Even after the well-known artist Jamie Wyeth agreed to produce paintings for the book, publishers still rejected it. They said it was just too real.. But Barbara Walsh says she knew they were wrong about “Sammy in the Sky.”
BARBARA WALSH: “And I told my daughters this book will be in a bookstore one day. And I, I just refused to give up on it because everyone that read it was really moved by it. And yes it’s sad, but dogs die, people die, it’s part of life. We all have to deal with grief and move on and I just refused to give up on it. It’s okay to tell a story about a dog dying and its okay to cry and its okay to be real. You know, kids aren’t stupid – I mean, they know their pets and people die, so why are we trying to hide that from them?”
Jamie Wyeth made more than twenty paintings for the book. Mr. Wyeth is the son of painter Andrew Wyeth, and a grandson of the artist NC Wyeth. Like his father and grandfather, his work is known throughout the world. Like Barbara Walsh, Mr. Wyeth lives in Maine and is known for his love of dogs. He has said he spends more time with animals than with people. He told the Portland Press-Herald newspaper that “a dog’s death affects (him) much more than a person’s death.”
Jamie WyethOne day, Barbara Walsh placed a telephone call to Mr. Wyeth. He answered his phone, listened to her and said he would read what she had written to see if he had any interest in doing artwork for it. He says no to almost every writer who asks him to illustrate their book. But he told VOA that when he read “Sammy in The Sky,” he said yes. It was not soft and safe, he said, and it was powerful.
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