Been doing a bit of reading on Laura Ingalls Wilder's portrayal of Native Americans in Little House on the Prairie, and if one more historian sees fit to remind me that "Wilder's genre was fiction -- and children's fiction at that," I'm going to blow a gasket.
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You might recall that not long ago I was raving about Orson Scott Card's Seventh Son. Couldn't wait to read the sequel.
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Confession #1:
I'd never heard the term disablism until I read my friend diceytillerman's Blogging Against Disablism post over the weekend.
Confession #2:
Although I haven't run into anything cringe-worthy yet, it's pretty darn unnerving to be reading up on this topic now, nearly three years after publishing a novel about two of the most famous disabled people on the planet. But it's also making me think - a lot - about how disability is portrayed in children's literature.
Case in point:
Through a weeklong session of link-clicking, I found my way this morning to one of the best book reviews I've ever read:
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When the controversy about the initial cover art for Justine Larbalestier's Liar ignited the kidlit blogosphere, the issues all seemed very, heh, black and white. White model on cover of novel narrated by African-American = great big faux pas.
1. Yes, the revised cover more accurately depicts Micah's heritage. No question.
2. However. Ask me if I think the revised cover is an accurate representation of Micah's appearance, and I'd have to squirm a bit before saying, No. (And yes, it matters. For reasons I won't go into -- aside from our apparent cultural preference for non-nappy hair, that is -- before the book hits shelves in the US.)
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Excerpts from a terrific post by author Justine Larbalestier about the brewing controversy over her latest novel's cover:
In the last few weeks as people have started reading the US ARC of Liar they have also started asking why there is such a mismatch between how Micah describes herself and the cover image. Micah is black with nappy hair which she wears natural and short. As you can see that description does not match the US cover.
Liar is a book about a compulsive (possibly pathological) liar who is determined to stop lying but finds it much harder than she supposed. I worked very hard to make sure that the fundamentals of who Micah is were believable: that she’s a girl, that she’s a teenager, that she’s black, that she’s USian. One of the most upsetting impacts of the cover is that it’s led readers to question everything about Micah: If she doesn’t look anything like the girl on the cover maybe nothing she says is true. At which point the entire book, and all my hard work, crumbles.How does this type of detrimental mismatch happen? Conventional marketing wisdom dictates that black covers don't sell well. There are a heap of things that suck about this situation, but here's what gets under my skin -- those folks in marketing? They're not entirely wrong.
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Part of me says I shouldn't be drawing attention to this episode, but as usual I can't help myself:
Marcelo in the Real World
by Francisco X. Stork
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Pay no attention to me -- go read Editorial Anonymous today instead:
This debate used to come up all the time at the shop. But now I can mooch off of EA's brilliance instead of writing something myself. That's always nice this time of year.
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My name is Sarah, and I am a Disney fan. I'm also a children's literature maven, which presents something of a contradiction. Any book-nerd worth her salt knows how good old "Uncle" Walt Disney shamelessly ravaged the storybook shelves to find material for his animated features. Loads of purists detest Disney for his habit of slashing and condensing the classics of children's literature into cartoon corruptions. (For a primo example, read Tomie dePaola's 26 Fairmount Avenue. I don't think Tomie's ever going to bring himself to forgive Mr. Disney for what he did to Snow White.) The real kicker, of course, is the way the Disney versions always seem to eclipse the real stories and doom the author to obscurity. Seriously now, everybody knows Bambi and Mary Poppins, but what kid has ever heard of Felix Salten or P.L. Travers? From an author's point of view that stinks, but darn it, I still love my Uncle Walt.
Now, some of my very favorite book people harbor strong anti-Disney tendencies. (Cam, this means you. I'm betting on Linda and Jim, too.) In their honor, and in hopes of putting a tiny chip in the mountain of gratitude I owe them, I'm proposing a Disney Literature Challenge. Let's dig up the uncorrupted originals, and see how these stories looked before Uncle Walt had his way with them, shall we?
For my part, I'm making this a long term, laid back endeavor. No time limits, no minimums, no obligations. Pick the ones you like and quit when you get sick of the whole idea. Wanna skip the bulky ones like Dickens, Hugo and White? Be my guest. If the multimedia approach of comparing the book to the movie appeals to you, go for it. I'm particularly hoping some of the anti-Disney camp might be good sports and take a refresher look at some of the films. Rereads are legal, even encouraged.
For the sake of sanity and consistency (two things I'm rather fond of) I'm confining the Disney Literature Challenge to works based on feature length films that are completely or partially animated. And since I still harbor a big fat soft spot for most things Disney, I'm cutting him some slack in the fairy tale department. Stories that originated in folklore, having no known author, shall be somewhat exempt and fall into the bonus categories at the end. I figure every storyteller has a right to adapt a folktale without being sneered at -- that's what folklore's all about, after all.
