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<span style="color: #444444;">The Book of Mistakes</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="color: #45818e;">is out in the world! </span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #444444;">Signed copies are also available through Browsers Bookshop— you can order them</span><span style="color: #45818e;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.browsersolympia.com/book-mistakes-corinna-luyken-signed-hardcover">here</a>.</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: normal;">INTERVIEWS</span><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #45818e; font-weight: normal;">(learn about the making of </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #45818e;">The Book of Mistakes</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #45818e;">)</span><span style="color: #444444;">:</span></span></span></h3>
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<a href="http://www.designofthepicturebook.com/the-book-of-mistakes-an-interview-with-corinna-luyken/"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>DESIGN OF THE PICTURE BOOK</b></span></a><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>"The idea of setbacks being opportunities in disguise is no stranger to picture book pages, but rarely has it been illuminated with such style, imagination, and compassion." </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>"The juxtaposition of mistakes and opportunity is the through line of this original offering that gives children a new way to think about the creative process. One thing's for sure: this will lead kids to see their own so-called mistakes in a new, more positive light." </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">-Booklist, starred review</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/corinna-luyken/the-book-of-mistakes/"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>KIRKUS (starred) review</b></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.booklistonline.com/The-Book-of-Mistakes-Luyken-Corinna/pid=8739356"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>BOOKLIST (starred) review</b></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-new-childrens-books-1492795308"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>THE WALL STREET JOURNAL</b></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://picturebooksblogger.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/mis/"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>PICTURE BOOKS BLOGGER</b></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/books/view/9780735227927"><span style="color: #45818e;"><b>JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD Fall 2017 Pick</b></span></a></div>
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<span style="outline: none medium;"><span style="background-color: white; outline: none medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Book-Mistakes-Corinna-Luyken/dp/0735227926/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479240266&sr=1-1" style="line-height: 16px; outline: none medium; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">ABOUT </span><span style="color: #45818e; font-weight: normal;">The Book of Mistakes</span><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: normal;">:</span></span></a></span></span></h3>
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<em style="color: #888683; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; outline: none medium;">One eye was bigger than the other. That was a mistake.</em></div>
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<em style="color: #888683; font-family: arial, tahoma, verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; outline: none medium;">And the inky smudges… they look as if they were always meant to be leaves floating gently across the sky.</em></div>
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<span style="color: #888683; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">As one artist incorporates accidental splotches, spots, and misshapen things into her art, she transforms her piece in quirky and unexpected ways, taking readers on a journey through her process. Told in minimal, playful text, this story shows readers that even the biggest “mistakes” can be the source of the brightest ideas—and that, at the end of the day, we are all works in progress, too.</span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Rhythm and melody make prose memorable. I apply these musical principles to my writing. When I'm drafting a novel, I read my work aloud, listening for tempo and flow. If I stumble, I revise the sentence, pruning and subtracting until the melody is just right. Mind your rhythmic form. If you do, the prose will live and breathe on the page, will linger in the reader's mind as a song of its own.<span style="white-space: pre;">"</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">"Yes, I keep coming across this “common
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<span style="color: #666666;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">-Daniel Handler, Lemony Snicket <a href="http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/people/face_to_face/daniel-handler/article_be3c6ed8-5734-11e5-a4e2-dbc8c3514623.html">in this interview with Walter Ryce</a></span></i></span><br />
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<i><i><span style="color: #444444;">I feel like the story knows more than I do. The story is smarter than I am. </span></i></i><br />
<i><i><span style="color: #444444;">And wiser. And so I can't make the story conform to me because it would ruin the story.</span></i></i><br />
<i><i><span style="color: #444444;">The story shapes me. </span></i></i><br />
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<i><i><span style="color: #666666;">Every book that I've written has changed me and deepened me. </span></i></i></span><br />
<i style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #444444;">So then I'm in different territory entirely than I anticipated. </span></i><i style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #444444;">But I've been doing it long enough now </span></i><br />
<i style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #444444;">to know that I want to be in a different territory than I anticipated. </span></i><br />
