Happy birthday, Ruth!

Happy birthday to my super-talented sister, Ruth!

My sister has illustrated over 40 books for children. Here is her most recent, The Couch Was A Castle, the fifth that she has written AND illustrated:



Check out the "A Ruth Ohi Picture Book" logo...is that cool or what?

A sample spread from the book (click image for a bigger version):



Here's one of the roughs from the book (click image for a bigger version):



You can find out more about this book here.

You can order it from Amazon here.




Ruth was interviewed by the Toronto Star a couple years ago.
(Click on image for bigger version)


My sister did the illustration on the Toronto Public Library children's membership card:



She's been featured on TVO's "Imprint" show:



...and This Is Daniel Cook:



She puts a ton of energy into her talks at schools:



...and public events like Word on the Street:



You can see all my sister's books on Amazon. You can find out more at RuthOhi.com, which I plan to revamp once I know more CSS! Here are 20 Things I Love About My Sister.

What still amazes me: that she manages to juggle a very active motherhood schedule (my nieces both have a ton of before AND afterschool activities) plus her own career. She works harder than anyone I know.

Check out this sample page from her calendar:



AND she still finds time to work out, cook dinner, have quality time with her family, talk with me when I need a listening ear. I feel incredibly lazy compared to her; she's always been an inspiration to me.

I have the coolest sister in the world.




Above: Ruth and Jim, many years ago.

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