The illustrations feature characters wearing wide-legged jeans and ringer t-shirts, popular fashions of the era, and show Ramona’s parents looking tired and haggard, displaying a more realistic view of family life than previously seen in the 1960s.Īrtist Tracy Dockray illustrated later editions of the novel, updating the images to reflect a modern sensibility. Tiegreen’s drawings also capture the essence of the 1970s, when family structures shifted and societal life became less rigid and formal. Tiegreen’s artwork captures the frenetic energy and free-spiritedness of Ramona Quimby, with the novel’s cover featuring an iconic image of Ramona upside down on a swing with her scraggly hair flying in the wind.
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