This, then, is the official list. Film titles are italicized, with the original stories they were derived from immediately following in bold. An asterisk indicates books I've already read myself.
Pinocchio (1940)
Pinocchio: The Story of a Puppet, by Carlo Collodi (1916)
The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
excerpted from Dream Days, by Kenneth Grahame (1898)
Bambi (1942)
Bambi, by Felix Salten (1928)
Song Of The South (1946)
Tales of Uncle Remus, by Joel Chandler Harris (1881)
(or choose the 1990's retellings by Julius Lester)*
So Dear To My Heart (1949)
Midnight and Jeremiah, by Sterling North (1943)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mister Toad (1949)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving (1820)
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame (1908)
Alice In Wonderland (1951)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll (1865)*
Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll (1871)
Peter Pan (1953)
Peter Pan, by Sir J.M. Barrie*
One Hundred And One Dalmatians (1961)
The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or The Great Dog Robbery, by Dodie Smith (1956)
The Sword In The Stone (1963)
The Once and Future King, by T.H. White (1958)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mary Poppins, by P.L. Travers (1934)*
The Jungle Book (1967)
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling (1894)*
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Bed-knob and Broomstick, by Mary Norton (1957)
The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh (1977)
Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne (1926)*
The House at Pooh Corner, by A.A. Milne (1928)*
The Rescuers (1977)
The Rescuers, by Magery Sharp (1959)
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
The Fox and the Hound, by Daniel Pratt Mannix IV (1967)
The Black Cauldron (1985)
The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander (1965)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Basil of Baker Street, by Eve Titus (1958)
Oliver & Company (1988)
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens (1838)
The Little Mermaid (1989)
The Little Mermaid, by Hans Christian Andersen (1836)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo (1831)
Tarzan (1999)
Tarzan of the Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914)
Bonus category: Folklore
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Cinderella (1950)
Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Robin Hood (1973)
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Aladdin (1992)
Mulan (1998)
Extra bonus category: Obscurities & Rarities
Dumbo (1941)
Dumbo the Flying Elephant, by Helen Albertson and Harold Pearl (1939)
Lady And The Tramp (1955)
Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog, by Ward Greene (circa 1940)
(orignally published in Cosmoplitan magazine; also called Happy Dan the Cynical Dog)
The Aristocats (1970)
based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe (???)
Pete's Dragon (1977)
based on a story by S.S. Fields and Seton Miller (circa 1930)
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- Consie Powell at Becky’s Book Reviews
- Anna Alter at The Longstockings
- Adam Rex at Booktopia
- Julia Denos at Interactive Reader
- Giles Laroche at Book, Book, Book
- Matt Phelan at A Year of Reading
- Brooke Dyer at Bookshelves of Doom
- Barbara Lehman at The Excelsior File
- Scott Magoon at Just One More Book!!
- Alissa Imre Geis at Wild Rose Reader
- Judy Schachner at Kate’s Book Blog
- Laura Huliska Beith at Just One More Book!!
- Genevieve Cote at a wrung sponge
- Ruth Sanderson at Book Moot
- Susan Kathleen Hartung at Wild Rose Reader
- Linda Graves at Your Neighborhood Librarian
- Diane DeGroat at Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup
- Susan Mitchell at Check It Out
- R.W. Alley at at Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup
- Wendell Minor at Wild Rose Reader
- Melanie Watt at Whimsy Books
- Elisa Kleven at Rozzieland
- Sally Vitsky at Shelf Elf: read, write, rave
- Jimmy Pickering at Shaken & Stirred
- Jeremy Tankard at the excelsior file
- Mark Teague at The Miss Rumphius Effect
- Annie Patterson at Check It Out
- Ashley Bryan
- Diana Magnuson at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Bill Carman at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Elizabeth Sayles at AmoXcalli and Cuentecitos
- Grace Lin at In the Pages
- Dan Santat at Writing and Ruminating
- Jarrett J. Krosoczka at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Jeff Ebbeler at Sam Riddleburger’s blog
- Margaret Chodos-Irvine at readergirlz
- Nancy Wallace at In the Pages . . .
