Early in her career Susan Perl met an artist's rep named Helen Wohlberg who suggested she try book illustration. It may be the best advice Perl ever received. In 1955 she illustrated her first book, Opera Stars in the Sun, and two years later, her second, The Favorite Place. An avalanche of book illustration assignments too numerous to list followed in the ensuing years. Perl's work was ideal for children's story books... ... but with of her ability to stretch stylistically, authors and...
