The Girls Write a Book

An exciting event has occurred in the Rowe household today: both our child ARTHURS are collaborating to make a book together!  Julia is mainly coming up with the text, but Madeleine approves the words, sometimes rejecting an idea and forcing Julia to come up with something new.  The girls are co-illustrators, working together on each page:

(Yes, Madeleine is wearing a bathing suit.)


The name of this amazing new book is:

Zoie and Her Sister Dandilion
For Mom and Dad

Can you guess which person Julia drew and which Madeleine drew??


Pg. 1:

From the get-go, Madeleine's illustration threatened the credibility of Julia's text.  The original words on this page stated simply: "Zoie and Dandilion are both very lucky girls.  They have three sister."

But then Madeleine went and drew what she claims is a baby brother (the figure on the left), but which looks to me more like an adult sized skate-punk with huge, floppy testicles. 

So Julia, flexible author that she is, adjusted the page so that now it reads: "Zoie and Dandilion are both very lucky girls.  They have three sister and one brother.  Two of them are twins."


Pg. 3:

"One day, they both went to pick there pumpkins.  'I like this one,' said Zoie.  'I like this one,' said Dandilion."

The original text for this page was completely nixed by Madeleine.  Julia had offered up this statement: "Every night, Zoie whispers, 'I love you Dandilion' and Dandilion whispers 'I love you too Zoie."  Madeleine had no patience for this touchy-feely nonsense, so Julia had to go back to the drawing board.  Luckily, Julia struck gold with her pumpkin-picking idea, seeing as Madeleine is currently super-obsessed with Halloween.

Also, is Dandilion wearing a squirrel hat on her head or something??


Pg. 3:

"When they got home, Leissa helped Dandilion get into her pajamas.  'I got mine on myself,' Zoie said proudly."

Madeleine foiled this one too...


JULIA: Daddy, me and Madeleine are wriring a book together.  That's Zoie and that's Leissa and Madeleine's drawing Dandilion.
MADELEINE: That's not Dandilion!  That's her DAD!
JULIA: Uh, Madeleine you're SUPPOSED to draw Dandilion.  Because that says that Leissa helped Dandilion get into her pajamas.
MADELEINE: (completely ignoring Julia and talking the dad in a deep booming voice as she continued drawing him.)  Mama, that's their FATHER!

So I guess the father walked in during the whole pajama party.  Looking like he just escaped from prison.  This book is starting to creep me out.


Pg. 4:

"It's Halloween guys!  Time to carve pumpkins!' Dandilion yelled."

According to Julia, Zoie's hair is in her face because she just rolled out of bed.  According to Madeleine, Dandilion is dressed up like a dandelion for Halloween.  In case you couldn't tell by the illustration, which to me looks more like Dandilion was beheaded and then her severed head was stuck to the bristles of a broom with her clothes draped over the handle.


Pg. 5:

"Leissa helped Zoie get the gook out of her pumpkin.  Dad helped carve them."

Madeleine tells me that Zoie's pumpkin accidentally fell on top of her dandelion pigtails.  Then her dad had to jump up into the air to carve it.  I'm sure you know that, though.  Because this picture DOESN'T look like a Zombie girl emitting a soul-sucking black power of nothingness while an evil pumpkin and a corpse are drawn to her.  Right?


Pg. 6:

"This is us in our costums!  Happy Halloween!"

Dandilion is a reindeer for Halloween.  I guess she's not a dandelion anymore.  Zoie is Elsa, and Leissa is Hermione.  I guess the skate-punk baby boy and his twin baby sister don't get to go trick-or-treating.  They must be staying home with the prison-escapee father.

Bravo, girls!  What a great first endeavor as co-authors and co-illustrators!!