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And I’ve got a few more final spreads from the book, too. <\/p>\n If you haven’t seen it yet, Oh, No!<\/em>, which has been met with rave reviews all around, is the boisterous cumulative tale of a group of jungle animals who fall into a deep, deep hole and are stalked by a tiger. “Frog fell into a deep, deep hole. Ribbit-oops! Ribbit-oops!” it opens. “Frog fell into a deep, deep hole. Ribbit-oops<\/strong>!” <\/p>\n Tiger’s so hungry, but does he succeed? I can’t give away the ending. Well, okay, so one of these spreads below does<\/em> give away the ending, but there’s one final tantalizing plot development on the very last spread (or perhaps the final endpapers — I have an F&G and am not entirely sure about that), just when you think it’s over. <\/p>\n As you can see in the final spreads from the book shown today, Eric brings readers some exciting perspectives here—most of the time we’re with the animals in this hole, looking up at the next animal, about to take the plunge—and it’s all rendered via relief prints (using the reduction method, as the nifty note on the cataloging page states). And, as a smart friend of mine pointed out before I even noticed, the action on the endpages matches the book’s front and back flaps, and as the Kirkus<\/em> review points out, the chase (Tiger after Frog) that happens on the front endpapers continues across frontmatter pages until the first spread. This is some well-thought-out design. <\/p>\n Kirkus<\/em> also wrote that what we have here is a “master printmaker” (no doubt) and a “picture book [that] reads like an instant classic.” <\/p>\n I thank Eric for sharing these work-in-progress images today. First up, I’ll post the images of the crashing elephant being cut and printed. Next up, the Tiger, followed by Eric’s studio shots. And I’ll wrap it all up with some final spreads from the book. <\/p>\n Enjoy. <\/p>\n
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