Previously unpublished artwork by the creator of the beloved childhood classic Harold and the Purple Crayon. Two children are playing on a beach talking: "Stories are just words. And words are just letters. And letters are just different kinds of marks." But if they make those marks in the sand on this beach, magic happens. When they write "jam", a wave flows over the word, and when it ebbs, a dish full of jam appears. "Bread" and "milk" follow and then the plot thickens. "King" and "forest", "farm" and "castle" - so the story grows.
