I’m sharing the story with you in serial fashion, two pages a day, over a 9 day period.
Writing Translated
PG 7: He climbed the highest hill he could find. Running and flapping his arms, he jumped. For a moment, he seemed to fly. Then he plummeted down, bouncing off a Coral Gum Tree.
PG 8: The gum tree broke and Diggory began rolling down the hill, wrapped up in the branches!
Stay tune for Part 5, tomorrow!
Details Behind the Story
Way back in June, for his July birthday, my hubby asked for a follow-up story to the Diggory Wombat Gets Lost book that I wrote and illustrated for him. Unfortunately, my Muse wasn’t interested so, after months of dithering, I wrote and illustrated the book in 4 days!
This book was done in one of Hahnemühle’s ZigZag accordion books. The book is one long sheet, folded into 18 pages. I love working on this paper!
Hurry, hurry. I can hardly wait. I’ve lived 75 wonderful years. I do love all water media. But have never tried writing like this. Your printing is very legible. Thanks for the fun! Claudia
Thank you, Claudia! You should give the story writing a try. It’s fun!
poor Diggory
Yup! He’s in for even more trouble.
I love your idea of writing a story in the accordion books.
Thank you, Sandra! I love working on the paper and the format just seems perfect for story-telling.
My grandchildren are visiting and at storytime they cant wait to find out about Diggory. They also love Diggory gets lost. Thank you for the story.
Thank you, Lenore! I’m so glad your grandchildren are enjoying Diggory’s adventure. It means I did something write … er … right!
Love this scene!!!
Thank you, Judy!
This spread is perfect – wonderful colors, and Diggory’s expressions say everything. You didn’t really need the words – the pictures carry the story.
Thank you so much, Sharon! I was hoping that was the case.