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Patris's avatar

I think that would be brilliant - having Quickpaw in every panel (like a witness/greek chorus) watching him like a guardian might. Assuring he’s safe. You should do this. Maybe make some preliminary sketches - a kind of storyboard - to guide the illustrator in what you envision. I don’t remember the big red barn - but I believe I’ve seen the same technique in some of the books I’ve read my grandchildren.

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Weston Parker's avatar

I love to hear you say that and I would also love to have any artistic talent whatsoever but no. Maybe we'll find a fellow substacker and talk it over.

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Patris's avatar

That would be perfect!

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It’s really kind of perfect Wes. This little traveler moving though the universe of his back yard, returning to the arms of his mother.

This would be so great either as a series of small books - or as a larger book, read over nights so the any little guy can dream along with this intrepid Ulysses...

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Weston Parker's avatar

Thanks Patris. A 15 minute odyssey. I would be fun if Quickpaw could show up in some tiny corner of every panel because that guy really got around. There was a book we read to our boys for years, one of their favorites called "The Big Red Barn" had a butterfly, sometimes tiny, sometimes not, in every panel.

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