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Emma Walton Hamilton — Wednesday Worthy INTERVIEW
EMMA WALTON HAMILTON is a best-selling children’s book author, editor, educator and arts and literacy advocate. She has co-authored over twenty children’s books with her mother, Julie Andrews, six of which have been on the New York Times best-seller list, including The Very Fairy Princess series (#1 NY Times Bestseller), Julie Andrews’ Collection Of Poems, Songs And…
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One Duck — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: One Duck Author: Hazel Hutchins Illustrator: Ruth Ohi Publisher: Toronto: Annick Press, 1999.
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Lola Loves Stories — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: Lola Loves Stories Author: Anna McQuinn Illustrator: Rosalind Beardshaw Publisher: Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2010 (First published in the UK by Alanna Books in 2009, as Lulu Loves Stories.)
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Imagination — Springboard into New Worlds
Something that has been lost, I think, in this era of online dictionaries, is the browsing, glancing, serendipitous discovery of a word that takes a person off on a flight of imagination, that sends one into another world, a world of the imagination, of “what if,” of “suppose it was this way.” If an online…
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Stunning Mosaic Work!
My friend, Brian Sibley, posted about an artist friend of his, a mosaicist, today. I was so overwhelmed by the intricacy and beauty of this man’s work that I just had to share the link to Brian’s post. If you happen to be in London, England (lucky you) Brian will be interviewing the artist, Martin…
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The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse Author/Illustrator: Eric Carle Publisher: New York: Penguin/Philomel, 2011 Genre: Picture book, fiction, homage to artist Franz Marc
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Robin King, Artist — Wednesday Worthy
I am delighted to welcome my dear friend Robin King to the Wednesday Worthy Interview chair today. Robin and I became friends on the same now-defunct blogging platform where I met Stephanissima (interviewed in April) and Aubrey (interviewed in February). We recognized each other as kindred spirits immediately. My apologies to Robin that due to…
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Encouraging the Artist Within
This post could be subtitled “A Cautionary Tale.” Last Monday, I blogged about the joy inherent in the artistic expression of children. I remember feeling that joy myself. I liked my art big and bold and life-size, if possible. Mum used to tell of going into the spare bedroom where she’d covered the bed with…
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The Art Collector — Perfect Picture Book Friday
Title: The Art Collector Author: Jan Wahl Illustrator: Rosalinde Bonnet Publisher: Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2011
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Interviewing Erik and Josie — Wednesday Worthy Kids!
For people who haven’t yet met Erik and his sister, Josie, they are both bloggers who are also very creative and inspiring people. Erik’s blog can be found at This Kid Reviews Books, and that’s what the blog focuses on for the most part, his book reviews. Erik, aka “This Kid” is 10 years old,…
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Guest Posting Today at Julie Hedlund’s Blog!
Julie Hedlund is the driving force behind the 12 x 12 in 2012 Challenge — a group of 400 (yes, you read that correctly) writers who have banded together to support, encourage, teach and learn from each other as we each attempt to write 12 picture book drafts in a year — a draft per…
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The Artist Within Each Child
This month I’m blogging about “different ways of seeing.” This week we’re taking a look at kids’ art. On April 16th, as part of my A to Z posts relating terms from the arts to writing, I talked about the stages of a child’s understanding of art, culminating in the stage of “naming” – being…