When I Wake Up
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I’ve a review over at the Horn Book of Seth Fishman’s When I Wake Up (Greenwillow, December 2021), illustrated by Jessixa Bagley — an adventurous tribute to the imagination of children and a day’s endless opportunities. And here at 7-Imp today, Jessixa shares things like early sketches and character tests, and some final spreads are also pictured below. I thank Jessixa for sharing. (Pictured above is an early character sketch.)
The review is here.
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Maybe I will do whatever I want to do.”
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Maybe I could even borrow Mom’s little shovel for the garden.”
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Odd to imagine because of how simple it ended up being!”
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WHEN I WAKE UP. Text copyright © 2021 by Seth Fishman. Illustrations copyright © 2021 by Jessixa Bagley and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Greenwillow Books, New York. All other images reproduced by permission of Jessixa Bagley.