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Stranger Things, I credit you with this finally happening.
Let’s think about doing a Girl With the Silver Eyes film next! Thanks to Liz Burns for the link.
Now when I heard that Nieman Marcus was offering 36 Caldecott Award winning picture books for $10,000 . . . *checks notes* I’m sorry. I typed the wrong number there. I’ll begin again.
When I heard that Nieman Marcus was offering 36 Caldecott Award winning picture books for $100,000 (that’s better) I was a bit baffled. Perhaps these would be books that were all signed by their authors and illustrators? Well, they are first printings, or early editions, yes. But one can assume that you could purchase 36 such similar titles for far less money. This is part of Nieman Marcus’s “Fantasy Gifts” collection, and the idea is that they’ll donate $10,000 to their own charity if you buy this collection.
Now the collection of 36 has been curated by Johnnycake Books and E.M. Maurice Books. Here is the video that accompanies it. See if you see what I saw. Click on the image below:
Did you notice the books chosen to appear on this list? I am a librarian, so my take on curation is going to be different from that of a bookseller. That said, I have to wonder how many booksellers today would hand a child a stack of Caldecott books that included problematic titles like They Were Strong and Good. This is not to say that I think the book should be removed from library or bookstore shelves or anything like that. But if you’re looking for books that speak to kids today, then for the love of all that is good and holy switch that book out for something with some contemporary gravitas like Jerry Pinkney’s The Lion and the Mouse. My two cents. Thanks to Sharyn November for the link.
Oo! This is neat. Matthew Reinhart goes in-depth on pop-up books.
Interesting that he cites Transformers toys as being so influential on him. Sorry, Autobots. Thanks to 100 Scope Notes for the link.
This is neat. Kidlit TV created a livestream of the Bank Street Bookfest this year, and now the full series of events is available in full. Would that the Newbery/Caldecott/Wilder Award ceremonies were done in the same way. I dare to dream!
I know some of you out there harbor unkind thoughts about Amanda Palmer. That’s fine. But she apparently has an album out with her dad, Jack Palmer, who has a pleasant Leonard Cohenish quality to his voice, and one of their songs was turned into an animated video akin to the Brothers Quay. I just like the song:
And if you prefer, you could watch this one with the world’s GREATEST sleeping baby. Seriously. He wakes up ONCE in the course of this film (if you don’t count the end). I don’t think that’s a trick. Plus it was filmed with the cast of Welcome to Night Vale. So. Right there.
In terms of this latest Series of Unfortunate Events trailer, my thoughts are that they get two points for including Klaus’s glasses (thereby already improving upon the film) but one point is deducted for Violet’s hair ribbons, or lack thereof. Interesting that they made her SO much older. Not that I wanted a 12-year-old mock-married to Olaf. Ugh.
Zut! I wish I’d seen this next book trailer before Halloween! It would have tied in so beautifully. I tell you, it is hard to come up with an original trailer for picture books in this day and age. Perl knocks it out of the park.
As for our off-topic review of the day, this one’s a no-brainer. There really isn’t a connection to children’s books here, and I should probably save it for Christmas but . . . aw, I just can’t. For the Stranger Things fans out there:
When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an author because I wanted to find one of my books on the library shelves. Seriously, that was my dream: a big “PE” (for PERL) sticker on the spine and everything. While I must confess that seeing my books on an alphabetized bookshelf still gives me a thrill, I now know that this is not the best part of writing for children.
The best part, hands down, is sharing my books with kids.
While some kids are fortunate enough to get to meet authors like Jeff Kinney and Suzanne Collins at book stores, festivals, and even their own schools, many kids are not so lucky. And many schools and programs do not have the resources or budgets to bring in authors to visit and meet with their students. Luckily, there are great organizations that work to bring authors and illustrators to kids who might otherwise never meet them. And many of these organizations partner with First Book so every child in attendance receives a brand new signed book to keep.
