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Inspired by
A Photo for Greta, this adorable, young reader put on a special outfit, struck a pose, then asked her dad to take her picture. I love it!
I think the resemblance is striking.
I can help you there.
A Photo for Greta makes the perfect Father's Day
gift. After all,
The New York Times called it a "paean to paternal love"and
Publisher's Weekly says "Alter displays notable sensitivity to children’s insecurities and doubts, while providing reassurance of their worth". What more recommendation do you need?
Okay, enough advertising. Happy Father's Day everyone! Hope you spend Sunday celebrating all the great dads you know. I will be celebrating the guy below with a beer tasting, Indian take-out, and letting him sleep in while I take the baby at 6 am (for once).
Great news: A Photo for Greta was reviewed in this Sunday's New York Times Book Review, along with Grandma's Wedding Album (they called them both "heartfelt and personal picture books about family photography"). Yay! An excerpt:
"Alter’s paean to paternal love, strong despite the demands of the road, is at the same time a portrait of an only child who yearns for the limelight of her father’s attention. When Greta’s dad gives his daughter her own photo shoot, 'It was the best day she could remember.'"
At last,
A Photo for Greta is out in stores, hurray!
We've talked a lot in the past about the
quiet birth of of a children's book, how you work at a story for months and years and when it finally comes out it can be a little anticlimactic. Trumpets do not sound unless you, yourself, get a trumpet to play. But today does feel kind of special. Maybe its because this is a personal book I
wrote about my dad or maybe sometimes you just need to find a reason to celebrate. Or maybe I am just very excited to be back at work at last after many months of being at
home with baby. But I am excited.
I've been working at redesigning parts of
my web site, and just launched a page for Greta
here. There you will find a curriculum guide, art activities based on the book, coloring sheets and some other goodies. There is also a handy new feature where you can click on thumbnails of the illustrations for a closer look. Take a look and let me know what you think! And stay tuned for a Father's Day book giveaway coming soon...
In a few short weeks my new book,
A Photo for Greta, will be out at last! You might remember some of the paintings I posted as I was working on it last summer
here ,
here, and
here.
While the illustrations were done last summer, the book has been in progress for a long time. Its a story I've always wanted to write about growing up with a dad who is a photographer (which mine was). Here is a photo he took of me when I was about 4, which we used on the jacket flap:
I painted a version of it on the endpapers:
I've been putting together some promotional materials for schools (more on that soon) and some behind the scenes peeks of the making of the book on my web site. This weekend I made this little painting in progress "movie" out of photos of one of the illustrations. I hope it will make the painting process clear to kids who watch it...
This weekend I was delighted to receive the first copies of A Photo for Greta, my new book due out in May.
I completed
the illustrations last summer, though it feels like a million years ago since
so much has happened between now and then. It was great to hold the book in my hands at last. We tried reading it to baby, but as the pages are not chewable she was a little less than interested.
After mailing in the jacket painting for A Photo for Greta a few weeks ago, I just got the layout back from the designer. I love the pink type! Its so exciting to see the book coming together. A few more weeks on the art and all will be done...
I am in full on deadline mode with the art for A Photo for Greta due in one month! I've been painting morning til night, building up the momentum to finish the art. I've been happy with how its coming out... I'm combining acrylic with watercolor and colored pencil to make the art for this book a little softer and lighter. Here is one of my favorite pieces so far (its a dream scene thats always been my favorite spread in the book). The sky is in watercolor and the tree and characters are in acrylic, to make them pop against the sky...
(click to enlarge)
By: Linda S. Wingerter,
on 2/14/2013
They're BOTH adorable (the girl -- that pose and smile! -- and Greta): and nice subtle Valentine's Day post, too.