ZigZag

Meet ZigZag – Coming out on September 19th from Enchanted Lion Books!

At a formative age I read The Wonderful O by James Thurber. It is about pirates who take over an island and forbid the use of the letter o. Woe is we!

That book planted a seed in me that grew into ZigZag, a crocodile who swallows all of his vowels. It is hard to live without them so he sets out on a journey to get them back.

The easiest way for me to tell you about this book is to show it to you! Here’s the entire book from guzzle to zatch – aka from title page to author’s note. You can race through it or meander through it as you desire.

Here’s what Kirkus had to say in a review:
“Can one literally eat one’s words?

…This cheery story about delighting in words and wordplay will appeal to readers who enjoy increasing their vocabularies and testing the sounds and feel of new terms. In an illuminating author’s note in which she invites children to play with language, Paschkis admits she “loves words.” She incorporates numerous ones in her illustrations, many containing multiple vowels; these gambol gleefully throughout her colorful, lively artwork featuring all-animal characters and intricate patterns. 

A veritable feast for word connoisseurs. (Picture book. 5-8)“

ZigZag was also honored by inclusion in the annual Original Art show at the Society of Illustrators in NYC, from October 26 – January 27.

ZigZag was printed in Italy on thick, creamy paper. You can zigzag over to your local bookstore, or get the book at Enchanted Lion Books or Bookshop.org. Thank you – thank u!

I hope you eat it up and it doesn’t eat you up.