Title: Vincent’s Colors Author/Illustrator: Vincent van Gogh Publisher: New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art / San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2005 Genre: Non-fiction picture book Audience Age: 3 to 10 or more years Themes, topics: Vincent van Gogh’s art, creativity, color Opening Sentences: A yellow sky with yellow sun, a jug in squares of blue and …
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Title: Sam and Eva Author/Illustrator: Debbie Ridpath Ohi Publisher: New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2017 Genre: Picture book, fiction Audience Age: 3 to 8 years old Themes/topics: friendship, art, cooperation, teamwork Opening Sentences: Sam had just begun to draw when Eva arrived. Synopsis: I loved this book! Debbie is so good …
There’s a fabulous article in the December 2017 issue of Vanity Fair magazine that I want to draw your attention to. It is about artist extraordinaire James McMullan — as Vanity Fair calls him, “Performance Artist.” That moniker is a tribute to the many posters he has done for Lincoln Center productions over the past …
How Susanna Hill and her team of helpers did it is beyond me. There were 244 (count them, 244!) entries in Susanna’s Halloweensie writing contest. They have managed to narrow that down to 14 finalists, and now, we get to VOTE on our favorite! (Which is going to be hard enough — they’re fantastic!) I …
Halloweensie Finalists Have Been Announced at Susanna’s! Read More »
I’m posting next Monday’s post early, because today’s the first day of Susanna Hill’s wonderful Halloweensie Writing Contest and I couldn’t wait to join in the fun! The rules, in brief, are (quoting from Susanna’s blog): Write a 100 word Halloween story appropriate for children (children here defined as 12 and under) (title not included …
Come with me on a ramble — See? The roses are out, and here and there, as yet unseen blooms hide in the wind-tangled grass. Come with me on a ramble — hidden joys await us. ~ Photo by Raymond Stilborn, poem by Beth Stilborn The first day of spring seems a good day to …
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It’s YAY o’clock, which means it’s time to join the Super Happy Party Bears in a party dance — “slide to the left, hop to the right…” Marcie Colleen’s delightful debut chapter book series will make kids laugh and want to dance and celebrate along with the bears, and they’ll cheer them on through every …
The curtain is about to open on an exciting new offering from Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton, Lisa Henson and a whole host of others, including brand new Henson puppets! It’s a wonderful opportunity for kids (and not-kids) to learn stagecraft and to experience all that the arts has to offer in a person’s life. …
On Stage, Everyone! On With the Show! — Julie’s Greenroom Read More »