For example, here in the greater Washington, DC area, there are several groups that facilitate author visits for programs and schools serving children in need. For example, last month I had a great visit to Washington DC’s Garfield Elementary School with Turning the Page. At this Community Night event, I got to lead a standing-room-only crowd of kids and parents in a spirited reader’s theater performance of Chicken Butt! 
Last month I also had the pleasure of visiting Govans Elementary School in Baltimore with Write Brain Kids. It was a huge treat to hear the fourth grade students try out their “Ace” voices as they chuckled over scenes from When Life Gives You O.J. In addition to those two programs, I have worked with many Washington DC area programs including An Open Book Foundation, PEN-Faulkner’s Writers in Schools (WinS) program, and The Reading Connection. Through First Book, authors and illustrators are able to connect with similar programs serving communities across the United States and in Canada. Examples that come to mind include The Foundation for Children’s Books in Boston, and New York City’s Behind the Book.
Each program is unique in its format and age focus but all have certain things in common: they serve schools and programs where a published author or illustrator is not someone the kids usually get to meet, they give kids books to call their own and they succeed in getting kids super-excited about reading, writing, drawing and books!
And one more thing: they all have as much of a positive impact on the authors as they do on the kids!
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Happy Monday to you, everyone. I’ve plenty of tasty treats to bestow on the good little boys and girls this morning. First off, the only thing that I can figure when I look at the baby versions of various Harry Potter characters by Artful Babies is that whomever the creator is they must spend a lot of time skulking about maternity wards. How else do you manage to capture that brand new ugly/cute look of newborns? Of all the characters, the Snape amuses me the most. Anyone who has ever seen a pissed off baby will recognize the look on his face. And for those of you reading this with your morning coffee, I will spare you the baby Lord Voldemort. Needless to say, be prepared to spittake. I liked my friend Marci’s suggestion that someone take the Voldemort baby and put him under a bench in a train station somewhere, though.
- I love Leila Roy of bookshelves of doom, but I think I love her best when she’s taking down a bad book. Whether it’s Flowers in the Attic or her recent smackdown of John Grisham’s Theodore Boone sequel, nobody snarks like she does.
- A hitherto unknown Arthur Rackham drawing has been discovered in an obscure book? Hot diggety dog! That is awfully cool to me.
- New Blog Alert: Well, as I live and breathe. I hereby declare myself unobservant. Since March of this year there has been a group blog of middle grade authors called Smack Dab in the Middle. Group blogs are a perfect way for authors to blog without having to distract themselves from their real jobs. In this particular case it’s a great line-up of folks and I’ve taken a great deal of pleasure checking out some of their upcoming books.
- I know you all read your Morning Notes from 100 Scope Notes without fail. Be that as it may be, how can I not link to a man who knows when to use the phrase, “This cover needs more maracas“?
Seems a bit unfair. I complained some time ago about the fact that Kadir Nelson somehow managed to be able to write AND illustrate his books with aplomb. Hey, Kadir! Save some talent for the rest of us! Now I feel the same way knowing that not only did illustrator Leo Lionni make some of the greatest picture books of the 20th century, he could sculpt as well.
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Chicken Butt! and Chicken Butt’s Back by Erica Perl
Review by Chris Singer
About the author:
Erica Perl is a full-time writer and part-time chicken. She is the author of Ninety-Three In My Family, which School Library Journal called a “Comic Masterpiece,” and Chicken Bedtime Is Really Early, which received a starred review from BookList. She lives with her family in Washington, D.C. Visit her at www.ericaperl.com.
About the illustrator:
Henry Cole grew up on a farm in Virginia with a coop full of mischievous chickens. He now lives in Florida with two peacocks. You can find him online at www.henrycole.net.
About the books:
CHICKEN BUTT! — When a little boy successfully uses “fowl” play and ridiculous rhymes to get his distracted dad’s attention, he gets so excited he keeps going and going. Dad wants to stop the silliness, but he’s no match for . . . CHICKEN BUTT! A laugh-out-loud, read-it-again delight for the whole family.
