There’s actually a tradition of this that includes Salvador Dali’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1969), David Hockney’s Six Fairy Tales from Brothers Grimm (1970), and Faith Ringgold’s Tar Beach (1996). I’ve discovered that the same artists whose work speaks to me within, say, the walls of a small gallery are also able to connect with kids in an intimate storytelling setting. We often compartmentalize art for adults and art for children, but that’s a mistake. But there’s a particular kind of bedtime story that I inevitably position on top of the pile: children’s books from artists.
As a writer, small publisher, and mother of two small boys, I read a lot of stories.
