Books & Writing

Picture Books:

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Leave the Leaves

Written by: Jessie Lehson

Illustrated by: Chelsea O’Byrne

Other Writing:

RWMC Summer 25
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willow sage
taproot lunar
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500 books
  • “The Frog Pond” Run Wild My Child Magazine Spring 2025 (words & photos) 
  • “Hibernation Week” Run Wild My Child · February, 2025  (words & photos) 
  • “Nature-Themed Board Games for Kids and Families” Run Wild My Child · December 5, 2025  (words & photos) 
  • “How to Go Mudlarking: Fun Summer Adventure for Families” Run Wild My Child June 30, 2025  (words & photos)  
  • “Forget Packets and Worksheets: Watershed School Keeps Kids Connected to Nature, at Home” Finding Nature News Anthology · May 2025  (words & photos)
  • “Issue Ten: An Ekphrasis Adventure” Little Thoughts Press · May 2025 (illustration)
  • “Skeleton Leaf Lanterns” Botanical Anthology · Fall 2025 (words & photos)
  • “Herbal Summer Camp 2025” Botanical Anthology · Summer 2025 (words & photos)
  • “Herbal Pot Holders” Willow and Sage Magazine, The Natural Home Issue · Apr 1, 2024 (words & photos)
  • “Wooden Aromatherapy Door Wreaths” Willow and Sage Magazine. The Natural Home Issue · Apr 1, 2024 (words, illustrations, & photos)
  • “Spring Nature Journaling” Botanical Anthology · Spring 2024 (words & photos)
  • “Herbal Summer Camp 2024” Botanical Anthology · Summer 2024 (words & photos)
  • “Autumn Equinox Craftbrunch” Botanical Anthology · Fall 2024 (words & photos)
  • “A Modern & Magical Mother’s Night‘ Botanical Anthology · Winter 2024 (words & photos)
  • “Anthotypes: Photographs Created from Plants and the Sun” Taproot Magazine · May 25, 2023 (words & photos)
  • “Marshmallow Root Lotion Bars” Willow and Sage Magazine · Mar 23, 2023 (words & photos)
  • “Phenology of Full Moons” Taproot Magazine · Jan 26, 2023 (words & illustrations)
  • “Mai Wine Syllabub” Botanical Anthology · Spring 2023 (words & photos)
  • “Herbal Summer Camp 2023” Botanical Anthology · Summer 2023 (words & photos)
  • “Autumn Equinox Harvest Chandelier” Botanical Anthology · Fall 2023 (words & photos)
  • “Hay Scented Panna Cotta with Angelica and Heather Honey Caramel” Botanical Anthology · Winter 2023 (words & photos)
  • “Herbal Summer Camp” Botanical Anthology · Summer 2022 (words & photos)
  • “Magical & Poisonous Pokeberries for Samhain” Botanical Anthology · Fall 2022 (words & photos)
  • “Winter Solstice Craftbrunch” Botanical Anthology · Winter 2022 (words & photos)
  • “Flower Watching Picnic,” Simple Living ·  Spring 2022 (words, illustrations, & photos)
  • “Genius Loci: The Magical Storytelling of Special Places” Taproot Magazine · Nov 5, 2021 (words, illustrations, & photos)
  • “Drawing History: from Farm to Flight,” Simple Living ·  Fall 2021 (words, illustrations, & photos)
  • “Winter Solstice: Celebrating the Longest Night,” Simple Living ·  Winter 2021 (words, illustrations, & photos)
  • “Making Earth Tones Pastels” Taproot Magazine · May 13, 2021  (words & photos)
  • “Forget Packets and Worksheets: Watershed School Keeps Kids Connected to Nature, at Home” The Children and Nature Network · Jan 21, 2021  (words & photos)
  • Watershed Public Charter School Curriculum · Jul 1, 2019
  • “500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form” Lark Press · Jul 1, 2008 (included as subject, not author)

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