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(BEGIN,MARY JANE)illus. ORIGINAL ART: PORCUPINE MOUSE / MOUSE WITH BLUE SACK. Offered here is a wonderful watercolor from the Porcupine Mouse published by Wm. Morrow in 1988. Begin's work is exquisite - beautifully detailed and perfectly colored. Mary Jane Begin is a Rhode-Island-based award-winning illustrator whose work includes "The Wind in the Willows," "A Mouse Told His Mother", "Little Mouse's Painting", "Before I Go To Sleep", "The Porcupine Mouse", and "Jeremy's First Haircut". In 2005 she released "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "R is for Rhode Island Red". Her schooling included the Rhode Island School of Design, where she now teaches. She has won several awards and prizes including the Critici Erba Prize at the Bologna Book Fair and First Place, Juvenile Trade, at the New York Book Show. This image shows a Mouse throwing out a huge blue sack with 2 smaller mice in the corners. Notation that it appears on page 22 ("Can't you see I just cleaned the floor?" Image is 8" wide x 7 1/2" high on art paper, signed.

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