![]() ![]() It took him a while, but at long last Soman is returning to a nautical theme and it’s in this, his solo effort Three Bears in a Boat. I loved the way he shaped his watercolors to give the impression of gigantic waves and pounding surf. For me, one of his greatest works is Ladybug Girl at the Beach. Yet ever since the beginning, Soman hasn’t been afraid to make his books beautiful. ![]() When people think of picture book bestsellers they sometimes associate it with books like Pinkalicious or those perfectly nice but innocuous Night Before books. ![]() Ladybug Girl is a big hit (particularly in my household) and therein lies the trouble. If the man’s name is ringing a couple bells here and there that’s probably you have, at some point in your life, read a child one of the Ladybug Girl books that he created with his wife Jacky Davis. I always suspected there was more to David Soman than met the eye. ![]()
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