I'm working on an idea for a children's picture book. It's based on a true story I heard while staying out at the dune shack this past fall. Those of you who've read my book, Dune Shack Summer, know I was awarded an artist-in-residency a few summers ago at a rustic dune shack on the Cape Cod National Seashore. No neighbors, electricity or running water but the shack is only 100 yards from the Atlantic and I couldn't have been happier. Anyway, this fall when I had the opportunity to be there again, I was curious where all the field mice had gone because the first summer the brazen little things had taken over. I was told that a couple of weasels had moved in. Ahhhh, the food chain, I mean the circle of life. I'll be posting some more sketches here soon.
1 comment:
love this idea!!!
Brings awareness to the Dune Shacks, which I'd never heard of or seen, before reading Dune Shack Summer, (a book I'd already shared with anyone I know with artistic inclinations because it's SO inspiring!)
Now I'm intrigued to hear what happens next & can't wait to share this book with all the 'kid artists/ naturalists, (in other words, every kid I know) in my life.
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