A Visit with Author-Illustrator William Bee

Where is Stanley going over there? COME BACK, STANLEY. Ah well. He has some mail to deliver, so he’s off.
British author-illustrator and commercial designer William Bee visits 7-Imp today to share some images from two of his 2015 picture books. (Bee visited 7-Imp back in the day for one of my favorite “breakfast” interviews.)
Migloo’s Day, released by Candlewick earlier this year (March), is a search-and-find adventure for young children. Migloo is a dog, and readers follow him throughout a day and busy, detailed spreads, as he explores his community. “There’s definitely a new ‘Busytown’ in town,” writes the Kirkus review. Yes, it’s Richard Scarry-esque and a lot like Busytown on stimulants. It’s good stuff, rendered in Bee’s signature style.
Also, from Peachtree, Bee has his Stanley series for very young readers. Stanley (pictured above, ready to deliver that mail) is a hamster — and the star of this series, which explores occupations in sweet, but never cloying, stories that emphasize friendship and hard work.
Today, William shares some images from the books, including some process shots. I thank him for sharing.
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(Audrey Keri-Nagy and Maria Tunney worked on Migloo.)”
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they lose as they get older.”



we have what we call the ‘tool pages.’ For the cafe, shop, and post books,
we do not actually have any tools, of course.”

followed (I think) by Stanley’s Train.”

Things develop quite quickly.”
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All images here are used by permission of William Bee.
Love these! My boy is sure to be inspired by this post! (He’s always coming up with characters and vehicles and buildings.) Thanks for the peek at the process!