To Stanford Nursery School

Henry Holt and Company, LLC
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Copyright © 2009 by Peter McCarty
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Distributed in Canada by H. B. Fenn and Company Ltd.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-6934-1
ISBN-10: 0-8050-6934-8
First Edition—2009
The artist used pen and ink and watercolors on watercolor paper to create the illustrations for this
book.
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. 8 [W/INFINITY SYMBOL]
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [DES: CHOOSE STYLE]
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Jeremy Draws a Monster

Page 1: pastedown

Page 2-3: self ends

Page 4: copyright

Page 5: title page

Page 6-7:

Jeremy lived on the top floor of a three-story apartment building.

Page 8-9:

He had his very own room.
He never left. He never went outside.

Page 10-11

One day Jeremy took out his fancy pen and started to draw.
He began at the upper left,
then down and over to the right.

Page 12-13:

Jeremy drew
a monster.

Page 14-15:

“Arrg,” said the monster. “Draw me a sandwich. I’m hungry!”
The monster did not say thank you.

Page 16-17:

“Draw me a toaster,” demanded the monster. “I like cooking my own food sometimes.
Draw me a record player. It’s too quiet around here! I want a comfortable chair. Draw me
a checkerboard. I want to play checkers.”

Page 18-19:

“Draw me a television. I want to watch the game, and draw me a hot dog too. Draw me a
telephone. Somebody might call. Draw me a piece of cake. I want dessert!”
This went on for some time.

Page 20-21:

Then the monster said, “How do you just sit in here all day long? Draw me a hat.

I’m going out!”

Page 22-23

Jeremy was relieved that the monster was gone.

Page 24-25:

Later that night, Jeremy heard a bang, bang, bang at the door.

Page 26-27:

The monster returned.

Page 28-29:

The next morning, Jeremy drew a bus ticket and a suitcase.
He told the monster, “You have to go!”

Page 30-31:

Jeremy led the monster out the door, down the stairs, out to the street, and onto the next
bus out of town.

Page 32-33:

Jeremy was outside.

Page 34-35:

The neighborhood kids, having never seen Jeremy before, asked,
“Do you want to play ball?”
Jeremy said, “Okay.”

Page 36-37: wordless spread

Page 38-39: self ends

Page 40: pastedown

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Art director comments:

Dear Ruth,

Thank you for your sketch.

LAYOUT:

Good use of space. I like the way the monster fills the page and how well the boy and type fit
together on the verso. (left page).

MONSTER:

Looks a lot like a dog rather than a monster. Good body language and expression. It’s probably
best to stick with details that are mentioned in the text. I don’t remember the basket,
camera in the text.

BOY:

Good body language and expression. What is he pushing the monster with? Since it is at the
crux of the action and I can’t tell what it is it makes the scene a bit confusing.

ILLUSTRATOR NOTE:

Good ideas about color: interior plain, outside colorful; boy plain, monster colorful. Boy gets
more colorful toward the end. Would be interesting to see this played out. That type of idea
will only be seen in final or color sketches. Will be a subtle thing to make work.

I look forward to seeing what you do with the color.

Best,

(name left off)