- Robin Brickman at Greetings from Nowhere
- Joy Allen at Check It Out
- Christopher Demarest at Writing and Ruminating
- Mary Newell Depalma at Wild Rose Reader
- Derek Anderson
- Peter Brown
- Rebecca Guay at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Jui Ishida at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Kathy Jakobsen at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Linda Bronson
- James T. Williamson at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Kristina Swarner at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Vladimir Shpitalnik at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Linda S. Wingerter at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Meghan McCarthy at A Fuse #8 Production
- Carin Berger at Chasing Ray
- Salley Mavor at ChatRabbit
- Amy Young at Kate’s Book Blog
- Rebecca Doughty at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Brian Lies at Greetings from Nowhere
- D.B. Johnson at Lessons from the Tortoise
- Jeff Mack at AmoXcalli
- Selina Alko at Brooklyn Arden
- Sean Qualls at Brooklyn Arden
- Randy Cecil at ChatRabbit
- Jeff Newman at A Year of Reading
- Mo Willems at MotherReader
- Karen Lee at sruble’s world
- Shawna Tenney at Kate’s Book Blog
- Julie Paschkis at the excelsior file
- Victoria Jamieson at AmoXcalli and Cuentecitos
- Juli Kangas at Sam Riddleburger
- Connie McLennan at The Shady Glade
- Kelly Murphy at ChatRabbit
Happy Bidding!!
A big Thanks! to Tricia Stohr-Hunt for making this list of links available, and to Jules and Eisha for organizing the Bloggers’ Brigade to promote the Robert’s Snow Online Auction for Cancer’s Cure.
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Auction 2 will begin accepting bids on Monday, November 26th, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. with a starting bid of $50 for each snowflake. All bids must be placed before the close of Auction 2 on Friday, Nov. 30 at 5:00 pm.Remember that 100% of the proceeds from this online auction will benefit sarcoma research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and that all but $25 of the winning bid is tax deductible.
Read about all the illustrators who contributed to this auction at the sites linked below. (The order presented is the same as on the auction page.)
- Ashley Wolff at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Karen Katz at Whimsy Books
- Maxwell Eaton III at Books and Other Thoughts
- Matthew Cordell at Just Like the Nut
- Rick Chrustowski at laurasalas
- Lisa Kopelke at Lisa’s Little Corner of the Internet
- Melissa Iwai at Brooklyn Arden
- Susan Miller at Your Neighborhood Librarian
- Joanne Friar at The Longstockings
- Annette Heiberg at Lisa’s Little Corner of the Internet
- Susie Jin at sruble’s world
- Roz Fulcher at Goading the Pen
- Scott Bakal at Wild Rose Reader
- Tim Coffey at The Silver Lining
- Linas Alsenas at A Wrung Sponge
- Ellen Beier at What Adrienne Thinks About That
- Alexandra Boiger at Paradise Found
- Joe Kulka at ChatRabbit
- Kevin Hawkes at Cynthia Lord’s Journal
- Diane Greenseid at Just One More Book!!
- Mary Haverfield at Your Neighborhood Librarian
- Denise Fleming at MotherReader
- Aaron Zenz at Jo’s Journal
- Carol Schwartz at Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup
- Theresa Brandon at The Shady Glade
- Janet Stevens at The Miss Rumphius Effect
- Don Tate at The Silver Lining
- Laura Jacques at cynthialord’s Journal
- Sarah Dillard at The Silver Lining
- Teri Sloat at The Miss Rumphius Effect
- Margot Apple at Jo’s Journal
- Rose Mary Berlin at Charlotte’s Library
- Carol Heyer at The Shady Glade
- Cecily Lang at Kate’s Book Blog
- Cynthia Decker at The Silver Lining
- Mike Wohnoutka at laurasalas
- Lee White at Please Come Flying
- Denise Ortakales at cynthialord’s Journal
- Akemi Gutierrez at AmoXcalli and Cuentecitos
- Amiko Hirao at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Amy Schimler at Please Come Flying
- David Macaulay at Here in the Bonny Glen
- Lauren Stringer at laurasalas
- Greg Newbold at The Longstockings
- Holli Conger at Please Come Flying
- Judith Moffaft at Jo’s Journal
- Lizzy Rockwell at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Matt Tavares at Please Come Flying
- Sheila Bailey at lizjonesbooks
- Sophie Blackall at not your mother’s bookclub
- Steven James Petruccio at Blog From the Windowsill
- Sylvia Long at Whimsy Books
- Timothy Bush at Here in the Bonny Glen
- Jane Dippold at Just Like the Nut
- Jane Dyer at Whimsy Books
- Wendy Edelson at What Adrienne Thinks About That
- Paul Brewer at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Brian Biggs at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
- Calef Brown
- Timothy Bush
- Barbara Lanza
- Lauren Stringer
- Graeme Base at Just One More Book!
- Cece Bell at Jo’s Journal
- Stephanie Roth at Writing with a broken tusk
- Sherry Rogers at A Life in Books
- John Hassett at cynthialord’s Journal
Happy Bidding!!
