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| Noun | 1. | hindsight- understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; “hindsight is always better than foresight”.Most all of us have had opportunities to look back on in our lives and see there was a path set before us to follow! Whether or not we have pursued that path is up to us. As I look back, even my disappointments were part of my present. |
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1. My childhood was fertile ground for make-believe. We had dress up clothes and plenty of games and things to keep us busy. I always LOVED dolls and I remember my imagination being so keen that I could believe my dolls were almost real.
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2. In Jr. High school I met a friend name Ronnie Burton. She made the most wonderful cartoons. I still remember how she drew the ears and the hair. She amazed me! Soon I began drawing my own cartoons. Just a few weeks ago we met up at our high school reunion. She is still my friend after all these years and she is still doing amazing art!
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3. When my children were young I read them book after book. I loved reading them stories. My favorite stories were the ones that made us laugh and laugh. Some of our favorites are Ruby the Copycat, Dabble Duck, But No Elephants, Patrick and Ted, Duncan and Dolores, Frog and Toad, Owl at Home and more. Anyone ever read Julie Andrew’s book called Mandy? I sat sobbing as I read that one. Even though I was an adult, my future was still being shaped and my desire to illustrate books for children grew.
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4. When my youngest was ready for reading we ordered Ladybug magazine. Since I was an artist and cartoonist I began entertaining the idea of illustrating for Ladybug. I sent off some art and was quickly rejected. I attended a SCBWI conference and an editor from Ladybug was there. She looked at my portfolio and hired me to illustrate the parent pages. It was a dream come true!
| ********************************************************************** 5. Meeting my hero, Tomie dePoala was great fun! He came all the way out West to meet ME! Ha!… Okay… so I never met him in person until this day, but he did write me a couple of times after I wrote to him. Yes, if you write an author or illustrator, they MAY just write you back! 2 Comments on Hindsight, last added: 9/7/2011 Display Comments Add a Comment 
By: Venetia Butterfield,
on 2/11/2011
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Flowers? For me? Oh, you shouldn't - oh. You didn't. They're for your mother? Fine. Whatevs. But you did get me a book? Now we're talking. Despite difficult book relationships at times, a deciding factor in agreeing to domestic bliss with my better half was the discovery of a key shared book. I say I gave the book to him, he says he gave it to me. Potato potahto. (I gave it to him.) So which book have you found shared love in? Or, for the misanthropes out there, which was the straw that broke the relationship's back? Once more, I'll post something nice out to whichever answer I like best. Although that will probably only apply to UK people. But come on! Everyone can just join in anyway! Yeay! Hang on - you didn't even get me flowers. Why am I feeling bad about this? Sam the Copywriter ............................................................................. Remember that by posting a comment you are agreeing to the website Terms of Use. If you consider any content on this site to be inappropriate, please report it to Penguin Books by emailing [email protected] ..............................................................................
By: Venetia Butterfield,
on 10/6/2008
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When I joined Penguin more than a decade ago it is fair to say that we were not at the cutting edge of the technological revolution. Senior editors used dictaphones and the office was redolent of the smell of Tipp-Ex. There were a few computers around, but a manager needed to authorise internet access which was doled out sparingly. Amazon had just launched and had not yet made it to this side of the Atlantic and there were many who were convinced that CD-ROMs were going to be the next big thing. But the next big thing had not even been launched yet and it is a measure of the pace of change that the word Google has now become commonplace as a noun, a verb and as a virtual embodiment of the tranformation in how we search, discover and engage with information, technology and other people. Google are this year celebrating their 10th birthday and as part of the festivities have released their index of pages searched in 2001. At Penguin, there's nothing we hate more than missing a party, so here's a comparison of some Penguin and book related searches from 2001 and from 6 October 2008. It's slightly humbling to see how the amount of information available on any given subject (technically, the number of pages indexed that contain the search term) has skyrocked in just seven years 2001 2008 "Penguin Books" 83,000 5,450,000 You can find Google's 2001 index here - if you find any more interesting book comparisons, post them in the comments below. Jeremy Ettinghausen, Digital Publisher
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This is wonderful, Les! What an impressive and beautiful journey you have embarked upon.
Its funny how it all came about…. I kept finding pictures I had saved over the years. Like pieces of a puzzle.