Here, we finally are, in the printing phase of our highly anticipated first children's book, "How Mildred Became Famous". The pastel illustrations exceeded our expectations. As with most things at first attempt, the learning curve can reach heights of a Mount Everest.... and we finally made it to the top with a lot of hard work and multiple delays along the way, but we finally made it. Please enjoy several images of some of the illustrations below. We'd love to hear what you think. Let us know.
Illustration for pages 12-13
Illustration for pages 14-15
Illustration for pages 20-21
Illustration for pages 30-31Take a look at some of the illustrations closeup.............
A closeup of an ant crawling on a raspberry.
A closeup of a buzzing honey bee. 
A closeup of Mildred after molting with her beautiful new wings.
A close up of a fat hairy fly on a flower. We can't wait to see it all in print. The next book begins with layouts in March where Mildred meets Terie the Salt Creek tiger Beetle and learns all about this endangered tiny beetle and her habitat. Hopefully, I will have time to blog the progress of the next book on a weekly basis since we have cleared our schedule for 2009 just for the production of book II. Happy New Year. Until next time......
