# 30 MAX TAKES A NAP
| Author : | Chris Ware VERSAILLES, KY |
| Artist : | Chris Ware VERSAILLES, KY |
| Sponsor : | Lexington Herald-Leader |
Chris Ware (1953): Max Takes a Nap
While attending graduate school at the University of Kentucky in the 1970s, Louisville native Chris Ware was offered a position in the Lexington Herald-Leader’s art department, where he has been an illustrator for nearly 40 years. A large body of his work revolves around kids, an expertise he came by honestly – he and his wife Denise are blessed with seven children and three grandchildren. Chris has worked with a variety of magazines, newspapers and book publishers, and is a regular contributor to National Geographic Kids magazine and Cobblestone history periodical. Max Takes a Nap, a book for nap-resistant children and their families, was his first solo book.
Chris Ware:
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Little Max has BIG plans and they don’t include taking a nap. His friends, however, are looking a little sleepy. My picture book, Max Takes a Nap, follows the little fellow as he collects his stuffed animals for a midday nap. Max is named after one of my three grandchildren; my wife and I had seven children of our own. Chris Ware works as an artist for the Lexington Herald-Leader and lives with his family and animal menagerie in Versailles, Ky.