Hi everyone!
First, the winner:
Is DEBRA SCHUMAKER!
Yay, Debra!
Email me @ kathyellendaviswriter@gmail.com
and I’ll get Storyworld out to you soon!
Today’s book is fun.
I loved the promotion Matthew Cordell did with this.
He gave away signed book plates,
postcards,
prints from the book,
and even brand new art
for people that bought his book.
What a great idea,
and a cool opportunity.
I got a print from the book,
one of my favorite spreads.
Here’s the book!
Title: Hello! Hello!
Published by: Disney Hyperion, 2012
Written by: Matthew Cordell
Illustrated by: Matthew Cordell
Word Count: 33 (had to count this one on my own, didn’t count all the animal hellos)
Pages: 56
In one word: Eye-opening
In one sentence: A girl discovers what she can say hello to and do when everyone else around her is electronically occupied.
Favorite pages:
(I need to get a frame for it!)
Likes:
- Love the artwork. Watercolor and bamboo pen and ink. Very lively.
- The simple message. It doesn’t hit you over the face, and it’s a good one to hear!
- The bright colors!
- The resolution and how Lydia gets everyone in her family to join in the fun.
Learns:
- It IS possible to have a meaningful message in a book without it being overbearing.
- Simplicity is awesome and simpler stories can the ones that make us think the most!
- What a cool way to promote your book (Matthew’s giveaways)
- Look under the dust jacket. There could be a different picture there! (this one has one!)
Hope everyone is having a great Monday.
And maybe get out into nature for a bit.
What do you say?
Until tomorrow,
KE and SS
Congrats, Debra!
That is a neat way to give out prizes and get people to buy your books!
I read Oh no! Not again! by Mac Barnett and Dan Santat. Beautiful illustrations, although the story line might be a little difficult for young ones to follow.
Today, I read BORIS AND BELLA by Carolyn Crimi and illustrated by Gris Grimly. This book is 808-words. Bella Legrossi and Boris Kleanitoff, the messiest and cleanest monsters in Booville respectively, do nothing but argue until the night of Harry Beastie’s Halloween party when they fell in love.
This was cute the illustration was amazing and I loved the use of alliteration through out the text.
Congrats, Debra. I hope those cards generate great ideas for you.
I read MAUDE, THE NOT-SO-NOTICEABLE SHRIMPTON by Lauren Child and illustrated by Trisha Krauss, 2012, Candlewick Press. It’s a story about a middle child who literally blends into the environment. She asks for a goldfish for her birthday. But does her family listen? Nope. She gets a tiger. Uh oh.
Congrats Debra!
Today I read “Halloween Forest” by Marion Dane Bauer and illustrated by John Shelley.
I am on a Candace Fleming kick but this time it is illustrated by Eric Rohmann. This one is called Oh, No! and is a Caldecott Medal Winner. One by one, the animals fall into a deep hole while a hungry tiger watch nearby. Who will save them? Again, Fleming’s use of onomatopoeia amuses me and there is also some repetition here.
I read “Charlotte’s Web” by E.B. White. I hope that counts as a picture book. I believe I read that there were 47 illustrations in it.
I remember checking this book out in third grade and having a hard time with the title character’s name. It is also interesting to see how times have changed – from what things cost at the fair to the fact that Fern’s brother brings his rifle and knife to school.
I read “Bugs in My Hair” written and illustrated by David Shannon. It’s about LICE! With illustrations of GIANT lice. Ew. But surprisingly informative and entertaining. Probably not going to be a book I would choose to read over and over, but I could see it put to good use in a classroom or if your child got lice and needed to understand more about it.
I read Wake Up, Dragons by Jane Yolen. It was beautifully and simply written in rhyme and the story is adorable. Makes you want to fly!
I’m so excited I won! I didn’t read a book yesterday, but was high on cloud nine with my win. This month has been really fun. The win is just icing on the cake!
What a cheery print to have hanging in your workspace! Speaking of simplicity, I read BLOOM: A LITTLE BOOK ABOUT FINDING LOVE by Maria Van Lieshout. Delightful pictures of pigs, butterflies, and flowers with spare text and a strong story arc. My daughter chose this book from a roomful at an authors’ faire several years back, and when Maria signed it for her, I think she fell in love with Maria! It was her first experience with author book signings, and now she’s almost as hooked as I am on them. 🙂