{"id":2084,"date":"2011-02-25T00:01:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T06:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2084"},"modified":"2011-02-25T00:01:32","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T06:01:32","slug":"poetry-and-film-trailer-and-gruffalo-and-lost-thingsand-newsy-and-random-etcetera-ness-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2084","title":{"rendered":"Poetry and Film Trailer and Gruffalo and Lost Things<br>and Newsy and Random Etcetera-ness Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/amandinaband.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>{Clearly, I need some intervention sometimes when it comes to post titles.}<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t tend to cover news here at 7-Imp. If I had more time to blog, I think I&#8217;d have fun rounding stuff up, but for now I leave that to the experts. You want the latest in children&#8217;s lit happenings from every perspective? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.schoollibraryjournal.com\/afuse8production\">Betsy<\/a><\/strong> pretty much rocks it with her Fusenews. I also like to hit <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/100scopenotes.wordpress.com\/\">100 Scope Notes<\/a><\/strong><\/em> for some buzz. Or <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/readroger.hbook.com\/\">Read Roger<\/a><\/em><\/strong> for the no-nonsense buzz. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jkrbooks.typepad.com\/\">Jen Robinson<\/a><\/strong> and <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/childrens-literacy.com\/\">Scrub-a-Dub-Tub<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rascofromrif.org\/\">Rasco From RIF<\/a><\/em><\/strong> are absolutely who you want to go hang with for literacy-related round-ups. And there are many, many more, but you get my point. I don&#8217;t do it. I go to <em>them<\/em> and others for the low-down. <\/p>\n<p>This morning, however, I wanted to share a few picture-book or illustration-related links that have come to my attention lately. I can&#8217;t help but feel the need to gab about them: <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In Milan, Italy, they&#8217;re adapting <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1468\">Sergio Ruzzier&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781596432369\">Amandina<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (pictured above) to the stage. Read <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sergioruzzier.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/amandina-on-real-stage.html\">here<\/a><\/strong> for more information.<\/li>\n<li>Check out <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com\/2011\/02\/22\/introducing-childrens-book-reviews-online\/?smid=tw-paper_cuts&#038;seid=auto\">this commitment<\/a><\/strong> to more picture-book coverage at <em>The New York Times<\/em>. Well, now. Amen.<\/li>\n<li>Did you see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/gallery\/2011\/feb\/22\/emily-gravett-in-pictures#\/?picture=371574060&#038;index=0\">this Emily Gravett slideshow<\/a><\/strong> from Tuesday of this week at <em>The Guardian<\/em>? Excellent.<\/li>\n<li>The 2011 winners of the Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers &#038; Illustrators&#8217; Golden Kite Awards (&#8220;given annually to recognize excellence in children\u2019s literature&#8221;) were announced recently. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/scbwi.blogspot.com\/2011\/02\/scbwi-announces-2011-golden-kite-awards.html\">Here<\/a><\/strong> are the winners. I&#8217;m happy with those picture book choices, but I&#8217;m especially pleased to see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2039\">Salley-Mavor<\/a><\/strong> love.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicolehaleyblog.com\/behind-the-scenes-of-a-sick-day\/\">Here&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> a wonderful feature from a Michigan photographer on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philipstead.com\/\">Phil<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.erinstead.com\/\">Erin Stead<\/a><\/strong>, which includes <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1950\">another<\/a><\/strong> sneek peak into their studio.<\/li>\n<li>Illustrator Marcellus Hall (featured <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1956\">here<\/a><\/strong> at 7-Imp in June of last year and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1647\">here<\/a><\/strong> in 2009) makes music, too, and you can hear some <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarkonline.com\/2011\/02\/marcellus-hall-first-line.html\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Illustrator Adam McCauley (who, you may remember from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1817\">my 2009 interview<\/a><\/strong>, is also a musician) was featured recently <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/harriet\/2011\/02\/lupe-nero\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> at the Poetry Foundation&#8217;s website.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecarfoundation.org\/\">Every Child a Reader<\/a><\/strong>, the CBC Foundation, will host the Fourth Annual Children\u2019s Choice Book Awards gala on May 2, 2011, at The Lighthouse in New York City. This event will be part of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecarfoundation.org\/childrens-book-week\">Children\u2019s Book Week<\/a><\/strong>, which has been celebrating children\u2019s books and reading since 1919. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=536\">Jarrett J. Krosoczka<\/a><\/strong> will host the event. Do you think he&#8217;ll have wardrobe changes? I doubt it. But I do <em>not<\/em> doubt it&#8217;ll be great fun with him hosting the festivities. You can find more info <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookweekonline.com\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>, and please note there the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookweekonline.com\/poster\">kickin&#8217; Children&#8217;s Book Week poster<\/a><\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1920\">Peter Brown<\/a><\/strong> has created for this year&#8217;s celebration.<\/li>\n<li>The 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be upon us this weekend, dear readers. Did you know that in the category of Short Film (Animated), two picture books adapted to film have been nominated? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juliadonaldson.co.uk\/\">Julia Donaldson<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axel_Scheffler\">Axel Scheffler\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> beloved picture book, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780142403877\">The Gruffalo<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, was nominated. It was directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang and animated at Studio Soi in Ludwigsburg, Germany. I haven&#8217;t seen it, but I read it&#8217;s computer animation shot on physical sets, and I know that one of 7-Imp&#8217;s Sunday kickers saw it and<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2081#comments\">commented last Sunday<\/a><\/strong> that she not only enjoyed it, but places her bets on it as the winner in that category (seeing as how she saw all the other animated shorts as well). And this author KNOWS HER FILM, so I trust her on this one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the trailer, followed by a making-of video and a still photo from the short film. I WANT TO SEE IT. (That was an actual whine, but I&#8217;m done now. See, I spared you and was brief about it.) <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PdvpGfLg8fo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_uFld7yatGo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/Gruffalo dangling Mouse1.jpg\" border=1><\/p>\n<p>Also nominated in the same category is a film adaptation of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shauntan.net\/\">Shaun Tan&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9789867399076\">The Lost Thing<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Here&#8217;s the trailer for that one, which I also wanna wanna <em>WANNA<\/em> see. (Oh, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/thelostthing.com\/\">here&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> the film&#8217;s home in cyberspace.) <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kikA9pUAnWs\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Happy weekend to all. See you on Sunday . . . <\/p>\n<p><center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration from <\/em>Amandina<em> \u00a9 2008 and re-posted from <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1468\">my 2008 interview with Sergio Ruzzier<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Still photo from <\/em>The Gruffalo<em> used with permission of Fumi Kitahara.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Clearly, I need some intervention sometimes when it comes to post titles.} I don&#8217;t tend to cover news here at 7-Imp. 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