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Nature is a great instructor on how to navigate life. There are things you can control and things you can’t. And, sometimes you have to know when to let go, and what to accept, as it is.
We spend a life gathering in and accumulating, yet perhaps we need to focus more on the ability to let go.
Everything and everyone that touches us leaves an imprint and a memory.
And those memories are the things that last.
How to explain to young readers about the letting go in death that may touch their lives? The picture book can be a wonderful primer here.
I remember a priest friend of mine saying, “So long as a person’s name is spoken, they will be remembered and never forgotten.”
I found that profound.
So when I chanced on Always Remember, that quote struck home again, for this picture book evokes that very feeling and theme.
Cece Meng’s picture book touches on the passing briefly of Old Turtle. I say briefly, because it is not the passing that is the focus of the book, though there is sadness among his friends at his loss.
But the focus is definitely on the gifts of friendship and fraternal fatherliness that he left in his wake. Each of his sea friends in turn recalls an intervention or kind deed that allowed them to grow and thrive.
Young turtles recall swimming lessons, a hump-backed whale remembers the pleasant companionable Old Turtle swimming side by side with him, sea otters reconnect with moments shared with someone that loved to dive and play with them, dolphins dove with Old Turtle as they together probed the darker and deeper waters in the ocean, and a small storm tossed star fish remembers Old Turtle’s efforts to find and bring her home.
My particular favorite is the memory of the manatee:
When Old Turtle found a
manatee tangled in a fishing
net, he snipped and pulled
and would not stop until the
manatee was free.
The manatee told the story to
his children, and they told the
story to their children.
Old Turtle would never be
forgotten.
And it is in this role that we play in each others lives as teachers, friends, explorers, and simple sharers of moments of fun, that we create a kind of eternity for a person.
He showed kindness and strength
And he made his world a better place.
When he was done, the ocean took him back.
But what he left behind was only the be-
ginning.
Cece Meng has given young readers a pretty profound look at loss, unafraid to look at it, yet allowing kids to focus more on a person’s legacy, in who they were, how they touched us, and what they can take forward into their lives from other lives shared with them.
Jago’s complementary images of the ocean depth in muted colors, of the ocean creatures and occasional bursts of contrasting light, set a mood and tone that is respectful and ruminative for the reader.
Loss, be it pet or person, touches kids soon or late.
But, isn’t it pretty wonderful that there are picture books to read with them as they experience it, that lets them know that others feel as they do and that people do live on – as long as their deeds and gifts to us, live in memory and in us.
Having just come back from almost two months of traveling all around (some of it working, some of it not so much) it was a bit of a shock to come back and face Sitting-at-a-Desk Work (as opposed to Galavanting-Around Work).
Imagine my joy at finding this quote... but all joking aside, this is seriously true. I believe every word. You must fight for this every day. "It is also true that creation comes from an overflow, so you have to learn to intake, to imbibe, to nourish yourself and not be afraid of fullness. The fullness is like a tidal wave which then carries you, sweeps you into experience and into writing. Permit yourself to flow and overflow, allow for the rise in temperature, all the expansions and intensifications."
Anais Nin
Illustration is by Jago from our new book THOUGHTS TO MAKE YOUR HEART SING coming in October. It shows Polzeath Beach in Cornwall, near where Jago lives. It just so happens to be one of my most favorite places in all the world. I've been going there on holiday since I was tiny. How cool is that?
Illustration copyright 2012 by Jago
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It's ground breaking. It's fun. And best of all... it's coming! (And every single lesson has a brief commentary for the teacher from Tim Keller.) More here.
drum roll please... we have reached the last of the videos #44 (can you believe it? Thank you the brilliant Jonathan at Zondervan!)
Since it is the final one plus since it is extra long we incorporated lots of different scenes from past stories. Can you spot them? Who can guess which stories they are from?
ever wonder how Jago does those incredible illustrations in the JSB? It's not exactly painting. It's not exactly computer generated. All those textures. It looks like oil. And yet... Well when I asked Jago how he did it, he said they were top secret techniques.
But I've spotted him. In his studio. And with one of his obviously key secret techniques. Right there. On his lap. For all to see.
Jesper Leggatt (8), a boy in my sister's class in London, loves the JSB. And he drew this fantastic picture inspired by Jago's illustration in the JSB.
Welcome to the Sydney Taylor Book Awards Blog Tour! I have the pleasure of introducing Jago, the illustrator of silver medal winner Nachshon Who Was Afraid to Swim, written by Deborah Bodin Cohen (Kar-Ben)
Nachshon was the first person to event the Red Sea before it parted. In the book, he is a brave boy who longs for freedom from slavery. His only fear is water. Jago’s beautifully textured illustrations create the perfect backdrop for the story. I was delighted to learn more about the techniques Jago used.
What were your thoughts when you first read the manuscript for Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim ?
I was excited at the thought of illustrating a book set in Egypt and the possibilities for creating landscapes filled with pyramids and trying to get a sense of the intense heat.
Did you need to do research before creating your illustrations?
Yes! I did quite a lot of research into Egyptian architecture, clothing and ceremonial costumes.
What techniques did you use for your illustrations?
I work entirely digitally using a Wacom Cintiq graphics tablet to draw my illustrations directly on my iMac. I use Photoshop to build up my illustrations in layers; I start with a "painting" at the bottom in fairly flat colours and then overlay various photographic layers (things like close up photos of concrete and hand made paper) to build up textures, it's a secret recipe known only to me so I can't divulge the exact ingredients..... Then I add lighting effects, shadows and highlights and generally try to make things seem less flat and more solid. Then at the end I'll usually adjust all the colours a bit until they're right
What was the greatest challenge in working on this book?
The challenge with all pictures I find, is to try to tell the story in the pictures as much as it is told in the words, and to try to add details and elements to the illustrations that will enhance the story.
What was the most interesting thing you learned in the process of working on Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim ?
That I quite like illustrating horses! I've always avoided them before as they're complicated to get right, but with the Pharaoh's army riding chariots there was no getting away from them. Once I'd figured them out I quite enjoyed drawing them and now I don't avoid them any more!
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hey, liking the blog. I especially like the cartoon about the book on a flight. funny stuff.