A big Thanks! to Tricia Stohr-Hunt for making this list of links available, and to Jules and Eisha for organizing the Bloggers’ Brigade to promote the Robert’s Snow Online Auction for Cancer’s Cure.
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Starting Monday, we’ll all have a chance to purchase the artwork of a favourite children’s book illustrator while helping to fight cancer — by participating in a unique fundraiser for cancer research: Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure. Since 2004, this online auction has raised over $200,000 for The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and, with your help, the holiday tradition will thrive in 2007.
Auction 1 will begin accepting bids on Monday, Novenber 19, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. with a starting bid of $50 for each snowflake. All bids must be placed before the close of Auction 1 on Friday, Nov. 23 at 5:00 pm. Don’t forget that 100 percent of the proceeds from this online auction will benefit sarcoma research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and that all but $25 of the winning bid is tax deductible.
- Daniel Mahoney at Paradise Found and Great Solutions to Team Challenges
- Brie Spangler at Lectitans
- Yangsook Choi at What Adrienne Thinks About That
- Ginger Nielson at MISS O’s SCHOOL LIBRARY
- Philomena O’Neill at Jo’s Journal
- James Gurney at Charlotte’s Library
- David Ezra Stein at Hip Writer Mama
- Barbara Garrison at Brooklyn Arden
- Hideko Takahashi at The Silver Lining
- Brian Floca at A Fuse #8 Production
- Mary Peterson at Brooklyn Arden
- Maggie Swanson at Chicken Spaghetti
- Elizabeth Dulemba at Sruble’s World
- Michelle Chang at The Longstockings
- Gretel Parker at Finding Wonderland
- Sara Kahn at Kate’s Book Blog
- Ann Koffsky at Book Buds
- Frank Dormer at What Adrienne Thinks About That
- Erin Eitter Kono at Sam Riddleburger
- John Nez
- Julie Fromme Fortenberry at Your Neighborhood Librarian
- Sharon Vargo
Happy Bidding!!
A big Thanks! to Tricia Stohr-Hunt for making this list of links available, and to Jules and Eisha for organizing the Bloggers’ Brigade to promote the Robert’s Snow Online Auction for Cancer’s Cure.
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Starting November 19th, we’ll all have a chance to purchase the artwork of a favourite children’s book illustrator while helping to fight cancer — by participating in a unique fundraiser for cancer research: Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure. Since 2004, this online auction has raised over $200,000 for The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and, with your help, the holiday tradition will thrive in 2007.In order to raise awareness of and participation in this fabulous fundraiser, we in the kidlitosphere community will be highlighting ~160 of the 200 or so individual illustrators who have created snowflakes for the upcoming ’07 auctions — and giving you a peek at the unique snowflakes they have made.
Here is this final week’s line up of illustrator showcases and snowflake sneak peeks:
Monday, November 12
- John Nez at ChatRabbit
- Liza Woodruff at Check It Out
- Jane Dippold at Just Like the Nut
- Mike Wohnoutka at laurasalas
Tuesday, November 13
- Cynthia Decker at The Silver Lining
- Cecily Lang at Kate’s Book Blog
- Jane Dyer at Whimsy Books
- Gutierrez at AmoXcalli and Cuentecitos
- Lee White at Please Come Flying
Wednesday, November 14
- Philomena O’Neill at Jo’s Journal
- Maggie Swanson at Chicken Spaghetti
- Timothy Bush at Here in the Bonny Glen
- Peter Emmerich at Loree Griffin Burns: A Life in Books
Thursday, November 15
- Yangsook Choi at What Adrienne Thinks About That
- Laura Jacques at cynthialord’s Journal
- Mary Newell Depalma at Wild Rose Reader
- Leanne Franson at Just Like the Nut
Friday, November 16
- Mary Haverfield at Your Neighborhood Librarian
- Lisa Kopelke at Lisa’s Little Corner of the Internet
- Salley Mavor at ChatRabbit
- Greg Newbold at The Longstockings
- Elizabeth Sayles at AmoXcalli and Cuentecitos
Saturday, November 17
- Paul Brewer at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Aaron Zenz at Jo’s Journal
- Wendy Edelson at What Adrienne Thinks About That
- Joan Waites at Chicken Spaghetti
Sunday, November 18
- Giles Laroche at Book, Book, Book
- Annie Patterson at Check It Out
- Teri Sloat at The Miss Rumphius Effect
- Annette Heiberg at Lisa’s Little Corner of the Internet
- Wade Zahares at Wild Rose Reader
Please take time out to visit these blogs, and read about these fabulous illustrators. And, if you’re so inclined, think about bidding for a snowflake in the Robert’s Snow auction. Each snowflake makes a unique gift (for yourself or for someone else), and supports an important cause.
