There’s this little blue book with a white linedrawn cover illustration that I always find myself gravitating towards when I see it in a bookstore.

Published by McSweeney’s, The Secret Language of Sleep is filled with drawings of how couples sleep, and little snippets explaining what those sleeping positions say about their personalities.

I really like the way the book is drawn so I looked around to see if I could find what other things have been drawn by the so-very-talented illustator, Amelia Bauer.

She draws a bunch of different subjects, with her icon illustrations appearing in other McSweeney’s publications like the cover of The Children’s Hospital (which I just starting reading) and spot illustrations for The Believer (which the hubbie reads).

I have a feeling this talented lady’s portfolio is only going to get even better, so I’ll definitely be following her work from now on!

February 2nd, 2007