The styling Ploy Siripant, a senior art director at William Morrow/HarperCollins, started to envision “These Days” with “Trespasses,” another Irish novel, in mind.

Elisha Cooper, a Caldecott honoree and a winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book Award, is the author, most recently, of “Here Is a Book.” May 23, 2025 I can’t draw ...