"The Rabbits Dance" Children's Book
I am very happy and excited to introduce The Rabbits Dance, a children's book. Perfect for baby showers, new parents, or young children, The Rabbits Dance is a sweet story about bunnies getting together to dance. This book was a collaboration between my friend and fellow artist, Ellie Kirby, her daughter, Rosy, and myself.
Ellie and I have been friends since we became members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild in the mid-1980s. In that time we’ve had fun sharing our art and dreams with one another. When Ellie’s daughter, Rosy, was seven years old, Ellie hung one of my prints of dancing bunnies (“Full Moon Gathering”) above Rosy’s bed. Some days later Rosy, inspired by my print, presented Ellie with her own endearing illustrated story on notebook paper about bunnies getting together to dance.
Several years later, Ellie invited me to work on the book with her. The story closely follows Rosy’s narrative and her drawings were the springboard for the illustrations. I created the bunny pictures using a mixture of silkscreen printing, stenciling, and watercolors. My daughter, Sophia, helped me design some of the bunnies and posed as the model for the little girl in the story that Ellie painted. Ellie also created the block print borders.
Illustrating and producing The Rabbits Dance has been a wonderful journey of creative challenges, learning new techniques, and fun meetings. I hope this book will delight and inspire you and those you share it with.
Length: 32 pages
Size: 9 ¼” x 10 ½”
Age: Young children
Option to include a message or have your book signed is available when adding the product to your cart.
I am very happy and excited to introduce The Rabbits Dance, a children's book. Perfect for baby showers, new parents, or young children, The Rabbits Dance is a sweet story about bunnies getting together to dance. This book was a collaboration between my friend and fellow artist, Ellie Kirby, her daughter, Rosy, and myself.
Ellie and I have been friends since we became members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild in the mid-1980s. In that time we’ve had fun sharing our art and dreams with one another. When Ellie’s daughter, Rosy, was seven years old, Ellie hung one of my prints of dancing bunnies (“Full Moon Gathering”) above Rosy’s bed. Some days later Rosy, inspired by my print, presented Ellie with her own endearing illustrated story on notebook paper about bunnies getting together to dance.
Several years later, Ellie invited me to work on the book with her. The story closely follows Rosy’s narrative and her drawings were the springboard for the illustrations. I created the bunny pictures using a mixture of silkscreen printing, stenciling, and watercolors. My daughter, Sophia, helped me design some of the bunnies and posed as the model for the little girl in the story that Ellie painted. Ellie also created the block print borders.
Illustrating and producing The Rabbits Dance has been a wonderful journey of creative challenges, learning new techniques, and fun meetings. I hope this book will delight and inspire you and those you share it with.
Length: 32 pages
Size: 9 ¼” x 10 ½”
Age: Young children
Option to include a message or have your book signed is available when adding the product to your cart.
I am very happy and excited to introduce The Rabbits Dance, a children's book. Perfect for baby showers, new parents, or young children, The Rabbits Dance is a sweet story about bunnies getting together to dance. This book was a collaboration between my friend and fellow artist, Ellie Kirby, her daughter, Rosy, and myself.
Ellie and I have been friends since we became members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild in the mid-1980s. In that time we’ve had fun sharing our art and dreams with one another. When Ellie’s daughter, Rosy, was seven years old, Ellie hung one of my prints of dancing bunnies (“Full Moon Gathering”) above Rosy’s bed. Some days later Rosy, inspired by my print, presented Ellie with her own endearing illustrated story on notebook paper about bunnies getting together to dance.
Several years later, Ellie invited me to work on the book with her. The story closely follows Rosy’s narrative and her drawings were the springboard for the illustrations. I created the bunny pictures using a mixture of silkscreen printing, stenciling, and watercolors. My daughter, Sophia, helped me design some of the bunnies and posed as the model for the little girl in the story that Ellie painted. Ellie also created the block print borders.
Illustrating and producing The Rabbits Dance has been a wonderful journey of creative challenges, learning new techniques, and fun meetings. I hope this book will delight and inspire you and those you share it with.
Length: 32 pages
Size: 9 ¼” x 10 ½”
Age: Young children
Option to include a message or have your book signed is available when adding the product to your cart.
The Rabbits Dance books are commercially produced and, as such, illustrations in the book are reproductions of my original, handmade silkscreen prints. I do my best to ensure that product images are as true to color as possible. However, actual colors may vary slightly due to differences in computer monitors and lighting.
