![]() Tad runs his design and branding studio, Carpenter Collective, with his wife, Jessica, in Kansas City, Missouri. He has written and illustrated over a dozen books for readers of all ages. It has been such an honor to be a tiny part of this Wonderful movement. Tad Carpenter is a designer, illustrator, teacher, and author. Various examples of how people are bringing Wonder into their lives. It has been such an honor to see our little book jacket transform beyond the bookshelves to an icon that represents kindness and hope. Wonder is truly changing the way both children and adults are treating one another. The book that R.J. Palacio wrote is so moving and heartfelt. ![]() Photo from Emma Suffield's Year 9 Book Club. With Auggie’s appearance being such an integral part of the Wonder story, our choice was to abstract the character as to not influence the readers’ perception of who Auggie is, while also creating a metaphor for his facial abnormality. From the get-go we knew we wanted to have Auggie on the cover of the jacket in some way, but the challenge was how much of Auggie do we show? We believe that the book itself should be what paints the picture of this captivating character and so we approached the Wonder jacket in more abstract terms. Just how special and how much support readers would give this book was something no one could have imagined.įor those who have not read the book, Wonder is a powerful story of a 10-year-old boy named August Pullman, who has a facial abnormality. ![]() Tad has written and illustrated over a dozen books intended for people of all ages, including the I Say, You Say series, Monsters New Undies, as well as Sad Santa. Tad co-runs a design and branding studio Carpenter Collective with his wife and partner, Jessica Carpenter. Palacio’s first book, Wonder I knew this was a special book from the second I read it. Tad Carpenter is a designer, illustrator, writer, and educator. In 2011 when I was asked to design the book jacket for R.J. Designed by Tad Carpenter in 2011 for Knopf/Random House. News Post by Tad Carpenter Book jacket for Wonder by R.J. It’s been a wild ride seeing my Wonder book jacket become the symbol for the Wonder Kindness Movement and now a major motion picture starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay.
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