Book Birthday!
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Author copies arrived in the mail just in time for the big day! |
So many months of hard work, and finally the book is arriving to the world today! I think back on the earliest drafts:
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early rough sketch |
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Finished art |
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Early rough sketch |
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Finished art |
…to the finished art, and often things change dramatically, but the spirit of the scene stays the same. I really love how this book turned out. I feel that I’ve helped bring two historical figures to life for kids to learn & hopefully inspire them to read further about how both Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony helped change America – in part, by simply being friends.