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Home Ice Productions is a Maine-based business and home to the works and the works-in-progress of Tonya Shevenell.

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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! A companion nature journal to the book will be released first quarter, 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 books is the featured StoryWalk at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History’s Green Briar Nature Center (home to Thornton Burgess Society - one of my favorite all-time children’s book authors).

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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 features a fun cast of characters illustrated by Laura Winslow in a story that takes place between two full moons. The story shows animal neighbors practicing cooperation and a skunk named Moo mentoring groundhogs on the phases of the moon. (As we get closer to having humans back on the moon, this book is great to share!)

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    Book #4 (Name to be announced early summer)

    Watercolor artist and illustrator Laura Winslow and I are well underway on Book #4! It stars a fawn, based on a real life white-tailed neighbor of mine. It will be out in late fall 2026, with details and previews coming over the summer!

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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.

  • Home Road documentary DVD

    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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    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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    Making Music - Now and Then

    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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    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.

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.