Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the The Arts category.
Florida Christmas tree 2
Last year the Florida Christmas tree posted on this blog shone with lights.
No branches. Strings of lights at the Cedar Key marina
glowing in the dark like a beacon.
c. Jan Godown Annino
Now for a tree like none you’ve ever seen,
I’ve reprised an image I took years ago, during a visit with
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper in South Florida.
This tree stood tall in the Seminole Tribe of Florida
headquarters, with a palm tree nodding nearby.
The tree is typical. Maybe yours is tall & green.
Red bows are standard. So are basic balls.
But the dolls!
How many trees have you seen, where dolls are the decoration.
Handmade dolls.
Dolls made with palm fibers. And dressed to represent
Seminole patchwork clothing. For the textile, fabric art
& history buff this tree is worth a detour.
(Respect copyright. All rights reserved with these images.)
This is a little visit, here.
Or maybe it will inspire you to plan your trip.
c. Jan Godown Annino all rights reserved
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Books for the Boo!
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
First readers looked like this
Is this shape a little Kindle-like?
This is a Horn Book. The kind before we had today’s The Horn Book .
Horn Books were available to learners, especially children (usually boys) who were able to sit with a teacher, in the Colonies, especially Massachusetts, New York, Connectitcut, Rhode Island, New Jersey & Pennsylvania, of Great Britain (later the U.S.A)
This Horn Book is for a wealthy family, crafted of silver and ivory & it most likely was made in England.
It is one of many treasures in the Children’s Literature Center of the Library of Congress, where the Chief, Dr. Sybille A. Jagusch, is herself another treasure for you to discover there.
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c. 2009 Jan Godown Annino at the Library of Congress
StoryTubes 2009
Children reading books.
Children reading books & taped on video.
You, voting soon, for the video that tugs your heart. The most.
I especially am drawn to the reading of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE, by Kate Dicamillo, &
the interpretation of Laura Numeroff’s IF YOU GIVE A CAT A CUPCAKE and the presentation on
KATE KLISE and … there are too, too many to highlight. Go see!
for information on this Bookseedstudio site, the online office of writer Jan Godown Annino,
please see Hello…or Books …Home returns you to this blog … THANKS!
The Pulitzer-winner on Mount Soledad
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…)
