There are many, many books in this world.
We are surrounded by books.
Books give us chills,
make us happy,
or sometimes make us cry.
I am Mr. Wright. I write picture books.
I write and draw pictures here.
I have letters from children that have read my books.
Shall I read them?
"I really enjoyed your squirrel story!"
I must write back to this child soon.
Who made this book?
The artist draws pictures.
The author writes stories.
The publisher owner makes the books.
The designer makes the book look nice.
The binder binds the books, one by one.
The printer prints the books.
The editor revises the story to make it good.
I did!
All of them can say "I made this book."
All these people make the book together.
It is a peaceful afternoon.
I sit on my garden chair and close my eyes.
I imagine flying in a helicopter or riding a train.
What would happen if I lost my way
while I was traveling like this?
Shall I write about a bee that gets lost this time?
What kind of bee should it be?
A mischievous bee?
A kind bee?
A fat bee?
I want a mischievous bee
that does not listen to its mother.
Where shall the bee travel?
The woods?
A beautiful palace?
How about the African jungle
where there are lots of animals
and palm trees with coconuts?
My imagination kept going.
Shall the bee have fun playing with other animals in the jungle?
Or shall it cause trouble and get kicked out by the other animals?
Yes! In this book, the mischievous bee
will go to the distant African jungle on its own.
It will meet scary animals there and have a difficult time,
and come back home as a good bee.
Hmm… I should look up books
to find out more about the African jungle.
Now I need to draw pictures to go with my story.
This is a funny story
so the pictures should be funny.
I need to draw the animals so that the children
can easily see their characteristics, and make them look cute.
I will draw this part so it fills the whole page,
and this page so it takes up half.
Hmm... Maybe I will try a frame for this picture.
Ha ha ha! I like it.
I will color it so that it'll look nice now.
The body of the bee will be gold and black,
and the leaves will be so green that it will feel like the reader will get green on his hands!
I will color the sweet coconuts to look so delicious
that my readers will drool.
Yeah! It's a great jungle.
Lastly, I will add a title.
"The Bee that Flew to the African Jungle."
That's it! I'm all done!
I took my book to the publisher.
The publisher owner said,
"Mr. Wright, this is very good.
Let's turn it into a book right away."
After that, my new book finally came out.
There was an article in the newspaper introducing my book.
"Famous writer Mr. Wright announces a new book!"
The book was popular and sold well.
I met some children at the launch event.
A little raccoon getting my autograph said,
"Thank you Mr. Wright!
I'll keep this book forever."
"That made me want to thank him more! Ha ha ha!"