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Cover Reveal for The Stray by Molly Ruttan
IT’S A COVER REVEAL GUEST POST!
BY MOLLY RUTTAN
From Good Reads With Ronna:
Today we’re thrilled to share this special cover reveal guest post to get you as psyched as we are for Molly Ruttan’s picture book debut as author/illustrator this spring.
From Molly:
I am so excited to reveal the cover for my upcoming book THE STRAY, written and illustrated by me, Molly Ruttan, and published by Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Random House.
In stores on May 19, 2020
Available now for pre-order at
Amazon, IndieBound & Barnes & Noble
SUMMARY:
Adopting an extraterrestrial leads to hilariously mixed results!
When a family goes for a stroll one morning and encounters an adorable little creature with no collar or tag (who just happens to be sitting in the wreckage of an unidentified crash-landed object), they happily adopt the lovable stray. They name him Grub and set about training him, but that works surprisingly . . . poorly. Taking him for a walk is an unexpected adventure, too. As hard as they try to make Grub feel at home, it’s just not working. Could he already have a family of his own? Maybe he isn’t really a stray, after all–just lost. But how on earth will they be able to find his family when he seems to come from somewhere . . . out of this world?
FROM THE AUTHOR ILLUSTRATOR:
This book was so much fun for me to create, and combines three of the many things I love: family, animals, and science fiction! The family in the story is modeled after my own close-knit family. They stick together from the start to the finish. Grub, the stray, is found destitute and alone, and like many of the strays I have personally cared for, enthusiastically accepts the family’s invitation to take him in. Putting this story into the context of UFOs and visitors from space was pure joy for me; I have spent many an hour with binoculars, gazing at the night sky and wondering who might be out there! Plus, hasn’t everyone sometimes wondered if their pet has come from somewhere unearthly?
ABOUT THE COVER:
To create the art for the cover, I again combined things I love. First I got messy with charcoal, pastel, and a little liquid acrylic paint thrown in. Then I composed the final art with digital media. The final result is very similar to the original comp, shown here with a visitor at the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico. They approved!
FIND ME ONLINE:
Check out my website! www.mollyruttan.com
Facebook: Molly Ruttan
Instagram: mollyillo
Twitter: @molly_ruttan
GRUB’ll GRAB YOU!
A huge thank you to Molly for giving us a special insider’s look at both the cover and the main character of THE STRAY available to enjoy this May.
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This sounds like so much fun!
It is pure read-aloud fun and the art is so playful! Molly is a font of ideas.
Can’t wait to read and enjoy the illustrations of this fun picture book from Molly! Loved her illustrations in “I Am A Thief!”
Me, too, Lynn! Kids’ll want to hear it over and over again. She’ll have such fun sharing it at school visits.