Welcome!
Home Ice Productions is the Maine-based creative company of writer and producer Tonya Shevenell, whose work spans children’s books, music, film, and original storytelling - inspired by a lifelong fascination with wildlife and the wonder of discovery, on Earth and beyond.
Creative work. Original stories. Made in Maine.
We’re now developing Two Moons Market, an ambitious new family entertainment venture built around an original animated television series.
Two Moons Market
An original animated television series in development, filled with wildlife, wonder, humor, music, and discovery. A world designed to delight children and the grown-ups who share the adventure with them.
The series is at the heart of a larger family entertainment venture - created in Maine and designed to scale.
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The Maine Birthday Book
A children’s book celebrating the wildlife, geography and wonder of Maine. A beautiful hardcover book with an animal from every county in Maine helping a chickadee think of a birthday wish. Fun, friendship and special wishes in the Maine outdoors! Visit the StoryWalk at Cherry Hill Farm Trails in Gorham, Maine to walk and read the book outdoors! There is a companion piece called The Caterpillar Journal coming in 2027.
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Hop Onward Rabbit Rabbit: A New England Cottontail's Journey
A children’s book starring a New England cottontail rabbit who meets uncommon animals and unlikely allies on a search for other rabbits. Hop Onward includes “Meet the Species” bonus end pages. The book is the featured StoryWalk at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History’s Green Briar Nature Center, home to the Thornton Burgess Society.
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The Moon Over Malibu Maine
A children's book inspired by real-life wildlife neighbors and moonlit skies, The Moon Over Malibu Maine follows a fun cast of characters between two full moons. With themes of cooperation, curiosity, and the phases of the moon, it’s a wonderful story to share with little night sky and star gazers as we get closer to having humans back on the moon through collaboration and ingenuity.
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Book #4 - In Development
A fourth illustrated children’s book is well underway with watercolor artist Laura Winslow. It stars a white-tailed fawn, inspired by one of my real-life wildlife neighbors in Maine. News on pre-order and publish date coming early 2027.
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The Home Road
A 76-minute documentary film: A 74-year-old Maine man retraces the journey of his pioneering, 19-year-old great-great-grandfather, who left his home in Canada in 1845. The film was screened throughout the region and aired on Maine Public Television.
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Music & Performance
Gigging again! After a 7-year hiatus to get the book business going, I am playing bass guitar again with singer-songwriter Don Campbell at occasional gigs around Maine and Northern New England.
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Malibu Maine
An imaginary town, but a real Maine business! Visit the website, home to the three (and fourth on the way!) children’s books, or come see us at a pop-up market, fair, festival or book signing event!
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In the "Wild" Photo Gallery
Gallery of photos and videos featuring my wildlife neighbors showing off their “character” - is coming soon. As I tell the kids I visit in schools, they are the instigators of my curiosity, imagination and stories.
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NEW MAINE BUSINESS to create original animated tv series
I am building a new company that will create an all-animal story universe made for kids and adults to enjoy. If you are interested in learning more about the mission, vision and business plan, please reach out.
Hopping Onward!
Hello! If you are here looking to learn more about Hop Onward Rabbit Rabbit: A New England Cottontail’s Journey (children’s book), you can find a description and images at my sister site, Malibu Maine, where you can also purchase copies and request books to be signed.
In 2024, Laura and I were honored to have this book be featured alongside the characters of author Thornton Burgess on the 150th anniversary of his birthday! A StoryWalk of Hop Onward was created at the Thornton Burgess Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
