There's scant biographical information about illustrator Tom O'Sullivan on the web. But here's a look at one of my favorite books that he illustrated: "I Live In the City ABC" by Lou Moore, A Whitman Book, copyright 1969 by Western Publishing Company.
On the cover, a little girl leans into the wind as her pinwheel turns. It may look like she is off balance but her smile tells us otherwise. All of her friends lean into the wind as well. Look at "F is for Father going to work," and see him angled, running toward us, while turning at his pelvis to wave goodbye. The city itself is full of architecture, trees, cars signage, traffic lights, fire escapes -- all lovingly detailed. In this edition, the kid who owned the book before me got so excited that he/she got out a purple crayon, adding some frantic lines to the last couple of pages.
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