My latest That's Silly! piece for Highlights High Five. It is in the June issue which is available now.
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By: Chuck Dillon,
on 6/11/2013
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By: Kerry Aradhya,
on 8/17/2012
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By: Gina Perry,
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on 8/25/2009
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By: Liz Goulet Dubois,
on 5/7/2008
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By: Chuck Dillon,
on 6/11/2013
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By: Kerry Aradhya,
on 8/17/2012
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Whenever I find a new children's poem with a dance or movement theme, I like to share it on Poetry Friday -- a weekly gathering of writers, poets, and other literature-loving people from around the blogosphere. Today I'm sharing the action rhyme "Moving Up and Down" from the June 2012 issue of Highlights High Five.
This particular rhyme was written by the lovely Mary Quattlebaum, with accompanying art by Debbie Palen and photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc. I have to send a big shout-out and thank you to Highlights for Children, Inc. for letting me post the rhyme and illustrations on my blog!
Mary Quattlebaum was actually a guest author at my daughter's preschool a couple years ago. On the day of her visit, I had the pleasure of picking her up from the Metro station and spending some time talking with her about picture books. She so kindly gave me a signed copy of her picture book Sparks Fly High: The Legend of Dancing Point, and she gave me inspiration and courage to keep trying to break into today's tough picture book market. Thank you for both of those gifts, Mary!
This week, Poetry Friday is being held at A Year of Reading, so hop on over there to read some more poetic posts. Also, you can read about more of Mary's books, including plenty of poetry, on her website. Her newest book, Jo MacDonald Had a Garden, looks especially good for promoting movement!
This particular rhyme was written by the lovely Mary Quattlebaum, with accompanying art by Debbie Palen and photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc. I have to send a big shout-out and thank you to Highlights for Children, Inc. for letting me post the rhyme and illustrations on my blog!
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Mary Quattlebaum was actually a guest author at my daughter's preschool a couple years ago. On the day of her visit, I had the pleasure of picking her up from the Metro station and spending some time talking with her about picture books. She so kindly gave me a signed copy of her picture book Sparks Fly High: The Legend of Dancing Point, and she gave me inspiration and courage to keep trying to break into today's tough picture book market. Thank you for both of those gifts, Mary!
This week, Poetry Friday is being held at A Year of Reading, so hop on over there to read some more poetic posts. Also, you can read about more of Mary's books, including plenty of poetry, on her website. Her newest book, Jo MacDonald Had a Garden, looks especially good for promoting movement!
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By: Gina Perry,
on 2/27/2012
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I know I've been posting book reviews, but today I wanted to share a bit about High Five Magazine - since that's been our reading staple at home for the past few weeks.
The above is a gorgeous piece illustrated by Ian Joven (you MUST see his tumblr site - beautiful work, every bit of it!) and written by Carol Samuelson-Woodson.
With my 3yo, High Five stories are the perfect length for his short attention span. We both like the variety in story and activity throughout. And the first hidden pictures are so much fun to do together! It's a top-notch publication, and our copies get worn to pieces with re-reads.
It also reminds me that while I'm not trying to 'get' any book work right now, I really could try to get magazine work. The assignments are small enough for me to manage right now. And if I want to be even more ambitious, I should actually submit a story.
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By: John Shelley,
on 8/25/2009
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Very busy time lately, hence my silence on the blog. I've just returned from a long home-hunting expedition in London, with happy results, so major changes are in the pipeline.
On my return home I was amazed to find in the post a beautiful pewter plate from Highlights High Five magazine in the US. The inscription tells me I've been awarded the "Thinking Feature Illustration of the Year 2008".
I'm a bit of a fatalist, so this has to be a good omen I tell myself. Many thanks to High Five! Here's the plate...
...and the illustration...
The brief, titled "What's Big? What's Not?" sought to challenge young children to identify different sizes, lengths and so on in a fun way.
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By: Liz Goulet Dubois,
on 5/7/2008
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My poor, ignored blog.
Been busy lately with a million things, and there’s a million more coming!
In the meantime, some of my art has been popping up here and there:
Here’s April 2008’s issue of Highlights High Five, with my Creepy Crawly Dominoes feature (oooh, it’s a fold-out!).
Here’s a little piece in May 2008’s Highlights magazine (the one for bigger kids). It’s a feature they run every month called My Best Self. Hey, look- Roz is on the same page!
The Read, Rhyme and Clap DVD is available from the Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club’s Spring 2008 issue. I did the Muffin Man sequence on it.
Here’s the new, improved children’s menu for the Newport Creamery chain of restaurants. I got to do the whole thing (fun!!) and will continue every so often as they need ‘em. I applaud the company for pursuing a more individual approach with these- instead of using the menu equivalent of “clip art” (which they could have easily done), they commissioned me to make something with local appeal and original characters. Yay!
And hey, what’s THIS?
You’re right, I did NOT do this. Eric did!
His design is featured in June 2008’s MacLife Magazine, where his iPOD watch idea came in as a runner-up in their Design-the-Next-Big-Apple-Thing competition.
They had some very nice things to say about it- check it out!
That’s it for now! Back to work!
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I use the key shirts you gave me for Christmas a while ago! I loved them and had no idea that you designed them… you are so humble about your talents! Love ya!
By: Emily,
on 11/6/2007
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I've been playing around with Amazon's widgets. This one shows all of Shannon Hale's published books.
Remember, if you purchase books through DCR, a portion of the money comes back to us and helps fund giveaways. Click on any of the book covers to see its Amazon page. Thanks.
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Love this! :) Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Maria!
Hi, Kerry! Every time I get one of your posts in my inbox, I think, now why haven't I written a dance poem yet (also considering my love of SYTYCD)? I've been looking for a topic for my first post after the summer break, and now I think I have one. Will let you know how it goes!
Thanks for sharing Mary's poem and links, and for the inspiration!
Unexpected change of plans: the roundup is at A Year of Reading http://readingyear.blogspot.com/2012/08/poetry-friday-roundup-is-here.html Thanks for changing your link!
Love the illustration, too. I can see how it would be helpful to show the picture to some students that might be shy or not know how to interpret movement yet. Thanks for sharing! (Stuck it on my pinterest board too)
Hi, Renee! I'm so happy to hear that you might try a dance poem soon! Isn't SYTYCD wonderful? I actually haven't seen a lot of it this season, but I do have access to some of the old shows and have been meaning to watch some of them. I love getting to know the choreographers on, too. It's so inspiring to see how they put movements together to make beautiful dances...kind of like putting words together to make beautiful poems!
Thanks for stopping by! I agree that the illustrations help a lot. Highlights High Five actually has an action rhyme in every issue, and there are always photos to go along with them. Thanks for sharing this on Pinterest, too!
Love the connection of poetry and dance/movement!!
Choreography is a COMPLETE mystery to me. I am always amazed and bewildered by the intricacies of it. How do they DO that? I miss Wade Robson, though - he is my favorite choreographer EVER.
Started the dance poem, though it is now competing with a fish poem. A dancing fish then? :)
I've always loved Mia Michaels and the way she can pull so much out of her dancers. I didn't know that Wade Robson wasn't on the show anymore. Sorry you miss him :( I can imagine another poem about a fish now, though...a fish who is swishing and wishing he could be a choreographer!