Exclusive Cover Reveal: Flora and the Peacocks by Molly Idle

I will always have a special connection to Molly Idle’s work. I was a member of the committee that awarded Idle’s Flora and the Flamingo a Caldecott Honor.

Today I’m (segue alert) honored to reveal, for the very first time, the cover for the latest Flora book, Flora and the Peacocks.

First, a word from Molly Idle:

First, came Flora and the Flamingo.

Book two was Flora and the Penguin.

Flora and the Peacocks, is all about threes.

It is the third Flora book.

It’s drawn using a limited palette of three colors.

And it features a group of three friends.

The addition of a third character and third color provided a wonderful challenge in creating, not only the cover, but the entire story. I had to find a way to make room to include everyone, and find a sense of balance too. Flora, and her fine feathered friends, face those same challenges within the book.

Thank you Molly Idle and Lara Starr for making this post happen.

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