About this item
Readers are invited to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world, even the humblest back garden! With exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appeal to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ... Du iz tak? What is that?
About the Author
Carson Ellis is the author and illustrator of the bestselling picture books and (a Caldecott Honor book and the recipient of an E.B. White Read Aloud Award) . She has illustrated a number of books for kids including by Trenton Lee Stewart, by Lemony Snicket, and by her husband, Colin Meloy. Carson has been awarded silver medals by the Society of Illustrators for her work on and on by Florence Parry Heide. She's the illustrator-in-residence for Colin's band, The Decemberists, and received Grammy nominations in 2016 and 2018 for album art design. She works sporadically as an editorial illustrator for , and others publications and exhibits art on occasion. She's represented by Nationale in Portland. Carson lives on a farm in Oregon with Colin, their two sons, two cats, one llama, three goats, many chickens, and an unfathomable multitude of tree frogs.
