Rowan Kingsbury BFA Illustration Thesis Fall 2021
Avery and the Fairy Circle
Avery and the Fairy Circle is a 40 page middle grade graphic novel with picture book elements. Set in the Pacific Northwest, the story follows a young girl named Avery, who stumbles into a magic fairy circle while on a quest to pick huckleberries in the forest one day. Shrunken by the circle to the size of a blade of grass, she must get the help of a young fairy named Birch to find the berries she sought and get back home. But Birch is on a quest of her own and she only agrees if Avery will help her with her plant gathering duties in return.
A fantastical and educational journey of friendship, magic, and botany follows as they traverse the now vast forest together. They overcome their differences and find a true friend in one another, all while interacting with and learning about the plants around them.
Avery and the Fairy circle has 30 pages of comic with 4 and a half finished pages and a completed cover. The rest of the book is rendered in toned sketches with 3 pages of educational backmatter. The work includes 2 handbuilt books and is made to be pitched to agents and publishers as a completed book dummy.