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By: Lauren Castillo,
on 12/15/2011
Hi friends!
I hope these two little videos will help nudge you into the Christmas spirit if you’re not there already . . .
trailer for CHRISTMAS IS HERE
Rachel Marshall reading CHRISTMAS IS HERE
Happy Holidays to all!
By: Ellis Nadler,
on 12/15/2011
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on 12/15/2011
By: Linda S. Wingerter,
on 12/15/2011
My new roommate (Christopher Darling) is an illustrator too. It's really fun so far. We get to talk shop. We have an understanding! Here's some of his work:
(he didn't illustrate this but he redesigned the cover when working at FSG)
I wrote a lot more about this on my blog, which you can read here.
Living with him is great: I go to get something to eat in the kitchen and he pops his head in to say hello and we talk shop. I need that, you know? We all need that. We illustrators can go crazy if we don't get to talk about our work and the business!
By: Aline Pereira,
on 12/15/2011
As we continue to explore the world of e-books on PaperTigers, we’re asking practitioners and people on the ground about some of the challenges and triumphs they personally have faced creating e-books, as well as the challenges and triumphs they see for the industry as a whole. Last week we spoke with Janet Wong ; today we chat with Hazel Edwards.
Hazel is a 2012 Astrid Lindgren Award nominee, and Ambassador for Australia’s 2012 National Year of Reading, and writes a story each birthday for her grandkids. f2m:the boy within was a 2011 White Ravens selection. Hazel is also a director of the Australian Society of Authors and especially interested in e-books. She is perhaps best known for her There’s a Hippopotamus on Our Roof Eating Cake series, as engaging and creative as the author herself, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary with the release of the Pocket Bonfire short film that screened internationally at 2011 film festivals.
We first interviewed Hazel back in 2007, and since then she has been a regular guest on the PaperTigers Blog; we’re delighted to welcome her back now to tell us about her involvement with e-books.
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What was your inspiration for writing e-books? Was that your intention from the get-go, or was there an evolution in your creative process?
I enjoy e-books, both as another innovative format for my stories and to read myself. Inclusive of print, not exclusive. Audio already exists. Maybe smellovision next?
Change should be embraced, not feared. So, although I’m format-challenged, my aim is to learn one e-skill per day and slowly add e-stories to my website. For e-skilled children who are more visual rather than verbal, I’d prefer them to exercise their imaginations reading mysteries on screen, than play violence-based computer-games.
As a 2012 National Year of Reading Ambassador, I’m keen on any aids to literacy, and reading ‘on screen’ is seen as ‘cool’ by challenged readers, whether kids or adults. That’s the reason for adding my mystery series and performance scripts as an easy way of sharing reading for a fun purpose.
‘Us mob likes your e-stories’ was a response after an outback web-chat with an indigenous literacy program.
Fan mail proves e-books work for challenged readers, whether read on laptops or other devices. Educator Robyn Floyd forwarded this fan mail. And it’s genuine responses like this that make an author’s day.
Recently, my e-mentor daughter streamlined my website to allow sales of my print books, along with a slow move to all e-books, for the ease of readers beyond bookshops and libraries. This also makes my books available for international schools or remote web chats.
Experimentally, I grouped some of my easy-to-read children’s mystery stories into an e-book series, Project Spy Kids<
By: Ginger Nielson,
on 12/15/2011
Here is another page of Holiday Gift Tags to download. Click on the image for the larger size then either drag the image to your desktop or right click to download. I print mine on heavy card stock and then cut apart.
MERRY CHRISTMAS..... HAPPY NEW YEAR
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on 12/15/2011
By: Claire Louise Milne,
on 12/15/2011
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| Spoonflower photos here |
By: Claire Louise Milne,
on 12/15/2011
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| Spoonflower photos here |
I had a great opportunity to speak to over 400 children in 3 cities (Gien, Vannes, Montauban: France) about book creation and illustration. It was really a great time, and the kids gave back as much as I gave them. Great learning experience; it was my first time to speak French when presenting formally and in front of a crowd. I hope to have the opportunity to do more of this in the future.
By: MBKKR,
on 12/15/2011
By: Jerry Beck,
on 12/15/2011
Brew reader Tim Hodge points out that Stuart Ng Books has published a Pres Romanillos sketchbook. Romanillos, who animated at Disney and DreamWorks, passed away in July, 2010 following an extended battle with leukemia.
