A Dog Named Doug
Written by Karma Wilson • Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Doug Dug. And Dug. And Dug. Join this canine earth-mover as he carves tunnels from the Great Pyramid to the White House.
Making dirt interesting
A whole book full of dirt? Sounds rather—brown, right? The challenge was to make this fun adventure feel fresh and clean, believe it or not. So I left a lot of white space on the pages, and incorporated the words themselves into the pictures whenever possible. Made possible, I might add, by Karma, who wanted the text to be short enough to leave plenty of room for pictures. After all, they don’t call them picture books for nothing, right?
Scroll down for early sketches from the book. Click on any image to enlarge it.