Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Below is today’s Robert’s Snow schedule.

Pictured here is Mélanie Watt’s new ’07 snowflake, “Scaredy Squirrel Snowflake,” and it was featured yesterday by Emily Beeson at Whimsy Books. I’m posting it again, because, well, just look at it and you can see why I would want to post it again. ‘Cause lordamercy it is awesome. So funny. As Sara put it in a comment at Emily’s post yesterday, “I think I would smile every time I saw it, no matter how many times that was.” Well put. Word to that. Gotta love Scaredy Squirrel.

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Below is today’s Robert’s Snow schedule. In honor of Poetry Friday, the snowflake pictured here is Jane Yolen’s 2005 snowflake, “Second Snow” (see this post for her ’04 poem-on-a-snowflake). Jane wrote this poem especially for Robert’s Snow. Calligrapher Amy Lin inscribed the words.

Did you see yesterday’s features? All the features are fab, and I appreciate all the participating bloggers. For a great story about the sheer power of elementary art teachers, see Josephine Cameron’s feature on Matt Tavares and his snowflake.

Don’t forget this page where all the features are being compiled in one spot.

Here is today’s schedule.

• Susan Kathleen Hartung, featured by Elaine Magliaro at Wild Rose Reader
• Mary Peterson, featured by Cheryl Klein at Brooklyn Arden
• Annette Simon, featured by “MsMac” at Check It Out
• Mélanie Watt, featured by Emily Beeson at Whimsy Books

Below is today’s Robert’s Snow schedule. The snowflake pictured here is Calef Brown’s 2005 snowflake, entitled “Minotaur in an Argyle Cardigan.”

Did you see yesterday’s features? Our last Blogging for a Cure podcast was posted at Just One More Book!! And it was an informative interview with illustrator Scott Magoon, who is also an art director at Houghton Mifflin and talked about the role of an art director (which I had all wrong in my head, so I’m glad JOMB and Scott set me straight). All the features were great, and that feature reminded me — as many have — what a great resource we’ll have when the whole fundraising effort is said and done (as I’m compiling them all on this page for all of us picture book lovers). Read the rest of this entry �

Below is today’s Robert’s Snow schedule. The snowflake pictured here is an older one (2005), created by illustrator Eric Rohmann.

Quick note: Remember when I featured Jane Yolen’s beautiful ’04 snowflake, her original poem on a snowflake from that year? Well, I didn’t know then — but I know now — that the artist who did the calligraphy on that flake is Agy Wilson (she’s also an author and egg artist as well as an illustrator and calligrapher). You can read all about her here at Yellapalooza or see some of her artwork here. Wahoo!

Did you see yesterday’s features? Jama Rattigan talked to Carol Schwartz about her art-making process, and as I read it, I was reminded what a great resource we’re building on this page (where all the features are being compiled) for those interested in reading about picture book art and illustrators. All the features were great, and thanks — as usual — to all participating bloggers.

Here is today’s snow schedule:

• Jeff Ebbeler, featured by Sam Riddleburger at his blog
• Scott Magoon, featured by Mark and Andrea at Just One More Book!!
• Connie McLennan, featured by Alyssa at The Shady Glade
• Julie Paschkis, featured by David Elzey at the excelsior file

Addendum: Please note that Sam Riddleburger has said that he finally got an image of Jeff Ebbeler’s ’07 snowflake up at his feature. Don’t miss it!

Below is today’s Robert’s Snow schedule. The snowflake pictured here is Peter Sís’ 2004 snowflake, entitled “Fish.”

Did you see yesterday’s features? Anna Alter shared — in her feature at The Longstockings’ blog — a series of photos depicting the creative process for her snowflake. And to see the second lovely lion snowflake in this year’s auction, go see Jo Whittemore’s feature of Cece Bell and her snowflake. All the features were a treat to read; thanks to all participating bloggers.

Here is today’s snow schedule. Yes, it’s a Snow Day again:

• Carol Heyer, featured by Alyssa at The Shady Glade
• Joe Kulka, featured by Liz Dubois at ChatRabbit
• Steven James Petruccio, featured by Wendy E. Betts at Blog From the Windowsill
• Carol Schwartz, featured by Jama Rattigan at jama rattigan’s alphabet soup

Don’t forget this page with the master schedule of all the features thus far.

One of my wee daughters is slightly ill, and I don’t have as much time this evening (Sunday) to devote to doing up today’s Robert’s Snow schedule all pretty with some gorgeous snowflake from a previous year. I have just about enough time to merely post today’s schedule — and add my usual comments: Don’t miss yesterday’s great features, and don’t forget this page with the master schedule of all the features thus far. Enjoy today’s features. Until tomorrow . . .

• Anna Alter at The Longstockings
• Laura Huliska Beith, featured by Andrea and Mark at Just One More Book!!
• Cece Bell, featured by Jo Whittemore at Jo’s Journal
• Denise Ortakales, featured by Cynthia Lord at cynthialord’s Journal

Okay, wow. Look at that snowflake.

