So I'm not certain right now if I have one book coming out or two, this September. So I will let you ponder the question for me.
I have a book called Fortunately, the Milk coming out from Harper Children's on September the 17th. It's published in the US, Canada, and many such places.
It's illustrated by the brilliant Skottie Young.
This is what the cover looks like:
I have a book called Fortunately, The Milk... (note the ellipses) coming out from Bloomsbury on September the 17th. It's published in the UK, Australia and various other places.
It's illustrated by the amazing Chris Riddell.
This is what the cover looks like:
And I'm not really sure why there are two books. I know that different places and different publishers like different styles of illustration. And I am not grumbling, because I love Skottie's art, and I love Chris's art, and they are completely different -- in approach, in style, in storytelling.
You can get the feeling for Skottie's art, and the way the US version looks here:
http://issuu.com/harpercollinschildrens/docs/fortunatelymilk_usexcerptreveal
You get a feel for the UK edition with the same pages told in a British Way at:
http://issuu.com/bloomsburypublishing/docs/fortunately_the_milk_extract
You are, of course, allowed to order the edition you like best from the country of your choice. But in UK bookshops you'll find the Bloomsbury, in US ones you'll find the Harper Childrens...
Why is the milk in a bottle in the US, where milk almost never comes in bottles? Why is the milk in a carton in the UK, where milk actually does still turn up in bottles? Why does the dad in Chris Riddell's artwork look mysteriously sort of like me?
There are no answers to be found in this video of Chris Riddell drawing...
I have a book called Fortunately, the Milk coming out from Harper Children's on September the 17th. It's published in the US, Canada, and many such places.
It's illustrated by the brilliant Skottie Young.
This is what the cover looks like:
I have a book called Fortunately, The Milk... (note the ellipses) coming out from Bloomsbury on September the 17th. It's published in the UK, Australia and various other places.
It's illustrated by the amazing Chris Riddell.
This is what the cover looks like:
(You cannot actually tell from this how astoundingly SHINY the cover is. Trust me. It is the shiniest cover you have ever seen.)
And I'm not really sure why there are two books. I know that different places and different publishers like different styles of illustration. And I am not grumbling, because I love Skottie's art, and I love Chris's art, and they are completely different -- in approach, in style, in storytelling.
You can get the feeling for Skottie's art, and the way the US version looks here:
http://issuu.com/harpercollinschildrens/docs/fortunatelymilk_usexcerptreveal
You get a feel for the UK edition with the same pages told in a British Way at:
http://issuu.com/bloomsburypublishing/docs/fortunately_the_milk_extract
You are, of course, allowed to order the edition you like best from the country of your choice. But in UK bookshops you'll find the Bloomsbury, in US ones you'll find the Harper Childrens...
Why is the milk in a bottle in the US, where milk almost never comes in bottles? Why is the milk in a carton in the UK, where milk actually does still turn up in bottles? Why does the dad in Chris Riddell's artwork look mysteriously sort of like me?
There are no answers to be found in this video of Chris Riddell drawing...
there ARE however, some answers, to all of your Fortunately, The Milk (...) questions here, in this video.
Watch it. All will be explained. Well, something will be explained, at any rate...
Labels: Americans and English people, chris Riddell, Fortunately the Milk, mysterious ellipses, Skottie Young