This charmer has been in my collection for a few years. I debated including it because the illustrator, Jake Parker, also happens to be a teacher for the Childrens Book Pro class. And I’m not an attention seeker. Remember my hermit dreams? Anyway, the fact is, the illustrations in this book are amazing, simple, and beautiful, and funny: Everything I want my art to be. So yet again, I chucked out my hermit desires and went for it anyway.
My take on the art:
And the original, much better art by Jake Parker:
And altogether:
