By: Laurel Gaylord,
on 12/23/2012
By: bookkm,
on 5/10/2012
I'd like to propose that we declare a War on War! I propose that this is really the only War anyone needs to declare. Once we stop Warring, we can move on to promoting Peace! Peace for EVERYONE on the entire planet. So join me in my War on War - of every kind. End Wars on Christmas, Women, Marriage, I Haz Cheezburgers, Texting, Small Children Who Pick Their Noses, Immigration, Proper Grammar, Afghanistan, The West Bank, Wall Street, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hindus, Hawaiian Shirts. Stop it, NOW!! Stop with all the unnecessary carnage and verbiage - ESPECIALLY the verbiage - although actually carnage is worse so I am being a tad tongue-in-cheek here.
I declare a War on all Wars. Peace is the only way.
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| This book is a great story about ending war. |
Day 2 SCBWI 13 annual winter conference In the Big Apple.
Wow, can't believe another day had just passed. It was an over whelming one full of lots of enlightenment and good news on all genres from picture books to young adults and beyond. I will try to put In the important information in here in a a few paragraphs. I have 11 pages of notes but will try to make it brief.
It was a list of amazing guest speakers which included authors, agents, editors, publishers and other people involved in the business. The day started with breakfast, and the first keynote speaker was Chris Crutcher. He was a very inspiring speaker, that inspired the room that represented 49 states and 20 countries. The conference had 1400 people. He spoke about the importance of balancing out stories with tragedy and comedy. Here is a brief list to inspire you guys of what he talked about 1) Look into your life to find information 2) Put this into every story you write. 3) Power and connection of family is important. 4) Just write your story. 5) Hear it in your language and voice.
The next speakers was panel children book pros which included two editor directors, a marketing person and agent. They covered lots of information, but I will l.limit the list to three basic important ideas.
1) Independent Book stores are growing 2) Picture Books are not dead 3) The Digital publishing market is expanding. In general now is a good time to get your book out there in the publishing industry. You also must understand that it takes a village to make a book. That it is important to also work as a team on each book.
Our next speaker was a great surprise for all of us. It was Henry Whinkler. He was one of the best speeches of the day. He got a standing ovation today. He only spoke for ten minutes, but his ideas, comedy and inspiration touched us all.
We then broke up into small groups I went to a fantasy meeting first. Then after lunch I had two picture book small groups. Before the two afternoon sessions we had another key note speaker her name was Cassandra Clare she spoke of Love triangles and forbidden love in YA adult books. She was interesting speaker but not very inspiring to me, since it was not my kind of topic.
I will just list the basic things of what editors are looking for in picture book manuscripts:
1) Characterization 2) Narrative guilty 3) Voice 4) Humor 5) Universal appeal. 6) Clear ideas and simplicity.
In conclusion, the day ended with a wonderful cocktail party, and dinner that gave us two hours to network with other people in the industry. The day ended, and I got back on the train home full of inspiration, new ideas and hope for the future of children's books. There is now one more day left for this conference that I look forward to tomorrow. I will make my last post this month called All great things come to an end.
By: Pat Zietlow Miller,
on 11/30/2011
John Noltner and I worked together at a newspaper several years ago when we were both fresh out of college. I was a reporter, and he was a photographer, so we often ended up working together on articles.
It was immediately obvious how talented John was, so I wasn’t surprised when he left the newspaper and started his own photography business in Minneapolis. I also wasn’t surprised when he recently released his first book — A Peace of My Mind: Exploring the Meaning of Peace One Story at a Time.
John interviewed a wide range of people about their perspectives on peace — what they believe it means and how they work to incorporate it into their lives. There’s a homeless veteran. A Buddhist month. A businessman. A potter. A college professor. A songwriter. An activist and more. Each person gets a two-page spread with a summary of their thoughts on peace, a brief biography and a luminous photo taken by John.
John joins Read, Write, Repeat today to share his story of how the book came to be.
How did you first get the idea for this project? Was it initially going to be just an art exhibit, or was a book always part of the plan?
When I began this project in 2009, I really had no idea where it would lead me. It was a conversation that I wanted to have and an idea that I wanted to explore, but really, at the time I had no idea how it would develop. The project lived at first online as a series of podcasts, then last year it was produced as a traveling exhibit. On Nov. 3 of this year it was released as a book.
How did you find the people you chose to feature. How many interviews did you conduct and how did you choose which people to include?
Finding the subjects was a very organic process. I reached out first to people I knew, and asked who they would suggest I interview. From there, each subject suggested others to consider, and it grew out from there. With very few exceptions, everyone I invited to participate welcomed the opportunity to share their thoughts. I think there is a hunger for this kind of dialogue. And everyone that I interviewed for the project was included in the final piece.
What were your biggest learnings from listening to this wide variety of people share their thoughts on peace?
This entire process has been very encouraging for me…to spend time with such amazing people who are working toward a more peaceful world, in big and small ways, gives me hope. I’ve taken many lessons away, and there are some themes that recur. Here’s a Cliff Notes version of some of them:
• We often feel like issues of peace are so overwhelming that we cannot make an impact on them, yet we are each faced with choices every day where we have control over how we respond to people or to situations.
• Sometimes we can find peace in the places we expect it least.
• Peace takes practice, and if we find it difficult, that gives us reason to try harder.
• A position of peace is actually a position of strength and of courage.
• When we can find the good, even in our enemies, we increase the chances of a peaceful resolution.
• Fear and pride are two of the largest obstacles to peace in our lives and in the world at large.
• Working toward peace can be as grand as international mediation, or as simple as s
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By: Sylvia Vardell,
on 10/21/2011
This weekend I’m in Fresno, California attending the biennial IBBY regional conference with the theme, Peace the World Together Through Children’s Books. It’s sponsored by the US section of IBBY (the United States Board on Books for Young People), one of my favorite organizations since it’s devoted to international children’s literature. I’ve mentioned it many times, particularly since I love this conference and rarely miss it. In addition, I am winding up my 3 year term as co-editor of the IBBY journal of international children’s literature, Bookbird.
I will also be making a presentation on Saturday, “PEACE THROUGH POETRY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE” along with poet and artist Ann Grossnickle Hines, author of the recent poetry collection, Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace. Our session will focus on how poetry, in particular, fosters the IBBY vision of working toward a more just and peaceful world by featuring:
• An introduction to and bibliography of poetry for young people from around the world, including print and online resources
• Poetry in bilingual editions (English and Spanish, Japanese, Irish, Slovakian, etc.)
• Poems and poets from around the world featured in Bookbird
Anna will talk about her new book which has already received starred reviews in Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist, Peaceful Poems, a collection of 28 short poems about peace, a broad concept interpreted in varied ways through poetry and quilt art. She notes, “All of us are together in one world, where everything we do, every action, every thought and every breath, creates the network in which we all live.”
It’s a beautiful book—in both the quilt art illustrations and the various manifestations of peace that the poems reflect. Here’s just one example:
Peace: A Recipe
By Anna Grossnickle Hines
Open minds—at least two.
Willing hearts—the same.
Rinse well with compassion.
Stir in a fair amount of trust.
Season with forgiveness.
By: Sandra de Helen,
on 10/2/2011
Just coming off a migraine again. But no headache today. Today I want to think again about the universe, about spiritually, about connectedness and what we really know. On June 15 I was musing about these things whilst in the throes of a migraine. I didn't come up with answers about why I believed in reincarnation, but not necessarily in a higher power. I haven't found the answers yet. I don't know whether I believe in karma, though I would like to. It would be satisfying to believe that somehow, somewhere people who perpetuate evil in this world will be repaid. But they might not. And if I believe that, does that mean that people who are now suffering horrible lives are paying for past or future deeds? Or is it all random?
There are millions of people starving to death in another part of the world -- right now, this minute -- while grapes in my garden are falling to the ground and rotting. While people are throwing food away because they're too lazy to eat leftovers, because restaurants give out too large servings, because we buy too much and don't eat it. I can't ship those grapes anywhere, they aren't even "food grade" grapes. I eat some of them, the ones I can reach and pick over. I try not to waste food at my house, and I know I am in the minority. I also know that I do this because I am scraping by financially.
There are millions of people starving to death and we knew the famines were coming, we know about it every day, we know we could end it, and we do nothing much. We could end the famines easily by cutting back on war. Just us, the US. We could. Imagine if all the nations worked together to end the famines. We could continue on with the wars and still end hunger.
If nations worked together, we could end war. End hunger. End disease. End global warming. If we worked together, there is no end to the good we could create. Knowledge of that is more than power, it is heartbreak. Because for some reason, we don't want to work together. We don't want peace. We seem to prefer fighting, conflict, war. Where is the love, the peace, the understanding?
By: Betsy Bird,
on 9/11/2011
Folks will ask for it. Sure they will. You sit at a children’s reference desk in a library long enough and eventually somebody is going to ask you for a book on the topic of “peace”. As a librarian, you’re in a pickle. See, you want to give them what they want, and certainly there is no lack of peace-related books for children out there. But since you’re a librarian you want to get your patrons to best of the best. And to be perfectly frank, I’d say that the bulk of peace books for kids out there are dreck. Goopy, icky, sentimental crud. There are exceptions, of course. Books like The Big Book for Peace for example are pretty good without dipping a toe too often in the tempting waters of didacticism. Poetry exists too but as with most things it’s hard to separate the good from the bad. You get a leg up if the art’s extraordinary, though. Now Anna Grossnickle Hines probably ranks as one of the top (maybe THE top) quilt-based illustrators of children’s books on the North American continent. I regularly use her 1, 2 Buckle My Shoe in my Toddler Storytimes. Her art is delightful but I admit to suppressing a small sigh when I saw that she’d created a book of peace poems. Fortunately I was pleased to discover that quite a few of these are pretty good. The poems are far more touch and go than the art, but all in all the collection is strong. And pretty. Did I mention pretty? Pretty.
“O peace, / why are you such / an infrequent guest?” In twenty-eight poems Anna Grossnickle Hines seeks to answer that very question and to come up with solutions to some close-to-home problems that kids face all the time. Set against a backdrop of handmade quilts of her own making, Hines tackles both the big questions and the small. A boy considers what would happen if he frightened away a deer, while another stands nose to nose with his sister until their anger is forgotten and somebody laughs. One poem shows that if you say “peace” over and over again the word turns your lips into a smile. They discuss the domino effect and the role of fear as it relates to violence. Through it all, the quilts capture these poems and reflect them like cloth prisms. Notes at the end of the book list some Peacemakers of the world (everyone from Jimmy Carter to Dorothy Day, and even a couple kids as well) and a section called “Peaceful Connections” discusses the creator’s quilting process.
Most collections of poetry for kids contain some poems that are top notch and others that are so-so. This is just as true for books of different poets as it is for a single poet writing a bunch of poems. Hines is a good poet, but the collection starts off slowly. The poems “Making an Entrance”, “An Invitation” and “Wher
By: Sylvia Vardell,
on 8/15/2011
Next, Terri Lindstrom created the following Readers' Guide for the poetry picture book, Peaceful Pieces.
Bibliography
Hines, Anna G. 2011. Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts About Peace. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-8996-7
Recommended Age Levels
Second grade reading level (ages 7-8). This book appeals to all ages.
Summary of Book
Hines used the beautiful artistry of her quilting as an inspiration for this book of poems honoring peace. Using a variety of poetry styles and quilting patterns, Hines relates that peace can be found in the quietness of being alone, with family, the outdoors, or even in the darkest of days, such as fighting with a sibling and in war. People of all ages will appreciate the creative way Hines intertwines her talents as poet and quilter. The vibrant colors of the quilts serve as backdrops that span each page from top to bottom and compliment the poem on that page. At the end, the author offers a short introduction to the famous peacemakers that inspired one of the quilts, and explains how she connects the quilts and poems to tell a story of emotions. Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts about Peace encourages the reader to find peace within themselves and in the world around them.
Review Excerpts
1. “The most striking aspect of the book is its quilted, pieced-cloth artwork, and the borderless pages allow maximum impact for Hines’ bold, expressive visual statements.”
~Booklist
2. "Hines' art is always beautiful; she illustrates her work with astonishing quilts, reproduced full-size, in a variety of designs: In this work she uses black-and-white reverse patterns, mosaic-type images, photographs made into quilt patterns and lots and lots of gorgeous color."