<i style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #444444;">Because that's where all the wisdom is, in this story that wants to be told, </span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">So this happened a while back, but a selection from my portfolio is now up on the <a href="http://www.writershouseart.com/corinna-luyken/">Writers House Art Website</a>. It's hard to find words to describe the feeling of seeing my name there alongside the names </span><span style="color: #666666;">of SO MANY of my Picture Book heroes. So a picture instead—</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">My first book has found a home! With <a href="https://twitter.com/Tweetpathi">Namrata Tripathi</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/lil_design">Lily Malcolm</a> at <a href="http://www.penguin.com/meet/publishers/dialbooksforyoungreaders/">Dial Books For Young Readers</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"> </a>and I couldn't be more thrilled.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Namrata Tripathi has edited some truly incredible books, including— <a href="http://www.kellydipucchio.com/GASTON.html">Gaston</a>, </span><span style="color: #444444;"> <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/zachariah-ohora/my-cousin-momo/">My Cousin Momo</a>, <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8037-3852-2">No Fits, Nilson!</a> (a forever favorite in our house), </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7309806-lulu-and-the-brontosaurus">Lulu and the Brontosaurus</a></span><span style="color: #444444;">, </span><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2014/06/12/review-of-the-day-hug-machine-by-scott-campbell/">Hug Machine</a>, <a href="http://www.kellydipucchio.com/zombie_love.html">Zombie in Love</a></span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;">,</span> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23281919-circus-mirandus">Circus Mirandus</a>, and <a href="http://johncoreywhaley.com/untitled/">Noggin</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Lily Malcolm is the Art Director behind most of those books as well as MANY more that I love— <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal">Roller Girl</a>, <a href="http://www.davidsmallbooks.com/one-cool-friend/">One Cool Friend</a>, </span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-525-42887-9">Robo-Sauce</a>,</span> <a href="http://jandynelson.com/books/ill-give-you-the-sun/">I'll Give You The Sun</a> and <a href="http://www.idapearle.com/pages/the-moon-is-going-to-addys-house">The Moon Is Going To Addy's House</a> to name just a few. I've been fortunate to hear them both speak at <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/">SCBWI</a> conferences and am honored to have this chance to work with them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">You can find the official Publishers Weekly announcement (and read about some other amazing books to look forward to) <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/69133-rights-report-week-of-january-11-2016.html">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #666666;">I'm thrilled to announce that I am now represented by<span style="color: #134f5c;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/stevenmalk">Steven Malk</a></span>, </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #666666;">literary agent at <span style="color: #134f5c;"><a href="http://www.writershouseart.com/">Writers House!</a></span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">It started with a book. A </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;">gift from a friend, not long after my daughter was born. The book was</span> <a href="https://www.buyolympia.com/q/Item=all-in-a-day"><i>All In A Day</i></a>, by </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.cynthiarylant.com/">Cynthia Rylant</a> and</span></span> <a href="http://nikkimcclure.com/">Nikki McClure</a>. My whole family loved it— we loved the art, we loved the words. And I</span><span style="color: #666666;"> was struck by how well they worked together. And then I began to wonder how Nikki (whose calendars had hung in our home for years) came to work with such an extraordinary writer on her first picture book. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">A little research led to <a href="http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1878">this interview</a> with literary agent Steven Malk. A little more research and I realized he represented not two, not five— but more than twenty of my favorite writers and illustrators. He represented the people who made the books that I LOVED. Books like <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28748.The_Very_Persistent_Gappers_of_Frip">The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/526691.Mrs_Crump_s_Cat?from_search=true&search_version=service">Mrs. Crump's Cat</a>, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6562659-all-the-world">All the World</a>, and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12065943-extra-yarn?from_search=true&search_version=service">Extra Yarn</a>. Books that became part of the language of my family, books that changed my life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">And so, impressed by the interview, I rushed to query him a few days later, with an alphabet story I'd written and illustrated. And he declined to represent me. But, he was encouraging. And I had a sense of something bigger now, a vision of the kinds of books I'd like to make. Not books that I could make yet, but the books that I wanted to make. So I kept drawing, I kept writing. Since then I've heard Steve speak at three </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="http://www.scbwi.org/">SCBWI</a> </span>conferences. And each time he's said the same thing— <i>be intentional, take the long view, slow down. </i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;">Steve has a philosophy that, with patience, passion and effort— people can make beautiful things. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">That book, that first query—was four years ago. And it's been fifteen years, since I knew this was the work I wanted to do. And now— seven SCBWI conferences (regional and national) and eight book dummies later, I am thrilled to be working with Steve. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">Persistence
can be hard to maintain. Practicing patience, for me, is even harder. But it helps when I think of it as a dance— in slow motion. For even the slowest of dances has rhythm and flow. </span>
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<span style="color: #666666;">All of which brings to mind these words by<span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span></span><a href="https://vimeo.com/85040589"><span style="color: #bf9000;">Ira Glass,</span></a><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #bf9000;"> </span>words that have been such good company on this journey—</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, and I really wish somebody had told this to me. </span></span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">All
of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have
good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years that
you're making stuff, what you're making isn't so good. It’s trying to be
good, it has ambition to be good, but it’s not that good. But your taste, the thing that got you into the
game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you.
