Shorty’sArkisabookforyoungreaders,acollaborativeeffortbetweensingerWillOldhamandgraphicartistLoriDamiano,basedonworkbyOldhamandmusicianMattSweeney.DrawinginspirationfromthestoryofNoah,Shorty’sArknamesandpicturesawildvarietyofspeciestoinformandengageanequalvarietyofyoungmindswiththediversitythatcanbefoundaroundthisgreatplanetofours.Thefloodstandsasmetaphorforcurrentimpendingchangesinourplanet,andthestoryworksasaspringboardforunderstandingconceptsofinterdependency,diversityandextinction.Colorfullyillustratingasmanycreaturesandtheirplacesaspossible,Shorty’sArkisanearth-affirmativevisionmeanttostimulatethecuriosityandpassionofthosewhoencounterit.