~Kirkus Reviews
3. “Using exquisitely detailed handmade quilts as a backdrop, Hines's poems explore the overarching themes of peace, understanding, tolerance, and friendship.”
~School Library Journal
Questions to Ask Before Reading
These questions are in an order designed to assist in introducing the book.
1. Hold up a quilt. Does anyone know what this is? Show several quilts with different patterns and discuss the patterns, explaining that the patterns convey a meaning. If you have common patterns and need help identifying them Womenfolk.com (http://www.womenfolk.com/quilt_pattern_history/) is a good resource.
2. Explain that quilts are made by stitching layers of fabric together to create a pattern or story.
3. Do you like poetry? What is poetry? What is your favorite poem?
4. Does anyone have ideas as to how quilts and poems could be alike? Different?
5. What is peace? Who do you think of when you hear the word peace? Why do you think of that person?
6. Do you think people can find peace even when they might be fighting with their brother or sister? Mad at their parents?
By: Sylvia Vardell,
on 4/17/2011
Poetry Tag continues with a book review of a new book of poetry connected to yesterday's book review.
Today’s tagline: Poetry about peace
Guest Reviewer: Jan Kirkland
Featured Book: Hines, Anna Grossnickle. 2011. PEACEFUL PIECES. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-8996-7
Jan writes: Hi
nes has assembled a collection of poems and illustrations of handmade quilts about peace. Peace is addressed in a variety of situations from the universal scale to the individual. At the book’s end there is a two-page spread on “The Peacemakers” offering biographical information of each individual represented on the quilt for the poem, “Big Shoes.” This section is followed by “Peaceful Connections” describing the process of quilt making.
This book of 28 poems offers a variety of styles from free verse, an acrostic poem, poems of form using a variety of print sizes, spacing, and boldness of print, as well as length, including a one line poem, and there is shape in the poem “Pass it On” where the words encircle the earth.
The book opens with the idea of how peace will come on drums, with trumpets blaring, waving banners, or by one lone flute, calmly. “Where I Live” provides a definition of peace inviting the reader to experience the complexity and fullness of peace. There is a recipe for the essential ingredients of peace. Feelings are drawn upon in the humor of making peace while standing nose to nose with a sibling, or the pull of heartstrings as a young boy yearns for his soldier daddy to be the laughing daddy he remembers. We feel the awe and wonder of the contributions of the peacemakers, and the poem, “Dominoes” helps us to have a sense of connectedness with other people.
Strong imagery is evident throughout this wondrous book and is beautifully represented in “Reruns” where angry thoughts are exploding in the brain. Words are set against a background quilt of vivid blues and purples with brilliant red firecracker bursts. Picture the words of “What If?” /What if angry words/vanished like/soap bubbles/and punches landed light/as butterfly kisses? /What if guns/fired marshmallow bullets, and bombs burst/into feather clouds/. Angry words engage the senses becoming concrete objects that may be seen, felt, and tasted.
For those who know something about quilting, they will immediately appreciate the beauty and artistry of the quilt pieces. Others will have their eyes opened to a unique art form that captures the richness and detail of an artist’s brush with stitches. Vivid colors cover the entire color spectrum from the softness of dappled light on a pond to the vibrant colored thoughts exploding in the brain. Artistry of words meets artistry of fabric. Hines has made an exquisite contribution with this work.
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By: Sara Burrier,
on 3/8/2011
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By: Keith Schoch ,
on 2/26/2011
, by Laurie Keller at first glance seems to be about manners, it's actually about becoming the kind of person you would like others to be. What's surprising and refreshing is that it doesn't come off as preachy, and Laurie Keller's illustrations are simply hilarious.
By: Anna Boll,
on 2/23/2011
A huge round of applause for my sister-in-law who took my two lovely (read noisy and bored) children away for roller skating and a sleep-over the same day their father had to leave for a business trip providing me with 24 hours of peace and quiet. It is true that this peace and quiet was preceded by my two, plus her three, destroying our house and speaking in volumes loud enough to hear each other across three rows in a rockin' stadium show when they were only three feet apart. None the less, I am thankful from my typing finger tips to my x-country skiing toes.
