“Do you mean to tell me that you weren’t thinking about a purple kangaroo looking for his best friend, a wild eyed chinchilla named Señor Ernesto de Pantalones, while wearing roller skates? “
Some children squirm, and some sit riveted as children’s author and illustrator Peter Brown reads from his latest illustrated piece, “The Purple Kangaroo” last Tuesday evening (Jan. 19). Giggles float through the room as Brown describes the kangaroo’s journey to find his friend, by way of slipping on banana peels and blowing bubblegum out of his nose.
Written by comedian Michael Ian Black, “The Purple Kangaroo” is the first book that Brown has illustrated without writing himself. Brown has written and illustrated four of his own children’s books, including his first picture book “The Flight of the Dodo.”
Along with a read of his latest book, Brown presented to the families a look at how he developed into an author as well as how he works as an illustrator. He brought out a large sketch pad on an easel to illustrate examples from “The Purple Kangaroo” on how he creates the characters that he is illustrating.
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