Rashin Kheiriyeh fled Iran as a child. So Kyo Maclear's story — about a little girl and her family who are forced to leave home — felt very familiar. 'When I started illustrating this book in my studio, I kept thinking ... I'm drawing myself,' she says.
Kheiriyeh built a sense of continuity into the illustrations as well. She appreciated the simplicity of Maclear's writing."So I tried to use it in my illustration, too," Kheiriyeh says."I tried to make it as simple as I can."
Maclear says Rashin was a"perfect fit" for the book."I felt that she had inhabited this story so fully," she says."And that's all you can ever hope for as a writer." When she saw Kheiriyeh's sketches, Maclear knew she'd finally found the right fit."It was like being onThe illustrations in the book alternate between the experience of the fleeing families — walking with their belongings, living in tents, boarding a small boat — and the imaginative lives of the children — sailing the open ocean in a teacup, the wind filling their blanket turned sail."It kind of switches between images that capture the gravity ...
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