{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"A children's author on building 'escape hatches' from reality","publication_date":"June 04, 2019","summary":"\"Never abandon imagination\" is children's author and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi's mission statement. The Amherst, Massachusetts-based artist believes in stories that create \"escape hatches\" from reality, \"and disappear into a place where I felt a little safer.\" A unicorn drawing for the \"Spiderwick Chronicles\" series. Illustration by Tony DiTerlizzi The Caldecott Medal-winner has created images for...","author_name":"By Anthony Dunne, WGBY","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/06\/Spider_Fly2-e1559673908780-1024x583.jpg","thumbnail_height":583,"thumbnail_width":1024}