Category: UnBooks

I sure hope that her arms don’t get tired of holding on to the hat.

The soundtrack of my youth began everyday after school. I would get home and watch Gilligan’s Island, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie. It was a simple and good life back in the olden days. We only had a black and white TV and the canned laughter always helped me know when… Continue reading Illustration Friday: canned

Why does Froggy like it foggy in his little bog? An UnBook by Scott E. Franson.

MISSING: Baby girl wearing a diaper and a t-shirt with a colander on her head. You heard me correctly, a colander on her head. Based on a true story that has nothing to do with my sister:) After a frantic search through the neighborhood the police were called in to solve the mystery of the… Continue reading Colandar Girl

Scale is the smallest dragon in the world. His favorite thing to eat is dandelion blossoms. Life as Scale knows it is about to change. One of his scales can bring wealth beyond dreams to the one who possesses it. Scale is helped by some new friends along the way. The end as you know… Continue reading Illustration Friday: Scale

Many things are Emergencies in out lives. Saving rare species should be one of them. An UnBook of rare Species. This one is so rare I don’t even know what to call it.

Missing is a book to challenge the reader to discover what is missing in the image. It is an Un Book by Scott E. Franson.

RaMoona the Brave: Going where no cow has gone before, is the newest addition to the UnBook collection. Now I know that Mother Goose claims that the cow jumped over the moon, but we all know that the incident in question was faked by the government.

Have you ever noticed that it is always the pickle jar lid that gets stuck? There is a reason! Don’t Twist is a book about the evils of pickles. I hate pickles to put it mildly. I would love to tell you about the new book but I am good at following directions and have… Continue reading Illustration Friday: twist

Candy is bound and determined to find out the answer to the mystery. With the help of her camouflage dress and quick thinking she is sure to find the answer. As for the rest of us we will never know because this is an UnBook that will never be at a store near you.

Confidential, is the story of a young man sending a love letter in smoke signals. The only problem is that the wrong person received his communication. Will he live happily ever after with his true love? The world will never know because this is the newest Un-Book by Scott E. Franson.

What if? These are the questions that all children ask and want to know the answers to. This Un-Book explores “What if” questions about gravity.

My newest un-book was inspired by my son trying to make a paper airplane. Just when he thought he had the perfect airplane the first test flight resulted in a spectacular crash. (I actually think he was trying to crash them. He was having a great time and the crashes were always followed by a… Continue reading Illustration Friday: crash

Thump. What was that? I thought to myself. It was a bird, there are feathers on the window. Is the bird dead? I wonder, but I don’t see it and so it must be OK. A bit later in the day my daughter says to me, “Dad, it is kind of sad, but that is… Continue reading Illustration Friday: Sprout

The newest Un-Book by Scott E Franson is called Red River, and is the story of blood. Other than that, I don’t know what the story is about. You tell me.

Ben gets stung by a bee and becomes BeeBoy! The story explores his new found powers. Find out how he uses his unusual powers in the newest Un-Book by Scott E Franson, that will never be at a bookstore near you. It may be on ebay, but then that would be a scam.

School Bus: Memoir of a Bus Driver. . . . 89 Bottles of beer on the wall!! 89 bottles of beer . . . The field trip has just begun and the students are only in the 80s. What will the bus driver do? How will he survive? The world may never know, because this… Continue reading Illustration Friday: 80s

Buzz is the newest un-book. I had fun making this image. I am always struggling to keep emotion in my images because of the style. I hope that you like this new character, even if you hate mosquitos.

Phoenix, For the Very First Time*, is the newest Un-Book that will never be at a fine bookstore near you. Here is a closeup. * My sincere apologies to Patricia MacLachlan, for using her title Arthur, For the Very First Time. (A great book that everyone should read)

Introducing the first Alien to English Un-Book Dictionary that will help you avoid those uncomfortable situations when introducing yourself to the people of a new planet.

This frog doesn’t need any help. In fact, help could be deadly. This new unbook will never be at a bookstore near you.

I Would Rather Be a Weed! is the newest unbook not by Scott E Franson. It will never be at a bookstore near you. I hope this image brings back good memories of Elementary School Theatrical productions.

Might What might have been?

Smoke: Feline P.I. When you just need to know, Smoke the Feline P.I., is the cat for the job. This is an UnBook not written by Scott E Franson. But you never know, one day when you least expect it at your local bookstore—Smoke, will be there. UnBooks are a creative exersize for me. Each… Continue reading Illustration Friday: smoke

Wind: The Plight of an Under Wound, Over Weight, Boy Robot. Boy Robot lives in a world where the robots rely on each other to be wound. He has come to the point in his life where fewer and fewer of the other robots offer a free wind. The lack of winding has caused a… Continue reading Illustration Friday: wind2

This weeks UnBook is not a novel about the challenges of fighting forest fires in the western United States with an unforgiving wind.

Flaminghost: Another UnBook that is not by Scott E Franson

Smitten: A love storyThe newest UnBook in the series that is not by Scott E Franson:)

The words of my mother rang out in my ears,but I fear I was too late to see. “You can eat the leaves, the sweet green leaves,but beware of the scissor bird tree.” Here is a new book that will never be at a fine bookstore near you. But for the first time you can… Continue reading Illustration Friday: Trouble

Here is another publication that I did not write. But it is based on my real life phobia. I hated to go to the freezer when I was young because of the fish. Fish that my father caught, froze and never seemed to eat. Have you noticed that fish never close their eyes? Remember, If… Continue reading Illustration Friday: Phobia

I didn’t write this publication and I am not going to change the baby:) You can see other books that I didn’t write here. More Covers You can see one book that is written & illustrated by Scott E Franson here. Unbrella

Announcing another publication that I didn’t write and will never be at a local store near you. I had fun making the image. I hope that you enjoy it.

SAFE—As before this book is not available and was not written by Scott E Franson. What is different about this new book is that it happened by accident as I was working on a different project. It is also based on a serious theme. When we go to school, what do we do to feel… Continue reading Illustration Friday: Safe (again)

SNOUT is a bedtime story in the great tradition of JAWS. This book was not written or illustrated by Scott E Franson and will never be at a bookstore near you.

RUN is the gripping story of a rhino named Rhina and her first sleepover. It will never be at a bookstore near you and was not written by Scott E Franson