wreck of the lolly — MiriamDraws

wreck of the lolly

Interior illustrations, cover design, and layout for The Wreck of the Good Ship Lollipop, a rhyming picture book for good children and bad parents by William Gillespie.

Client: Spineless Books

Merit Award, 3x3 #17 (awarded in book category for cover and interiors and awarded in editorial category for portraits)

Book design | selections from 24 fully illustrated spreads

Main character | the gingerbread captain

Her captain: a gingerbread man's stature crossed With the nautical guile of an otter

Her captain: a gingerbread man's stature crossed
With the nautical guile of an otter

A bleak premonition swept over him then And he knew that the Lolly would wreck Appearing quite clearly, he fearlessly gazed At the storm as it gathered with fury and power

A bleak premonition swept over him then
And he knew that the Lolly would wreck
Appearing quite clearly, he fearlessly gazed
At the storm as it gathered with fury and power

And the Lolly, full throttle, was tossed back and forth

And the Lolly, full throttle, was tossed back and forth

The gingerbread captain screamed bubbles and drowned In the saltwater thick from the sucrose

The gingerbread captain screamed bubbles and drowned
In the saltwater thick from the sucrose

The snarks circled round and round, dragging him down Rending his body to fructose

The snarks circled round and round, dragging him down
Rending his body to fructose

And the head of the dead captain gingerbread man Was the only piece of the Lolly they found

And the head of the dead captain gingerbread man
Was the only piece of the Lolly they found

Her captain: a gingerbread man's stature crossed With the nautical guile of an otter

A bleak premonition swept over him then And he knew that the Lolly would wreck Appearing quite clearly, he fearlessly gazed At the storm as it gathered with fury and power

And the Lolly, full throttle, was tossed back and forth

The gingerbread captain screamed bubbles and drowned In the saltwater thick from the sucrose

The snarks circled round and round, dragging him down Rending his body to fructose

And the head of the dead captain gingerbread man Was the only piece of the Lolly they found

Other characters | balladeers, bon-bons, and more

Balladeers serenade of the ship that is laid In the big bay they call Lemonade

Balladeers serenade of the ship that is laid
In the big bay they call Lemonade

Then the grim ginger snaps and the bon-bons play taps On the syrupy shores of the Lemonade Bay

Then the grim ginger snaps and the bon-bons play taps
On the syrupy shores of the Lemonade Bay

And the crackerjack band (looking grand) takes the stand

And the crackerjack band (looking grand) takes the stand

The mourners all waltz, twisted, withered and pale

The mourners all waltz, twisted, withered and pale

And during the song the preacher will pray

And during the song the preacher will pray

It was, as a craft, little more than a raft With a belly now full: they had fed it

It was, as a craft, little more than a raft
With a belly now full: they had fed it

With the same kind of sweet that snarks most love to eat In the ravenous glee of a sugar frenzy

With the same kind of sweet that snarks most love to eat
In the ravenous glee of a sugar frenzy

Underwater the beasts writhe and moan

Underwater the beasts writhe and moan

Balladeers serenade of the ship that is laid In the big bay they call Lemonade

Then the grim ginger snaps and the bon-bons play taps On the syrupy shores of the Lemonade Bay

And the crackerjack band (looking grand) takes the stand

The mourners all waltz, twisted, withered and pale

And during the song the preacher will pray

It was, as a craft, little more than a raft With a belly now full: they had fed it

With the same kind of sweet that snarks most love to eat In the ravenous glee of a sugar frenzy

Underwater the beasts writhe and moan

Portraits | author + illustrator