A soft pastel storybook illustration of an Afghan boy and girl sitting on grass with balloons, fruits, and flowers, with village houses and mountains in the background.

A soft pastel storybook illustration for a children’s book cover, centered composition. On the left, an Afghan boy wearing a light pastel-colored shalwar kameez, hair visible, short black hair, smiling warmly, sitting cross-legged naturally with well-proportioned arms and legs, holding a bright round balloon string in one hand. On the right, an Afghan girl wearing a colorful knee-length dress with Afghan embroidery in pastel reds, blues, and yellows, a light fabric draped over one shoulder, hair visible, long black hair, smiling happily, sitting slightly apart from the boy in a natural seated pose with well-proportioned hands and legs, holding a bright round balloon string in one hand. Several balloons float above them. Around them on the grass are large, cute fruits — a pistachio, an apricot, a bunch of green grapes, a pomegranate, and saffron flowers — arranged playfully. The grassy patch has a few colorful flowers, fading softly to white at the edges, with faint Afghan village houses and mountains in the background, no dark outlines, gentle crayon-like texture, bright warm pastel colors, child-friendly design. See more