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Whats Popped Up: Rescue and Pets are released

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Tomorrow is a big day here at the studio. Matthew Reinhart's newest pop-up books will be released to bookstores across the world!

Puppies, Kittens and Other Pop-up Pets pairs fun rhymes with big bold pop-ups and pull tabs. Young readers will get to learn about six different pets that you would find at home.

Rescue: Pop-up Emergency Vehicles shows you five different rescue vehicles and the heroes that operate them to help save the day.

This new pop-up series features Reinhart's colorful cut-paper collage across five spreads. The 8-inch square softcover books are made from thicker glossy paper and were designed specifically for curious little hands. For many years, we have wanted to create simpler books for a younger reader and we are excited that the day has finally come when we can offer that you for under $7. So get to your favorite booksellers to order your copies today!

~Kyle

Word of the Day: Rusticate

Rusticate \RUHS-tih-kayt\ intransitive verb

1. To go into or reside in the country; to pursue a rustic life.

transitive verb:
1. To require or compel to reside in the country; to banish or send away temporarily.
2. (Chiefly British) To suspend from school or college.
3. To build with usually rough-surfaced masonry blocks having beveled or rebated edges producing pronounced joints.
4. To lend a rustic character to; to cause to become rustic.

Origin: Rusticate comes from the past participle of Latin rusticari, "to live in the country," from rusticus, "rural, rustic, from rus, "the country."

Artist Watch: Dan McCarthy

I somehow stumbled across Dan McCarthy's work months ago.  It was probably through Illustration Mundo (which is a great way to find new artists!).  McCarthy seems to do it all-- paintings, drawings, silk screens, t shirts, and posters!

His work reminds me a lot of Eyvind Earle's work-- graphic, bright colors, and nature based images.  But McCarthy also does these amazing gradients in his prints that add atmosphere and mood to the pieces.  The bright colors against stark black images really pull you in.  Sometimes he's subtle with the color, other times he's full on rainbow!

Check out more of Dan McCarthy's work here and his most recent show here!




~Jess

Word of the Day: Risible

Risible \RIZ-uh-buhl\ adjective

1. Capable of laughing; disposed to laugh.
2. Exciting or provoking laughter; worthy of laughter; laughable; amusing.
3. Relating to, connected with, or used in laughter; as, "risible muscles."

Origin: Risible comes from Late Latin  risibilis, from the past participle of Latin ridere, "to laugh, to laugh at." The noun is risibility.

What's Popped Up: Story Time with Matthew!

Matthew will be appearing at Greenlight Bookstore Saturday, August 20 for story time!  He will be reading from his newest books 'Puppies, Kittens, and Other Pop-Up Pets' and 'Rescue: Pop-Up Emergency Vehicles' that will come out August 23rd!  Come join the fun at Greenlight Bookstore to say 'Hello' to Matthew and see these great new pop ups!

Greenlight Bookstore
August 20, 2011 at 11:00 am
686 Fulton Street (at South Portland)
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Weekly Beast: Short-Horned Lizard

The short-horned lizard wins our prize for most disgusting personal habit. Some species of this lizard defend themselves from predators by squirting blood from their eyes -- for up to five feet! The lizards makes the blood vessels burst by restricting blood flow from their heads. Gross.



Want to learn more? Check out the book Bloody Horned Lizards (Gross Out Defenses) by Lori Haskins Houran.

What's Popped Up: Matthew in DC

Matthew will be participating at the Family Storytelling Stage in Washington DC on September 24th, 10:40am-11:00am!  Family Storytelling Stage is apart of the Library of Congress 11th annual National Book Festival, and not only will Matthew be there, but many other illustrators and authors too!  So come out and read with us!

Library of Congress National Book Festival
September 24 10:00am-5:30pm
September 25 1:00pm-5:30pm

Word of the Day: Nervure

Nervure \NUR-vyoor\ noun

1. A vein, as of a leaf or the wing of an insect.

Origin: Nervure is French for "rib".

Word of the Day: Jocund

Jocund \JOCK-uhnd; JOH-kuhnd\ adjective

1. Full of or expressing high-spirited merriment; light-hearted; mirthful.

Origin: Jocund is from Old French jocond, from Latin jucundus, "pleasant, agreeable, delightful," from juvare, "to please, to delight."

Vintage Moveable Review: There is no escape

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Love is in the air around the studio so I thought I would feature another antique valentine. Like most mass-market valentine cards, this little guy speaks for itself. Which is a good thing, since I have no information on this piece. Measuring 3" wide by 5" tall this Valentine is a typical of the cards constructed in the early 1900's. It is diecut out of one piece of stiff card and appears to be chromolithography. The mechanic is the standard single box layer, in this case of a creepy kid with a flower wreath bearing the label "Love's Joy". The child with the pageboy haircut and piercing eyes is kneeling before the viewer in front of what appears to be an arch or upside down horseshoe of hearts. Below the text reads, "There's no escape my Valentine. I have your Heart and you have mine."

A little spooky right? On the reverse we find that the pop-up has been patched but can still read the inscription: "To Margaret Munden. From Pearl Ganes." Looks like Pearl practiced in pencil before moving to the blue fountain pen. I was excited to receive this card, but I always wondered how Margaret felt about the sentiment in this love token.

~Kyle