For my first children’s book, I spent one fall driving to country fairs in New England. I drew huge bulls, huge pumpkins, and lots of pies. I liked watching the oxen pulls. Also log chopping and sheep shearing. These are all in the book. What interested me most may have been different from the reality: fairs are a mess of funnel cakes and fried food and spilled soda. When I came back home from my trips I went straight to the shower.
