To say that my job is a privilege would be an understatement.
Here I stand 2 years after a conversation I had with Cathryn Falwell about how hard it is to find a visual clear (but compelling) picture book or board book for children 15 months to 2 years. As the book consultant for Raising Readers, I review over 500 board and pictures books a year looking for books with clarity, curiosity, and humor that kids can grasp at the youngest of ages.
So here I stand with the original art to Cathryn’s Pond Babies due out from Down East Books in April feeling privileged to say, ‘the book is near perfect–if the baby’s cheeks are fatter here and the turtle is moved 3 inches left.’
Thank you, Cathryn, for allowing me to see the ‘pre-book’ in all its collaged, careful, creative brilliance and to listening to my picture book rantings so long ago.
P.S. Can you see that baby loon? 10 times yummier up close. Click on the picture to enlarge.
