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I'm excited to share the cover for Carlos Crosses the Border. This has been an interesting project to bring to life with my art during this turbulent times! Design by Kurt Keller.

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kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social Kurt & Traci at ITD Games @kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social · Oct 31
The time has come! The cover is done and approved by the author and publisher Ronnie Sidney, II for Carlos Crosses the Border.

So, here we are with a cover reveal! ta-da!

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Front cover for the children's book Carlos Crosses the Border written by Ronnie Sidney, II, LCSW, illustrated by Traci Van Wagon shows a young boy in blue shorts and a blue and white striped shirt from the book looking up at the tall border wall between Mexico and USA. A sun shines down with sun rays lighting up the scene.
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
tracivw.bsky.social
The final cover art and design has been sent to the client for approval. One step closer to sharing with you all!

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October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
tracivw.bsky.social
First round of sketches for the new book Carlos Crosses the Border part of the 10th Anniversary of Nelson Beats the Odds Edition have been approved! A bit more clean up and then on to black lining and coloring!

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10th Annivesary, Nelson Beats the odds, sketches with the spot art of Nelson in a hero pose standing over a page of thumbnail sketches for Carlos Crosses the Border picture book / comic book / graphic novel.
August 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
tracivw.bsky.social
This is going to be a good adventure with illustrating the new and timely book, Carlos Crosses the Border, to go along with the 10th Anniversary release of the Nelson series.

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kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social Kurt & Traci at ITD Games @kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social · Jul 2
We're thrilled to be working on a 10th Anniversary edition for Nelson Beats the Odds written by Ronnie Sidney, art by Traci Van Wagoner, design by Kurt Keller. We'll be creating a new book along w/the 3 books in the series. More soon!

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Book cover Nelson Beast the Odds with 10th Anniversary across the top. A boy stands in a hero pose in front of his four friends grouped behind him on the left and his favorite teacher on the right. Four Book covers withe 10th Anniversary running through the middle. Celebrating 10 years since the publication of the 1st book, Nelson Beats the Odds, 2nd book Tameka's New Dress, Rest in Peace RaShawn, 1st edition, and Rest in Peace RaShawn Reloaded
July 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social
We're back in the studio after a little vacation. We're pleased to announce that print-files have been sent for Carlos Crosses the Border and Nelson Beats the Odds Compendium Two for the 10th Anniversary.
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10th Anniversary Carlos Crosses the Border book cover with a 6 year old Carlos in front of a border wall looking up with sunbeams shining down on him. Book cover 2 of Nelson Beats the Odds Compendium Two with verticals of all the books in the series.
December 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social
The time has come! The cover is done and approved by the author and publisher Ronnie Sidney, II for Carlos Crosses the Border.

So, here we are with a cover reveal! ta-da!

#CarlosCrossestheBorder #10thAnniversary #NelsonBeatstheOdds #kidlitart #kidlit #childrensbooks #immigration #coverreveal
Front cover for the children's book Carlos Crosses the Border written by Ronnie Sidney, II, LCSW, illustrated by Traci Van Wagon shows a young boy in blue shorts and a blue and white striped shirt from the book looking up at the tall border wall between Mexico and USA. A sun shines down with sun rays lighting up the scene.
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social
We're on the tail-end slide to finishing Carlos Crosses the Border, a new graphic novel style picture book for the 10th Anniversary of Nelson Beats the Odds. We're finalizing the art, creating a cover and laying the book out.

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Carlos Crosses the Border title with Carlos on the right with his arms out presenting the new title. The background is filled with color thumbnails of the book
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social
An update from our drawing board. Basic color is done for Carlos Crosses the Border. Traci is busy now blacklining & detailing the spreads. Once she's done, Kurt will get to work on the final design & layout

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10th Anniversary for Nelson Beats the Odds, Carlos Crosses the Boarder, Blacklining and Detailing in process with Carlos over the top of thumbnails of the spreads for the book.
September 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social
On our drawing board update:
Color & blacklining are in process for Carlos Crosses the border, part of a 10th Anniversary edition of Nelson Beats the Odds written by Ronnie Sidney.

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10th Anniversary Nelson Beats the Odds Carlos Crosses the Border, Color and blacklining in process promo page with thumbnails of the art in process behind a hero shot of Nelson from his book cover.
September 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social
We're moving right along with this book project. Black lines and colors coming up soon!

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tracivw.bsky.social Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social · Aug 27
First round of sketches for the new book Carlos Crosses the Border part of the 10th Anniversary of Nelson Beats the Odds Edition have been approved! A bit more clean up and then on to black lining and coloring!

#illustrator #10thAnnivesary #sketches #comicbook #GN #kidlitart #NelsonBeatstheOdds
10th Annivesary, Nelson Beats the odds, sketches with the spot art of Nelson in a hero pose standing over a page of thumbnail sketches for Carlos Crosses the Border picture book / comic book / graphic novel.
August 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
kurtandtracigaming.bsky.social
Happy Friday! Progress has been made with thumbnailing and rough sketches of the 10th Anniversary edition for Nelson Beats the Odds, the new book Carlos Crosses the Border.

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Photo of pages of rough thumbnails with an illustration of Nelson in a hero pose with his book title Nelson Beats the Odds and 10th Anniversary
July 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM