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Pebbles and bones: the nitty-gritty of telling good stories2 comments

kristendenhartog wrote 1 month ago: Even (perhaps especially) twenty-two-year-old cats love to be read to... My daughter, almost six now … more →

Tags: Brave Irene, Doctor De Soto, Jeanne Steig, Shrek, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, The Amazing Bone, The New Yorker

Favorite Picture Books You've Never Heard Of

pragmaticmom wrote 2 months ago: Pragmatic Mom recommends these books highly because I don’t mind reading them umpteen times an … more →

Tags: Favorite Books You've Never Heard Of, Favorite Picture Books, Literacy, Favorite Picture Books, Book Lists for Kids, Emily Arnold, demi, Deborah Hopkinson, Ezra Jack Keats

JAZZ IN "THE NEW YORKER," CONTINUED1 comment

jazzlives wrote 8 months ago: I’m always happy to see any coverage of jazz in The New Yorker, which has been my essential re … more →

Tags: It's A Mystery, Awful Sad, Pay attention, The New Yorker, Colin Fleming, Whitney Balliett, Samuel Beckett, Sidney Catlett, Gosta Hagglof

Friday Why: Why is a book in which heartbroken parents think their child is lost forever a good book for young kids?10 comments

Emily wrote 9 months ago: I know I read William Steig’s SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE as a kid, more than once or twice … more →

Tags: This--like so many things--is all about me, Friday "Why?"/Random Book Questions, childhood reading, Steig, William, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

On Children's Books2 comments

Ian Wolcott wrote 10 months ago: One of the pleasanter dividends of parenthood is the welcome excuse to reacquaint oneself with child … more →

Tags: Literature, Books, Robert Louis Stevenson, parenthood, children’s books, Frog and Toad, George and Martha, James Marshall

A quote from one of my heroes...

Dora wrote 10 months ago: I just found a quote from William Steig, who wrote and illustrated absolutely brilliant books (Sylve … more →

Tags: Artists

"At night it froze..."2 comments

angryelvis wrote 10 months ago: This is what happened last night. Now the monsters are thawing to find we have no school again today … more →

Tags: brilliant this week, School, frozen monsters, Rotten Island, snow day

omgz!

margotpolo wrote 11 months ago: I am geeking out. I don’t think I’ll ever stop. William Steig drew cartoons for The New … more →

Tags: Magic, Pleasantries, Love, Books

Otchky-potchky, itchky-pitch

thekittycats wrote 1 year ago: From Shrek! By William Steig Otchky-potchky, itchky-pitch Pay attention to this witch. A donkey take … more →

Tags: EN, Otchky-potchky itchky-pitch, Witch, Steig, Shrek

William Steig - From the New Yorker to Shrek at The Contemporary Jewish Museum

Alexandra Jefferson wrote 1 year ago: The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) is the only West Coast venue for From The New Yorker to Shrek: … more →

Tags: Art Exhibitions, Artists, News, Photography, raw art gallery, technology, The Contemporary Jewish Museum

Field Trip: The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco2 comments

CPO wrote 1 year ago: Today’s post comes from the West Coast where I am accompanying my wife at the BlogHer08 Confer … more →

Tags: Arts, john zorn, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, lou reed, Laurie Anderson, Daniel Libeskind

PHIL SCHAAP, CHARLIE PARKER, DAVID REMNICK, THE NEW YORKER15 comments

jazzlives wrote 1 year ago: About a week ago, the Beloved (who knows more about jazz than most people) told me excitedly that th … more →

Tags: It's A Mystery, The New Yorker, Whitney Balliett, charlie parker, Phil Schaap, David Remnick, Gary Giddins, William Shawn, Tina Brown

Reading in the Park2 comments

jennifercelebrates wrote 1 year ago: Ah Spring. There is nothing better than a picnic in the spring. Well, perhaps, it would be better if … more →

Tags: Party Planning, Kid's Lit, Mo Willlems, Leonardo and the Terrible Monster, judith viorst, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

The Inner Child of William Steig1 comment

redstarcafe wrote 1 year ago: In the exhibition catalog: From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig, at the Jewish Mus … more →

Tags: Children's Books, Psychology, Art, Books, Cartoon, Jewish Museum, New Yorker, Shrek

The Inner Child of William Steig

redstarcafe wrote 1 year ago: In the exhibition catalog: From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig, at the Jewish Mus … more →

Tags: Art, Psychology, Books, Jewish Museum, New Yorker, Cartoon, Shrek

Another Movie on Broadway

mrschu81 wrote 1 year ago:   Shrek The Musical, based on the William Steig book and the DreamWorks film, will arrive on Broadwa … more →

Tags: Movies, theatre, broadway, dreamworks, musicals, New York City, Shrek

Go See Some Art!2 comments

schinders wrote 1 year ago: Feeling somewhat better. Got out into the crisp, cold New York day. The kind of day that starts out … more →

Tags: Books, Art, dark-stitching, Jewish Museum, new york winter

The Art of William Steig at the Jewish Museum

Rosemary wrote 2 years ago:   From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig November 4, 2007 – March 16, 200 … more →

Tags: News, Events, Exhibitions, general info, New York, Shrek, Jewish Museum, king of cartoons


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