A big Thanks! to Tricia Stohr-Hunt and Jen Robinson for making this linked schedule available, and to Jules and Eisha for organizing the Bloggers’ Brigade to promote the Robert’s Snow Online Auction for Cancer’s Cure.
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On this edition of Just One More Book!, Mark speaks with illustrator and Houghton Mifflin Art Director, Scott Magoon about children’s books as a gateway drug, what an Art Director looks for in children’s book illustrations and his 2007 snowflake, Loch Kindness (The monster in this loch gets a “taste” of the holiday spirit).
Scott’s heart-warming snowflake is up for bids December 3-7, 2007.
Books mentioned:
Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure is an online auction of wooden snowflakes painted by participating children’s book illustrators. This annual event, which was started in 2004 by author Grace Lin and her husband Robert Mercer, has raised over $200,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Just One More Book! is one of many online children’s literature resources participating in the promotion of this year’s Robert’s Snow auction. Over the next few weeks we will be publishing interviews with participating illustrators and we’re hoping that you’ll find yourself bidding on the incredible art that’s available to you during this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
You can read more about Robert’s Snow: Art Auction for Cancer’s Cure here.
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On this edition of Just One More Book!, Mark speaks with illustrator Laura Huliska-Beith about the inspiring over-the-top optimism of the 1950s, how a pair of roller blades and an obedience school drop-out influenced her children’s book illustration career and her 2007 snowflake, Three French Hens.
Laura’s feisty, festive snowflake is up for bids December 3-7, 2007.
Books mentioned:
Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure is an online auction of wooden snowflakes painted by participating children’s book illustrators. This annual event, which was started in 2004 by author Grace Lin and her husband Robert Mercer, has raised over $200,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Just One More Book! is one of many online children’s literature resources participating in the promotion of this year’s Robert’s Snow auction. Over the next few weeks we will be publishing interviews with participating illustrators and we’re hoping that you’ll find yourself bidding on the incredible art that’s available to you during this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
You can read more about Robert’s Snow: Art Auction for Cancer’s Cure here.
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We will soon have a chance to purchase the artwork of a favourite children’s book illustrator while helping to fight cancer — by participating in a unique fundraiser for cancer research: Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure. Since 2004, this online auction has raised over $200,000 for The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and, with your help, the holiday tradition will thrive in 2007.
In order to raise awareness of and participation in this fabulous fundraiser, we in the kidlitosphere community will be highlighting ~160 of the 200 or so individual illustrators who have created snowflakes for the upcoming ’07 auctions — and giving you a peek at the unique snowflakes they have made.
Here is this week’s line up of illustrator showcases and snowflake sneak peeks:
Monday, November 5
- Anna Alter at The Longstockings
- Laura Huliska Beith at Just One More Book!!
- Cece Bell at Jo’s Journal
- Denise Ortakales at Cynthia Lord’s Journal
Tuesday, November 6
- Carol Heyer at The Shady Glade
- Joe Kulka at ChatRabbit
- Steven James Petruccio at Blog From the Windowsill
- Carol Schwartz at Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup
Wednesday, November 7
- Jeff Ebbeler at Sam Riddleburger’s blog
- Scott Magoon at Just One More Book!!
- Connie McLennan at The Shady Glade
- Julie Paschkis at The Excelsior File
Thursday, November 8
- Genevieve Cote at A Wrung Sponge
- Linda Graves at Your Neighborhood Librarian
- James Gurney at Charlotte’s Library
- Matt Tavares at Please Come Flying
Friday, November 9
- Susan Kathleen Hartung at Wild Rose Reader
- Mary Peterson at Brooklyn Arden
- Annette Simon at Check It Out and Deo Writer
- Melanie Watt at Whimsy Books
Saturday, November 10
- R.W. Alley at at Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup
- Jeannie Brett at Cynthia Lord’s Journal
- Daniel Mahoney at Paradise Found and Great Solutions to Team Challenges
- Amy Young at Kate’s Book Blog
Sunday, November 11
- Tim Coffey at The Silver Lining
- Elizabeth Dulemba at Sruble’s World
- Chris Gall at Through the Studio Door
- Amy Schimler at Please Come Flying
Please take time out to visit these blogs, and read about these fabulous illustrators. And, if you’re so inclined, think about bidding for a snowflake in the Robert’s Snow auction. Each snowflake makes a unique gift (for yourself or for someone else), and supports an important cause.
A big Thanks! to Tricia Stohr-Hunt and Jen Robinson for making this linked schedule available, and to Jules and Eisha for organizing the Bloggers’ Brigade to promote the Robert’s Snow Online Auction for Cancer’s Cure.
