Deborah Freedman's Blog, page 16
June 9, 2011
May 20, 2011
The Chicken Would Like to Speak…
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) will launch its Fund for Free Speech in Children's Books with a Silent Auction on Wednesday, May 25, at BookExpo America. The ABC auction will feature more than 100 works of art by beloved children's illustrators, including Barbara McClintock, Jerry Pinckney, Chris Raschka, Lane Smith, Mo Williams. An online preview of the artwork, including the above, is here.
© illustration Deborah Freedma, 2011
The Illustration Friday topic for May 20, 2011 is SOAKED.
Filed under: Random Tagged: blue chicken, censorship, illustration friday
April 30, 2011
Finding Balance
Elephant Entertains Eggplants
© Deborah Freedman
The Illustration Friday topic for April 29, 2011 is LESSON.
Filed under: Random Tagged: illustration friday
April 27, 2011
Sshhh… Don't Tell!
Look, Blog!
Blue Chicken got it's first review,
and it's pretty good!
I know, but… too late to fix anything now.
It's at the printer. And anyway, my editor seems happy…
Blog! SSHHHHH!!
Suggested Reading, Picture Books About Secrets: It's a Secret, by John Burningham; The Secret Circus, by Johanna Wright; The Secret Shortcut, by Mark Teague; The Secret Birthday Message, by Eric Carle; Nasreen's Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan, by Jeanette Winter; The Day of Ahmed's Secret, by Florence H. Parry and Ted Lewin; The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Robert Ingpen.
Filed under: Reading Suggestions, This Blog Tagged: blue chicken
April 11, 2011
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11 April 2011
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11 April 2011
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March 26, 2011
Mud-luscious and Puddle-wonderful
in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles far and wee…
By E. E. Cummings
Suggested Reading, Picture Books About MUD: Mud Book: How to Make Pies and Cakes, by John Cage and Lois Long; Mudkin, by Stephen Gammell; Mud Pies and Other Recipes, by Marjorie Winslow & Erik Blegvad.
Filed under: Reading Suggestions
March 11, 2011
A Letter to Mr. Keats
Illustration © Ezra Jack Keats, from The Snowy Day,
first published by The Viking Press in 1962
Today, March 11, is the birthday of Ezra Jack Keats, 1916 – 1983.
Filed under: Birthday Soup Tagged: Ezra Jack Keats
March 2, 2011
Would YOU Eat Green Eggs and Ham? Redux…
I would not, could not, in the fog.
I could not, would not on a jog.
Yes, Blog, but it's Dr. Seuss's birthday today, so I thought it would be fun to play again!
That's very good, Blog! You are so clever!
Sigh…
Help us celebrate the birthday of Theodore Giesel (aka Dr. Seuss) and Read Across America Day by adding your own "Green Eggs and Ham" verse!
Filed under: Birthday Soup, This Blog
February 22, 2011
Don't Shrink at the Table
"If you want to pretend you're shrinking, that's all right," said Treehorn's mother, "as long as you don't do it at the table."
From The Shrinking of Treehorn
by Florence Parry Heide, drawings by Edward Gorey
It's Treehorn week! Today is the birthday of illustrator Edward Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000), and author Florence Parry Heide celebrates hers on February 27th. She is interviewed about Treehorn here.
Text © Florence Parry Heide
Illustration © Edward Gorey
Filed under: Birthday Soup Tagged: Gorey
February 20, 2011
Dear Reader,
She Ate the Pea.
© Deborah Freedman
The Illustration Friday topic for February 18, 2011 is LAYERS.
Filed under: Random Tagged: illustration friday
