![]() Heck, it can be tough to figure out when you’re 35! And it occurred to me how much the give-and-take in a friendship is like the back and forth of a dance. It’s a tough business to figure out when you’re five. A few years went by then, my oldest son started kindergarten and was trying to figure out the whole process of making friends. I had my characters and I knew that I wanted to tell their story through dance but I didn’t know what their story was. ![]() A little girl, Flora, drawn as an homage to my sweet nieces (whom my sister made wear matching suits and swim-caps every summer when they were little). So I drew a dancing flamingo, but he needed a partner. ![]() One such was “flamenco dancing”-which I long believed was pronounced, “flamingo dancing.” I remember being puzzled that there were no flamingos involved. She’s also the creator of the Rex series which includes Tea Rex and Sea Rex, and the illustrator of People Don’t Bite People. ![]() Saved in: Bibliographic Details Main Author: Idle, Molly Schaar (Author) Format: Book: Language: English: Published: New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), 2015. Molly Idle is the author and illustrator of the Caldecott Honor-winning picture book Flora and the Flamingo, and all of the books about Flora and her fine feathered friends. At the time I thought of it, my sons were learning to talk, often with giggle-inducing results, and it got me thinking about words or phrases that baffled me as a kid. Cordelia spends a day at the beach with her dinosaur friends. The first idea was the title, which was originally Flamingo Dancing. MI: It was the culmination of a few ideas. ![]() CL: Where did the inspiration for your Flora books come from? ![]()
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