I managed to remove, dust, and vacuum their detritus, roast a pan of lovely root veggies for my lunch, catch up on my emails, waste a little time on livejournal, (this blog) twitter, and facebook while still enjoying the fictive dream and getting down quite a few concrete words today. Next stop, the library, to pick up books for my grad lecture, then off to dinner with the women of the Midcoast Triathlon Club. Finally, a private viewing of Sherlock Holmes with Fiddle Faddle in hand. What could be better than Robert Downey, Jr. and toffee covered popcorn? 
Maybe a hot bath.
PS: A shout out to the UPS man who in all his glorious brown-ness delivered Kimberly Marcus's, new novel in verse Exposed on the perfect day!
By: Maryann Yin,
on 2/4/2011
Tomorrow (February 5th), readers around the U.K. will gather to protest the more than 350 possible library closures in England–Voices for the Library’s special “save our libraries day of action.” The group’s Facebook page already counts 740 participants.
The day of action will feature read-ins around the country. In addition, author appearances and storytelling events are also planned.
Librarians and information professionals formed Voices for the Library last August with this goal: “[To create] a place for everyone who loves libraries to share their stories and experiences of the value of public libraries. We don’t want to lose our libraries, and we aim to ensure future generations continue to enjoy access to free unbiased public libraries and librarians.” (via Publishers Weekly)
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By: Keith Schoch ,
on 1/30/2011
Congratulations to Abi from North Dakota, who was chosen by RANDOM.org to receive a copy of Lemony Snicket's 13 Words
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By: Lauren,
on 1/21/2011
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Amy Mandelker has taught at UCLA, University of Southern California, Columbia, Brown, and Princeton Universities. Her books include Framing ‘Anna Karenina’: Tolstoy, the Woman Question & the Victorian Novel and Approaches to World Literature: Tolstoy’s ‘Anna Karenina’. She has revised the acclaimed Maude translation of War and Peace and recently sat down with Podularity to talk about it. (Read the audio guide breakdown here, where you can also get excerpts from this podcast.) Once you’re done, we welcome you to look back at Amy Mandelker’s blog posts and discover why Nick thinks you should read Tolstoy.
By: Laurel Gaylord,
on 11/26/2010
By: Mary Lee,
on 10/9/2010
Calling All Kids in the U.S.
Write a message to be hung on our USA friendship tree in Turkey.
Thousands of Turkish children will pass by the USA booth at the Istanbul Book Fair this year. You can write a note to them about friendship, which will be hung on our friendship tree.
What you can do:
Draw a leaf (or trace this leaf outline) on a full page of green paper or color the leaf green, then write a note about what friendship means to you. You can write your first name and age, too. Your note will be posted on our giant tree at the book fair and Turkish children will be able to read your message. Send all messages by Oct. 15 to:
Public Affairs Section
Unit 5030 Box 0047
DPO AE 09827-0047
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By: shelf-employed,
on 7/20/2010
By: Aline Pereira,
on 4/28/2010
Press Release:
April 28, 2010- Winners of the 2010 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards were announced today by the Jane Addams Peace Association.
Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan
, written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter, Beach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, is the winner in the Books for Younger Children Category.Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary by Elizabeth Partridge, Viking Children’s Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, is the winner in the Books for Older Children Category.
In Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan Nasreen’s parents are gone, her father taken one night by soldiers, her mother lost on her search to find him. Now living with only her grandmother, Nasreen stays inside herself, silent with trauma. Whispers about a forbidden school reach her grandmother who, with stealth, bravery and hope, brings Nasreen to the secret school hidden in the home of an equally-brave woman, a teacher of girls. Framed stylized paintings in hues that symbolically reflect the path of Nasreen’s healing extend the story told in the plain, heartfelt voice of her grandmother. The power of education and resistance stand out in this all-too-true contemporary tale of the human toll exacted by war and the oppression of women.
Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary is a breathtaking tribute to the courageous, passionate African-American children who demanded voting rights through nonviolent action in the historic 1963 March from Selma to Montgomery. Riveting chronology, stunning photographs, and telling details from oral history interviews recreate the children’s anger, terror, solidarity and purpose moment-by-moment. This palpable sense of immediacy crystallizes the commitment of young people who acted on behalf of human rights when they were most frightened and “the end” was unclear and out of sight. Vital and forceful, this testament to the power of youth and collective nonviolent action inspires activism by delving deeply into the heart of a pivotal moment in the history of youth and civil rights in the United States.
