Sometimes I lose track of time -- Maddy and I are going to go to Laika in Portland for a couple of days, to visit the Coraline set. Truthfully, it's Maddy who will be doing most of the work -- they want her to interview me and Henry Selick and several of the crew. I thought I had many hours before I left. Days maybe. And suddenly I'm gazing bleary-eyed at the day as Lorraine tells me there's a car in the drive and Maddy and I leave in fifteen minutes and probably I ought to put on some socks.
Dear Neil,
Thanks for blogging the initiative to match Terry Pratchett's $1 million donation to the Alzheimer's Research Fund. In way of an update to that, there is now a website - http://www.matchitforpratchett.org/ and a Facebook group (naturally) - Matching Funds with Terry Pratchett. It might be helpful to mention these as well on your blog, if you were so inclined.
Looking forward to seeing you at Orbital.
Best wishes,
Nina
Absolutely. Consider them mentioned.
Also, I think I have slipped into a parallel universe in which everything is reversed. The Sun accurately reports everything that Terry said, while the Daily Telegraph sexes it up and tries to make it controversial.
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By: Neil Gaiman,
on 3/16/2008
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reviewed by Amy Seim
Title: The First Bear
Written by: Felicity Hansen
Hardback: 32 pages
Publisher: Barefoot Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1-84148-012-6
Publication: 2000
Have you ever wondered where the first teddy bear came from? This brilliantly written
and illustrated book tells a heartwarming story of the wonderful gift that the Great Bear
in the sky gave to all of the lonely children in the world.
Great Bear always wished he could help comfort the sad children on the earth below. The
idea came to him one night while watching a crying boy who had no mother or father. “I
wonder if I could send him someone to stop him from feeling so lonely?”
Great Bear finds a small cloud and, magically, the first bear is born:
“He took it gently in his starry paws and made it into the shape of a bear. It was a
soft, golden color, with warm, brown eyes.”
The first bear is sent to live with the boy on earth. From here, the story follows an
amazing life of friendship between the boy and his bear. The full-page illustrations by
Anthony Carnabuci are simply amazing and really capture the compassion and mood of the
book.
I recommend this book for the young and young at heart. The author truly grasps the
intimate bond between a child and his bear… I should know, I still have my first bear!