Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Yesterday I received a copy of Pippa at the Parade and it’s beautiful! It’s due out this April. I’ve illustrated for magazines and school publications but this is my first real picture book. Thank you to author Karen Roosa, editor Larry Rosler, and art director and designer Tim Gillner. Happy Thanksgiving! Order in time for the 4th of July!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
News from John Shelley
Dear Friends and Colleagues
I'm participating in a group show in Crouch End, London, running 3rd December to 4th January at the Original Gallery in Hornsey Library. Please drop in if you can, I plan to be in London for the private view on 16th December.
All the best
John
John Shelley llustration www.jshelley.com
www2.childrensillustrators.com/illustrator.cgi/john
I'm participating in a group show in Crouch End, London, running 3rd December to 4th January at the Original Gallery in Hornsey Library. Please drop in if you can, I plan to be in London for the private view on 16th December.
All the best
John
John Shelley llustration www.jshelley.com
www2.childrensillustrators.com/illustrator.cgi/john
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Take a look at images
from The Birthday Book, an anthology of children's literature about birthdays. It includes such authors as Lewis Carroll, Anthony Horowitz, J K Rowling, Axel Scheffler, Nick Sharratt, Posy Simmonds, Joel Stewart, Noel Streatfeild, Eleanor Updale and Charlotte Voake
Monday, November 24, 2008
Lindsay duPont's
Jim Copp, Will You Tell Me a Story?
Listen to Daniel Pinkwater's review on NPR's Weekend Edition
Jim Copp, Will You Tell Me a Story?
Listen to Daniel Pinkwater's review on NPR's Weekend Edition
Friday, November 21, 2008
"...The new art is fabulous. And I've got the CD on now, and the music is just as great as I remembered. There's Rosie Greer singing, "It's All Right to Cry," Michael Jackson singing "I Don't Have to Change at All" (!), Alan Alda singing "William Wants a Doll," Harry Belafonte singing, "Parents are People,' the Smothers Brothers singing "Helping." There's Carol Channing reciting the cleaning poem, and Mel Brooks doing the convulsively funny "Boy Meets Girl" sketch..."
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
More Circus
from:
Calder's Circus
Sandy's Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder, by Tanya Lee Stone & Boris Kulikov
Topsy Turvy Circus, illustrated by Tibor Gergely
The Golden Circus, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
Animal Circus by Aurelius Battaglia
Little Peewee, illustrated by J. P. Miller
The Circus Book, llustrations by Sari
AND
The Painted Circus by Wallace Edwards (Thanks, Andrea!)
Calder's Circus
Sandy's Circus: A Story about Alexander Calder, by Tanya Lee Stone & Boris Kulikov
Topsy Turvy Circus, illustrated by Tibor Gergely
The Golden Circus, illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen
Animal Circus by Aurelius Battaglia
Little Peewee, illustrated by J. P. Miller
The Circus Book, llustrations by Sari
AND
The Painted Circus by Wallace Edwards (Thanks, Andrea!)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Introducing the Children's Center
at 42nd Street:
It's what they call in the business a "soft" opening. Not a lot of hullaballoo at first. You just open the doors and wait for...
Monday, November 17, 2008
Patrick Arrasmith
Patrick Arrasmith talks about illustrating on scratchboard for Joseph Delaney's Last Apprentice series.
See inside The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane (click HERE).
(Thanks to Ron Hogan with Galleycat and Betsy Bird)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Pippa is on her way!
Pippa at the Parade
(illustrated by yours truly) is up on amazon (no picture yet). Order in time for the 4th of July!
(illustrated by yours truly) is up on amazon (no picture yet). Order in time for the 4th of July!
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Come See the Stupids Have a Ball!
On Tuesday, November 18 at 7:00PM, Roger will be moderating a panel celebrating James Marshall.
(Thanks to art.books.children!)
(Thanks to art.books.children!)
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
BILL MAULDIN
"Just give me the aspirin. I already got a Purple Heart."
Reflecting on Mauldin's work
On many a Veteran's Day in the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy dressed as a WW II soldier would go to Bill Mauldin's house to drink root bear and tell war stories.
Bio and examples of his cartoons
Letters sent to Bill Mauldin just before his death
Bio by Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times
NCS Awards
St. Louis Walk of Fame
On many a Veteran's Day in the Peanuts comic strip, Snoopy dressed as a WW II soldier would go to Bill Mauldin's house to drink root bear and tell war stories.
Bio and examples of his cartoons
Letters sent to Bill Mauldin just before his death
Bio by Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times
NCS Awards
St. Louis Walk of Fame
Saturday, November 08, 2008
A Children's Inauguration
of President Barack Obama
It has come to the attention of many that with the election of Barack Obama, we are facing a very interesting White House situation...
Wondrous: Original Children's Book Illustrations Exhibition
November 14, 15 and 16 (10am - 5pm daily)
Reception & book signing: Sunday, November 16, 2-5pm
Reception & book signing: Sunday, November 16, 2-5pm
A special exhibition, in conjunction with The Voracious Reader, featuring original illustrations by Ed Young, Robert Byrd, Susan Jeffers, R. Gregory Christie and David Ezra Stein among others.
Anelle Gandelman Fine Art
1989 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538 T. 914.840.4151
Anelle Gandelman Fine Art
1989 Palmer Avenue, Larchmont, NY 10538 T. 914.840.4151
Friday, November 07, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Tales for Little Rebels
A collection of forty-three mostly out-of-print stories, poems, comic strips, primers, for children, edited by Julia Mickenberg and Philip Nel.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Vintage Kid's Books, Great Monday Give: Petunia
This week's Great Monday Give is extend for two weeks. The book a used but nice hardback, weekly reader book club edition of Petunia by Robert Duvoisin.
More about Petunia and Petunias Christmas at Children's Picturebook Collecting.
More about Petunia and Petunias Christmas at Children's Picturebook Collecting.
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Will Elder Image copyright © 2003 Will Elder
This picture of Elder was swiped from the cartoonist and illustrator, Kellie Strøm.
(Three of Kellie Strøm's paintings have gone missing from the Ian Logan Design Shop, London. Can you help?)
This picture of Elder was swiped from the cartoonist and illustrator, Kellie Strøm.
(Three of Kellie Strøm's paintings have gone missing from the Ian Logan Design Shop, London. Can you help?)
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