A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. </span></span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">And the thing that I would say to you, with all of my heart, is this— </span></span></span></b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">most everybody I know who does interesting, creative work went through a phase— they went through years of this. We
know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have.
We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or if you are
still in this phase, you've g</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">ot<span style="font-family: inherit;"> t<span style="font-family: inherit;">o</span> </span> </span></span></span><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">know it's normal<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>. </b></span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A</span></span></span><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></b></span>nd the most important
thing you can d</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">o<span style="font-family: inherit;">—</span></span></span></span><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> is do a lot of work. It is only by going through a
volume of work that you will catch up and close that gap. And the work you're making will be as
good as your ambitions. </span></span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I took longer to figure out how to do this
than anyone I’ve ever met. It takes a while</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span></span></span><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b></span>It’s gonna take you awhile. It’s normal to take
awhile. And you've just got to fight your way through tha</span></span></span></b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">t<span style="font-family: inherit;">—</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">o</span>kay?</span></span></span><b><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">” </span></span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="background-color: white;">A few stars here... in celebration of the longest night of the year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>"Ugly-messy-beautiful.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>That brings to mind the Japanese idea of wabi-sabi. </i></span></span></span><br />
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kindred spirit with the artwork I do... I like to SEE the process in the
finished work. The best thing I ever saw (well, one of) was Michelangelo’s
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i> There one could see,
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>How much
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>–<a href="http://www.davidezra.com/">David Ezra Stein</a> in <a href="http://numberfivebus.com/2015/09/14/season-2-episode-1-matthew-cordell-david-ezra-stein/">this great interview/conversation</a> </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>with <a href="http://www.matthewcordell.com/">Matthew Cordell</a> on <a href="http://numberfivebus.com/">Number Five Bus </a></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>He thinks of failure like learning to ride a bike; </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><i>it isn't conceivable that you would learn to do this without making mistakes— </i></span><br />
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sunlight bent. I felt the ceiling arch, and <br />
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Huge shout out to our Work In Progress Grant winners! So many wonderful entries. These were outstanding! <a href="http://t.co/IaiD0wjtqz">http://t.co/IaiD0wjtqz</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/scbwi?src=hash">#scbwi</a></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">And here are some images from <i>my heart, my heart</i>— the project that received the <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/">SCBWI</a> <a href="http://donfreeman.info/">Don Freeman</a> <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/scbwi-announces-work-in-progress-winners/">Work In Progress Grant</a>:</span><br />
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Corinna Luykenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11612187958491053306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585802064128461935.post-41235546787571884342015-08-05T14:10:00.000-07:002015-08-29T00:05:17.380-07:00all I ever<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;">Another <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/">SCBWI</a> summer conference has come and gone, and once again I feel so grateful to be part of this community of writers and artists that care so much about making books for children. As <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/about/personnel/">Lin Oliver </a>said so beautifully, <i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">As someone who lives in a small town, far from the cities where so many book makers live, <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/">SCBWI</a> has been my avenue for connecting with this community. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">So it is with a heart full of gratitude that I say Thank You to SCBWI for the honor of being chosen for one of the <a href="http://scbwiconference.blogspot.com/2015/08/portfolio-showcase-winners.html">Portfolio Showcase Awards</a>. And a very big Congratulations to the other Portfolio Showcase Award Winners:</span></div>
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amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait
around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in
the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best
ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.
