What's going on in the mind of FIREFLY? I'm just blown away and extremely honoured to share these thoughtful, smart and insightful illustrations created by a class of Ontario students. A wonderful teacher recently posted them on twitter, and gave me permission to post them here (anonymously, for privacy reasons). Thank you to her and to them!
Here is her explanation of the task the students were given:
"Every “section” represents a scene or moment from the story. Not pictured are their equally incredible justifications."
It's a rare thing to actually see into a reader's mind, and to see how a story affects them. To discover where certain scenes land with them, and what they feel or remember about the important parts of the dialogue, the description, the climax, the action, the main characters.
It's an incredible gift for an author to receive such beautiful work from readers. As FIREFLY would say, I'm verklempt! I made the images as large as I could, please take your time to see all the thinking, the nuance, the interpretation of emotion and story. Enjoy:
If you have read the book, you'll be amazed too. I find it so moving that many students seemed to relate to Juggernaut the cat, and a few used the little poem about cats (spoken by Moss Cart), as a starting point for their inspiration:
Stray cat, Stray Cat, where your kitty-katty home be at?
Kitty wander, kitty roam, kitty-katty, here be home.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THESE STUDENTS!
Firefly thanks them too!
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