Grace Lin (Asian American, b. 1974)
Untitled, 2018
Illustration for A Big Bed for Little Snow, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, forthcoming 2019
Gouache on paper
Unsigned
Sheet 13 x 30 ¼ inches
Copyright © Grace Lin

This illustration provides a sneak peek into Grace Lin's forthcoming book A Big Bed for Little Snow (2019), a companion to her Caldecott Honor Book A Big Mooncake for Little Star (2018). In both stories, Lin employs a "fade-away style," in which the background blends into the figures and only the patterns of their clothes give dimension to their forms.

Lin won a Newbery Honor for Where The Mountain Meets The Moon (2009). She was recently elected to The Carle's Board of Trustees, and is co-host of this year's Carle Honors with her childhood friend, esteemed book editor Alvina Ling. Lin and Jarrett J. Krosoczka organized The Carle's exhibition Now and Then: Contemporary Illustrators and their Childhood Art, opening December 14, 2019.



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Artwork is framed by R. Michelson Galleries using archival materials.

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