CHICKEN BUTT’S BACK! — In this cheeky (sorry!) sequel to the wildly fun Chicken Butt!, the young jokester and his chicken muse are back, but this time they’re trying to trick Mom. She thinks she has caught on to the gag, but as she distractedly does the grocery shopping, she falls victim to a flurry of jokes using homonyms and homophones—words such as “dear” and “deer,” and “which” and “witch.” Wordplay has never been so much fun.
Like Chicken Butt!, this story encourages children to participate in a call-and-response reading format that reinforces their reading skills.
My take on the books:
If your kids like to laugh and be silly, you may need to introduce them to these fun reads from Erica Perl. I love how the dialogue is written in different fonts and colors – the parents in a black font and the son’s in bold red. Both parents in the stories are trying to have some peace and concentrate on the task at hand (Dad’s reading his newspaper while Mom’s going grocery shopping). The illustrations are wildly fun and rambunctious as well, and both parents and children will have a blast reading this together out loud.
Teachers as well can have a great time during classroom story time since both books encourage children to do a call-and-response (as mentioned above). You can even further extend the book by having children write their own versions or even act out scenes.
All in all, both
First Book’s own Erica Perl, Director of Publisher Relations at First Book, is also an award-winning children’s book author. Her most recent effort, When Life Gives You O.J., is her first middle grade novel and was called “a must read for all 8-12 year olds”. Erica’s love and knowledge of children’s literature is a huge help to us at First Book, and we’re so proud that her new book has been chosen as an Amazon Best Book for June, 2011. 
When Life Gives You O.J. focuses on almost-eleven-year-old Zelly Fried, who has tried to convince her parents to let her have a dog for years. After all, practically everyone in Vermont owns a dog, and it sure could go a long way helping Zelly fit in since moving there from Brooklyn. But when her eccentric grandfather, Ace, hatches a ridiculous plan involving a “practice dog” named O.J., Zelly’s not so sure how far she’s willing to go to win a dog of her own. Is Ace’s plan so-crazy-it-just-might-work… or just plain crazy?
In honor of the release of When Life Gives You O.J., Erica will be giving away a gift set that includes a signed copy of the book, a water bottle, and bag on Wednesday, June 16, 2011. How to win? Follow @Firstbook on twitter tomorrow and answer this simple question: “What is a good children’s book for the summer?” Make sure to use the hashtag #kidlit in your response. The winner will be picked randomly and announced on Thursday, June 17, 2011.
Check out the book trailer for When Life Gives You O.J. below:
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Julia Denos is the illustrator of
DOTTY (FALL 2010) by
Erica S. Perl. She doesn't have an imaginary friend of her own, but she does have a loyal feline friend, Serif, who is black with just one white dot on his chest. He doesn't like to wear a leash, but he follows her where ever she goes. Julia grew up in a the small Connecticut town of
Cheshire. Oddly I too am from this same town.
Julia's little house in
Cheshire, Connecticut (age 9 depiction).
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What started as an intrepid idea from two bloggers has become an effective fundraiser generating new books for kids in need. First Book is pleased to announce that the “Leave A Mark” auctions featuring books “marked up” with notes from the author, have generated 369 new books for kids across the country!
This year’s auctions featured best-selling books by Catherine Ryan Hyde, Aprilynne Pike, Melissa Walker, Becca Fitzpatrick and Erica Perl. A huge thanks goes out to everyone who participated, from the featured authors and individual bidders to Lauren and Chelsea, the auction organizers.
Be on the lookout for the next round of charity auctions coming to the Leave A Mark site in Fall 2010!
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“Leave a Mark” online auction – Vintage Veronica by Erica S. Perl
The latest offering in the “Leave a Mark” auctions benefiting First Book is a marked-up copy of First Book staff member and author extraordinaire, Erica Perl’s Vintage Veronica. Bids are accepted online through 11: 59 pm EST on Tuesday, December 22nd – cast your bid today!
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Your child’s brain on books – NPR shares some interesting research that suggests that intensive reading programs can produce measurable changes in the structure of a child’s brain.