Things occur to you. If you're sitting around trying to dream up a
great art idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens.
But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something
else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push you
in another direction. Inspiration is absolutely unnecessary and somehow
deceptive. You feel like you need this great idea before you can get
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<span style="color: #444444;">My 5 year old reads books this way. After we read <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/daniel-miyares/float-miyares/">Float</a>, within minutes she was making paper boats and floating them in a little pool. After reading <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16101011-miss-maple-s-seeds">Mrs. Maple's Seeds</a>, she was Miss Maple, dressed in an apron, scattering seeds across the living room. We read <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2986840-hogwash?from_search=true&search_version=service">Hogwash</a>
and she was quickly drawing her own mud/paint/shower machines complete
with magnets, faucets, and piggies hanging up on a clothesline to dry.
After almost every story that she loves, she says 'Mama, I want to BE
that. How can I BE in Hogwash? How can I BE in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/334818.Miss_Rumphius">Miss Rumphius</a>, how can I BE in <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12564868-virginia-wolf?from_search=true&search_version=service">Virginia Wolf</a>?
(Lots of paintbrushes and a big bow in her hair seem to be a good
starting place for the latter.) It's a question that I've learned not to
answer, as whatever she comes up with is always more surprising, more
interesting, more wonderful than anything I could have suggested. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;">Of course when we draw together, she is also full
of ideas. Sometimes we trade our drawings back and forth, sometimes we
swap them right before adding color. We draw a lot of girls in flying
machines and long fancy dresses. But today I was drawing a creature in a
scarf which she thought looked like a bandage. Which seemed like a fun
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<span style="color: #444444;">I love beginning a drawing without any idea of how it will
end. Usually, I start with a face, and from there the drawing takes on a
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i>-<a href="http://www.macbarnett.com/">Mac Barnett</a> in <a href="http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=2382" target="_blank">this interview</a></i></span><i><span style="color: #444444;"> with <a href="http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?page_id=2">Julie Danielson</a></span></i></div>
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I've been working on a few illustrations lately that have their share of knobby bits and gristle. I've also been thinking about the ways in which stories can surprise and leave questions unanswered even as they end. Most of my favorite books from childhood have quirks, and many of my favorite illustrators have a rough, loose, or odd quality to their work.<br />
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As I work on a story of my own, I've been visiting my local library and bringing home some tall stacks of books. Here are some shaggy stories that I've really enjoyed lately:<br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://miekewillems.blogspot.com/2010/10/would-you-rather.html"><i>Would You Rather</i> by Jon Burningham</a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/John-Patrick-Norman-McHennessy-Dragonfly/dp/0517885956"><span class="st"><i>John Patrick Norman McHennessy: The Boy Who Was Always Late</i> also by Jon Burningham</span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2986840-hogwash"><span class="st"><i>Hogwash </i>by Arthur Geisert</span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="st"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2769732-oink"><i>Oink </i>also by Arthur Geisert</a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">Take Away the A: An Alphabeast of a Book! </a></i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">by Michael Escoffier and Kris Di Giacomo</a></span></span> <br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.pomegranate.com/a200.html"><span class="st"><i>The Treehorn Trilogy </i>by Florence Parry Heide and Edward Gorey</span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20723655-outstanding-in-the-rain"><span class="st"><i><span class="st"><i>Outstanding in the Rain </i></span></i><span class="st">by Frank Viva</span></span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.chroniclebooks.com/titles/rude-cakes.html"><span class="st"><i><span class="st">Rude Cakes </span></i><span class="st">by Rowboat Watkins</span></span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13528292-the-monsters-monster"><span class="st"><span class="st"><i>The Monsters' Monster</i> by Patrick McDonnell</span></span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="st"><span class="st"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22718694-the-skunk"><i>The Skunk</i> by Mac Barnett and Patrick McDonnell </a></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="st"><a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jon-agee-4/its-only-stanley/"><i> It's Only Stanley </i>by Jon Agee</a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23281919-circus-mirandus"><span class="st"><i>Circus Mirandus </i>by</span><span class="st"> Cassie