There's a very smart group of kids and teacher in Pennsylvania that have been reading 100 books every year for the past five years!

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I'm going to this!

Laura Numeroff, When Sheep Sleep
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:00 PM
Secret Garden Books in Ballard

Probably this joke has been done. But I was thinking of more advanced level books Laura could write like:

If You Give A Don A Bookie

If You Give Han Solo A Wookie

If You Give the Sonics A Rookie

If You Give A Nerd A Noogie (Guide for Bullies)

Jaime

Glad I entered this, but I'm not quite happy with my drawing entry yet. I will keep fiddling with it on my own time.

It is so rainy and dark here that Logan won't even go outside for his morning pee. Big baby. Maybe he'll do my pilates DVD with me.

What's a sick sullen girl napping on her couch to do when the next Newbery winner's husband arrives at her door with a huge bushel of apples?

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Last night I went to Town Hall and heard Eric Carle speak. He is a bit forgetful, very endearing, and surprisingly messy. I am getting over a cold and my brain is full of snot and I didn't have the foresight or intelligence to bring a notebook. My wonderful friend, Kelly, did, so maybe she'll do a guest blog on the finer details of Eric's talk.

Some amazing things:

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Alright don't tell my budget or significant other. This was an impulse buy. But the art was too ghoulishly entrancing, my fever too high, the weather crummy, and the date too close to Halloween to pass up this juicy fat hardcover.

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What a thrilling night last night. Patti Lee Gauch spoke to our local SCBWI group on Sassy Characters. Patti is an excellent storyteller and she had us all on the edges of our seats as she quoted Star Girl, Holes, Alice, Ramona...

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Busy busy weeks have past.
I've been working on acetates for a fashion related kid's book/activity kit for a book packager.

In the mean time Linda Medley's graphic novel workshop has sold out! And we even have a wait list. I'm so excited for the workshop. For those of you that didn't have a chance to register never fear! Linda will also be in attendance at our November SCBWI meeting. Hot, hot, hot.

This morning I attended a Picture Book workshop given by the petite powerhouse, Patti Lee Gauch, of Philomel. When I had the chance to share I pulled out a different dummy than I had intended to (winging it seemed to be okay in this workshop.)
Unfortunately the story lies in the pictures (I'm using existing old song lyrics) and my dummy is still too rough. I hope to show it again to Patti this evening with a finished piece of art while displaying my other samples at the Keep It Simple Art Show. Patti is our headlining speaker this evening for our kick off meeting of the 2006-2007 SCBWI WWA calendar!

Tomorrow is Fall Inside Story and it will be a packed house at Santoro's Books. Be there or be square.

Jaime