Rejected Reissue Art's Always Fun

It's one thing to be an editor who gets to reject new art for an upcoming children's book. It's another thing entirely to be the editor who gets to reject OLD art for a reissue of a classic children's book. Please be so kind as to direct your attention to The New York Review of Books blog where we get a behind-the-scenes look at what went into reprinting 1938 Newbery Honor Pecos Bill by James Bowman. Monocles and smoking guns abound.