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Peter Brown

There's nothing I like better than a well-crafted author/illustrator website. It's so important to have great information about what they were like as a kid, especially their childhood drawings and writings, because it helps kids see that they don't have to be as perfect as the drawings they see in books to someday become an illustrator. Peter Brown, author/illustrator of The Flight of the Dodo and The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder, does all that and more with some insight into how he crafts a book and a peek into his sketchbook. His latest book, The Curious Garden, inspired by the Highline gardens in Manhattan, happens to be one of my favorite books from this year.
PS- My fandom has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he's cute (wink, wink).
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