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Noah's Ark published by Valentine & Sons undated but c1921. All kinds of well known and not so well known creatures are depicted including a Quadda, Caracal, Puma, Ounce, Phalanger, Ratel, Albatross, Secretary bird, Cavy, Cassowary, Margay, Ichneumon, Mangue, Sasyure and so on. Strangely, none of the animals are in pairs.
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp published by Faber & Faber, London 1981. The story of Aladdin and his lamp brought to life with amazing full colour illustrations by the brilliant Errol le Cain.
The Church Mouse by Graham Oakley published by Macmillan Books in 1977. The story begins in the Anglican Church of Saint John, Worthlethorpe where Sampson the cat and Arthur the mouse live a quiet and happy life. Sampson has listened to so many sermons about the meek being blessed that he has grown quite docile and treats Arthur just like his brother. Although enjoying Sampson's company Arthur is a little lonely and with the approval of the parson invites the rest of the town's mice population to move to the church. It's agreed that in exchange for a little cheese, the mice will do a few odd jobs, like polishing the congregation's shoes and picking up the confetti after weddings...
The Amazing Adventures of Two Boots written by Ross Lyntonwith illustrations by Brenda Sheldon published by Collins in 1948. An imaginative tale of two boots who discover they can walk about by themselves. The boots are in great demand by all sorts of people, from message boys to policemen, but one person is too wily for them. This is the owner of a circus; a cruel man called Boiler Brown, who manages to catch the boots and force them to perform in his show.
Mr. Happy at the Seaside - A Mr. Men Word Book by Roger Hargreaves produced by Thurman Publishing in 1979. Our son grew up with the Mr. Men books so this holds lots of happy memories for us.
Gobbliwinks of Nonsense Land written by Leslie M Oyler with illustrations by Savile Lumley published by The Shoe Lane Publishing Company undated but c1927. Pamela and Hugh are playing in the garden when they notice a sign pointing to Nonsense Land. Pamela finds it very funny because nurse is always telling her to stop talking nonsense! The children follow the sign and it’s not long before they find three more signs pointing the way to Absurd Nonsense, Stuff and Nonsense and Utter Nonsense...
We've been enjoying lots of lovely spring sunshine over the last few days. The blackbirds are busy feeding their new brood, and the butterflies are basking on the rockery. Spring has definitely arrived in this part of England. I hope you are all enjoying some nice weather whatever the season.
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Sure is a strange way to sell yogurt – but I’m sold! This new spot for Müller Dairy makes clever use of Yogi Bear, Mr. Men, Kit (The Knight Rider) and Muttley! Directed by Mustashrik Mahbub for UK’s Partizan Lab.
In the video embedded above, Roger Hargreaves‘ son, Adam Hargreaves, shows you how to draw Mr. Tickle, Mr. Grumpy, Mr. Funny, Little Miss Sunshin, Mr. Bump and Little Miss Naughty.
Six-year-old Adam inspired his father to create the Mr. Men series when he asked: “What does a tickle look like?” After Roger’s passing in 1988, Adam took over and continued his father’s work. What character is your favorite?
Google has created sixteen Mr. Men and Little Miss-themed Google Doodles in celebration of author/illustrator Roger Hargreaves‘ 76th birthday. As an extra bonus, the doodles change each time the Google page is reloaded.
Here’s more from The Guardian: “More than 100m books based on Hargreaves’s characters have been sold worldwide in 28 countries, while five more were completed by his son Adam, but even greater world domination may yet be on the way in the form of a big screen adaptation.”
The image embedded above stars the iconic character that started off the Mr. Men series, Mr. Tickle. Below, we’ve embedded three of our favorite Google Doodles. They feature the following characters: Mr. Happy, Little Miss Naughty, and Little Miss Sunshine. (via Publishers Weekly)
I guess that there’s a mild irony to the fact that while I’ll write up anyone’s literary event if I’m able to attend, if I help to throw the darn things myself then suddenly I clam up. For example, with the possible exception of the blogger panel I had two years ago, I don’t think I’ve ever written up one of my Children’s Literary Salons. Why is this? Because I am lazy, I don’t have access to photographs of the event much of the time, and because I feel like it’s tooting my own horn. That said, I seem to be more than happy to link to other folks when they choose to write up my Salons. Case in point, this great little recap of what when down when I invited Sam Ita and Kyle Olmon to be a part of my Children’s Lit Salon on pop-up books. Wow, thanks, Kyle! Now who wants to recap last Saturday’s Peter Pan Salon? Anyone? Anyone?
I really enjoyed Exit Through the Gift Shop when I saw it on DVD not too long ago (and grateful that it clarified the image on this cover). I guess it makes sense to show the film to kids too. It’s a lot of fun, slightly subversive, and can lead to ideas like the one author/illustrator Aaron Zenz had. Want to get your child’s creative juices flowing without defacing other peoples’ property? Check out one of the more creative rock and paint related ideas I’ve seen. You know what I think? I think a library could have a Street Art craft program (for kids or teens) doing this and encourage them to also hide them around the city. Nice photographs too.
Wow! Kirkus doesn’t mess around. When they decided to get into this whole online world thing they didn’t tippy toe into it, but rather leapt headfirst in one fell swoop! Getting bought will do that to you, I guess. Now on top of reviewing Apps, offering readalikes for each book they cover, and making all their reviews free online, they’ve just revealed the second round of book bloggers on the site. I already knew about the YA ones on there (Bookshelves of Doom, YA or STFU, and The YaYaYas) but what’s this I see? Could it be Jules Danielson of Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast who is currently writing a book with Peter Sieruta and myself? Tis! A good roster, but what’s up with three YA folks and only one for kids’ stuff? More! I want more fantastic bloggers paid for their work! More, I say!
