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Monkey of the Month
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By: Frizz,
on 4/30/2012
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By: Laurel Gaylord,
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By: Laurel Gaylord,
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By: Laurel Gaylord,
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By: Bianca Schulze,
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While looking for some themed art I came across this image I created some years ago for a book featuring Koko the lowland gorilla. This was part of the intro to her story.
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Watercolor on Arches paper
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STEVEN JAMES PETRUCCIO
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4 Stars Monkey of the Month by Adam Kramer / David Kramer Schiffer Publishing 978-0-7643-4156-4 No. of Pages: 40 Ages: 2 to 7 ................................................ Inside Jacket: Bored with mundane birthday gifts, a young boy unexpectedly receives a most peculiar gift on his birthday one year—membership to the "Monkey of the Month Club." Though pleased it isn't just a pair of socks, he is very confused by this odd gift, until, month-by-month monkeys and their primate cousins start appearing at his door. ........................
Monkey of the Month is adorable. If you have ever received a gift-of-the-month club membership, whether it be fruit, candy, flowers, or monkeys, you will enjoy this cute book. I liked the colorful illustrations of each different monkey and their contribution to the boy’s household, not always to his mother’s delight.
You will not find a “message” in Monkey of the Month, but you will find loads of laughs, plenty of giggles, and a few guffaws. Parents will not be bored reading this night after night. Told in rhyming verse, the monkeys arrive one-by-one each month and stay on to do whatever they arrived to do. One cleans, another decorates, a third simply sits on his bu–chair watching television all day, eating, drinking and making a mess.
I think kids will adore the different monkeys and the effect they each have on the boy’s mother, who eventually has had enough. But true to fashion, the story does not end with the last monkey. No, there seems to be a series developing as the last creature rings the boy’s doorbell.
…………………Monkey of the Month is a fun picture book that will become a favorite read-to-me book of the 2 to 8 year-old crowd. Anyone who enjoys a picture book, whose only purpose is to entertain, will enjoy Monkey of the Month for its bright and humorous illustrations, exaggerated expressions, and quirky story of the imaginative birthday gift that is far from mundane.
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Monkey of the Month
Author: Adam Kramer facebook Illustrator: David Kramer facebook Publisher: Schiffer Publishing website Releaase Date: July 28, 2012 ISBN: 978-0-7643-4156-4 Number of Pages: 40 Grades: Pre-K to 3rd
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By: Frizz,
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By: Laurel Gaylord,
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I've been going through some of my art lately and choosing which ones to frame and sell. I have always loved this guy. I can't find him anywhere though. He should be in the box with my other paintings on paper but he's not.
I'm on my way to call the Gorilla Rescue Police.
I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, I hope your gorillas are safe and sound.
Happy Animal Wednesday!
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By: studio lolo,
on 9/24/2008
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If only our ancestors could speak. Perhaps then it would have been written.
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By: studio lolo,
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If only our ancestors could speak. Perhaps then it would have been written.
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By: Laurel Gaylord,
on 2/16/2008
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I usually try to come up with an animal related theme when contributing to the word of the week at Illustration Friday. Animals are such a big part of my world, it doesn't feel normal to leave them out of my posts. I knew what I wanted to do for this week's word, "Theory", but I first had to find the right model on Google. I was looking for an animal with a soulful expression to represent a point I'm going to make which is, I find it hard to believe there are people out there whose theory is 'animals don't have souls.'
Animals are known to make choices to help people, their own species, and often times other species. Animals come from a place of pure kindness unless someone has beaten it out of them. They're unjudgemental and love unconditionally. They respond to our emotions, and even if they're ill-treated, they're quick to forgive. They love us no matter how fat, thin, bald, ugly, or ignorant we may be. Animals are used as therapy aides in hospitals, nursing homes and classrooms all over the world. They can even detect when we're ill by picking up certain chemical signals our bodies give off. Many dogs and cats have been known to actually nudge their owner in a place where there is a growth starting, and thus saving many lifes. They lie grieving by the bodies of loved ones who have passed away, and many have waited for years and years by a door or on railroad tracks, wherever, for their owners to return, never knowing they passed away. Just waiting, waiting at the last place they saw them. It breaks my heart.
So, do I think animals have souls? You bet. They're pure kindness of heart and my life is richer because they're here.
Now look into this guy's eyes and tell me you don't see an old soul.
I thought so.
