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By: Cynthia Reeg,
on 3/17/2010
Here is wee Henry James to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day!
By: Kristin,
on 3/16/2010
By: Kim Wheedleton,
on 3/16/2010
With St. Patrick's Day now upon us, the spotlight is firmly aimed at those mischievous wee folk: the leprechauns. Well, it would be, if they were easy to spot. And to have any hope of spotting them, you have to know where to start looking.
By: Paula Pertile,
on 3/16/2010
"Daddy's Home!" © Paula Pertile
By: Kristin,
on 3/15/2010
By: Kristin,
on 3/14/2010
By: Natasha Wing,
on 3/11/2010
The first two leprechaun traps are in! Reagan, 4, and Collin, 5, of Massachusetts sent these photos. Good luck catching those little green men! But beware: they're awfully clever.
By: Tara Chang,
on 3/18/2009
A few of us went to dinner at a very atmospheric, old and renovated firehouse-turned-restaurant. In one of the dining rooms, Jo Gershman is having a mini-solo-show of her lovely still lifes (is that the plural of still life? lives? life's?) this month.
After dinner, we walked a couple of blocks to the independent book store down the street where Kathleen Kemly was being featured in a holiday book event -reading "Shannon and the World's Tallest Leprechaun" -
- followed by Irish step dancers, gold and green treats and a shamrock hunt.
Then she got to sign books for her admirers (which include all of us. Way to go Kathleen!).
By: Cynthia Reeg,
on 3/17/2009
HAPPY ST. PAT'S DAY!
By: John,
on 3/17/2009
Over at Scamp, an Irish illustration blog, Fintan Taite has shared a whole pot o’ gold’s worth of preliminary sketches and final artwork for a brilliant St. Paddy’s-themed comic strip wine label. The cartooning is stellar and the single green spot colour is super classy.
Previously: Fintan Taite
By: Natasha Wing,
on 2/20/2009
The Irish have been thinking green for centuries, and now I, too, have joined the bandwagon with The Night Before St. Patrick's Day.
This story idea was inspired by elementary school teachers in Lodi, California who, when I visited their school, asked if I had a St. Patrick's Day book. Upon learning I didn't, they then told me that their students made leprechaun traps which they baited with golden trinkets. On the afternoon before St. Patrick's Day, the teachers and janitor would spring all the traps and mess up the classrooms by turning over chairs and desks and making it appear as if a leprechaun had come looking for the trinkets. When I wrote this story, I paid ode to their shenanigans and have Tim and Maureen set a trap and catch a leprechaun, but they are soon out-tricked by him.
This book is available at bookstores, Amazon, and through Scholastic Book Club in its SeeSaw February flyer for only $1! No trick!
BOOKSIGNING ALERT! I'll be reading and signing this book at Fortuna Library Days at the library starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 14.
By: Betsy Bird,
on 3/20/2007
Let's say you're hell-bent on living in a Hobbit house but you'd prefer not to take part in that freaky gated community The Shire. You're looking for something a little more free. A place to truly let go and let be. Heck, maybe you just want a location that's, "a fitting repository for a ... valuable collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts and artifacts." That would mean taking a trip over to FineHomebuilding.com to view "a modern day cottage based on mythical literature."
I wonder what they'd consent to build for someone with a valuable collection of Rube Goldberg papers?
Thanks to Book Moot for the link.
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I love the garland, looks great! and thanks... now I have that song in my head!
So pretty! Fun project.
they look so festive displayed across the windows too - I can hear you singing....:)