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On this edition of Just One More Book!, Mark speaks with illustrator Diane Greenseid about singing colours, the process of developing a book and the creation of her snowflake, Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall, and a Great Winter, Too!
Diane’s spunky snowflake is up for bids November 26-30, 2007,
Books mentioned:
Check out Diane Greenseid’s blog here.
Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure is an online auction of wooden snowflakes painted by participating children’s book illustrators. This annual event, which was started in 2004 by author Grace Lin and her husband Robert Mercer, has raised over $200,000 for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Just One More Book! is one of many online children’s literature resources participating in the promotion of this year’s Robert’s Snow auction. Over the next few weeks we will be publishing interviews with participating illustrators and we’re hoping that you’ll find yourself bidding on the incredible art that’s available to you during this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
You can read more about Robert’s Snow: Art Auction for Cancer’s Cure here.
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You will soon have a chance to purchase the artwork of a favourite children’s book illustrator while helping to fight cancer — by participating in a unique fundraiser for cancer research: Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure. Since 2004, this online auction has raised over $200,000 for The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and, with your help, the holiday tradition will thrive in 2007.
In order to raise awareness of and participation in this fabulous fundraiser, we in the kidlitosphere community will be highlighting ~160 of the 200 or so individual illustrators who have created snowflakes for the upcoming ’07 auctions — and giving you a peek at the unique snowflakes they have made.
Here is this week’s line up of illustrator showcases and snowflake sneak peeks:
Monday, October 29
- Dan Santat at Writing and Ruminating
- Joanne Friar at The Longstockings
- Alissa Imra Geis at Wild Rose Reader
- Diane Greenseid at Just One More Book!!
- Sean Qualls at Brooklyn Arden
Tuesday, October 30
- Ann Koffsky at Book Buds
- Bill Carman at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Gretel Parker at Finding Wonderland
- Matt Phelan at A Year of Reading
- Stephanie Roth at Writing with a broken tusk
Wednesday, October 31
- Shawna Tenney at Kate’s Book Blog
- Adam Rex at Booktopia and Welcome to my Tweendom
- Mo Willems at MotherReader
- Rolandas Kiaulevicius at a wrung sponge
Thursday, November 1
- Karen Lee at sruble’s world
- Diana Magnuson at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Melissa Iwai at Brooklyn Arden
- Victoria Jamieson at AmoXcalli and Cuentecitos
- Molly Idle at The Shady Glade
- Meghan McCarthy at A Fuse #8 Production
Friday, November 2
- Tracy McGuinness-Kelly at Sam Riddleburger’s blog
- Sarah Kahn at Kate’s Book Blog
- Sylvia Long at Whimsy Books
- Jeremy Tankard at the excelsior file
- Holli Conger at Please Come Flying
Saturday, November 3
- Susan Miller at Your Neighborhood Librarian
- Ellen Beier at What Adrienne Thinks About That
- Hideko Takahashi at The Silver Lining
- Judith Moffat at Jo’s Journal
- Wendell Minor at Wild Rose Reader
Sunday, November 4
- Joy Allen at Check It Out
- Robin Brickman at Greetings from Nowhere
- Lauren Stringer at laurasalas
- Nancy Wallace at In the Pages . . .
Please take time out to visit these blogs, and read about these fabulous illustrators. And, if you’re so inclined, think about bidding for a snowflake in the Robert’s Snow auction. Each snowflake makes a unique gift (for yourself or for someone else), and supports an important cause.
A big Thanks! to Tricia Stohr-Hunt and Jen Robinson for making this linked schedule available, and to Jules and Eisha for organizing the Bloggers’ Brigade to promote the Robert’s Snow Online Auction for Cancer’s Cure.
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You will soon have a chance to purchase the artwork of a favourite children’s book illustrator while helping to fight cancer — by participating in a unique fundraiser for cancer research: Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure. Since 2004, this online auction has raised over $200,000 for The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and, with your help, the holiday tradition will thrive in 2007.
In order to raise awareness of and participation in this fabulous fundraiser, we in the kidlitosphere community will be highlighting ~160 of the 200 or so individual illustrators who have created snowflakes for the upcoming ’07 auctions — and giving you a peek at the unique snowflakes they have made.
