Alexander Vidal

About The Author

Originally from New Mexico, Alexander Vidal studied cultural anthropology and spent time living in Africa and Asia before starting his career in illustration. Travel, exploration, and a love of animals and wild spaces continue to drive the themes of his work. He is the illustrator of the board book So Many Feet; nonfiction family activity book I Love Birds!: 52 Ways to Wonder, Wander, and Explore Birds with Kids; and picture books Cougar Crossing!, Just You and Me, The Bone Wars, and Trapped in the Tar Pit. Opuesto: A Borderland Book of Opposites is Alexander’s debut authored-illustrated picture book. He is a graduate of ArtCenter College of Design and lives in Los Angeles.

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Books by Alexander Vidal

Trapped in the Tar Pit

How Paleontologists Unearthed a City's Prehistoric Past

By Jessica Stremer

Illustrated by Alexander Vidal

Dig down, down, down into the history of an ancient tar pit in this fascinating nonfiction picture book about one of the most exciting fossil discoveries of the modern day!

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