1 2 3: A Child's First Counting Book
Allison Jay
Dutton Books (2007)
What I love about Allison Jay is her completely unique style of art. I have a really hard time explaining art--it's hard to articulate what you see with your eyes. But I am trying to practice this a little more.
Her pictures look like something you would find in an antique store. They have cracks in the paint. (she uses crackle varnish on top of oil). The other unique thing about her is that she has so many fun and funny details. Each page is a world unto itself. Every time we read a book by her we discover some teeny detail we had yet to notice.
One of our favorites is Welcome to the Zoo which has so many hilarious details and continuity from page to page. For example, on one page you can see a boy buying a balloon. On another page his balloon is floating away and on yet another page the balloon is attached to a tree and a monkey is trying to get it down. But I hadn't noticed this until Mirette pointed it out during the umpteenth time we had read it. Another favorite book is Listen Listen for many of the same reasons.
Weird fact: She is the illustrator for the baby products of Crabtree and Evelyn.
http://www.childrensillustrators.com/illustrator-details/ajay/id=1070/
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