A boy, a porcupine who knows more than he lets on, and the years between the crib and the last day of kindergarten. Drawn in ink and watercolor. Mostly true.
The series
The boy wears the same red hoodie on every page, so you always know where he is. Porcupine is harder to lose track of.
Book one
Birth through kindergarten
A crib, a lake, a walk in the woods, nap time at Auntie Jean's, and a graduation gown two sizes too big. The years a boy is told about later, and the ones he starts to remember himself.
In progressBook two
First grade through sixth
It opens with Sister Raphael Ann. Porcupine will not take off his graduation gown, and the boy will not put down his diploma. Neither of them has been told that kindergarten is over.
In progressThe art
Ink line, watercolor wash. Every plate is a spread, and every spread has to earn its place in the fourteen.
all six plates from book one, in order
About
Porcupine and Me is autobiographical. The house is a real house, the school is a real school, and Porcupine sat on a real bed for a very long time. What has been changed has mostly been changed to make the story fit on one page.
replace this with a few lines in your own voice — it’s the part people read twice
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