A picture book from Ellen Raskin that is new to me, hooray!! I've always loved her drawings and books and I think I'll go on a quest for her picture books -- I only have Nothing Ever Happens on Our Street, and the books for older kids. (This is the second time in a week I've thought about Raskin -- the other day I found a Murder She Wrote TV movie that totally lifted the Westing Game's plot device!)
Prior to now I hadn't realized that Ellen Raskin had done PICTURE BOOKS!! But I feel like the style of the artwork is so, so familiar that it feels like I've seen it before. The wordplay and the sly nudging for observant readers is delightful.
I am so bad at the socials to begin with that I haven't really checked out Mastodon - I may get there, but...
Happy Soupish Season! I have started all the ridiculous decoupage projects and embroidering... practice slippers. They are terrible so far, but my freehand flowers are getting better. Meanwhile we seem to be having days of Actual Mildly Chilly Weather (40's), and it's delightful. Did I tell you we moved and now have a backyard fire pit? It's not going to be as cool as your huge bonfires, but I'm having fun with it.
I'll do some poking around today, but I think I remember reading that she started out as an illustrator, mainly doing book covers, and she did a LOT of them—so that might be part of it? I also think this one has a very very specifically 70s look, like some of the animation from The Electric Company and whatnot?
Mastodon is taking some getting used to, but the lack of ads is particularly nice? We'll see how it goes.
Embroidery is one of those that I think stresses me out because there is so much... possibility?? I am always in awe of folks who do it. And my spinning is terrible, too, but it's improving and I enjoy it so much (it's kind of meditative), that I don't mind the yarn being a bit lumpy.
We shifted away from the gigantic fires—mostly because we had to put in a new septic a couple of years ago & it went where we used to do those big burns, LOL—and have downsized to a smaller, more manageable pit as well! And it's very nice to be able to have a small fire and then go in, vs a giant fire that you have to tend all night/keep an eye on for a gazillion hours, heh. We always feel like having a fire out there at night feels like a reset on the day, like it centers us at home again after being out and about at work or whatever.
Prior to now I hadn't realized that Ellen Raskin had done PICTURE BOOKS!! But I feel like the style of the artwork is so, so familiar that it feels like I've seen it before. The wordplay and the sly nudging for observant readers is delightful.
I am so bad at the socials to begin with that I haven't really checked out Mastodon - I may get there, but...
Happy Soupish Season! I have started all the ridiculous decoupage projects and embroidering... practice slippers. They are terrible so far, but my freehand flowers are getting better. Meanwhile we seem to be having days of Actual Mildly Chilly Weather (40's), and it's delightful. Did I tell you we moved and now have a backyard fire pit? It's not going to be as cool as your huge bonfires, but I'm having fun with it.
A picture book from Ellen Raskin that is new to me, hooray!! I've always loved her drawings and books and I think I'll go on a quest for her picture books -- I only have Nothing Ever Happens on Our Street, and the books for older kids. (This is the second time in a week I've thought about Raskin -- the other day I found a Murder She Wrote TV movie that totally lifted the Westing Game's plot device!)
Haaa, what fun, I'll have to track down that Murder She Wrote!!
Discovering more and more of her picture books has been such a joy, I'm glad you're going to join me on the journey!
She's baaaaaack! And with such a fun book!
Prior to now I hadn't realized that Ellen Raskin had done PICTURE BOOKS!! But I feel like the style of the artwork is so, so familiar that it feels like I've seen it before. The wordplay and the sly nudging for observant readers is delightful.
I am so bad at the socials to begin with that I haven't really checked out Mastodon - I may get there, but...
Happy Soupish Season! I have started all the ridiculous decoupage projects and embroidering... practice slippers. They are terrible so far, but my freehand flowers are getting better. Meanwhile we seem to be having days of Actual Mildly Chilly Weather (40's), and it's delightful. Did I tell you we moved and now have a backyard fire pit? It's not going to be as cool as your huge bonfires, but I'm having fun with it.
I'll do some poking around today, but I think I remember reading that she started out as an illustrator, mainly doing book covers, and she did a LOT of them—so that might be part of it? I also think this one has a very very specifically 70s look, like some of the animation from The Electric Company and whatnot?
Mastodon is taking some getting used to, but the lack of ads is particularly nice? We'll see how it goes.
Embroidery is one of those that I think stresses me out because there is so much... possibility?? I am always in awe of folks who do it. And my spinning is terrible, too, but it's improving and I enjoy it so much (it's kind of meditative), that I don't mind the yarn being a bit lumpy.
We shifted away from the gigantic fires—mostly because we had to put in a new septic a couple of years ago & it went where we used to do those big burns, LOL—and have downsized to a smaller, more manageable pit as well! And it's very nice to be able to have a small fire and then go in, vs a giant fire that you have to tend all night/keep an eye on for a gazillion hours, heh. We always feel like having a fire out there at night feels like a reset on the day, like it centers us at home again after being out and about at work or whatever.
She's baaaaaack! And with such a fun book!
Prior to now I hadn't realized that Ellen Raskin had done PICTURE BOOKS!! But I feel like the style of the artwork is so, so familiar that it feels like I've seen it before. The wordplay and the sly nudging for observant readers is delightful.
I am so bad at the socials to begin with that I haven't really checked out Mastodon - I may get there, but...
Happy Soupish Season! I have started all the ridiculous decoupage projects and embroidering... practice slippers. They are terrible so far, but my freehand flowers are getting better. Meanwhile we seem to be having days of Actual Mildly Chilly Weather (40's), and it's delightful. Did I tell you we moved and now have a backyard fire pit? It's not going to be as cool as your huge bonfires, but I'm having fun with it.