Ryan Maloney describes a book illustration idea: a stack of books with a sticky note saying "Giveaway pile!" He reflects on how these piles tend to wander around the house instead of actually getting donated, a frustration many parents know well.
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Back to this book drawing. I thought to myself that on the top of this pile of books, it would look like an adult wrote "Giveaway pile" on a sticky note with an exclamation point. One thing as a parent, and I've seen other parents struggle with, is when they make a giveaway pile, they just let it sit around and it moves from laundry room back up to the hallway to the trunk of your car. Like, adults and parents are constantly giving themselves reminders and talking about how they have to give away all that stuff they've been meaning to give away. So I thought maybe a frustrated parent left themselves a note on top of this book pile.