LITTLE OWL'S NIGHT, by
Divya Srinivasan (
Viking 2011)(ages 3-5). Little Owl loves the night, visiting his nocturnal friends and feeling sorry for the ones who are up all day and never get to see the stars. Even as he falls asleep at dawn, though, he wants to know what the day is like...
LITTLE OWL'S NIGHT is a quiet celebration of night, the break of day, and curiosity. Illustrations are bold and expressive. Altogether, an excellent choice for bedtime reading.
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| Turkey, from Wikipedia |
Happy Day-After Thanksgiving, everyone!
This year,
Cynthia and I hosted a bunch of writers and illustrators for Thanksgiving dinner.
What does that have to do with dinosaurs? Well, birds are dinosaurs (check out this nifty
page at the University of California Paleo Museum), which means that our main course (
Meleagris gallopavo) is, as well. In particular, it is a saurisichian, theropodan, tetanuran, maniraptoran dinosaur. Check out
this graphic for even more Thanksgiving turkey paleo-geekiness.
Chris Barton (
THE DAY GLO BROTHERS,
SHARK VS. TRAIN, and CAN I SEE YOUR ID?) and I joined
Don Tate (
dinosaur post)(DUKE ELLINGTON'S NUTCRACKER SUITE, IT JES HAPPENED: WHEN BILL TRAYLOR STARTED TO DRAW, and many more) for the annual
Turkey Trot. Now, I'd never done the Turkey Trot before, but I usually sneak in a three-mile run the morning of Thanksgiving, just because it makes me feel better :-).
All in all, it was an enormously fun event -- well organized and a picturesque route up and around downtown and near west Austin. I discovered, however, that I am woefully out of shape :-).
After the race, it was time to stuff the turkey!
I do a traditional giblet and bread stuffing and cook the thing in the oven. On occasion, I've been tempted to try
frying it or even
grilling it, but we're still under a
burn ban. And, besides, this way I get stuffing, which is almost my favorite part of the me
Cute! Adding this to my list of gifts for my niece!