About the Illustrator, Geoffrey Thornton
Geoffrey Thornton is an educator and fine arts illustrator whose visual imagery offers the reader passage on the famed sea-journey of “Wynken, Blynken and Nod,” the poetic legacy left to the ages by Eugene Field (1850 - 1895). Mr. Thornton has been a life-long advocate for interdisciplinary teaching in the education of our gifted and talented youth. He was honored with the Computing Educators’ Web Showcase Award for educational web site design and is listed in “Who’s Who in American Teachers.” His unique curriculum materials are designed to  encourage development of the higher-order thinking skills which enable his students to better observe, evaluate, and respond to academic challenges. A similar attention to details is observed in the spectacular images conjured forth from Mr. Thornton’s imagination which unfurl, couplet by couplet, the unusual story events. The artist also produces limited edition archival digital prints from Wynken, Blynken and Nod and his other writings.

A Lifelong Educator

Mr. Thornton engages children through his unique combination of educational and artistic experience. Having taught gifted and talented students for 20 years, he is a specialist in interdisciplinary teaching and curriculum design and an advocate of technology-enhanced instruction. He has been honored by the Annenberg Foundation, the Golden Apple Foundation, and Illinois Computing Educators.

The author holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame, Loyola University of Chicago, and Columbia College, and has been twice listed in "Who's Who Among American Teachers."