tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393599956370402117.post7740947703468043438..comments2024-03-21T08:53:47.681-06:00Comments on KISS THE BOOK: Big George by Anne RockwellCindy Mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02689887956133594080noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3393599956370402117.post-64832459288159859902009-06-25T15:44:41.328-06:002009-06-25T15:44:41.328-06:00Thanks so much for your praise for BIG GEORGE. It...Thanks so much for your praise for BIG GEORGE. It was not easy to put the complexities of the man and his times in a picture book and I could so easily have failed at it! As I researched the story my respect for Washington grew, and I kept my fingers crossed that the illustrator would see in the man what I did. Matt Phelan came through superbly! It's a book I'm proud of, and hope the children it's meant for find something of themselves in George Washington, the child and the man.<br />Anne Rockwelllady hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02642573016263598851noreply@blogger.com