Come On, Daisy!
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This issue’s cover is from David McKee’s new picture book, Elmer Plays Hide-and-Seek. David McKee is interviewed by Julia Eccleshare. Thanks to Andersen Press and Random Century for help in producing this March cover.
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Come On, Daisy!
What could be more dramatic and yet satisfying for a small child than a story about losing your mother only to find her again. Intensely curious, Daisy Duckling explores the world of water and reeds around her, only to lose sight of Mamma Duck. Anxiety grows as sinister rustling noises get closer but then Mamma swims into view.
Simmons' painterly style with its striking effects of texture and surface decoration and her palette with its sombre, shadowy greens and browns evoke the world of the river well while also creating a duckling endearingly full of enthusiasm and zest for life. The lack of a subjunctive jars at one point in the occasionally clumsy text and the cover typography is fussy but overall this is an accomplished picture book debut for this new artist.
