It presents a selection of fairy tales and folklore. The tales are kinetic, filled with transformations. There's a lot to draw and to see. Fairy tales and folklore have withstood the test of time, offering archetypal themes and memorable situations. We wanted to do a book for all ages, that could hold the interest of very young children and grown-ups.
Children recognize their own experiences in the paradigms presented in fairy tales.
Girls might feel that they're true princesses in disguise, and that their extraordinary sensibility would allow them to feel a pea under 20 mattresses. Well, we insisted to the artists that this was a book for children. We are trying to show th at comics are not just for grown-ups anymore. Little Lit grew partly out of our joint love for comic books. There was some back and forth between us and the artists, since we wanted some fresh interpretations of well-known classics, as well as some stories that even most adults would be unlikely to have come across before.