A Rare Pair

About the Book

One troublesome night an older brother and younger sister use the power of their imagination to quell their anxieties and strengthen their bond, in Mark Springfield’s newly released children’s picture book A Rare Pair ™.

A Rare Pair ™ stimulates a child’s creative thinking by introducing imaginative characters and activities. Springfield’s heroes spy a herd of Erds®--- plump, goofy, dragon-like critters, who carefree aerial antics amuse us. These same heroes also discover the twiggy Ig®--- a wiggly worm-like sea creature that is impish and adventurous, yet delicate. In its unique approach to storytelling, A Rare Pair ™ awakens in children and revives in grown-ups sensitivity to our universal human needs for companionship and security. A Rare Pair™ presents beautiful and imaginative illustrations by Peter Rida Michail, based on original Erd® and Ig® drawings by Springfield’s oldest daughter.

Springfield’s style combines the power of fantasy with musical language to take grown-up and child on a shared adventure that ends with the discovery of mutual joy.

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