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Things Anna Thinks

Anna Stenger

A collection of noodles and doodles about making all things from picture books to snacks for a bossy toddler

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Latest Issues

Birthday Book Beaut!

The past month was not terribly productive for artwork, but I did get my son’s board book from the printer well in time for his birthday. PHEW!

To recap, I decided last minute to write and illustrate a simple book about my son’s perfect da...

a month ago
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Zipping and Shipping

It has been a long time since I “shipped” a larger project. The past few years have been spent starting pitches or completing small, one-off images. I haven’t sent a project to print since my first self-published book through Kindle Direct...

2 months ago
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"Saying Goodbye" to February

I’m stuck in one of those “I have so many things I want to work on that I don’t know where to start” phases…

This month I started with combing through my files to wrap up a few ideas that were abandoned last year. Before my “baby-growing-...

3 months ago
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Welcome to Wonderland

Well that went well… I managed to post monthly until April in 2025 and then disappeared from face of the earth. At least disappeared from the internet for a while.

A Few Additions to the Family

I was just busy creating something other tha...

4 months ago
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My King of Diamonds

April disappeared. I hosted Easter, my son’s birthday party, and got sick. I managed to finish up a small card deck and editorial image for some freelance work. Here is a little sneak peek of that:

These projects don’t fit into my picture...

a year ago
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    I’m a children’s book illustrator (and sometimes author!) based in a rural-ish suburb of Chicago with my one husband, two pups, and three sons.

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