The Last Day of Summer

Here's another picture book that is perfect for today. Shaun Tan wrote and illustrated it. I don't have it in my own collection yet; the title intrigued me and I wanted to see it first. I love it. 

It begins, "This is what I learned this summer." The first three images below are the actual pages from the book, by Shaun Tan. I made a page for the last Rule,  trying to emulate the style, characters,  and palette of the illustrator (with not a lot of luck toward that but that's okay. It was fun to design my own page.) 

Don't take the last olive. 

Never forget the password.

Never step on a snail. 

Never miss the last day of summer. 

Not really ready for summer to be over. After a week of rain, warm weather is expected soon, so I'll take my last gulps before I drink in Autumn. Meanwhile, 

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