A cream-colored whale floats against a black background, its body serving as a living library with a colorful row of books embedded horizontally across its middle like teeth or a smile. A small open book hovers above its head, while the whale's gentle expression suggests a creature made entirely of stories and literary wisdom. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.