The Summer of Little Badger

"Always be on the look out for the presence of wonder." E.B.White

(art by Chris Dunn)

While out with COVID last week, I was quarantined in a room by myself. Without all the distractions, I began work on a children’s book I’m working on. Each section of this book will take place during a different season of the year. It is inspired by the books of my childhood that I loved so dearly: Beatrix Potter’s tales, Winnie-the-Pooh, Frog and Toad, Little Bear, Brambly Hedge and The Wind in the Willows. Anthropomorphic animals loomed large in my imagination. I have finished the entire first section, summer, and am now working on the second season, autumn.

I thought I would share part of the first chapter for you today: