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  • Anait Semirdzhyan

    Anait Semirdzhyan grew up in a multicultural family and lived in several countries with diverse cultures before settling in the Seattle area with her husband and twin daughters. Her illustrations begin as pencil sketches on cold-press watercolor paper. She then inks the outlines, paints with watercolors, and scans the illustrations in order to edit them in Photoshop. She is the illustrator of The Arabic Quilt and other works that can be viewed at www.anaitsart.com.

    Anait Semirdzhyan

    Anait Semirdzhyan grew up in a multicultural family and lived in several countries with diverse cultures before settling in the Seattle area with her husband and twin daughters. Her illustrations begin as pencil sketches on cold-press watercolor paper. She then inks the outlines, paints with watercolors, and scans the illustrations in order to edit them in Photoshop. She is the illustrator of The Arabic Quilt and other works that can be viewed at www.anaitsart.com.

    Books by Anait Semirdzhyan

    • The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story

      Aya Khalil, Anait Semirdzhyan

      Hardback, 2020

      2021 ARAB AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER

      Children's Africana Book Award (CABA) 2021 Honor Book

      NCSS 2021 Notable Social Studies Book

    • The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story

      Aya Khalil, Anait Semirdzhyan

      E Book, 2020

      2021 ARAB AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD WINNER

      Children's Africana Book Award (CABA) 2021 Honor Book

      NCSS 2021 Notable Social Studies Book

    • They're Heroes Too: A Celebration of Community

      Pat Brisson, Anait Semirdzhyan

      Hardback, 2022

      A picture-book celebration of the ordinary people—adults and children—who hold our world together by going about their daily lives and work
    • They're Heroes Too: A Celebration of Community

      Pat Brisson, Anait Semirdzhyan

      E Book, 2022

      A picture-book celebration of the ordinary people—grownups and kids—who hold our world together by going about their daily lives and work.