Hopalong Hollow....

Hopalong Hollow, where the Blueberries grow sweet, and the moss feels soft beneath your feet.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Hibernation HoeDown... Book Endpaper art

 

        These bears are having a jolly good time.  Eating pies, drinking apple cider. doing the Conga, the Tango, the 
    Jitterbug and even the waltz...  What a blast!

They are quite loud and boisterous...but never obnoxious. They are inviting my readers into my book... because they are doing all these activities on my endpapers... I can barely keep them from dancing off the page! They are having a Hibernation Hoe Down. "One last bash, Before we Crash!, is what they say.

Many Storybooks do not have End paper art, it is a lot of extra work for the artist. But I wanted to fit  these frolicking bears, somewhere in my book, and the endpapers seemed just the right spot.

  Come and party with us!

 Fionna  was not present at the Hoe Down, but since she IS in this book, we included her little movie trailer,as well.
 Also, a rather remarkable thing happened. Our missing Peahen, the reluctant bride, the new bird that disappeared into the wild, wide wood... that one? She Returned! She suddenly reappeared in our driveway after having been gone for 10 days. I guided her back across the bridge and up to the farmyard, where she has been happily pecking away at the grain now for about a week. I am so thrilled! Both brides are home at last.