![]() ![]() ![]() The dynamic between the two characters is somewhat reminiscent of Mo Willems’ happy-go-lucky Piggie and slightly more down-to-earth and careful Gerald, and in fact Clanton’s line-work is further suggestive of Willems’ art. Jelly’s an even more simple design, essentially just a very emotive half-circle with six lines for tentacles and an emoji-basic face. You can practically see the path Clanton’s hand must take when drawing his title character, an elongated, upside down teardrop whose tail and body all seem drawn in a single, continuous series of swoops. In the third, Narwhal shares the best book in the world with Jelly it turns out to be a blank one, which they have to fill with their own imaginations.īreaking up the three mini-stories are a few pages that include facts about the sea creatures and the lyrics to a narwhal song.Ĭlanton’s extremely simple, extremely cute character designs make this a perfect book for the youngest of children, and anyone who appreciates such lo-fi, highly adorable artwork. In the second story, Narwhal sets off to create an awesome pod of awesomeness, recruiting various sea creatures to join his pod, each of them being given an honorary, narwhal-like horn upon joining. ![]()
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