by Paige Britt
Penelope early on and to Kait Feldmann for her finishing touches; to all the
remarkably talented people at Scholastic, especially Marijka Kostiw for her
brilliant design and Monique Vescia for her careful copyedits; and to Lee White
for bringing it all alive with his illustrations.
I owe a debt to Norton Juster for capturing my imagination so thoroughly
with The Phantom Tollbooth.
I am grateful to the Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow for the extraordinary
gift of uninterrupted time.
Many thanks to Meredith Davis, Sherrie Peterson, and Cindy Shortt for reading
this manuscript when it was lumpy. Your feedback and encouragement helped
give it real shape.
To Robyn Cloughley, thank you for holding a supportive space so wide, for so
many years.
Deep appreciation to Anne Marie Chenu for teaching me you can’t fall off
the path; and to Peg Syverson for all her mindful, active care.
Love and endless gratitude to my parents, Darwin and Carolyn Britt, who
gave me all the time in the world; and to my family, for always being there.
Special thanks to Jerri Romine, who knew — beyond a shadow of doubt — that
this story had to be told. I couldn’t have written it without you.
Finally, and forever, thank you to my husband, Justin Pehoski. Your grace and
goodness give me courage.
about the author
Paige Britt grew up in a small town, with her nose in a book
and her head in the clouds. She studied journalism in college and
theology in graduate school but never stopped reading children’s
books for life’s most important lessons. In addition to writing, she loves
to sit and moodle. (If you don’t know what moodling is, you should
probably read this book.) Paige lives in Georgetown, Texas, with her
husband. The Lost Track of Time is her first novel.
about the illustrator
Lee White is an artist and teacher who loves watercolor,
printmaking, and climbing trees. He spends his days splashing paint in
his backyard studio, where there are absolutely no clocks allowed! He
has illustrated more than fifteen books and shown in galleries across the
country, from Los Angeles to New York. He lives in Portland, Oregon,
with his wife and their young son.
The
jacket art and
interior illustrations for this book
were created in watercolor and digital
mixed media by Lee White.The text of this book
was set in 12 point Perpetua, which was designed
for Monotype Imaging by English sculptor and typeface
designer Eric Gill. Gill is known most famously for his
self-named face, Gill Sans, a font that made him a legacy to
typography and has stood the test of time. Gill began work on
Perpetua in 1925, but the finished design wasn’t released
until 1929, when it appeared in a translation of Walter H.
Shewring’s The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, from which
the font took its name. Perpetua was selected for this book
both for its classic beauty and its resonance with the
book’s theme of time. The display type was set in
Love Letter Typewriter, a modern typeface
designed in 1996 by Dixie’s Delights.
The book was designed by
Marijka Kostiw.