Old Herbarium, by Julion Okram

"The Surprise in the Old Herbarium" by Julion Okram, the front cover book illustration (Slovak title translation: "Prekvapenie v starom herbári"). A pencil drawing of an old tattered sheet of paper with attached botanical specimen. A dry linden tree twig with a leaf and a single cluster of oily fruits (round little nuts) is held in place with narrow stripes of adhesive tape. The archived plant sample is labeled with the number 31. Heroes: Sinister Barton; Grandma Estela (babička); Bruno Bolek. Mystery thrillers with humor & romantism. family reading; sci-fi; fantasy; adventure; romantic; www.okram.fr (Licence / Permission: Free online display by third parties and image search indexing are allowed for an unaltered whole picture or reduced thumbnails - placed in a proper context, retaining all labels and watermarks, always with backlink to the original genuine source and acknowledgement of authorship attributions.)