Wow. This is so amazing! You are an incredible artist, but I'm sure you hear that all the time. I love how realistic yet soft and fairy-tale(ish) your art is. I love the opening to nature at the top and a leaf has fallen thru to the bottom. Rats are so very intelligent so I love the orator at the top with is little paw in the air telling the story with gestures and his little curly curl tail even giving its own gesture. Everything says he is truly the 'conductor' of his book. But, my favorite is the big, big rat at the bottom... this was like my childhood rat , "Freddie" (although he didn't have a weight issue, he did eat a lot) and was so very relaxed. I could go on and on... but I won't.Honest, I wish I could illustrate this way. Your work needs to be a whole book!! I'd love to see you illustrate the child's poem, "The Spider and the Fly"...Thank you for sharing your work!!!Sheryl