Kate Harrison at Dial has bought, in a four-house auction, rights to Nic Yulo's debut picture book,
Patch of Sky, about Pia, a determined girl who will do anything to help her pig BFF, Patches,
see the sky. Publication is scheduled for spring 2022;
Alexandra Levick at
Writers House brokered the two-book deal for world rights.
An early concept design for Patch of Sky was named
Top Talent in Illustration
at the 2019 Adobe Design Achievement Awards, from a pool of over two thousand entries from all over the world.