In her Author's Note for The Twelve Days of Christmas, Jeffers explains that, as an illustrator of children's books, she loves being presented with the opportunity to interpret iconic figures from children's literature in her work.
Jeffers also has a fascinating, detailed process for creating her rich illustrations, explained in her The Making of the Nutcracker page on her website. The stories about the little West Highland Terrier are wonderful and perfectly paired with Jeffers's illustrations of a 1930s, art deco era rarely found in picture books but perfectly homey and welcoming in these stories. Wells, best known for her Max & Ruby characters, collaborated with Jeffers on the McDuff series of picture books (see below for cover images) that my older son adored when he was little. Susan Jeffersis the illustrator of my favorite picture book adaptation of The Nutcraker, a review of which can be found on my list: A Few of My Favorite Holiday Books. Jeffers has illustrated several retellings of classic fairy tales and stories, from Cinderella to Black Beauty to Lassie, which was written by Rosemary Wells.
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