The Zoomers' Handbook by Anna & Thiago de Moraes
Tuesday, 29 December 2015
Tuesday, 24 November 2015
2015 Picture Book Challenge: Terry Perkins and his Upside Down Frown
A bit of a bumper edition for this post, so let's start at the top:
Terry Perkins and his Upside Down Frown by Felix Massie
Thursday, 12 November 2015
2015 Picture Book Challenge: Steve Antony quadruple bill
Please, Mr Panda
Monday, 9 November 2015
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Monday, 19 October 2015
2015 Picture Book Challenge: Two sun stories
By coincidence, or perhaps intuition, I picked up two books to read concerning the arrival of the sunrise. They make such a good pair, and offer some interesting things to discuss by comparison, that I'm going to dedicate this post to the two of them. First:
How the Sun Got to Coco's House by Bob Graham
Sunday, 11 October 2015
Friday, 9 October 2015
2015 Picture Book Challenge: Footpath Flowers
Footpath Flowers by JonArno Lawson and Sydney Smith
Published by Walker Books. A fascinating wordless book, and probably one for older readers as it uses detail and palette change as an intrinsic part of its meaning, consisting only of small, subtle actions and touching on sensitive issues.
Saturday, 3 October 2015
2015 Picture Book Challenge! : Whatever Happened to my Sister?
I've set myself the challenge of reading as many of this year's new picture books as I can get hold of (through the public library), with the aim of having a list of recommendations by the end. This seemed less ambitious in July, but here I go... I think I'll post updates featuring a book that really impressed me and run down the other titles I have read. To start, the impressive:
Whatever Happened to my Sister? by Simona Ciraolo
Thursday, 3 September 2015
The No-Update Update
I do still exist.
Hello.
I regret to admit I've made very little to share with you since my last update. There have been distractions. However, when not frittering the time away, I have been rewriting some manuscripts... I still have plans for the following, in order of preference:
Women of Power
Totopolis
Talmac the Syberbarian
They all want to be comics. I'll try to get them further along.
Also, thanks to reading Maurice Sendak's insightful collection of reviews and essays, Caldecott & Co., I have a new appreciation of the picture book. I've been reading quite a few (I like to stretch myself), so I might blog about what I encounter in place of progress on my own projects for the time being.
Thanks for checking in, I have missed you...
Hello.
I regret to admit I've made very little to share with you since my last update. There have been distractions. However, when not frittering the time away, I have been rewriting some manuscripts... I still have plans for the following, in order of preference:
Women of Power
Totopolis
Talmac the Syberbarian
They all want to be comics. I'll try to get them further along.
Also, thanks to reading Maurice Sendak's insightful collection of reviews and essays, Caldecott & Co., I have a new appreciation of the picture book. I've been reading quite a few (I like to stretch myself), so I might blog about what I encounter in place of progress on my own projects for the time being.
Thanks for checking in, I have missed you...
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