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K-Gr 4—The creators of the metafictional romp Chloe and the Lion return with another picture book all tangled up in the story of its own creation. After introducing the two cut paper-and-pencil protagonists, Mac and Adam, the narrative proceeds with the steps of Mac's writing process: dozens of drafts, revisions with the editor, Adam's illustrations, and even printing and shipping from Malaysia. But from the mixed-media cover art to the closing tiger-print endpapers, Barnett and R...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Barnett and Rex, no strangers to metafiction (Chloe and the Lion), have outdone themselves in terms of tongue-in-cheekiness as they describe the process of creating a book. "Ideas can come at funny times," muses Barnett, shown as a cartoon character arm-wrestling a tiger. It only gets wackier from there, as the book that Mac is developing takes quite a journey. First there's the back-and-forth among Barnett, Rex, and their editor in the pre-publication phase. Lat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Barnett and Rex tongue-in-cheekily describe the process of creating a book. "Ideas can come at funny times," muses Barnett, show...Log In or Sign Up to Read More