Not long ago, we sent out Rosie and the Bees, a book written and illustrated by Bobbledy club member Maia Blackie. Along with that book, we sent a drawing sheet, inviting kids to show us what it might look like were they to fly with the bees in Maia’s book.
Here is a drawing from club member Suki.
I’ve never seen a finer bunch of bees. Nor a more lovely collection of flowers.
What makes me happiest is if Maia hadn’t written a story about bees, Suki probably wouldn’t have drawn her bees.
This is how the world works. Every drawing or song or book or idea is based on the drawings and songs and books and ideas that someone else had first. Each of us gets to put our own little twist on whatever we have seen.
Which is why it’s important to make your own drawings and songs and books. So that other people can see them, and change them, and make their own.