Book Trailer Premiere: You Are One

Join us as Sara O’Leary and Karen Klassen debut the trailer for their brand new picture book, You Are One! Watch the video below, then keep reading to learn more about the inspiration behind the story.

Sara: ​The idea for a series of books exploring milestones for babies actually came from the publisher. My own guys are a long way from their baby days so I wasn’t sure it was something I had much to say about, but actually it turned out to be great fun doing these books. I like to think of them as What To Expect When You Are A Baby books.​

Karen: I used pencil, acrylic paint, oil paint, and Photoshop paint. My scanner and computer played a big part, but so did the sketchbooks and brushes.

Sara:​ Basically all the pages. Karen’s done such a fantastic job that I’m kind of in love with all these babies now. I would like to reach through these beautiful pages and squeeze each and every one of them.​

Karen: I’m really curious to learn what pages resonates the most with parents, but for me it’s the teething spread. I loved drawing that big chubby face on the left, and was happy with how the pattern came together with the little guy on the right.

Sara:​ I love the monkey in the mirror illustration. I think that’s such a funny stage when babies befriend their own reflection. I also love Karen’s depiction of the baby who has learned how to say “no” captures what adorable little tyrants they can become.​ That first year is so much about the baby becoming their own self. It was lovely to revisit all of that.