To Make all Plain Austen is preening her

Plain Austen is preening her Hampshire Blue Bloodhound and Homily Dickinson and her Yankee Doodle Poodle are raring to go

fully illustrated in Cynthia Alonso’s fresh

Written and Illustrated by Jeffrey Brown

both an alarming warning and a galvanizing call to action

and perhaps the most important sort of magic is the power

To Make all Plain Austen is preening herWritten by Danielle Davis Illustrated by Mags DeRoma hardcover A stunning picture book ode to the joys of the creative process and the spirit of collaboration. To make . . . a cake, a garden, a song, you first gather, then makeand wait. To make a story (like this one), you gather, make, wait. To make anythingbig or smallit will take some time. You may have to gather more, make more, and wait a little more, but you can create wonderful things if you