Susan Boase is achildren’s book author and illustrator living in Portland, OR, USA. I've had the pleasure of seeing her work for the last couple of years as she's illustrated the first two books in the Rainbow Street series: LOST! A Dog Called Bear, and MISSING! A Cat Called Buster. The details in her pictures certainly show her feeling for animals, so I was very pleased when she agreed to be interviewed for this blog. However I didn't realise that she shares the belief in Buster: that sometimes, life chooses a pet for you. I hope her next one finds her soon.
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| From LOST! A Dog Called Bear |
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| From: MISSING! A Cat Called Buster |
You can find out more about Susan at: www.susanboase.com
Have you ever been inspired by an animal in your life or art?
My picturebook, Lucky Boy (drawings by David Small, Houghton Mifflin,2002) was inspired by a neglected dog in my neighborhood. He was a sweet Dalmatian,so dirty he appeared to be brown with black spots. One day the family picked upand moved away. I was plagued by thoughts of what had become of him. I wrote Lucky Boy to give his story a happyending. My smooth fox terrier, Frida, was the model for Lucky Boy.
Did you have pets as a child?
The first petI can remember was a parakeet who flew out the front door when a
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