Example book · Claymation

Starring Lena

A noodle stall gone polite and sleepy, a flour blizzard with an audience, and three wrinkled old chilies that still remember summer.

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Lena, 6

Cover illustration of Lena standing on a stool holding up red chilies over the soup pot while Mr. Ping stirs, red lanterns and the chili string framing the night stall, claymation illustration

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Notice what doesn't change

Same face, same hair, same outfit. On every single page. That's what makes it feel like Lena's book instead of a book with Lena's name in it.

Lena resting her chin on the noodle-stall counter as steam curls from the soup pot, red lanterns glowing against the evening sky, claymation illustration

Close-up of Lena holding her tiny spoon with a disappointed face beside the steaming pot, shelves of jars and red lanterns behind her, claymation illustration

Lena pointing up at the long string of dried chilies hanging by the stall window, the newest red ones tied at the bottom, claymation illustration

Mrs. Oh leaning out of her bakery window to pass Lena a warm bun in a paper square, lanterns glowing along the dark street, claymation illustration

Close-up of Lena holding the cinnamon bun with a bite gone, eyes wide with the warm-all-the-way-down feeling, claymation illustration

Lena balancing on stacked stools to reach the old chilies at the top of the string, her elbow tipping the flour bin while Mr. Ping works the hissing wok, claymation illustration

Lena crumbling the old chilies into the steaming pot while Mr. Ping stands quietly with floury hands, claymation illustration

Floury, proud Lena standing on a stool tying one fresh red chili to the bottom of the string by the window, the cat peeking past the flour bin, claymation illustration

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