Bealey</span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://terribletwo.com/"><span class="st"><i>The Terrible Two</i> by Jory John and Mac Barnett</span></a></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span class="st"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22718717-return-to-augie-hobble"><i>Return to Augie Hobble</i> by Lane Smith</a></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.russellhoban.org/all-book-titles/rain-door"><i>The Rain Door</i> by Russell Hoban and Quentin Blake</a><span id="goog_444256872"></span><span id="goog_444256873"></span></span></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.enchantedlion.com/node/205">Pomelo Explores Color </a></span></span></i><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.enchantedlion.com/node/205">by Ramona Badescu and Benjamin Chaud</a></span></span><br />
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shares her thoughts on the dingiest rattiest books, stories that
matter, and honesty that makes you squirm (as well as a great list of of
books to check out) <a href="http://www.marcieatkins.com/2015/06/30/mentor-texts-for-writers-a-storytime-capsule-by-carter-higgins/">here.</a><br />
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I was a dancer, we were always encouraged to fall in rehearsal, so that
you could know what the tipping point of any given movement was. That
way, when you did it on the stage, you could be sure you were taking it
to the edge without falling on your face. It sounds like a cliché, but
really it's just physics— if you don't touch the fulcrum, you'll never
gain a felt sense of it, and your movement will be impoverished for it.” </i></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: small;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><i> </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">Last weekend I had the honor of having my portfolio chosen as the<a href="http://chinookupdate.blogspot.com/"> </a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">2015 Art Portfolio Show Grand Prize Winner</a> at the</span></span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"> <a href="http://chinookupdate.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SCBWI WWA</a>
spring conference. There was so much beautiful work on display, and I'm
thrilled and grateful to be part of this incredibly talented and
supportive community. </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Thank you </span><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><a href="http://www.scbwi.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: normal;">SCBWI</span></a></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">!</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;">"But every raw soul has it own secret advantages. Elena had hers, </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #444444;">and those advantages might as well be termed </span><span style="color: #444444;">perplexity. </span></i></div>
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<a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780812996272-0" target="_blank">Congratulations, By The Way</a> by <a href="http://www.georgesaundersbooks.com/" target="_blank">George Saunders</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/18-9780763672201-0" target="_blank">Egg & Spoon</a> by <a href="http://www.gregorymaguire.com/" target="_blank">Gregory Maguire</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.powells.com/s?kw=christmas+eve+at+the+mellops&class=" target="_blank">Christmas Eve at the Mellops'</a> by <a href="http://www.tomiungerer.com/" target="_blank">Tomi Ungerer</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.powells.com/s?kw=an+invisible+sign+of+my+own&class=" target="_blank">An Invisible Sign of My Own</a> by <a href="http://aimeebender.com/" target="_blank">Aimee Bender</a><br />
Zlateh The Goat And Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Illustrated by Maurice Sendak<br />
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Corinna Luykenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11612187958491053306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585802064128461935.post-33092466506883254102014-12-24T12:27:00.000-08:002014-12-24T12:27:32.821-08:00decorations<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #444444;">One of my favorite things about the holidays are all the lights....</span></div>
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<br />Corinna Luykenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11612187958491053306noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585802064128461935.post-18510539556051842682014-11-19T00:44:00.000-08:002014-11-19T09:46:52.736-08:00something new<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i><span class="st"><i>"Perhaps</i> the excitement of a <i>new idea </i></span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><i><span class="st"><i>comes</i> partly from the feeling of <i>freedom</i> that accompanies the loss </span></i></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><i><span class="st">of the previous idea." </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><i><span class="st"> </span></i><span class="st">-John Tarrant </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444;"><span class="st"><a href="http://tarrantworks.com/books/bring-me-the-rhinoceros/" target="_blank">Bring Me The Rhinoceros</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763;"> Something new, from this week. A girl and a dragon...</span><br />
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