As you know, a whole ton of bloggers are featuring some of this year’s snowflakes and their artists in this Blogging for the Cure effort, which is over half-way complete, for Robert’s Snow: for Cancer’s Cure. I committed to featuring each day’s schedule here at 7-Imp, and — since I can’t stand to post without images — I started posting pictures of older snowflakes. Then I started posting images of ’07 snowflakes that were not assigned to a blogger. But, the last time I checked, there weren’t any more not already featured or assigned to a blogger (if any illustrator out there reading this isn’t already assigned to a blogger and wants to send me your snowflake image, I’ll be happy to post it one day). So, now I’m back to posting images of older flakes, and I just stumbled upon this ’04 snowflake by Jane Yolen, which brought tears to my eyes. Here’s the note under the snowflake at the Robert’s Snow site:

Grace was sitting in Jane’s living room, meeting for the first time, and showing her the first dozen snowflakes. They had bonded immediately, and not just because they are children’s book people. Both their husbands were struggling with cancer, though 30+ years apart. Jane sighed. “I wish I could paint. I’d do you a snowflake in a heartbeat.” Grace smiled, “Write a poem. I’ll get someone to calligraph it.” And so it happened. Not in a heartbeat. Poems don’t happen quickly, but with plenty of heart.

I. love. that. Be still, my heart.

Below is today’s Robert’s Snow schedule. Read the rest of this entry �

Below is today’s Robert’s Snow schedule.

The snowflake pictured here is an ’05 one, “A White Chanukah,” created by Ann Koffsky. Ann’s ’07 snowflake, “Jerusalem, City of Peace,” can be seen here in Anne Boles Levy’s feature of it on Tuesday of this week at Book Buds.

Did you see yesterday’s features? It was a good day for illustrators talking about their art-making processes in several interviews, including Jeremy Tankard at the excelsior file and Sara Kahn at Kate’s Book Blog. (And did you know that Kate Messner at Kate’s Book Blog is a middle school English teacher and that her students are collaborating with her on her series of illustrator profiles? They ask some good questions of their illustrators).

And remember Betsy Bird’s feature on Thursday of Meghan McCarthy’s ’07 snowflake? Well, yesterday she showed us the box Meghan made in which the snowflake will be placed. Look at that thing! Wahoo!

• Susan Miller, featured by Paula Willey at Your Neighborhood Librarian
• Ellen Beier, featured by Adrienne Furness at What Adrienne Thinks About That
• Hideko Takahashi, featured by Pam Calvert at The Silver Lining
• Judith Moffatt, featured by Jo Whittemore at Jo’s Journal
• Wendell Minor, featured by Elaine Magliaro at Wild Rose Reader

Don’t forget this page with the master schedule of all the features thus far.

Below is today’s Robert’s Snow schedule.

Today’s ’07 snowflake by Alissa Imre Geis, “Hope in Winter,” was already featured this past Monday by Elaine Magliaro at Wild Rose Reader. But, since it’s so beautiful and has some verses by Emily Dickinson on it, I figured it’d be a fitting Poetry Friday snowflake today. Go read Elaine’s feature to learn more about Alissa, the snowflake, and the auction dates for bidding on that beautiful work of art.

• Tracy McGuinness-Kelly, featured by Sam Riddleburger at his blog
• Sara Kahn, featured by Kate Messner at Kate’s Book Blog
• Sylvia Long, featured by Emily Beeson at Whimsy Books
• Jeremy Tankard, featured by David Elzey at the excelsior file
• Holli Conger, featured by Josephine Cameron at Please Come Flying

Did you see yesterday’s features? I think Elizabeth Burns at her feature of Diana Magnuson’s beautiful snowflake put it well when she wrote:

You know the problem with all these snowflakes? It’s like books. Every time I look at a new one, I go, “oh, THIS one is my favorite! This is the one I must own!”

Probably a lot of you are nodding your head right now. Word, Liz.

Don’t forget this page with the master schedule of all the features thus far.

I’ll close today with Cheryl Klein’s mantra, which she posts at all her snowflake features: FIGHT CANCER! BUY SNOWFLAKES! YEAH!

Here’s a zippy-quick post about the Robert’s Snow schedule for today. Hey, I’m typing this on Halloween night and am mostly tricked-and-treated out, so it’s a bit shorter than my usual posts.

• Karen Lee, featured by Stephanie Ruble at sruble’s world
• Diana Magnuson, featured by Elizabeth Burns at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy
• Melissa Iwai, featured by Cheryl Klein at Brooklyn Arden
• Victoria Jamieson, featured by Gina Ruiz at AmoXcalli and at Cuentecitos
• Molly Idle, featured by Alyssa at The Shady Glade
• Meghan McCarthy, featured by Betsy Bird at A Fuse #8 Production

Did you see yesterday’s features? They were all fabulous. Who made me laugh out loud when he said, “I have always been terrified of snowflakes. I distrust their uniqueness and they way they lurk”? You’ll have to read all the features to find out.

Excuse my hasty post. As I am every day, I am filled with much gratitude for all the bloggers doing these features, and I thank them all. That’s my story for today, and I’m stickin’ to it.