Canadian Children’s Author & Illustrator Sarah Jane Conklin

Discover the Magic of Nature Through Story & Art

Sarah Jane Conklin is a Canadian children’s author, illustrator and fine artist based in Nova Scotia. Inspired by the birds, landscapes and natural beauty of Atlantic Canada, Sarah Jane creates beautifully illustrated children’s books that encourage curiosity, kindness and a deeper connection with the natural world.

Through books including Nesting Grounds, Two Tough Birds and her new Nature Journal, she invites young readers and their families to slow down, look closely and discover the wildlife and wonder found right outside their own doors.

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.

W.B. Yeats

Nature Journal for Kids

Launching September 2026, Sarah Jane Conklin’s Nature Journal is a beautifully illustrated nature activity book designed to help children slow down, look closely and discover the natural world around them.

Through activities exploring birds, bugs, trees, flowers, weather, colours and the senses, young nature lovers are encouraged to observe, draw, write and wonder.

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Nesting Grounds

Sarah Jane has created 20 luminous oil paintings depicting 10 familiar birds nesting, and put them together in Nesting Grounds. Each bird has 2 devoted paintings: The female in her nest and the nest with eggs. Additionally, the clutches in each nest increases incrementally from one to ten-the Sparrow having one egg up to the Wood Duck having ten. A 4-line verse accompanies each image describing the nesting ground unique to each bird. This artistically rendered book is ideal for artists and birders of all ages, and is a wonderful introduction to the nesting grounds of common birds. Birds featured in Nesting Grounds: Sparrow, Hummingbird, Robin, Cardinal, Plover, Goldfinch, Snow Bunting, Nuthatch, Chickadee, Wood Duck.

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Amazon

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Made In The Maritimes

Two Tough Birds

Two Tough Birds is a rhythmic children's book that compares a child's life with that of a chickadee. In it we learn the many behaviours of chickadees throughout each day and, how children can relate to these same experiences. It is illustrated with the authors original oil paintings.

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Flying Colours

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What's In Flora's Shoebox?

Flora has been travelling all around the world and has seen wonderful things. How does she remember all the places she has been? Does she take artifacts home? Or does she buy souvenirs? What's in Flora's little red shoebox under her bed?

Available to buy from:
Amazon, Indigo, Monster House Publishing

What's In Alanna's Secret Sauce?

Nine-year-old Alanna cooks a delicious sauce with her Nana using ingredients grown in their garden. As the sauce’s aroma spreads out the window and reaches passersby, Nana invites them all back for dinner.

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Freeda's Beads of Joy

Life is made up of moments of joy. It is up to each of us to remember and embrace these single moments. Freeda chooses to remember these moments by stringing together, while she sings, beads that have been repurposed from her ancestors. She has filled her home with strands and garlands of beads.

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