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acrylic and colored pencil on scrapbook paper for Illustration Friday's promt: Theory.
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By: Laurel Gaylord,
on 11/24/2007
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This week's prompt for Illustration Friday is "The Zoo." I can't hear that word without remembering The Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, near where I grew up. I was only six years old in this photo, 1959. This is Mabel, the matriarch of the gorilla colony at Franklin Park. She and I were good friends right from the start. We used to talk about what we'd do when we'd get out into that big world waiting for us . (I could talk to animals all of my life.) She worried about her little one, Hank, but she knew that there would be a better world waiting for him without barriers and barricades. He'd have better opportunities than she had. He wouldn't have to live in the confines of the city. It just didn't seem right to sit in the short, mown grass and watch cars go by. Not right at all. Yeah, Hank would do just fine as long as he could find his way out.
As soon as my parents and I got to the zoo I could smell the popcorn and roasted peanuts mixed with the smell of the monkeys and elephants. It was heaven to me! My six year old hands would grasp the cold bars of the monkeys' cages while they looked at me, anticipating a treat of some kind. I'd name them all and make plans for each and every one of us to meet again. I'd run to the aviary filled with the most magnificently colored birds that filled the air with their shrieking, shrilling calls.
Franklin Park Zoo was a much needed escape from my hard life at home. It's amazing to me that my parents even took me there. It just tells me that in spite of the hard times, they tried. They really did the best they could. But it was Mabel who taught me to be strong.
I used to pick flowers for Mabel whenever I got the chance to go to the zoo to see her. As you can see, I would stand beside her and we'd talk for hours, sharing secrets and planning life's strategies. She was the heart and soul of Franklin Park.
We moved around a lot when I was growing up and I never got to say goodbye to Mabel. She knew I had to follow my parents as a youngster, but she also knew I'd grow up to be okay. She often comes to me in my dreams and I wake up laughing, not being able to tell anyone I felt gorilla breath on me last night and how wonderful it was!
You know, Mabel and I weren't suited for the city yet somehow we found each other and gave each other strength and hope. Man oh man, that's what life is all about.
Thank you, Mabel.
Love always, Lolo
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By: Becky,
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I'm slowly wading through news from the past week or two and was saddened to read in The New York Times (registration is free or use Bug Me Not) that the wonderful American Heritage Magazine has suspended publication with the April/May 2007 issue, now on newsstands. Editor Richard F. Snow, who started in the magazine's mailroom in 1965, told The Times earlier this month that the bimonthly
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that is a funny title lo, i think it's safe to say no one else will have it today!
your gorilla is such a lovely rendering, so true to life. i hope you do recover him soon, i'm sure he's hiding somewhere.
happy animal wednesday!
Hmmmm...a missing Gorilla? I know you will locate him....(perhaps next to your webacm?) Ha-ha!
He is so wonderful and as Lori says, as real as real can be.
Love to you, SH, Princess and Bri,
♥ Robin ♥
Incredible! This touches my soul. The depth of your work always amazes me. I hope you find it.
hugs!
Maybe you can write a book? How to loose a gorilla........
HAHAHA
I just love this painting \He has the perfect look!
HAW!!!
♥♥♥
>M<
What a handsome fellow. I hope you find him soon. HAW.
I love that gorilla - wish I could confess to stealing the painting but cant!
I would have stolen the gorilla, given the opportunity. :) I love gorillas. Yours is amazing. I hope you find him! xox Pam
beautiful art
What a sweet expression...:)
Ahhh he's adorable. I hope you find him. You need to get his photo on a milk carton!!
anyone who questions if animals have souls just needs to meet you, lo
this is a personal favorite of mine. the gentleness is deep.
you gotta find him. unless he's on vacation...
love
kj
He's so cute!Love his expression, so real:)
oh maybe he will turn up somewhere soon. he sure is sweet.
Hi Laurel. I've had similar things happen to me. The lost items do tend to surface though. The oddest thing though is a poem "I wrote" over 30 years ago. I add the quotation marks because I have absolutely no memory of ever writing it. The handwriting seems to be mine and the words are familiar but did I write it? I found it in a folder with several other things I wrote so I guess it must be so but oh, how frustrating to not be able to find the memory of its creation.
dang! I hate it when that happens...losing a gorilla that is. Can't say I've ever lost one though.
You made me a set of cards of him when we 'fostered' a gorilla from Africa, gosh that was 3 years ago...how I ADORE this face. hope you find him and real soon.