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‘Can you spy him deep within? Little Possum, black as sin. Bag is open, growing wider. What's inside it, man or spider? Little boy, don't lose your way. Possum wants to come and play.’

🦖 Vinnie Takes A Walk 🦕

The story about a little boy going on a nice forest walk, with a dinosaur hidden in the background of every page. Seven pages and six dinosaurs in total.

This is the second book project I’ve illustrated this year. ‘Made in collaboration with the same author as “Uncle Sebastian”. But this one may be the most special. Made as a gift for a little autistic boy just before he starts school.

I even had the chance to see Vinnie’s mother today. Nothing can compare to a happy mum personally thanking you and feeling so overwhelmed with emotion to receive this: How it was getting him into reading, How Vinnie loved searching for each dinosaurs; Reading it later at night, with each new dinosaur toy surrounding him, That she wants them to always want to read it with her. Both to make sure it doesn’t get damaged, and so they could enjoy this special moment together. Even showing me a video of Vinnie opening his new presents.

During the process, I even bought these little dinosaur toys at my local supermarket to aid in reference. But, with the book done, I had no more use for them. So with a little dino gift-bag, I knew just the loving home they could go to.

I wish nothing but Vinnie and his family the absolute best in life going forward. I’m so grateful I got the opportunity to work on this.💙

Translations are in English and Croatian and they are in chronological order. Croatian is in green, while English is in blue.

French

Mais oui - dabome; naravno - of course

Autres temps, autres moeurs - drugo vrijeme, drugi običaji - Other times, other manners

bon Dieu - Dobri bože - good Lord!

Ma foi - Vjere mi - My faith

Mon Dieu - Bože moj - Oh my God

Mais il faut q´elle me le rend, compact - Ali ona mi mora vratiti moj puder -But she has to give it back to me my powder

Viens, Rene, nous serons en retard. - Hajde, Rene, zakasnit ćemo- come on, Rene, we will be late

Sans rancune - bez ljutnje; bez zamjere - No hard feelings

Enfant terrible - Zločesto, neugodno iskreno dijete - Terrible child

Mon cher - Dragi moj - My dear

Bon Dieu - Dobri Bože - good Lord

Blasè - prezasićem; blaziran - jaded

Mon ami - Prijatelju moj - My friend

Ecoutez, mon cher - slušajte, dragi moj - Listen to me my dear

Mais vous etes tres bien ici - Pa ovdje je kod vas veoma lijepo - It's very in here

Chic - Ukusno; otmjeno; zgodno - Stylish, elegant, exclusive

Pour ça - Zbog toga - therefore

Tres bien - Vrlo dobro - Very good

Italian and Latin

Povero - jadnik - Poor boy

Poverina - jadnica - Poor girl

Scusi - kako? ; molim? - How?; Excuse me?

(lat.) Bona fide - Dobronamjernih - beneficient; well- meaning

Fear. Retcon Powers fundamentally alter the reality you’re in. You erase the Big Bad Guy? Congratulations! That means none if your friends ever existed because of the Butterfly Effect. Sure, you still exist because you’re unbound, but their troubles are bound to the like, stream of causality that DEFINES the entirety of the Multiverse they exist in. And John’s a 16 year old kid with a lot of worries, fears, that’s just been thrust into it. Also consider that MSPAR, despite being unbound from canon, STILL had to correct the Timeline lest everything collapse, because they ACTUALLY did exactly that, and broke Canon, creating a Paradox that made the entirety of their reality unstable. So yeah, not so easy.

JUN 19, 2019 a reading Wednesday, June 19th at 6:30pm Andrew Lawler and "The Lost Colony of Roanoke "Public” · Hosted by Union Ave Books

At the East Tennessee History Center, Knoxville TN

What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? For four hundred years, that question has consumed historians and amateur sleuths, leading only to dead ends and hoaxes. But after a chance encounter with a British archaeologist, journalist Andrew Lawler discovered that solid answers to the mystery were within reach. He set out to unravel the enigma of the lost settlers, accompanying competing researchers, each hoping to be the first to solve its riddle. In the course of his journey, Lawler encounters a host of characters obsessed with the colonists and their fate, and he determines why the Lost Colony continues to haunt our national consciousness.

About the Author: Andrew Lawler is the author of two books, The Secret Token: Myth, Obsession, and the Search for the Lost Colony of Roanoke, a Southern Independent Best Seller, and Why Did the Chicken Cross the World: The Epic Saga of the Bird that Powers Civilization.  As a journalist, he has written more than a thousand newspaper and magazine articles from more than two dozen countries. His byline has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian, and many others. He is contributing writer for Science and contributing editor for Archaeology. Andrew’s work has appeared several times in The Best of Science and Nature Writing. https://www.andrewlawler.com/