha works in oil and collage on paper she creates with homemade stamps and layered tissue paper. She came from a long line of artists and teachers and taught for many years in a kindergarten. Raising two kids and teaching are where she cultivated her love for picture books and realized their importance as teaching tools. Micha lives in western Massachusetts in the house she and her husband built, surrounded by gardens and forests to roam in.