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Posted by bookseedstudio on October 31, 2009
Is “Smell my feet” the best greeting a Trick-or-Treater can say at the door today?
That’s how the green-haired twins, Delia & Ophelia, want the neighborhood children to respond when they ring the bell & the door opens.
The twins are witches who are up to their britches stirring up a witchy brew of trouble in this most-inventive Halloween book.
Trick-or-Treat SMELL MY FEET! from artist-author Lisa Desimini is a treasure.
Her collage art is a wizardry of the highest order.
I was so unhappy when this beloved book wasn’t in our box of Halloween that we unpacked at the beginning of the month. Then last night, like a work of magic, I found it in a pile of great items in a box in my office – just in time for Halloween.
Posted in art, candy, children's illustrators, childrens literature, childrens' books | Tagged: Halloween, halloween candy, trick-or-treat, twins, witches | Leave a Comment »
Posted by bookseedstudio on October 7, 2009
We keep creepy Halloween in a box 11 months out of the year.
Come October, the ghosties & ghoulies, black cats & bats
are let out of the box.
We hammer tombstones into the yard dirt & place home-made pumpkins
of paper around the living room.
My daughter puts read-aloud Halloween books on a low table.
And she & her father stuff & dress a scarecrow who guards our yard. We will all
carve the pumpkin closer to the big evening.
What are your favorite Halloween titles? Once you read some of ours, these may become a grand part of
your Halloween bookshelf:
SIX CREEPY SHEEP by Judith Ross Enderle & Stephanie Gordon Tessler, with illustrations from John O’Brien
BAT JAMBOREE by Kathi Appelt, with illustrations by Melissa Sweet
THE LITTLE SCARECROW BOY by Margaret Wise Brown (yes, MWB herself, without a bunny in sight) and brought to a delightful modern art interpretation by David Diaz.
Trick or Treat (I want it to be Treat) to You & Yours
Posted in American history, Florida, Halloween, The Arts, art, autumn, candy, children's illustrators, childrens literature, childrens' books, ghosts, photography | Tagged: childrens' books, Halloween | 2 Comments »
Posted by bookseedstudio on August 7, 2009
Inspection
The office assistant weighs in on a summer project, experimenting with different materials for miniature chickees.
Posted in Cats, Florida, Seminole Indian, animals, art, childrens' books, tropical | Tagged: Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, Chickees, childrens' books, school presentations, Seminole Indians | Leave a Comment »
Posted by bookseedstudio on March 4, 2009
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1znhk_the-wubbulous-world-of-dr-seuss_creation
Dr. Seuss is one of my favorite children’s literature icons to smile about.
This genius, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1984, knew children are intelligent folks who deserved lively literature.
His advertising work called for short, often rhyming blurbs that were also action packed & provided a fine catalyst for his real avocation ahead. His doodles from an early age proved his hands were hot-wired to an artist’s heart.
A cool part of the Theodor Geisel book world is his very own flag. His publishing house (where he also worked as an editor, RANDOM HOUSE) flew the Dr. Seuss flag at its Westminister, Md. warehouse, while his books were being shipped out.
For more on this national treasure, please see “Dr. Seuss from Then to Now,” A Catalogue of the Retrospective Exhibition, (organized by the San Diego Museum of Art, 1986. This catalogue/hardback book is the source of these tantalizing facts & many more…)
www.seussville.com
Posted in Dr. Seuss, Read Across America Day, The Arts, art, children's illustrators, childrens literature, wellreadchild.blogspot.com | Tagged: Dr. Seuss, Read Across America Day | Leave a Comment »
Posted by bookseedstudio on January 30, 2009
Make a squiggly heart, a loop de loop or pizza at
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
(A box of colored pencils to author M.R. Street of Blue Rock Rescue fame.)
Posted in Jackson Pollock, Valentine's Day, art | 1 Comment »
Posted by bookseedstudio on December 5, 2008
A tree in CEDAR KEY
photo, Jan G. Annino 2008
A pole.
A fishing net cast over a pole.
Seashells in the net.
(Let’s hope they are castaways &
weren’t taken live.)
Colored lights.
Cheers at Christmas.
The necklace of Cedar Key islands tip-toeing into the Gulf of Mexico are where cedar forests were lumbered-out for the world’s pencils (think Faber pencils, etc.)
So I like it that the village of Cedar Key’s marina tree
isn’t using up a living one.
Muir fans know the Cedar Keys as the region where John
Muir regained his strength after his 1,000 mile walk to
the Gulf of Mexico. I wonder if in his knapsack on that trip he
kept his journal with the assist of a Faber cedar pencil.
Greetings from Florida & from Jan G. Annino, a book-published writer of creative-nonfiction, new writer of children’s literature, at work on an mfa in children’s literature from Hollins University.
Posted in CEDAR KEY, Christmas, Christmas tree, Florida, Florida Christmas, art, seashells, travel, trees | Tagged: Christmas lights, Gulf of Mexico, holidays, islands, John MUIR, marinas, pencils, personal, photography | 2 Comments »
Posted by bookseedstudio on September 13, 2008
red faces
unfurl on new stalks
hurricane lillies
smile after the storm
Posted in art, blooms, exotic flowers, hurricanes, lillies, photography, tropical | Tagged: art, blooms, Florida, garden, hurricanes, lillies, NATURE, photography, trees | Leave a Comment »
