Uncle Jonny Jay Makes a Cameo Appearance on the Book Cover

I want all of my children’s book’s characters to be on the cover. At first I had Jimmy Jay and Buddy Butterfly, then I had Jimmy alone, then I had Jimmy and Momma Jay. Eventually I decided to have everyone on the cover except Buddy Butterfly, who can’t be on the cover because he’s foolishly fallen down the chimney and is out of sight. Today I sketched and painted Uncle Jonny, the Buddhist Steller’s Jay. He’s wearing that fabulous saffron monk’s robe, and he looks very cool.

Here’s Jonny!