Nancy Schön grew up in Newton and graduated from Boston's School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She is the sculptor of the duckling statues in Boston's Public Garden (among many other works of public art, including Winnie The Pooh and Friends at the Newton Free Library).

Here she reads Robert McCloskey's Make Way For Ducklings! After reading this New England classic, listen to Nancy discuss her artistic process and her fond memories of growing up in Newton.

 Be sure to check out her website Sculpture by Nancy Schön.

Mia Wenjen blogs on parenting, children's books, and education at PragmaticMom.com and is the co-creator of Multicultural Children's Book Day, a non-profit celebrating diversity in children's books.

Check out her Storytime reading of Sumo Joe here.