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The Guardian has just published an article of *monumental* importance to those of us who love Douglas Adams' increasingly inaccurately titled Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy. Irish author Eoin Ciofer (of Artemis Fowl fame) has been approached by Adam's widow Jane Belson to write a SIXTH book for the trilogy. The Guardian sums it up nicely:
Comic fantasy children's author describes being given the opportunity to continue Douglas Adams's legendary series as 'like suddenly being offered the superpower of your choice'
Adams had planned a sixth book (noting the somewhat dour nature of Mostly Harmless), and it is unclear what, if anything, Adams left toward this project. I have enjoyed Ciofer's writing...though he is not Adams...it will be interesting to see what emerges from this project.
Following up my prior missive, I should mention that I was to meet Adams and spend a weekend with him in 2001, weeks before his wildly untimely death at 49. He was and remains one of my most favorite writers...and humans...and I have never recovered from this "miss". I don't expect to do so...
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This two-part lesson for first graders is one of my favorites. I love the collage aspect of this project and every year, I have the kids make the scarecrow a wee bit different.
The first phase involves oil pastels and watercolor paint. I prefer to use liquid watercolor for this project, rather than watercolor pans, as the results are pure, not muddy. After looking at pictures of fields and farmland, the kids are instructed to draw a few lines in oil pastel. We start with the horizon line, add a few vertical lines for the fields and wavy, horizontal lines to break the large fields up. The kids use a white oil pastel to draw the sun. Next, we paint the sky blue and watch the clouds appear like magic. Next, the kids use green, orange, magenta watercolors to paint their fields.
An easy way to make the scarecrow is to use templates. They're easy to make and reduce the level of frustration most kids get when trying to cut out a perfect pair of pants. We add patches, buttons and raffia to our scarecrow and give him a big smile.
(From Mrs. Ranson's 1st grade class at Foothill School: L-R Katie (top) Fiona, Karina, Lauren, and Julian)
The kids at Foothill School painted sailboats in art class this week. We talked a bit about the basic parts of a boat and worked hard to create a boom big enough to paint. But it was the sails that were the most fun to decorate. A few kids added skulls and cross bones...I mean, what boat would be complete without that? But some kids added hearts, flowers, polka dots and traditional stripes to round out their colorful sails. I think the best part is that the kids only had a color palette of red, blue and yellow. They painted one section of their drawings at at time, mixing and adding orange, purple and green as needed.
Here are a few shots of the kids in action.
Wow! Thanks for sharing the news. I've made a note to keep an eye out for this one.
Whereas i doubt what will emerge will be more than a shadow of DNA. The by product will be reissues and renewed interest in the original works. So unless the homage is truly awful, it's all good.
I am hopeful. His writing, thus far, is fun and tight...but clearly lacks DA's Joycian love language and his sense of the absurd. On the other hand, he *is* Irish, so there is hope. We shall see.