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November 6, 2012
Frog and Toad Have Good Ideas
Lessons learned from Frog and Toad:
I’m on the road today, guest posting over at Writing for Kids.
Filed under: Inspiration, Reading Suggestions Tagged: inspiration, reading, writing
October 22, 2012
Salad Days
AUTUMN SALAD:
Toss together:
Mixed fall leaves
Pine cones
Hydrangea flowers
Season to taste with fern fronds. Serve on a bed of pine needles; garnish with feverfew, mums.
Suggested Reading, RECIPES: Mudpies and Other Recipes, by Marjorie Winslow and Erik Blegvad.
Suggested Reading, Books about LEAVES: The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger; Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert; Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson and Tiphanie Beeke; Leaves by David Ezra Stein; Leaves! Leaves! Leaves! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace;
Filed under: Reading Suggestions Tagged: recipes
October 11, 2012
Long Time No See
I’m sorry, Blog! I was finishing the art for my next book. But I missed you!
Oh. They don’t?
Sigh.
illustration © Deborah Freedman
Filed under: This Blog
June 21, 2012
“As you probably noticed, I went away forever.”
It seems I decided by around age five that I wanted to be Maurice Sendak when I grew up. I penciled my name in right next to his on this book that he illustrated for Ruth Krauss in 1952, which is one of my most treasured possessions and has been with me always. Over the years I’ve become an obsessive collector of his work and words, which have taught me just about everything I need to know about writing and illustrating for children. I can think of no more to add to all that’s been said about Sendak, or by Sendak, who died on May 8th at the age of 83.
“Hello, As you probably noticed, I went away forever. I am very experienced now and very famous. I am even a star…. I get plenty to drink, too, so don’t worry…. If you ever come this way, look for me. Jennie” *
Dear Jennie, I did notice. And I will certainly look for you. Love, Debbie.
Some Wonderful Interviews:
Fresh Air Remembers Author Maurice Sendak, interviews with Terry Gross, including the last one in September 2011.
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak, a documentary by Spike Jonze and Lance Bangs. Excerpted here.
Art Spiegelman Discusses Maurice Sendak, with a comic strip collaboration between Spiegelman and Sendak.
*As shared by Lynn Caponera, Sendak’s assistant and longtime friend, who perfectly closed a memorial service for him at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week by quoting this letter and sharing this image of his beloved dog, Jennie, “from his favorite book”, Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More to Life.
Filed under: Inspiration Tagged: Maurice Sendak
April 23, 2012
That’s My Name…
Have you ever wondered how your favorite author’s or illustrator’s name is pronounced? TeachingBooks.net has a huge collection of brief recordings of authors & illustrators saying their names. It includes my own thirty-seven second story – about a shy first-grader and her name.
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Filed under: Random
March 2, 2012
The Best Intentions…
But wait. Does one of the chickens want to help?
From Blue Chicken, Viking 2011
© Deborah Freedman
The Illustration Friday topic for March 2, 2012 is INTENTION.
Filed under: Random Tagged: blue chicken, illustration friday
February 14, 2012
Dear Reader,
Happy Valentine's Day.
Suggested Reading for Valentine's Day: The Wedding Procession of the Rag Doll and the Broom Handle and Who Was in It , by Carl Sandburg and Harriet Pincus; Henry in Love, by Peter McCarty; Bloom, by Maria van Lieshout; Ooh-la-la (Max in Love), by Maira Kalman.
x o © Deborah Freedman
Filed under: Reading Suggestions
January 26, 2012
Chicken Book Stack
I know that, BLOG.
And that's actually why I've been
working on a "suggested reading" list –
picture books about chickens.
Thanks a lot, Blog.
Readers… I have my favorites; what are yours?
Filed under: Reading Suggestions Tagged: blue chicken
January 9, 2012
How to Make a Splash
Drop a spot of ink, liquid watercolor, or other watered-down paint onto some paper.
Blow at it through a straw…
Ta-da!
Visit here for other messy ways to make a splash.
Suggested Reading, Splashy Picture Books: Art & Max by David Wiesner, I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont and David Catrow, Mudkin by Stephen Gammell, Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth and Stephen Gammell.
Filed under: Reading Suggestions Tagged: paint
