 
          To those who color outside the lines
        
        
          —B.R.
        
        
          To Laura, a wonderful artist, teacher, and friend
        
        
          —S.S.
        
        
          Text copyright © 2017 by Bob Raczka
        
        
          Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Simone Shin
        
        
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          Designed by Danielle Carnito.
        
        
          Main body text set in Sunshine Regular 21/26. Typeface provided by Chank.
        
        
          The illustrations in this book were created using mixed media, digital, and acrylic paint.
        
        
          Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
        
        
          Names: Raczka, Bob, author. | Shin, Simone, illustrator.
        
        
          Title: Niko draws a feeling / by Bob Raczka ; illustrated by Simone Shin.
        
        
          Description: Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [2017] | Summary: “No one understands the abstract pictures that Niko draws
        
        
          until a new friend sees the thought and feeling within his shapes and forms” —Provided by publisher.
        
        
          Identifiers: LCCN 2015044789| ISBN 9781467798433 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512426885 (eb pdf)
        
        
          Subjects: | CYAC: Drawing—Fiction.
        
        
          Classification: LCC PZ7.1.R33 Ni 2017 | DDC [E]—dc23
        
        
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          Manufactured in the United States of America
        
        
          1-38782-20692-8/24/2016