Knoxville Mermaid
by Eleanor Scott / Illustrated by Adam Pernell Deal
Part Flamingo Press, 2019.
“Deal’s illustrations are compelling and complex, while Scott’s narrative, simple as a ballad, deals in complex realities intertwined with a touch of magic.” —Inside Knoxville
“Deal’s otherworldly ink-and-paint illustrations give a surreal aspect to even mundane subjects…” —Kirkus Reviews
“Poised to become an unconventional classic – at least in its namesake municipality.” —Blank Newspaper
“A love letter to our local waterways…polluted though they be, and to the mysteries they may hold. Great allusive prose—like all the best picture books, it says just enough—and phantasmagorical illustrations that render Knoxville just exactly as weird (or Weird) as it is.” Jesse Fox Mayshark, Compass