Tibbidy
I did some work last year for a new Australian children's magazine called Tibbidy. I illustrated a sweet little story about a brother and sister called Leo and Millie spending the day at the beach. One of my illustrations was also used for the cover, so that was exciting to see. It is a really lovely magazine, beautifully printed and full of lovely stories and illustrations.
Here is a little peek at the inside:
And here is the cover:
It has been a strange couple of weeks filled with family colds, leaking pipes (luckily not too much damage, just a giant hole in our dining room wall!), and to finish off this week, I broke a tooth on a stone that was in my falafel. Throughout all these distractions, I have been trying to stay focussed on an upcoming deadline. I feel like saying I need a holiday but that wouldn't be fair as we just got back from Scotland, but I could do with a wee break from things going wrong. Maybe next week will be a good one.
Have a great Burns night for those that are celebrating. I only eat vegetarian haggis but I do love the tatties and neeps, great on a cold, winter's night. Vegetarian haggis is a bit hard to find here in Montreal, so I think we will be having some very un-Scottish Pesto instead! We do have nice single malts in the house though, so perhaps we will have to have a little for the occasion ;)
Here's a picture of my son giving it some Scottish style to get you in the mood.
I did order this: Madame Tutli-Putli so the weekend is starting to look brighter already. It has just received an Academy award nomination for best animated short film!
I thgink a good long read of my novel, BIG SLICK, will educate kids about gambling enough! :-)
Good point. I've been meaning to get around to reading and reviewing that for our local newspaper. Now is a really good time! Thanks for the reminder.
Jane,
Hop over to tinas forum on gambling. much being said. I am encouraged by the exchange of ideas. I do hope more focus is put on the SCA itself and less on Gambling in general.
http://www.tinasablan.com/forum/?p=13
i've used those games. one in particular involves the students calculating the theoretical probability of rolling a 7 with 2 die and the actual probability by conducting an experiment where you make predictions about what numbers will be rolled and counting the actual rolls. statistically speaking 7 should be the most frequent number played with 2 die. Then we look at lottery cards and the probability data on the back. here, you could talk about the poker palaces and how the machines are set with 70% or lower odds of payout.
The need for this type of education will become more and more important in the CNMI, especially now that Rota has also added casinos to its future economic agenda. Keep up the good work, Marianas Life.