{"id":958,"date":"2007-10-25T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T06:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=958"},"modified":"2007-10-26T08:41:28","modified_gmt":"2007-10-26T14:41:28","slug":"blogging-for-a-cure-day-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=958","title":{"rendered":"Blogging for a Cure, Day 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/dewdney snowflake1.jpg\">Below is the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmyfund.org\/eve\/event\/roberts-snow\/default.html\">Robert&#8217;s Snow<\/a><\/strong> illustrator-and-snowflake feature schedule for Thursday, October 25 (scroll down after clicking &#8220;read the rest of this entry&#8221;). <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/llama.jpg\">Featured here is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annadewdney.com\/\">Anna Dewdney&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> snowflake for this year&#8217;s auction, entitled &#8220;Llama Llama, and His Mama&#8221; (*). Dewdney is the author of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Llama-Red-Pajama-Anna-Dewdney\/dp\/0670059838\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/104-8884497-4798331?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1193252733&#038;sr=8-1\"><strong>Llama Llama Red Pajama<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (2005, Viking Juvenile), which is loved by many parents of young children who are learning to get themselves to sleep on their own (including Yours Truly. This book is a big hit in our household. And since my husband calls me a Northerner for saying &#8220;pajama&#8221; with the short &#8220;a&#8221; sound and not the &#8220;o&#8221; sound, he likes to chuckle when I have to do otherwise when reading this book aloud. The short &#8220;a&#8221; pajama doesn&#8217;t exactly rhyme with &#8220;llama.&#8221; But, as usual, I digress). She also wrote <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Grumpy-Gloria-Anna-Dewdney\/dp\/0670061239\/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1\/104-8884497-4798331?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1193252885&#038;sr=1-1\">Grumpy Gloria<\/a><\/em><\/strong> last year, which I reviewed <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=290\">here<\/a><\/strong> at 7-Imp. And, apparently, a new llama title, <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Llama-Mad-at-Mama\/dp\/0670062405\/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b\/104-8884497-4798331\">Llama Llama Mad at Mama<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, was just released in September (Viking Juvenile). O yes! Must see. Must see. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/grumpy gloria1.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/llama llama1.jpg\">Anna&#8217;s snowflake will be auctioned off in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kintera.org\/faf\/auction\/auctionIndex.asp?ievent=236294&#038;lis=1&#038;kntae236294=83BCEFFFFA65408ABAE821CCC9AECDFC\">Auction 1<\/a><\/strong> from November 19 to 23.  <\/p>\n<p>Reminder that in this below schedule, the illustrator&#8217;s name links to his\/her website, but click on the blog to be taken to that blogger&#8217;s snowflake\/illustrator feature: <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><font size=4><strong><em><strong>Thursday, October 25, 2007<\/strong>:<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juliadenos.com\/\">Julia Denos<\/a><\/strong>, featured by Jackie Parker at <a href=\"http:\/\/interactivereader.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/roberts-snow-julia-denos.html\"><em><strong>Interactive Reader<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rebeccadoughty.com\/\">Rebecca Doughty<\/a><\/strong>, featured by Elizabeth Burns at <a href=\"http:\/\/yzocaet.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/roberts-snow-rebecca-doughty.html\"><em><strong>A Chair, A Fireplace &#038; A Tea Cozy<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianfloca.com\/\">Brian Floca<\/a><\/strong>, featured by Betsy Bird at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoollibraryjournal.com\/blog\/1790000379\/post\/510016251.html\"><em><strong>A Fuse #8 Production<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chodos-irvine.com\/mci\/index.cfm\">Margaret Chodos-Irvine<\/a><\/strong>, featured at <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&#038;friendID=134853404&#038;blogID=322301167\"><em><strong>readergirlz<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cmartreps.com\/\">Anni Matsick<\/a><\/strong>, featured by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peggyking.com\/\">Peggy King Anderson<\/a><\/strong> at <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/soundfrommyheart.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/roberts-snow.html\">A Sound From My Heart<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did you see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=957\">yesterday&#8217;s features<\/a><\/strong>? I wish I had time to point out some highlights from all of them, as I enjoyed reading each one. Jimmy Pickering was <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gwendabond.typepad.com\/bondgirl\/2007\/10\/roberts-snow-ji.html\">featured at <em>Shaken &#038; Stirred<\/em><\/a><\/strong>, and you must go see <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmypickering.com\/126701.html\">those photos<\/a><\/strong> from his recent solo show, &#8220;sweet sweet evil.&#8221; Wow. And wow to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rozzieland.blogs.com\/rozzie_land\/2007\/10\/roberts-snow--2.html\">the inspiration behind Elisa Kleven&#8217;s snowflake<\/a><\/strong>, too. And what does &#8220;&#8216;Wunkala Wuff&#8221; mean, and what does it have to do with snowflakes? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.watat.com\/archives\/2007\/10\/blogging_for_a_1.html\">Adrienne<\/a><\/strong> can tell you. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to each and every participating blogger for these snowflake\/illustrator features. <\/p>\n<p>As I say every single day in case you&#8217;ve missed it, don&#8217;t forget <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?page_id=935\">this new page<\/a><\/strong> here at 7-Imp, updated daily, which lists <em>all<\/em> the illustrator features thus far in one spot, and it&#8217;s turning into a handy-dandy, way-cool illustrator resource for us Picture Book Nerds. <\/p>\n<p><center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>* In case this is the first time you&#8217;re reading about the Blogging for a Cure effort, the illustrators and snowflakes that participating bloggers are featuring are only the ones that the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dana-farber.org\/\">Dana-Farber Cancer Institute<\/a><\/strong> had ready to go when this multi-blog event was organized. Remember that you can see <em>all<\/em> of the snowflakes at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimmyfund.org\/eve\/event\/roberts-snow\/default.html\">Robert&#8217;s Snow auction site<\/a><\/strong>. There are many more beautiful snowflakes by more talented children&#8217;s book illustrators. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is the Robert&#8217;s Snow illustrator-and-snowflake feature schedule for Thursday, October 25 (scroll down after clicking &#8220;read the rest of this entry&#8221;). Featured here is Anna Dewdney&#8217;s snowflake for this year&#8217;s auction, entitled &#8220;Llama Llama, and His Mama&#8221; (*). 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