Clowns are fun and colorful. Archer wants a clown to attend his 5-year-old birthday party but his Mom has different ideas. she thinks clowns are scary and say “no”. Archer is determined to change her mind. Kathy Mashburn is the author of this children’s book that explores the feelings of both adults and children on […]
Free Kids Art And Reading Online Camp –
Caldecott award winning books is the topic for today for the Free Kids Art And Reading Online Camp – Day 4. The award is a prestigious award for children’s books that is made each year for outstanding contributions to children’s literature. The award is named in honor of the nineteenth-century English illustrator, Randolph […]
Free Kids Art and Reading Club – Day 2
I hope everyone had a good time visiting the MOMA interactive online art gallery on Day 1. There are a lot of fun things to do while viewing the animated version of the MOMA art gallery in New York City. Also I hope you will draw your self portrait (a picture of yourself) and post […]
Kids’ Art And Reading Club – Summer Lear
It is that time of the year when school is out and children are overly excited about being out of school for the summer. The kids are excited but most parents start scrambling after the first one or two weeks to find activities to keep them busy. Most parents realize that if the kids are […]
Be Creative – Sketch Day 5 & 6
I have been working on the illustrations for my new picture book, Lucy And Pablo’s Garden. Lucy is a very girly ladybug and Pablo is a curious boot-wearing preying mantis. This is one of the opening illustrations for the book.
Roland’s Stupendous Imagination And The
Since I was a child, I have always been interested in Native American cultures and traditions. My interest has grown over the years and the desire to know more about the culture and the legends. Roland is a young boy with a stupendous imagination that often gets him in trouble when he daydreams at school. […]
Children’s Books – Ashley Howland – Auth
Recently I have had the pleasure of getting to know Ashley Howland from Adelaide, Australia. Our virtual friendship has unfolded in a natural series of steps. We both have two children’s books that have been published recently. In an effort to get to know her better and learn more about her books, I asked her […]
Children’s Books -Drabsville Book Traile
When trying to decide how I would make my first video about my children’s picture book, Drabsville, I decided to focus on the spider which is the pet of the main character, Matt, in the book. The spider was added to the cast of characters late in the development of the book, actually after […]