The Teacher's Tool Kit For Literacy

An Illustrator's Story

Episode Summary

Illustrator Greg Holfeld joins Sharon Callen to talk about how illustration and animation can motivate and inspire students in literacy learning.

Episode Notes

In his 30+ years in the industry, Greg Holfeld has supplied storyboards and animation for television series such as 2 Stupid Dogs, Ren and Stimpy, Pearlie, Figaro Pho, Monster Beach and Kitty Is Not a Cat, directed award-winning commercials, created short films that have screened and pulled awards in numerous international festivals, and made hundreds of pages of comics for everyone including kids. 

Greg began illustrating children's books in 2001 and is now credited with over 35 titles. His work also appears regularly in The School Magazine. He currently lectures in 2D animation at CDW (Flinders University).

For Greg it always has been, and still is, all about telling stories with pictures.

In this insightful interview, Greg talks about:

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