Our children’s story won a third prize in the Children’s and Young Adult Literature annual conference (Aspiring / Unpublished – Graphic Novels, Illustrated picture books and Middle grade illustrated novels section). We worked with our long time collaborator and friend, the talented Matt Davidson. Matt developed three terrific illustrations to submit along with the full text. The story is always being tweaked so we won’t post the complete manuscript. As a thanks to all our well-wishers and just for the fun of it, here are the three images with some accompanying text.
Freddy & Miss Ginger came about when musing on what Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers may have been like as children. Was Fred a fidget? Was Ginger a little wisecracker? Would Fred have been labelled ADHD and always annoying those around him?
What if they were a dog and a cat!
Freddy threw off his collar, put on his bowtie and ran to the park.
There he could jiggle and spin and shake out his wriggles once and for all.
Freddy and Miss Ginger danced and danced and danced.
First a waltz, and a foxtrot, then a rumba.
They danced a tango, a quick-step and a samba.
Together they twirled and whirled and skipped and dipped.
Through the park,
over rooftops,
down laneways,
beneath city lights.
Freddy could not stop dancing.
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