THE MARKET: Alison Oliver’s Yoo-Hoo, Bunnie McFoo! is available for publication. Will it get a book deal or make the Project Publish Shortlist by September 17, 2007? If either of these happens, shares are worth $100. If neither happens, shares are worth $0.

THE AUTHOR: Alison Oliver is a graphic designer and partner at Sugar, a design studio in New York City. Prior to starting her own studio, Alison worked as a promotions designer for Mademoiselle magazine, and as a designer at a studio in Los Angeles that specialized in the entertainment industry.

THE LOWDOWN: Bunnie McFoo is as cute as (if not cuter than!) Hello Kitty, but with a brain … and some identity issues. She’s a curious, thoughtful cat who wonders why she feels like a bunny if she’s supposed to be a cat. What is she then, if not entirely cat or totally rabbit? This is Bunnie’s quandary in the enchanting Yoo-Hoo, Bunnie McFoo!, book one of a proposed series, What’s the Big Idea, Bunnie McFoo? With the help of her friends, Bunnie learns that what counts the most is how she feels on the inside, not what she looks like on the outside — or, to put it as sculptor Constantin Brancusi did, “What is real is not the external form but the essence of things,” which serves as the springboard for this captivating story. The author/illustrator uses Bunnie’s adventures to tap into children’s natural curiosity about the world and themselves, and in this way, the series concept is to make big ideas accessible to little people.

THE BUZZ: Referred from a literary agent actively representing the book.
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