Peach and Blue

Illustrated in full color. He is a blue-bellied toad hopping aimlessly through life. She is a sad peach yearning for escape and adventure. Then one remarkable day, Peach and Blue explore the pond that Blue calls home and awaken each other to a world neither has ever really seen before. Lush illustrations by the award-winning illustrating team ofThe Salamander RoomandThe Frog Prince, Continuedperfectly complement this unique and graceful story. From the Hardcover edition.

Steve Johnson was born in White Bear Lake, Minnesota and earned a B.F.A. in illustration from the School of Associated Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota. Steve's stunning illustrations have been seen in many magazines, but it was not until Knopf asked him to illustrate <b></b><b><i> No Star Nights </i></b><b></b>in 1989 that he began his career as a children's book illustrator. Since then, Steve and his wife Lou Fancher has collaborated on the illustrations and design on a number of notable children's books.  They are currently among the most sought after of children's book artists. Steve and Lou fell in love with the <b></b><b><i> My Many Colored Days </i></b><b></b>manuscript at first sight, seeing in it an unusual opportunity to create something that is at once both childli