Remember Charles Green Shaw from yesterday, who received encouragement from F. Scott Fitzgerald on his writing? Well, he was a renaissance man, not only a writer but also a painter, book illustrator, and poet. These are excerpts from the draft for his unpublished children’s book, No Such Animal. Featured are some of my favorites: the bumble-beaver, the pelicantelope, and the hot-cross-bunny. The book has 21 fanciful beasts accompanied by humorous poems - pick your favorite!

No such animal, 193-?. Charles Green Shaw papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.