Just back from a great day at the Rochester Children’s Book Festival, where I caught up with some old friends who also happen to be amazing writers. (Pictured, left to right: Dan Mahoney, some hack, Larry Tuxbury, Jeff Mack, Tedd Arnold, and in the front, Andrew Seniawski)
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The hairy pirate Backbeard was spotted this past Halloween at Split Rock Elementary school, dressed in his principal Todd Freeman costume. Outstanding job, Backbeard!
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I just found out that Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! has just been named to the 2012-13 Texas Bluebonnet list. Thanks to all the Texas librarians who supported the book and nominated it for the award!
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At a visit to the University School in Milwaukee this week I had a chance to visit what might be the most interesting, inspiring art room I’ve ever seen. The art teacher, Mr. Geniusz (pronounced “genius”) has created a classroom that’s a work of art in and of itself. The picture above doesn’t begin to do it justice.
I saw an inflatable banana filled with air from 1963. I saw towers and bridges made from popsicle sticks and a life-sized cow designed to fit over a bike. And I saw trains everywhere. One train ran back and forth along a wall-length art history timeline, while others circled overhead in the rafters. Some were part of sculptures, others were sculptures themselves. Everywhere I looked there was something new to discover, and everything in the room looked like it would be fun to try to make.
I can’t tell you how much I wanted to sit down at one of those tables and get to work.
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The good people over at Geek Dad have just posted a really nice interview with me and Larry about Benjamin Franklinstein Meets the Fright Brothers.
GeekDad interview
Continue reading →An awesome Backbeard picture from my visit to Eagle Point Elementary today.
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Yesterday, the UPS man arrived with the first copy of Benjamin Franklinstein Meets The Fright Brothers, hot off the presses. (Larry doesn’t even have his copy yet.) I’m very excited about this one!
It picks up where the first book left off, but I think we were really able to take it in some interesting new directions. Look for it in stores in just a couple weeks.
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Here’s something cool that arrived in my inbox this week: the layout for the new Brazilian edition of Even Monsters Need Haircuts, which is just about to go to press. (Click to see the full image.) I know our world keeps getting smaller, but this sort of thing never fails to blow me away.
Hey Brazilian elementary schools – anyone interested in an author visit?
Continue reading →Just found out that Benjamin Franklinstein Lives! made the Texas Librarian’s Choices list for 2010. A big thank y’all to those fine Texas librarians!
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Continue reading →I just came across this fascinating look at the typesetting, printing, and production of books from the days before digital typesetting. Amazing!
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