A poem about the Arctic illustrated with more of Ted Levin s wonderful photographs. Ted and I traveled to Alaska two summers in a row to gather the material for this book. The Sun is My Favorite Star , Harcourt, 2000. The third book of the series on the four elements that includes The Earth and I , and Water . Those books were illustrated with watercolor, so I wanted to come up with a style that would fit in with them but that would be sunnier .
Computers are great for that sort of thing.
This is the first book I illustrated all by myself with Photoshop. I made watercolor swatches and scanned them into the computer. I perfected the story, and he perfected the artwork. It was a joy to work together. Again, I m enjoying working on the computer to create a style that looks windy and fits with the other books of the series.