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A box of freshly printed copies of Maestro Stu Saves the Zoo
arrived on my doorstep, yesterday.
I’m extremely happy with the way this book printed. It has a matte
finish dust jacket and the artwork was scanned so that the canvas texture and
painted brushstrokes can be seen in just the right amount.
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| Stu, dreaming of the place he loved best. |
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| Stu has an idea... |
The story is full of animals, from cover to cover. One of
the animals, seen throughout the book is a squirrel monkey. My grandfather
(Mom’s dad) had a squirrel monkey named Joe-Joe. It was a real treat to visit their house when I was a boy.
Each time I painted the monkey in this book, I thought of Joe. I’m also
thinking about how childhood memories and experiences seem to weave through our lives in unexpected ways.
Maestro Stu Saves the Zoo by Denise Brennan-Nelson,
published by Sleeping Bear Press.
Here’s Denise with a little introduction to
the book:
Well, back to the drawing board...