Speaking of Peter, I hope y’all got a chance to check out his most recent post concerning (amongst many things) his thoughts on last night’s Celebrity Apprentice where they had to make a children’s book (oop, ack) and an idea for a children’s book-related reality series. I don’t watch any reality TV myself but I’d change my ways in a heartbeat if Rowling for Dollars ever appeared on my DVR schedule.
S
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Lest we forget that book banning and free speech issues are conversational topics appropriate beyond the brackets of Banned Books Week, a recent news item has me lost for words. A federal appeals court has ruled, and this is true, that an Ohio high school teacher “has no First Amendment right to make assignments about book-banning or to select particular books for her students.” Come again? Well apparently a teacher decided to do an assignment on banned books with her class (of high school students, recall). So they each picked a book that had been banned. . . and then their parents found out. So because she was distributing racy literature like, oh say, Heather Has Two Mommies, the teacher’s contract was not renewed and she lost her appeal. You may read more about the case here. Thanks to Leslea Newman for the links.
Now that’s interesting. I had not heard that Jacqueline Woodson’s novel Locomotion had been turned into a stage play. Once in a while a book to theater adaptation just makes perfect sense. This is one of those cases. I suppose verse novels make excellent adaptations. Huh! Food for thought.
Feeling the absence of my Top 100 Novels poll results? Well, much of my information came from Anita Silvey. Now Anita turns it all around by starting a blog of her own. Called Book-A-Day Almanac, the premise is that she will recommend a children’s book every day for a year. At the end of the year, she’ll then turn those posts into a book. Shoot. That’s a good idea. Clearly I’ve got to get around to turning my own polls into books. Thanks to 100 Scope Notes for the link.
I really like this habit I’ve gotten into, doing audible reviews of books for the Katie Davis podcast Brain Burps About Books. In a given year I can properly review only so many books. Katie’s site allows me to give some weight and consideration to I might otherwise have to ignore, like Kimberly Willis Holt’s gorgeous The Water Seeker. That’s this week’s review on Katie’s newest podcast
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Daniel Radcliff is suffering from a severe lack of glasses!
Thanks for the links, esp. the P.L. Travers interview–wonderful. The non-Julie Andrews Mary Poppins is herself kind of hippy-dippy, certainly otherworldly, wry, dry, wise, and justifiably vain. Not really a spoonful of sugar kind of gal.
Leila said, on 10/30/2010 2:02:00 PM
I *adore* Travers’ wonderfully vain and cranky Mary Poppins.
WendieO said, on 10/30/2010 6:24:00 PM
RE: the Daniel Radcliff READ poster: Material Management bought one for every library branch in our system. But we’re gonna put it in the Adult Department at our branch because of the book he is holding. It’s an Out-of-Print Adult fiction book, not owned by our library system, featuring the devil as the main character. (I bet many libraries will find that ’someone’ has improved the poster by drawing glasses onto his face.)
I followed your link and tried to figure out what books the rest of the Hogwarts crew were holding, but couldn’t. Does anybody know? (I’ll have to check my READ poster catalog — ALA Graphics — when I go back to work.
Call me weird, but I think the picture of the Lorax is cute — nice and fuzzy.
-wendieO
Brenda Ferber said, on 10/31/2010 6:52:00 AM
Re Daniel Radcliff looking strange… if by strange you mean sort of hot, then yes indeed!
Susan said, on 10/31/2010 7:43:00 AM
WendieO….Rupert Gint is holding a copy of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, Alan Rickman has a copy of Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger. I don’t recognize the cover art on the book Emma Watson is holding!
Jess said, on 11/1/2010 4:27:00 PM
Daniel Radcliffe DOES look strange, like he’s glowing from within in a creepy sort of way. I hadn’t noticed he’s holding The Master and Margarita until Wendy pointed it out – it’s great to see a not-so-popular title on a Read poster. It’s bizarre and entertaining and strangely fantastic, although not a children’s book, of course.
The real Mary Poppins is one of my favorite fictional characters – vain and cranky is the perfect description.
Daniel Radcliff is suffering from a severe lack of glasses!
Thanks for the links, esp. the P.L. Travers interview–wonderful. The non-Julie Andrews Mary Poppins is herself kind of hippy-dippy, certainly otherworldly, wry, dry, wise, and justifiably vain. Not really a spoonful of sugar kind of gal.
I *adore* Travers’ wonderfully vain and cranky Mary Poppins.
RE: the Daniel Radcliff READ poster: Material Management bought one for every library branch in our system. But we’re gonna put it in the Adult Department at our branch because of the book he is holding. It’s an Out-of-Print Adult fiction book, not owned by our library system, featuring the devil as the main character. (I bet many libraries will find that ’someone’ has improved the poster by drawing glasses onto his face.)
I followed your link and tried to figure out what books the rest of the Hogwarts crew were holding, but couldn’t. Does anybody know? (I’ll have to check my READ poster catalog — ALA Graphics — when I go back to work.
Call me weird, but I think the picture of the Lorax is cute — nice and fuzzy.
-wendieO
Re Daniel Radcliff looking strange… if by strange you mean sort of hot, then yes indeed!
WendieO….Rupert Gint is holding a copy of A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, Alan Rickman has a copy of Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger. I don’t recognize the cover art on the book Emma Watson is holding!
Daniel Radcliffe DOES look strange, like he’s glowing from within in a creepy sort of way. I hadn’t noticed he’s holding The Master and Margarita until Wendy pointed it out – it’s great to see a not-so-popular title on a Read poster. It’s bizarre and entertaining and strangely fantastic, although not a children’s book, of course.
The real Mary Poppins is one of my favorite fictional characters – vain and cranky is the perfect description.