The Making of Dotty by Erica S. Perl illustrated by Julia Denos
Part 1
Here is the origin story on DOTTY by Erica Perl, author:
EP: When I was a kid, I had imaginary friends. I told my parents that two of them were twins but were not the same age (which they found funny, though I didn't understand why for years) and their names were Sahti and Dahti. I was probably about three or four at the time, which I know because we moved to Rhode Island when I was four and these memories predate the move. I also had an imaginary pet (a sheep) when we lived in Vermont, where we didn't move until I turned eight. But by then I was pretty sure that I'd get teased if anyone found out about my imaginary sheep, so I didn't tell anyone. I think the initial idea for DOTTY came out of both of these experiences: having an imaginary friend that interested and amused others, as was the case with Sahti and Dahti, and having an imaginary friend that might be a source of ridicule. And, of course, the name "Dotty" came from "Dahti."
On writing the manuscript:
EP: When I first wrote the story, I relied on this memory I have of overhearing a girl gossiping about me to a friend and the friend replying, "Who's Erica?" And then the first girl pointed me out by saying, "Hey, ERICA, I like your sweater." But when I went to storyboard out the book, I was surprised by the intensity of Ida's —and Dotty's —reaction. This sometimes happens when I write a piece… it is much neater in word form, but if I start sketching and drawing, ideas flow and things happen. It's why I always encourage writing students to draw, even if they don't want to be illustrators. Sometimes you don't know what you want to say with words until you get an image.
Erica Perl on the evolution of Dotty:
EP: When my draft of the manuscript was finished -- long before Julia was selected as the illustrator -- I started reading the story aloud as part of my author visit presentations. I'd ask the kids to raise their hands and tell me what kind of animal Dotty was. And the kids would tell me: she's a bull! she's a goat! she's a giant guinea pig! So I realized for the first time that maybe Dotty was an animal unto herself… or a one-of-a-kind combination of many kinds of animals.
On selecting Julia Denos:
CW: It was actually kind of hard. Erica Perl ( author) remembers talking with Susan Van Metre and telling her here ideas and hearing hers. We were on the same page, both of us wanting someone who could capture the whimsical qualities of the piece without making it overly sentimental or losing the humor and range of emotions. Julia Denos was my pick among other. On a rare occasion do i find and illustrator from a mailer. Yet this is how I cam across Julia. Erica recalls checking out her online portfolio (after I sent here Julia site to review ) and thinking "YES! Oh please let us get HER!"
You might remember Julia Denos's work from Tim McGraw's picture book My Little Girl.
So we begin. Julia and I worked out a time table for sketches and final art as well as other contractual items.
Here are Julia's first sketches
Video Chatting over sketches.
"During Choice Time, Ida found out there were even more in her class. Pete and Repeat came to school with Max. They were twins, but not the identical kind.
Kay was Benny’s. She had razor-sharp teeth, but Benny swore she would never really hurt anyone. Beeku was tiny. She swung back and forth on Katya’s braids, chattering all day long.
And there was Dotty. Who kept mostly to herself, nibbling the rug. "
First round character and layout sketches
Ida Brunnette?
or Ida Blonde?
DOTTY character sketches
She started out as a gremlin on a leash
and slow began to look more like a buffalo
the more cow like
Other Imaginary friends
Page layouts
Final Dotty Character Sketch
NOW GET TO WORK DENOS!
Meet the staff members that make the First Book magic possible!
Name: Erica Perl
Where is your hometown? Burlington, VT
What do you do at First Book? I am the Director of the First Book Marketplace and National Book Bank. Which means I handle our relationships with our publishing partners, and I oversee our book selections to best meet the needs and interests of our recipient groups.
What are you reading now? I’m reading Joseph O’Neill’s Netherland for one book group and Andrew Clements The School Story for another. I’m also trying to get through Harry Potter book six before the movie comes out!
