Lovely

Hardcover Synopsis Big, small, curly, straight, loud, quiet, smooth, wrinkly.Lovely explores a world of differences that all add up to the same thing: we are all lovely! Author/Illustrator Jess Hong is an illustrator based in Oakland, CA. She specializes in children's book illustration and all that is silly. She studied and received a BFA in illustration at the Academy of Art. She is fond of cats, noodles, and fine cheeses. Praise “How nice to see a lovely book that shows the lovely in all of us.”— Jennifer Fosberry, New York Times best-selling author of My Name Is Not Isabella“A beautiful celebration of diversity!”— Julie Downing, award-winning author/illustrator“Lovely, a debut picture book written and illustrated by Jess Hong, is a lively ode to being different. “What is lovely?” the text asks. “Lovely is different.” A girl with one blue eye and one brown eye looks directly at the viewer. Then comes a series of illustrative plays on words. The word “Black” is next to a white woman