Here is this week of illustrator showcases and sneak peeks at their snowflakes:
Monday, October 22
- Mark Teague at The Miss Rumphius Effect
- Sharon Vargo at Finding Wonderland
- Christopher Demarest at Writing and Ruminating
- Rose Mary Berlin at Charlotte’s Library
- David Macaulay at Here in the Bonny Glen
Tuesday, October 23
- Carin Berger at Chasing Ray
- Marion Eldridge at Chicken Spaghetti
- Sophie Blackall at not your mother’s bookclub
- Erik Brooks at Bildungsroman
- Brian Lies at Greetings from Nowhere
Wednesday, October 24
- Elisa Kleven at Rozzie Land
- Consie Powell at Becky’s Book Reviews
- Jimmy Pickering at Shaken & Stirred
- Frank Dormer at What Adrienne Thinks About That
- Sheila Bailey at Lizjonesbooks
Thursday, October 25
- Julia Denos at Interactive Reader
- Rebecca Doughty at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Brian Floca at A Fuse #8 Production
- Margaret Chodos-Irvine at readergirlz
Friday, October 26
- David Ezra Stein at HipWriterMama
- Juli Kangas at Sam Riddleburger’s blog
- Ginger Nielson at Miss O’s School Library
- Margot Apple at Jo’s Journal
Saturday, October 27
- Julie Fromme Fortenberry at Your Neighborhood Librarian
- Sarah Dillard at The Silver Lining
- John Hassett at cynthialord’s Journal
- Abigail Marble at Please Come Flying
Sunday, October 28
- Ashley Wolff at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
- Barbara Garrison at Brooklyn Arden
- Kelly Murphy at ChatRabbit
Please take time out to visit these blogs, and read about these fabulous illustrators. And, if you’re so inclined, think about bidding for a snowflake in the Robert’s Snow auction. Each snowflake makes a unique gift (for yourself or for someone else), and supports an important cause.
A big Thanks! to Tricia Stohr-Hunt and Jen Robinson for making this linked schedule available, and to Jules and Eisha for organizing the Bloggers’ Brigade to promote the Robert’s Snow Online Auction for Cancer’s Cure.
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Author: Grace Lin
Illustrator: Grace Lin
Published: 2007 Albert Whitman & Co. (on JOMB)
ISBN: 0807569224 Chapters.ca Amazon.com
Dramatic, stylized folk art, carefully worded text and a cleverly crafted story-within-a-story format combine to create an engaging story time snapshot that vividly illustrates the unwavering strength of parental devotion — and the quiet power of children’s books.
You can read more about Robert’s Snow: Art Auction for Cancer’s Cure here.
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It’s not too late to start saving up for your very own Robert’s Snow Snowflake.
Perhaps you’ll choose A Bundle of Love by Graeme Base. Bidding on Graeme Base’s snowflake, “A Bundle of Love”, takes place November 26-30, 2007.
Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure is a unique fundraiser for cancer research. Between November 19th and December 7th, 2007, you have the chance to bid on 200 wooden snowflakes, hand painted by prominent children’s illustrators, through a series of three online auctions.
For more snow flake peeks and glimpses at the talented and generous people behind them, check out today’s featured flakes:
- Denise Fleming at MotherReader
- Jeff Mack at AmoXcalli
- Jeff Newman at A Year of Reading
- Ruth Sanderson at Book Moot
Please consider purchasing one of these beautiful pieces of art — and supporting this important cause.
Stay tuned to Just One More Book!, for upcoming interviews with Robert’s Snow Snowflake contributors and awesome illustrators:
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You will soon have a chance to purchase the artwork of a favourite children’s book illustrator while helping to fight cancer — by participating in a unique fundraiser for cancer research: Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure. Since 2004, this online auction has raised over $200,000 for The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and, with your help, the holiday tradition will thrive in 2007.
In order to raise awareness of and participation in this fabulous fundraiser, we in the kidlitosphere community will be highlighting ~160 of the 200 or so individual illustrators who have created snowflakes for the upcoming ’07 auctions — and giving you a peek at the unique snowflakes they have made.
Here is the first week of illustrator showcases and sneak peeks at their snowflakes:
Monday, October 15
- Randy Cecil at ChatRabbit
- Michelle Chang at The Longstockings
- Kevin Hawkes at Cynthia Lord’s Journal
- Barbara Lehman at The Excelsior File
- Grace Lin at In the Pages
- Selina Alko at Brooklyn Arden
- Scott Bakal at Wild Rose Reader
- Alexandra Boiger at Paradise Found
- Paige Keiser at Your Neighborhood Librarian
- Janet Stevens at The Miss Rumphius Effect
Wednesday, October 17
- Rick Chrustowski at laurasalas
- Diane DeGroat at Jama Rattigan’s Alphabet Soup
- Ilene Richard at Something Different Every Day
- Brie Spangler at Lectitans
- Don Tate at The Silver Lining
Thursday, October 18
- Brooke Dyer at Bookshelves of Doom
- D.B. Johnson at Lessons from the Tortoise
- Erin Eitter Kono at Sam Riddleburger
- Sherry Rogers at A Life in Books
- Jennifer Thermes at Through the Studio Door
Friday, October 19
- Graeme Base at Just One More Book!
