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Congratulations to the winner of our latest giveaway:
Doraine B!
Doraine will receive an autographed copy of Sarah Campbell's new book,
Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature. For her entry, Doraine shared that she'd like to see a photo-biography of "Debi Thomas, African-American figure skater back in 1988 who went on to become a doctor." Maybe one of our readers will write one!
Our thanks again to Sarah Campbell for her interview, and to all our readers who participated in the giveaway. Stay tuned for another guest
Teaching Author interview and giveaway in early March!
Carmela
The
Teaching Authors are pleased to present an interview and book give-away with our friend,
Sarah Campbell. On a personal note, I met Sarah when she came to my very first book signing in our shared hometown, Jackson, Mississippi. Sarah and I got to know each other pretty well that day, given the number of people who did
not attend the signing!
Over the years, I have had the pleasure of observing Sarah at work with her elementary school students. Their joy in the act of creating, and pride in their completed writing is a direct result of one very fine teaching author.
Sarah is not only a gifted teacher; she is an award-winning author as well. Her first book,
Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator is a Geisel Honor Book.
A former journalist, Sarah is the mother of three sons, which she and her husband are raising in Jackson, Mississippi
Her new book,
Growing Patterns, is set for release next month. To celebrate both Sarah's appearance on
Teaching Authors, as well as the publication of her new book, we are giving away an autographed copy of
Growing Patterns. To enter the drawing, see the instructions at the end of this post.
How did you become a Teaching Author? When my first son was born, I left full-time journalism and took a part-time job teaching a journalism class and advising the student newspaper at a liberal arts college. After my third son was born (three-and-a-half years later) I wanted to use the little time I had for my professional self to write--not teach. At the time, I was writing magazine articles and corporate communication pieces.
When my third son went to school, I ventured into the classroom again, this time as a volunteer at my sons' elementary school. I was in the midst of transforming myself into a writer for the children's market. Whenever the students embarked on an interesting unit, I would turn up at school with lots of books (mainly from the public library) on the topic. Both the students and I read and read. I also photographed their class
By: Mark Peter Hughes,
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Today I share the blogging with my son, Evan, age nine, who earlier today wrote an update of our time in the deep south (see below). Evan's comments will be in a bigger font. We just arrived in Bryan, Texas a moment ago, so I don't have much to say about Texas yet except that it is big and dark and rainy. [Oh, I just realized that as I type this, it is techincally by 41st birthday! :-) ]
EVAN: Ok, so yesterday we left Atlanta (we got up at 7:00) and did a 2 and a half hour drive to Alabama, and all Of a sudden, we see this sign that said: ENTERING ALABAMA CENTRAL TIME ZONE . What?! We shouted. Then the clock that before said 9:49 (which was when we were supposed to arrive) went down to 8:49. We could have slept an hour later! Well, at least we get to relive the past hour, said my dad. On the road we made up a game. The game was, if you saw a water tower and shouted torre de agua (that’s Spanish) first, then you would get a point. At the end of the trip, whoever had the most points, won. To me, the driving wasn’t very long, but that’s probably because I was waching tv.
MARK: I love the south. It's green and lush, and the people are friendly and the weather has been beautiful. I also love that it has a chain of grocery stores called Piggly Wiggly. Whevenver we see one, we Hugheses are all about the Piggly Wiggly! I took this picture through the windsheild of our car on our way to Birmingham, AL:
Oh yes, Piggly. I will follow...
One thing I do miss about Massachusetts, though, is the availability of Starbucks. In fact, I've been on a daily quest to find one anywhere near where we go. On the way to Birmingham I found one! I was so pleased, I took a picture of my grande Gazebo blend.
Evan: We went to the Alabama welcome center and my dad and me got Hank Williams posters. Hank Williams is like an Elvis to country music. My dad was very happy. I was happy too, except I had never heard of Hank Williams before this. But I'm sure he must be pretty good.
Mark: Because of the unexpected time-change (what? did we miss a memo or something?), we arrived in Birmingham earlier than planned, which allowed us time to look around. Since Birmingham metal-working played a big role in the city's history, they have a huge statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of the fire and forge.
EVAN: Later, we had lunch with Hester Bass the author of So Many Houses, and her family (father Clayton, kids Anderson and Miranda) in Birmingham. We ate at a Cracker Barrell, a southern place I'd never eaten before. It was good. My mom and dad ate southern food. I ate grilled cheese. It was good. Hester gave us copies of her book, which was very nice of her.
Mark: In addition to being the author of the early reader So Many Houses, Hester is also the author of a soon-to-be released picture book biography of American artist, Walter Inglis Anderson, to be illustrated by the acclaimed E. B. Lewis and published by Candlewick Press. Hester and her family were amazingly kind to drive all the way down to Huntsville to meet with us. It's lovely to meet such wonderful people when you're far from home. Many thanks to the 'Bama Basses, our new friends!
