My Kirkus Q&A with Cece Bell
August 30th, 2019 by jules
Over at Kirkus today, I’ve got a chat with author-illustrator Cece Bell about her new Chick and Brain beginning reader series. The first book, on shelves next week, is called Smell My Foot!, which is a very funny book. Expect howls of laughter from the beginning readers you know.
If you want to read our chat, you can head here.
Below, I have some early sketches from Cece, as well as some final art (and other fun stuff). I thank her for sharing!
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making everything I touch too bright. So, I was trying to tone it down …”
(something I do when feeling blue) …”
It must be embedded in my brain. I kept the palette, because why not have a little tribute to the master? I liked pretending that Marshall’s ghost was watching me work and giggling at some of the stuff I would hope he might find funny.”
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CHICK AND BRAIN: SMELL MY FOOT. Copyright © 2019 by Cece Bell. Final art above reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA. All other images reproduced by permission of Cece Bell.
