The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen who with hiswife Christina Poddubiuk operates Punch Judy Inc. a company specializing indesign a... » 

The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen who with hiswife Christina Poddubiuk operates Punch Judy Inc. a company specializing indesign and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects ofteninvolve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters.Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on theperiod clothing for the illustrations.Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokesthe look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is anillustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. Athin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface and lines are drawn by handwith a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the whitesurface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color isadded digitally.Born in India the unattractive and willful Mary Lennox has remained in thecare of servants for as long as she can remember. But the girls life changeswhen her mother and father die and she travels to Yorkshire to live with heruncle. Dark dreary Misselthwaite Manor seems full of mysteries including avery special garden locked tight for 10 years. With the help of Dickon alocal boy Mary intends to uncover its secrets. «