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"Peace, Will You Play With Me?" explores the different attitudes of children and adults

Josef Lee is a writer and artist from Singapore. His imaginative series Josef Lee's Bedtime Stories for Adults combines illustrations with emotionally intelligent storylines to produce beautifully poignant works.

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Two whimsical characters in top hats reach towards each other between a pink house and an orange house, with a row of pink trees below

Following Wake Me Up At Happyland, Lee turned his attentions to creatively capturing his objections to President Trump’s suggestion to 'build a wall'.

In response, he drew an almost wordless picture book about walls entitled Peace, Will You Play With Me? – a story about how adults build walls of separation, that children can easily bring down through their love and innocence – "for even the toughest walls shall not stand strong when faced with a child’s innocence."

Check out Peace, Will You Play With Me? here.

Blue handwritten text reading "Peace Will You Play with Me?" above a row of illustrated children's heads on a bright pink brick wall background
A figure with pink hair aims a telescope through a massive brown wall whilst banana-shaped soldiers stand guard behind it in Josef Lee's illustration
Two groups of children in pink and orange brick-patterned clothing reach across a dividing wall to hold hands and play together
Child with orange hair holding a ball beneath a brick wall, asking "Please, will you play with me?" while five coloured balls sit on the ground below
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