Illustrator Jennifer Aikman-Smith (’87) has once again collaborated with Paul E. Burns for their second children's book, the 88-page Emily Finds a Dragon.
Owen and the Dinosaur, published in 2008, is followed by Emily Finds a Dragon, which will be launched Saturday, June 18, 2011 at the Riverview Library.
For Jennifer, who knew she wanted to try her hand at drawing for a living since she was 11, illustrating children's books not only allows her to work with the impossible, but it also allows her to prove that her "cartoon" drawings are art, too.
Paul saw writing simply as a 25-year-old hobby until he met Jennifer, who had been freelance drawing since she graduated from Mount Allison, and they began taking the endeavour seriously over the past few years.
Paul and Jennifer have self-published both Emily Finds a Dragon and Owen and the Dinosaur.
After being turned away by a few mainstream publishing companies, they decided to use Jennifer's skills as a graphic designer and her company Dragon Dreams to put the children's books together.
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(Moncton Times & Transcript)
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