Tell us a fun fact about yourself. I am the author of several children’s books, including Chicken Butt!, Ninety-three In My Family and Chicken Bedtime Is Really Early. My first young adult novel, Vintage Veronica, will be published in March, 2010 by Random House. My Web site is www.ericaperl.com.
I’ll be signing copies of Chicken Butt! on Monday, July 13th at 1:00 pm in the Abrams booth #2343 at the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. If you’re attending the conference or live in the area, please stop by and say hello!
What have you learned by working at First Book? I was pleased to learn that my ideal job exists! At First Book, I can wear both my lawyer suit (yes, I have a law degree) and my chicken hat (yes, I actually have two of these), although not always at the same time. I am at my happiest when I am surrounded by terrific, energetic people and wonderful children’s books… which is exactly how it is at First Book. At First Book, I learn new things every day and I am thrilled to work in a place where creativity and collaboration are valued so highly.
What’s the oddest job you’ve had? I have had several odd jobs, including driving an ice cream truck and teaching dog obedience. Combining these too jobs would have been a good idea — if ice cream is involved, my dog will do whatever is asked of her!
Do you have a favorite quote or saying you live by? I’m extremely fond of my Chicken Butt! book tour slogan: “No BUTTs about it, we love to read!”
If you could have an endless supply of any food, what food would it be? I think I could survive on a desert island if there was a theater concession stand on it: I love popcorn and red licorice.
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When I came to work at First Book, I heard a lot about Book Expo America (BEA) - a weekend-long event for publishers, booksellers, educators and anyone who loves books and reading.
But it wasn’t until the following year when I experienced the show for myself that I truly understood what my colleagues were talking about. So many authors and books all under one roof! And did I mention that the galley copies of the books are free? Oh yes, my suitcase was twice as heavy when I came back from BEA that year.
This year, First Book is celebrating the books that made us readers for life with our “A Book Today, A Friend Forever” campaign, thanks to the support of our partners Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing and Book Expo America.
If you’re going to be at BEA in New York this weekend (May 29-31), look for us at booth #734 in the Javits Center. We’ll donate a new book in your honor just for stopping by!
We’ll also have great authors signing copies of their latest books at our booth - including James Patterson, Mo Willems, Kate DiCamillo and many more - you won’t want to miss it! Check out the full schedule of authors signing at the First Book booth after the jump and find out more about Book Expo America by visiting www.firstbook.org/bea and www.bookexpoamerica.com.
Friday, May 29
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Lucy Hawking, George’s Cosmic Treasure Hunt (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Mo Willems, Elephants Cannot Dance! (Hyperion Books for Children)
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Michael Winerip, Adam Canfield: The Last Reporter (Candlewick Press)
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Linda Sue Park, Keeping Score (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
4:00PM – 4:30 PM
John Rocco, Moonpowder (Disney-Hyperion)
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Jon Agee, Orangutan Tongs (Disney-Hyperion)
Saturday, May 30
9:00 AM – 9:45 PM
Kate DiCamillo, Tale of Despereaux (Candlewick Press)
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
James Patterson, Maximum Ride #4: The Final Warning (Little, Brown & Co.)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Brandon Mull, Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
1:00PM – 2:00 PM
John Carter Cash, Momma Loves Her Little Son (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
Sunday, May 31
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Erica Perl, Chicken Bedtime is Really Early (Abrams Books for Young Readers)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Matthew Reinhart, Pop Up Book of Nursery Rhymes (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing)
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But doesn’t Violet use the hair ribbons when she needs to think, chew over something? I don’t recall her wearing them all the time. I’m guessing they will appear when called for.
Also, I work in a middle school and 12 year-olds come in a remarkable range of sizes. This Violet looks plausibly the correct age to me:)
“See if you see what I saw.”
I don’t know what you saw, but I heard him say Arthur Lobel’s Fables is about some of the best know fables. Mr. Lobel made up his own fables because he thought some of the traditional ones were boring!
Oh, and it is Arnold Lobel! Not Arthur. He and I made the same mistake
Perhaps the Brett Helquist art has turned my head on the matter.