![]() “I’ve always liked the challenge with horses,” Sima said. ![]() The pastel-colored creatures hail from opposite parts of the planet (sea and sky) and have different distinguishing features - Kelp a striped horn, Nimbus feathery wings - but both have equine bodies. ![]() Welcome to the career trajectory of Jessie Sima, a writer and illustrator who uses they/them pronouns and who in a phone interview sounded both pleased and humbly baffled by the success of “Perfectly Pegasus” and “Not Quite Narwhal.” Their companion stories bring young readers into the worlds of Kelp, a unicorn who doesn’t fit in with his narwhal brethren, and Nimbus, a Pegasus who feels lonely among the clouds and stars. Now you have two picture books on the best-seller list. Suddenly the kid in front of you turns around and says, “Someday you’re going to make children’s books.” You might think you’re too cool for such a job, but the prediction sticks with you and somehow comes true. slightly bored, slightly anxious - sketching horses in your notebook as a teacher drones, “Peanuts”-style, at the front of the classroom. ![]() Imagine you’re an eighth grader in Woodbury, N.J. ![]()
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