Findlay, Ohio, March 23, 2004 — Children’s book artist Wendy Anderson Halperin has donated all the art from her book, Turn, Turn, Turn, to The University of Findlay’s Mazza Museum.

Published in 2003 by Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division in New York, the book is based on the famous Bible text from Ecclesiastes and Pete Seeger’s song by the same name that was recorded by The Byrds in 1965.

The book helps children explore the seasons of human life: a time to be born, a time to die; a time to weep, a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance and others.

The artwork is done in watercolor. Twelve two-page spreads each feature a large circle framing a collage of scenes illustrating the cycle of human endeavors and emotions. The final illustration is a semi-circle depicting “A time to love, a time to hate; a time for peace,” and includes the only words Seeger added, “I swear it’s not too late.”

Halperin, who lives in Interlochen, Mich., has more than 36 published children’s books and conducts workshops for school children, teachers and adults. “My goal is to create characters who children would like to know and places where children would want to be, so that every time they open one of my books, they find warm, treasured images they can carry around with them like one of Grama’s patchwork quilts,” Halperin stated.

A graduate of Syracuse University, she has attended the Pratt Institute in New York and the California College of Arts & Crafts. She has prior experience as an art director and a freelance artist.

The Mazza Museum of International Art from Children’s Picture Books is the first and largest teaching gallery of its kind in the world. The museum was founded in 1982 with four pieces and was named for the first benefactors, Dr. August Mazza and his late wife, Aleda, alumni of the University. Today, the Mazza Museum contains more than 2,300 pieces of original artwork and conducts extensive educational programs to promote literacy and a lifelong appreciation of literature and the arts.