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“The first 3 books were to be part of a 5 part series. The first series was “starting with Jesus” and presented salvation, obedience and repentance as the main themes.” – Glen Keane

"These became the basis for the final pencil drawings. Composing the image to work with the text placement is important." – Glen Keane

“I try to indicate values of light and dark. Designing action and rhythmic movement brings the image to life.” – Glen Keane

"In the original version other characters found themselves going astray (like the rabbit in this moment) – in the final version it was more interesting to let Adam be the one to be tempted by the shortcut." – Glen Keane

“In the original Race To Victory Mountain, Adam’s girlfriend Lindy Lou played a major part. She was edited out in order to let Adam be the main character. My wife Linda was called 'Lindy' when she was little.” – Glen Keane

"I used this one that showed the goal at the top of the mountain." – Glen Keane

"For this book I did the sketches in ink - similar to the storyboarding I did for Disney films like Tarzan, Pocahontas." – Glen Keane

“Glen chose to change the 'No Swimming' to a symbol to make it more universal. Word art is challenging when translating picture books into foreign languages.”

"Final pencil drawing before copying onto illustration Bristol Board - and watercolor." – Glen Keane

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