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Did You Know?

1. The design that we all know of Billy was not actually the first, before there were different seeds inside which were coffee seeds, peanut seeds, among others.

3. The character named Mr. Tony is inspired by a real-life person, he is the beloved uncle of the author of the book.

2. The book was originally intended and designed to be horizontal, so there is an unpublished version of the book in this format; however, a vertical version was chosen, which is the one we know today.

Unpublished Images


These images range from early watercolor illustrations to never-before-seen images from the book. Click on each one to find out what it's all about.
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