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hildren's author Brian Lies wrote in response to yesterday's piece about literary tattoos (Shelf Awareness, October 7, 2010):
I enjoyed reading your piece on literary tattoos this morning, and I think I may be able one-up the Eric Carle caterpillar tattoo: about a year ago, I received an e-mail from a Ukranian copywriter and translator, asking if I'd give her permission to put the jacket image for my NY Times bestselling picture book, Bats at the Library, on her arm. Several months later, she sent me photos of the final tattoo--her entire left arm from elbow to shoulder! Her tattoo artist did a remarkable job of recreating the strong colors on my book jacket.