This Easter, we gave Sophie a copy of the lovely book, "The Easter Egg" by Jan Brett. In the book, Hoppi the bunny tries various sorts of egg decorating before finding out what he's best at. The illustrations are dripping with detail and I love the various styles of egg decorating that are represented (how often do you get to see pysanky in a kids' book?). There is a great video on Jan's website showing how she used real live animals as models for the book. Sophie and I decided to write a letter to author/illustrator Jan Brett who lives in Massachusetts. It was hard to send away Sophie's very first drawing of a bunny, so I scanned it before we sent it in the mail. Click on the images to enlarge.
3 comments:
Holly, that book does look fantastic. And I love that you write down Sophie's thoughts as they are.
P.S. I appear to have a Hoppi the Bunny living in my backyard.
That kid is amazing. Can't wait to hear if she writes back!
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