EVAN: Next, we had dinner with the Campbell family In Jackson, Mississippi. I played with three boys named Graem, Nathan and Douglas. They had a big snail called a wolf snail. I let it crawl up my arm. It was so cool!
Mark: Sarah is the author and photographer of an upcoming picture book about wolf snails, snails that eat other snails -- an amazing creature I'd never heard of before. Her photographs are absolutely beautiful and her book will be published in the Spring. Although we were total strangers, Sarah and Richard and their boys fed us and treated us like family. We had a wonderful Mississippi evening which we will never forget -- complete with fireworks set off by neighbors. Thanks you, Campbells, our other new friends in the south!
This morning (actually, yesterday morning now) we stopped by at Lemuria Books in Jackson, a cool independent bookstore with a relaxing atmosphere. Here we are with a very nice bookseller named Ciel.
Lots of traffic problems on the way through Louisianna to Bryan, TX, so it took us much longer than it should have. Still, we're here safe, sound, and happy. Soon I'll actually go to bed.
A big, Texas good night to y'all.
-- Mark
After church and after lunch (and after a nap), I walked over to the Pointe Claire Village to check out the Canada Day street party. Taking my smallest sketchbook, I was able to be somewhat incognito as I sketched people in the spirit of the event–eating, drinking, chatting, dancing,or just watching others do these things. The Canadians were actually doing the twist (as I suggested in my last posting)! You go, Canada!
I’m sure if I worked at it I could come up with something to say but, as it stands, I’m just blank. So I’ll share some sketches done this evening after work.
Below: Yikes. Yet another sketch of the Jesus statue, but this time while sitting a the base looking up. I had little patience for the fabric folds. Thunderstorms were looming so it was a gray-blue sky. He’s looking rather Klingon-ish, unfortunately. Sketched with a 4b pencil.
Below: Sketch of Lake St. Louie on the St. Lawrence. Lots of sailboats out trying to make time. Done in pencil and a pen that was crapping out on me.
Does it seem odd that, after working all day at drawing and painting, etc., sketching would be a way for me to relax? Yes, more drawing DOES indeed help me to unwind and reduce tension. That’s one of the reasons I enjoy sketching so much. I’m able to step outside of the studio and be outside enjoying the scenery and action around me.
This evening I wandered down to Borgeau Park. There was no wind so any sailboats on the water were only able to cruise with their motors. The couple below were more intrigued by the racing boats that were darting in and out of the yacht club (too fast for me to sketch). The fellow there was highly animated, telling his female companion about a boating excursion he had gone on with ‘Stephan”. The guy was simulating his boat ride, leaning back and forth, and pretending to be off balance. Oh, and the colors on the water were beautiful! Because there were no waves, the water color was an icy, pale blue with a yellow-orange hue. Hard to depict but I tried. And that’s Mont/Mount Royal you see waaaay in the distance along with Saint Joseph’s Oratory.
Below: From yesterday’s excursion to Centennial Park. I was so tired I didn’t know what I wanted to draw so I just started drawing the trees in front of me. Sometimes I wonder if I’m not challenging myself enough, drawing the trees and water so much. But to me, they’re more like little snapshots of what I’m seeing. They capture my moment in that place, seeing what I see.
I really do live in a lovely area on the Island of Montreal. The Pointe Claire Village is popular for not only for it’s quaint shoppes, but also it’s scenery. Several waterfront parks give people an opportunity to take a break from whatever it is they’re doing to enjoy the St. Lawrence river. There’s one small park only a block from our place and I’ve sketched there on occasion. Today I took a break from the computer work and sketched the retirement convent that’s on the point just beyond St. Joachim church, the Notre-Dame-du-Vieux-Moulin convent (Can you imagine retiring to that location?) I sketched the place a bit closer and from the opposite side of the point last summer. And, now, from a different vantage point, below:
A last sketch from yesterday, sitting in the park in The Village center. The perspective is off but, eh.
I took a little break in the early afternoon to go down by the water near St. Joachim and sketch Jesus. Having been under-the-weather the last few days, I’m finally feeling like I’m enjoying drawing.
Speaking of weather, there are no leaves are on the trees yet, but there are buds. And the grass is greening up nicely. It was on the cool-side and sunny at the time of this sketch, but I see it’s now clouding over. I’ve sketched Jesus of St. Joachim at other times, like here & here. It’s interesting to me how very different these sketches are, but of the same statue.
Congratulations, Doraine! I think your photo-bio idea is a good one, too. See you in the blogosphere soon.
Yeah! Thanks so much. I can't wait to see it.