Blog Post #2 (Illustrations)

 Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems. I had seen this book multiple times and even thumbed through it a couple times, but never really took the time to intentionally look at the illustrations. I absolutely love how Mo Willems made his book come to life through the illustrations he created. Each background/setting of the story is a black and white or faded photograph. Then, the characters in the story are colorful drawings that stand out so well against the real life, photograph background. The way Mo Willems takes 2 dimensional photographs and draws his characters into the scenes is just phenomenal. It seems like such a simply thing, but to have a photograph of a sidewalk and make it where his characters are walking right along that sidewalk or with the picture of the old, rundown laudromat and how Trixie and her father are just drawn right into this picture is just amazing. The illustrations are just so creative and different from other styles of illustrations that are often seen in other picture books. 

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