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ANNI BETTS ILLUSTRATES LEVI THE LAMB'S BIG DAY

September 7, 2022

Anni Betts worked with ad agency Scoppechio on a sweet, eco-focused picture book project, illustrating Levi the Lamb’s Big Day. It is based on an interesting collaboration between the LG&E and KU Energy, and Shaker Village, both located near Louisville, Kentucky.

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As part of their green initiatives, LG&E and KU Energy has a large field of solar panels, but it poses a challenge: how to keep the grass from growing out of control in the hard-to-mow areas between solar panels. So they partnered with Shaker Village, a historical shaker community which today has 34 restored original buildings as well as gardens and farms, including a herd of heritage breed sheep. These sheep became the “natural mowers” for the solar field, being let in regularly to eat grass to their hearts’ content!

It also tells the story of a little lamb named Levi, who has heard he is going to help save the planet, but he’s not sure how. He visits all of his young barnyard friends, from Chelsea the Chick to Doris the Donkey, and asks if any of them know how he’s going to help the planet.

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Each animal has a guess that’s more fanciful than the last, including zip lining through the Amazon to plant trees, blasting into space to clean up the universe, and even harvesting fresh sunlight on the surface of the sun (all of which presented some super fun illustration opportunities!)

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In the end, one of the elder sheep tells Levi how he’s going to eat grass in the solar fields with all of his lamb friends, and Levi is thrilled he gets to save the planet AND chow down on delicious grass! It even includes a final spread with lots of ideas for how little ones can help our planet.

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Tags: Anni Betts, Book, Character Design, Children's Book, Illustration, Promotional Campaign, Publishing

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