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Our little book is almost 3 months old now. It’s nice to see people talking about it on social media. Someone posted a video this week where she was reading the book to a little girl and then asked her about eating “warm acorn soup”. Her reaction was priceless! Wish i could post it here.
So much work went into this book. Done completely in watercolors, rounds and rounds of revisions, a launch in a pandemic…so it is rewarding to see it well received! Hope all of you are doing well. Stay safe!
Well, it certainly wasn’t the book event I’d imagined two years ago when I started this project. The author and I had traded emails about doing a co-signing in NYC when the book came out. Then Covid. But it’s all about making the most of a situation so luckily the nice folks at Print: A bookstore in Portland, Maine hosted a virtual launch for us! We had a really nice time and after Maryann read, I went through my creative process and showed viewers a soup to nuts presentation where I went through the various stages of making a book.
I’ve been working on this trailer for a few weeks. Excited to finally share it with you. Maryann Cocca-Leffler wrote a very thoughtful (and timely!) book which I had the pleasure of illustrating. It has themes about respect, inclusion and diversity. We need this book now. It is so toxic out there…I can’t believe how toxic.. I naively thought people would be kinder during this pandemic, but I was wrong. Love your neighbor. Be kind.
To see the trailer, please visit my Instagram account here
I’ve been toiling on this book for two years now! I illustrated it entirely in watercolor! So, so much work but it was the right medium for the book. And as you know, j’adore SQUIRRELS! More to come!
