THE STORY OF FISH & SNAIL?
Coming from Viking Children’s Books, June 13.
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Archive for the 'Random' Category
Have I told you about…
8 April 2013When Life Gives You Snow…
12 February 2013Make a Snow Chicken
That’s My Name…
23 April 2012Part II
Have you ever wondered how your favorite author’s or illustrator’s name is pronounced? TeachingBooks.net has a huge collection of brief recordings of authors & illustrators saying their names. It includes my own thirty-seven second story – about a shy first-grader and her name.
The Best Intentions…
2 March 2012
But wait. Does one of the chickens want to help?
From Blue Chicken, Viking 2011
The Illustration Friday topic for March 2, 2012 is INTENTION.
Breakfast is Served
15 November 2011
Julie Danielson interviews me today over at her blog, Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. She’s brewed plenty of coffee… won’t you join us?
Chicken Feed
19 October 2011
It’s a BOOK!
15 September 2011
BLUE CHICKEN is available today, from Viking Children’s Books!
We will be celebrating it’s release at several events in Connecticut this fall; they are listed here.
Or find BLUE CHICKEN here:
Twinkle, Twinkle…
1 September 2011… the chicken is seeing stars!
★“Breathtakingly beautiful meta-illustrations will draw many eyes to this tale of a curious chicken who spills some paint… Delicate and durable, visually sophisticated yet friendly: simply exquisite.”
– Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★“The spare, poetic text allows the images to shine… this delightful treat emphasizes the joy of breaking free of conventional boundaries and turning accidents into art.”
– Booklist, starred review
★“Full of surprise and emotion… The book has much to pore over on every page, and children will want to experience the action over and over again.”
– School Library Journal, starred review
More Blue Chicken news and upcoming events are listed here.
Have a Splash Happy 4th!
4 July 2011
The Chicken Would Like to Speak…
20 May 2011…in support of every kid’s right to read freely.
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) will launch its Fund for Free Speech in Children’s Books with a Silent Auction on Wednesday, May 25, at BookExpo America. The ABC auction will feature more than 100 works of art by beloved children’s illustrators, including Barbara McClintock, Jerry Pinckney, Chris Raschka, Lane Smith, Mo Williams. An online preview of the artwork, including the above, is here.
The Illustration Friday topic for May 20, 2011 is SOAKED.
Finding Balance
30 April 2011
Dear Reader,
20 February 2011
Have You Voted Yet?
2 November 2010
Summertime Blues
15 July 2010
The cure for the summertime blues? More BLUE. Posting will be sporadic for a while, as I splash lots of it around.
Study for Blue Chicken, Fall 2011, Viking Children’s Books
The Illustration Friday topic for January 14, 2011 is CHICKEN!
Starry Night
6 July 2010
Suggested Reading, Picture Books About the Night: In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck & Tricia Tusa, Close Your Eyes by Kate Banks, It’s a Secret! by John Burningham, Moon Theater by Etienne Delessert, Little Night by Yuyi Morales, A Book of Sleep by Il Sung Na, The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson & Beth Krommes, Moon Man by Tomi Ungerer.
How to Reach the Top Ten
29 June 2010
Suggested Reading, 6 Picture Books About the Number 10: Ten Apples Up On Top! by Dr. Suess, 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle, Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews, Ten Mice for Tet! by Pegi Deitz Shea, Cynthia Weill, To Ngoc Trang, and Pham Viet Dinh, 10 Minutes to Bedtime by Peggy Rathmann, Ten Puppies by Lynn Reiser.
My Book Addiction
11 May 2010
There’s always room for one more, during Children’s Book Week!
Reading Suggestions, Children’s Picture Books About Books: A Book, Mordicai Gerstein; The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Oliver Jeffers; A Story With Pictures, Barbara Kanninen & Lynn Rowe Reed; The Book That Eats People, John Perry & Mark Fearing; Chester, Melanie Watt.
April Showers Bring…
4 May 2010
… May Flowers.
Picture Books about Gardens: The Curious Garden, by Peter Brown; The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone by Timothy B. Ering; My Garden, by Kevin Henkes; Whose Garden is It? by Mary Ann Hoberman and Jane Dyer; The Imaginary Garden, by Andrew Larsen and Irene Luxbacher.
The Illustration Friday topic for February 4, 2011 is REVERSE.
Courtship
9 February 2010
Suggested Reading for Valentine’s Day: The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was in It , by Carl Sandburg and Harriet Pincus; Henry in Love, by Peter McCarty; Bloom, by Maria van Lieshout; Ooh-la-la (Max in Love), by Maira Kalman.
Zero Gravity
26 January 2010Aristotle said, “Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.”
Aristotle said, “Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.”
Today’s Suggested Reading: Bubble Trouble, by Margaret Mahy and Polly Dunbar; Princess Hyacinth, by Florence Parry Heide and Lane Smith; The Light Princess, by George MacDonald and Maurice Sendak.