Two books were named Honor Books in the Books for Younger Children Category:
Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride, by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney, published by Disney-Jump at the Sun Books, has been named an Honor Book for Younger Children. Born a slave in upstate New York, Sojourner Truth, an iconic figure in the abolitionist and woman’s suffrage movements, was “Meant for speaking. Meant for preaching. Meant for teaching about freedom.” Told with punch and vigor, this energetic picture book biography marches along with Truth as she frees herself from bondage and ultimately delivers her legendary women’s rights speech to a church filled with white men in 1851. Short storyteller-style sentences punctuated with exclamation points and meaningful capitalizations evoke Truth’s spirit and force. Illustrations in a palette of yellows alive with whirling lines keep the momentum, energy, sorrow, seriousness and fervor of Sojourner Truth’s unwavering quest for social justice front
There are three tests of parenthood: putting a drawing on the fridge, hearing your parents’ words come out of your mouth, and seeing yourself in your kids. You realize pretty early in the parent experience that you are always being watched…even when you are doing something mundane. One day I heard preschool Keilana chastising another child for their “totally unacceptable behavior,” and I thought I was in an echo chamber. The first time I saw toddler Connor adjust his jeans with his wrists--a perfect miniature of his dad--I knew how closely we are observed by our little ones. Just
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By: Aline Pereira,
on 12/9/2009
Continuing our exploration of respect in relation to end-of-year celebrations and inspired by Marjorie’s beautiful post on The Christmas Menorahs, today I highlight Maya Angelou’s Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem (Schwartz & Wade, 2008).
Although written in a Christmas spirit, the poem’s resonance is far more broad, as it encourages one and all to “Come away from rancor. Come the way of friendship.” A sound piece of advice to humanity in this day and age when wars and conflicts still happen in the name of religion.
As seen in the excerpted verses below, her poem is a call for peace and unity:
We clap hands and welcome the Peace of Christmas.
We beckon this good season to wait a while with us.
We, Baptist and Buddhist, Methodist and Muslim, say come.
Peace.
Come and fill us and our world with your majesty.
We, the Jew and the Jainist, the Catholic and the Confucian,
Implore you, to stay a while with us.
So we may learn by your shimmering light
How to look beyond complexion and see community.It is Christmas time, a halting of hate time.
On this platform of peace, we can create a language
To translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.
These words go straight into the heart, don’t they?
Do you know of other books for children that speak of people from different faiths coming together during the holidays? Would you recommend them? Please do share so we can all learn about how others have “come the way of friendship.”
To offer you a quick look at the greeting card designs that were delivered just yesterday (woohoo!), I’m posting a few pages from my catalog, so you can see the kind of stuff I’ve been up to! I’m currently working on a new design for this site, complete with an online store, so soon you will be able to see all the designs in living color! Click the images below to see them larger. Note: the colors won’t be quite as neon in print. Enjoy!
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LOLLY! the HAPPIEST of holidays to you and your family! "-))
xoxoxo frogs
awwww, so darling and tender! big hug and Merry Christmas to you!
Beautiful sentiment Lo. I wish you and yours the Merriest of Christmases and Peace always.
What a sweet and endearing drawing.
Love ya Lo, one of my first and lasting friends in bloggyland. I wish you and Bri a very very happy and healthy and snuggly Xmas and a you an arty 2013. Love ya lots.xxxxxx
This is so very sweet and lovely.
May your Christmas be filled with peace and good cheer.
Your blogging sister, Connie :)
A lovely sentiment, and beautiful illustration. I wish you joy and peace this holiday season, and always.
Merry Christmas dear!! What a gift is was to talk to you and what a gift your friendship is!
♥M
Sweet!
a bit late but happy christmas and merry new year to you and bri and the fur babies.
Happy New Year to you and that delightfully soulful, artistic Muse of years. I am in absolute love with your new cover photo and that wonderfully powerful quote...May just have to use it somewhere...:) Love to you from the desert! xoxo
So lovely! It would be nice if we could all just get along...
Charming sentiment and sweet illustration. Thanks for sharing.
Happy New year dear Lolo.xoxo