The Book Thief Illustration

I did this illustration months ago but I didn't have time to make some of the final changes that I wanted until now.  I thought I should post it before the movie is released everywhere.  This is a scene from one of my favorite books of all time: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.  I have posted character drawings from this book before (http://nmb-art.blogspot.com/2012/04/figure-drawing-final-week.html   and   http://nmb-art.blogspot.com/2012/05/some-drawings-and-sketches-for-fun.html ) but never an illustration of a scene.

I chose to illustrate Hans teaching Liesel how to read.  If you have not read this book yet I highly recommend it.