![]() ![]() “Every other number has a pair, like one has negative one, and two has negative two, but with infinity, infinity and negative infinity are the same thing.” If you start counting to infinity, you will die and you will still be counting.” “Infinity is a place where you can’t stop counting.” ![]() “Infinity is a number that is supposed to be the last number but it isn’t really the last number because numbers go on and on.” What was stopping me from writing a book about infinity? Just to be sure that I wasn’t basing the infinity interest level on a focus group of two, I also visited the classrooms of children from kindergarten through second grade to see what they had to say about this concept. That’s when I got that tingly feeling that happens when you know that you might be on to a good idea. I searched for picture books on this topic, but they didn’t seem to exist. When my own boys were about four and six, we would talk about infinity at home. My interest in picture books continued, however, and I hoped that eventually, I would be able to break into that market as a writer. (If you would like to see more of Gabi’s artwork, check out her website at As the years went on, Gabi and I became friends, and I began to spend more time writing, and less time illustrating. Gabi has a wild imagination and drawing skills that allow her to render exactly what she sees in her head. ![]() The first time I saw her artwork, it literally took my breath away. ![]() I first met Gabi Swiatkowska eleven years ago in an illustrator’s group focused on picture books. ![]()
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