- Denise Fleming at MotherReader
- Jeff Mack at AmoXcalli
- Jeff Newman at A Year of Reading
- Ruth Sanderson at Book Moot
Saturday, October 20
- Linas Alsenas at A Wrung Sponge
- Theresa Brandon at The Shady Glade
- Karen Katz at Whimsy Books
- Judy Schachner at Kate’s Book Blog
- Sally Vitsky at Shelf Elf: read, write, rave
Sunday, October 21
- Matthew Cordell at Just Like the Nut
- Maxwell Eaton III at Books and Other Thoughts
- Roz Fulcher at Goading the Pen
- Susie Jin at sruble’s world
- Susan Mitchell at Check It Out
Please take time out to visit these blogs, and read about these fabulous illustrators. And, if you’re so inclined, think about bidding for a snowflake in the Robert’s Snow auction. Each snowflake makes a unique gift (for yourself or for someone else), and supports an important cause.
A big Thanks! to Jen Robinson for making this linked schedule available, and to Jules and Eisha for organizing the Bloggers’ Brigade to promote the Robert’s Snow Online Auction for Cancer’s Cure.
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Lately all I've been spotting is snowflakes (not outside the window, but on the "web") and they're everywhere I look! I really wish I had some money this year to buy a very exciting christmas present because so many of the most exciting children's book illustrators have contributed to "Roberts Snow", a charity auction of hand painted snowflakes, that I'm practically rolling around with glee thinking about them.
Here's the "scoop" from the Roberts snow website (title is linked to the site):
Own a piece of art from your favorite children's book illustrator while helping to fight cancer. Participate in Robert's Snow: for Cancer's Cure, a unique fundraiser for cancer research. Since 2004, this online auction has raised over $200,000 for Dana-Farber, and with your help, we can continue this holiday tradition in 2007.
"Robert's Snow" is a children's story about a mouse not allowed in the snow. Children's book illustrator Grace Lin wrote the book, which was inspired by her husband Robert's battle with Ewing's sarcoma. After the book was published, Grace gathered artists from all over the children's book illustrating community to create special snowflakes to be auctioned off, with the proceeds benefiting sarcoma research at Dana-Farber. These snowflake auctions became known as the event "Robert's Snow."
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1. NESCBWI workshop proposals are due on Oct. 1. Get 'em in! Think big, propose two workshops. Click for guidelines, rubric, and leveling continuum.
2. Robert's Snow auction will be starting in November to benefit cancer research in memory of Grace Linn's husband who recently died. The snowflakes for 2007 are not available for viewing yet, but I got a sneak peak at jacques beautiful artwork at the conference planning meeting yesterday. (I can tell you it has frogs, but if you know Laura, you probably already know that.) If you are a lesser know illustrator, I'd like to post your snowflake link, web link, and short bio here. (ie: not Lynn Munsinger, Kadir Nelson, or Bruce Degen) Leave me a comment and your contact info.
3. To-do: stop blogging, redraw dummy pages, manuscript status and resend, first two chapters of non-fiction.
4. October is the month we'll hear about SCBWI work in progress grant applications. I'm waiting on a non-fiction proposal, anyone else?
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You will soon have a chance to purchase the artwork of a favourite children’s book illustrator while helping to fight cancer — by participating in a unique fundraiser for cancer research: Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure. Since 2004, this online auction has raised over $200,000 for The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and, with your help, the holiday tradition will thrive in 2007.
In order to raise awareness of and participation in this fabulous fundraiser, we in the kidlitosphere community will be highlighting the individual illustrators who have created snowflakes for the upcoming ’07 auctions — and giving you a peek at the unique snowflakes they have made.
Here at Just One More Book, we will be showcasing the art of:
Thanks to Jules and Eisha at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast for highlighting this fabulous fundraiser and for organizing the book-bloggers brigade.
More details about the Robert’s Snow Online Illustration Auction can be found here.
Stay tuned…
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I never felt like Laura portrayed Native Americans in a deliberately negative light; at times there even seems to be some sympathy for their plight in the face of the political situation created by westward expansion. I also think there is a bit of implicit admiration, or perhaps just curosity as a young girl has her first contact with a people and a culture she has only heard about second hand. No, it's certainly not completely accurate, and you're well aware of all the filters and changes in perspective that are between the real events, the written story, and the reader. But I'm not going to let it diminish my enjoyment of the story, or keep my children from enjoying it as I did. That's not just because it's "historical fiction" or "children's literature", it's because there are really 3 stories worth studying: the actual historical events, Laura's fictional account, and the writing of the book itself. And that might be the ultimate criteria: right, wrong, or indifferent, how does it compare to other accounts published at the same time?