Asked @itspeterbrown to sum up his picture book genius in one word, besides talent... His response?

"Ha! Well ok, I guess maybe the one word would be: Stubbornness"

Great answer :)

"So it was a surprise when he cheerfully picked me up and carried me off down the street.

I thought he would probably sell me to the circus.

But no.

He took me to his home.

And I think it is quite a good one."

~Robomop, By Sean Taylor

pictures by Edel Rodriguez

 

A Little Pre Conference Reading...

 

"If you go flying on a flying trapeze," said his mother, "I will be a tightrope walker, and I will walk across the air to you."

~The Runaway Bunny, By Margaret Wise Brown

Last Words...

I asked our teacher Nina Hess if she could only leave us with one idea to take away from our writing class and improve our own writing what would it be?

Her answer:

"Be SPECIFIC"

Accomplished!

Last night was the last class of the winter portion of my UW Writing for Children Certificate program, and I reached my goals! Now onto new goals for the final quarter...

"As the sun set a little firefly was born. It stretched its wings and flew off into the darkening sky."

~The Very Lonely Firefly, By Eric Carle

 

"And that's how I saved the circus.

And now I am famous.

Then one time my dad took me sailing The End."

-Olivia Saves the Circus, By Ian Falconer

 

 

 

"There was nothing but pie.

But there were all nine kinds of pie that Harold liked best."

~Harold and the Purple Crayon, By Crockett Johnson

 

This Beautiful Book...

"Care for all creatures no matter how small;

the Earth's their backyard

and home for us all."

~Care For Our World, By Karen Robbins

 

"Put a star on a stick and you've made a wand.

If you hold a wand the right way, you might see a wish come true. Not always. Only sometimes.

You never know about a wish."

 

~Stars

 

By Mary Lyn Ray and Marla Frazee

 

"Toes are to dance on"

 

~Ruth Krauss

 

A Hole Is To Dig

 

Can't Get Enough Picture Books!

So excited about my latest purchases to add to my collection!