Whoa, what's that?
Why, it's the evolution of the cover for
BOBBY VS. GIRLS (ACCIDENTALLY)
Strike a pose . . .
Art director Elizabeth Parisi sent some photos to illustrator Dan Santat as an example of what Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic was looking for. Elizabeth Parisi (left) with editor Cheryl Klein. 
Editor Arthur Levine and Cheryl Klein both edit Lisa's books.
Sequel Cover. . .
| Final Hardcover . . .
The final cover for the hardback book is above When the book went into paperback, the cover was changed (below) to match the second BOBBY book, BOBBY THE BRAVE (SOMETIMES). Paperback Version . . .
For the paperback version, we decided to go in the direction of some of Dan's earlier sketches.
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"The cover had to go through a long evolution of sketches and different typography styles and I thought it would be fun to show you all the different sketches I did. Note that the title of the book changes during the evolution." -- Dan Santat, illustrator
Here's another example of cover changes.
This time for ABSOLUTELY MAYBE . . .