According to Stuart’s website:
This sketchbook was conceived by his widow Jeannine Romanillos and reproduces artwork from Pres’ sketchpads and sketchbooks: life drawings, horse and animal studies, Disney character drawings, travel sketches, and a sampling of his personal cartoons and drawings. It includes a short biography of the artist written by Charles Solomon and a page of Pres’ notes from a 1993 lecture by Glen Keane.
The 32-page book is limited to 1,000 copies and sells for $15 on Stuart Ng’s website.
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By: Mattias Adolfsson,
on 12/15/2011
By: John Nez,
on 12/15/2011
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By: Gina Perry,
on 12/15/2011
Can you guess what publisher we're going to celebrate all next week? Stay tuned tomorrow!
We're all so excited because the books we're reviewing are just so wonderful. The book Miles is reading is a MUST own reference for every family with young kids. You know. In my humble opinion. And the giveaway is for ALL the books we review next week!
Girl, try tucking your shirt into dem underpants for extra security.
The talented Carly Monardo and Jess Fink have teamed up to share their hilarious takes on fashion faux-pas at “OOOOH, GIRL!”
By: Aline Pereira,
on 12/15/2011
Australian Children’s Laureate Press release: Dec 6, 2012
Double the Stories, Double the Fun as Two Champions of Aussie Storytelling Announced as
Inaugural Laureates
Much-loved children’s authors Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor are being announced today as the first Australian Children’s Laureates at the launch of the initiative in Adelaide.
Both are talented and award-winning storytellers who bring a wealth of experience and creativity to the role – Alison as a renowned author and illustrator, and Boori as a celebrated author, performer, dancer and poet.
This prestigious national honour, the first of its kind in this country, is to be awarded at the launch by the Hon. Grace Portolesi, SA Minister for Education and Child Development and iconic children’s presenter Noni Hazlehurst, and is the culmination of the work by the Australian Children’s Literature Alliance (ACLA) to promote the transformational power of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians.
ACLA Chair Marj Osborne says, “We are delighted to announce Alison and Boori as our joint inaugural Australian Children’s Laureates for 2012 and 2013. In them we found not one but two incredible individuals with the creative and passionate spirit we were looking for, so we made the unusual but exciting decision to appoint both.”
During their appointment Alison and Boori will act as national and international ambassadors for Australian children’s literature and will separately visit every state and territory inspiring young people to tell their own stories.
Click here to read the entire release and click here to see the events planned for Australia’s National Year of Reading 2012.
By: wow! the sky is blue.,
on 12/15/2011
Why There Isn’t a Spumco Coffeetable Book: My Personal Story : Animation historian and writer Amid Amidi gives us his account on Cartoon Brew of why the long-overdue John Kricfalusi/Spumco coffeetable book may never be released.
By: Erik Brooks,
on 12/15/2011
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By: Jerry Beck,
on 12/15/2011
This is fun. Studio Ronda has been creating cool TV spots and station IDs in Argentina since 2007. Here’s a neat little new short they made in their off hours:
CREDITS
Directed by Ronda + Sonni
Original Idea / Direction: Sonni
Character Design / Storyboards: Sonni Studios
Animation Director: Ronda
Animation: Fernán Graziano
Sound Design: Dj Fernandez / Ronda
Voice of Bullet: Katie Bel
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By: Debbie Ridpath Ohi,
on 12/15/2011
Above: Screenshot from a kidlit/YA Google+ Hangout I hosted this morning on my G+ Inkygirl business page. The doodle boy is by Ryan Estrada.
For some reason, I wasn't able to access the collar drawing/writing features (the top left of my screenshot SHOULD have links to those features). I was able to access them fine the last time I did a Hangout, so not sure what went wrong. BUT at least everyone else had fun experimenting with the collab tools.
Apart from that glitch, however, the main reason I can't fully recommend Google+ Hangouts for a public event yet is because there is currently no way for one person to moderate. If someone behaves inappropriately (I had someone expose himself in my previous Public Hangout!), there's still no way to kick that person out of the chat. You can block him, but that only means YOU don't see/hear him anymore -- everyone else in the chat will still see him unless they block him as well.
Still, it has great potential for creative collab with trusted invitees.
By: Matt Phelan,
on 12/15/2011
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SO wonderful! I can't wait to own your new Christmas book..love your work! Happy holidays to you!
Thank you so much, Shirley. Wishing you and yours a lovely holiday as well! :)