Dr. Frank Serafini is an author, illustrator, photographer, educator, musician, and an Associate Professor of Literacy Education and Children’s Literature at Arizona State University. Frank has been traveling throughout the United States, in particular the Four Corners Region, wandering across the desert, through forests and along the Colorado Plateau creating images for over 25 years. Frank uses his photography to help others appreciate and protect our natural environment.

In 2008, Frank began writing and illustrating a series of non-fiction picturebooks focusing on nature with Kids Can Press in Toronto. The Looking Closely series contains books about the forest, desert, garden, pond, rainforest, and shore. These books are designed to get young readers to look at the world in new ways and expand their curiosity. A true “Renaissance Man,” Frank loves to travel, sing, play guitar, cook, draw, read, visit art galleries, and watch movies.

In addition, Frank travels around the world speaking about educational issues, such as reading education, children's literature, classroom discourse and reading comprehension. More information about Frank's educational endeavors is available: www.frankserafini.com

My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.