Dr. Radway's Sarsaparilla Resolvent, my 1871 prequel to Dangerous Neighbors, will (I'm happy to report) be illustrated by my husband. That makes this book our third collaboration. Bill illustrated my co-authored corporate fairytale Zenobia and took the majority of the photographs that appeared in my fifth memoir, Ghosts in the Garden. He began early sketches for this project more than a year ago, with this image.
I am especially happy about this collaboration, for I have long been mapping the rise of illustrated middle grade/YA books.
This is a fragment of the image that will most likely grace the cover of the book. William, who was introduced in Dangerous Neighbors as a boy who rescues lost animals for a living, is the star of this story. Early on in the story he decides to keep this unclaimed goat, whom he names Daisy and who travels with him on his varied adventures.
I can't wait to see this book come to life. I am especially eager to share it with Philadelphians who today walk the (much transformed) streets that William claims as his own.
5 Comments on Dr. Radway's Sarsaparilla Resolvent: a fragment of an early sketch, last added: 6/13/2012
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AAAAAH! Dangerous Neighbors PREQUEL!!!!
Pam already said it quite well. ^_^
So excited about this...I am so glad you embarked on this journey. I loved William and cannot wait to learn more about him
I can't wait to see the book come to life, either!
It sounds and looks delightful.