{"id":961,"date":"2007-10-27T00:01:51","date_gmt":"2007-10-27T06:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=961"},"modified":"2007-10-27T07:19:35","modified_gmt":"2007-10-27T13:19:35","slug":"blogging-for-a-cure-day-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=961","title":{"rendered":"Blogging for a Cure, Day 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is the Robert’s Snow<\/a><\/strong> illustrator-and-snowflake feature schedule for Saturday, October 27 (scroll down after clicking “read the rest of this entry”). <\/p>\n

Featured here is Patrick Girouard’s<\/a><\/strong> snowflake for this year’s auction, entitled “Fishmas Tree Topper” (*). I am not familiar with Patrick’s work, so I can’t very well get behind it with a “rah! rah!” or even tell you that I don’t<\/em> care for it. I have no opinion, as I’ve never seen one of his books. But here’s some info, straight from his web site, if you’re interested in this snowflake (look at that Fishmas Tree!):<\/p>\n

“When Patrick was growing up his teachers constantly scolded him for drawing monsters in class. Many years later he illustrated his very first book, <\/em>Halloween Holiday Grab Bag<\/strong><\/a>, and got to put those monsters to good use. In the days since, he has illustrated over seventy books for children. They include <\/em>More or Less a Mess<\/a><\/strong>, <\/em>Yikes-Lice!<\/a><\/strong> (Science Books and Films Best Books), <\/em>I Have A Weird Brother Who Digested A Fly<\/a><\/strong> (Society of School Librarians International Honor Book), and <\/em>Paul Bunyan<\/a><\/strong>. His work has appeared in <\/em>National Geographic, <\/em>Sesame Street Magazine, <\/em>USA Today, <\/em>Kid City, <\/em>Spider, <\/em>Weekly Reader, and <\/em>Instructor Magazine.”<\/em><\/p>\n

And here’s<\/a><\/strong> his very colorful portfolio. I see, after a bit of research, that he also illustrated Halloween<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Alice K. Flanagan (Compass Point Books, 2001). There’s an older title for you — just in time for the upcoming holiday. <\/p>\n

Patrick’s snowflake will be auctioned off in Auction 1<\/a><\/strong> from November 19 to 23. <\/p>\n

Reminder that in this below schedule, the illustrator’s name links to his\/her website, but click on the blog to be taken to that blogger’s snowflake\/illustrator feature: <\/p>\n

Saturday, October 27, 2007<\/strong>:<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n

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