I will be signing copies of Un-Brella at the Brigham Young University-Idaho Bookstore April 27 from 12:30-2:30. The Bookstore is located on the Brigham Young University-Idaho campus in Rexburg, Idaho. The Bookstore is in the Manwaring Center. Stop by and say hi if you are in the area.
A daily post-it note doodle by Scott E. Franson.
A daily post-it note doodle by Scott E. Franson
A daily post-it note doodle by Scott E. Franson.
A daily post-it note doodle by Scott E. Franson.
I discovered The Professors Daughter by Joann Sfar and Emmanuel Guibert, while browsing First Second the other day. It looked interesting and I read the excerpt and it is hilarious. I pre-ordered it and am anxiously waiting. I did not grow up on comic books and I find them to feel like I am watching a foreign language film. Well, like a good foreign film I was soon enveloped in the story. It feels like an old black and white romantic comedy. I imagined Kathrine Hepburn and Cary Grant in their younger days. The premise is ridiculous, but it works. The professors daughter falls in love with the professor’s mummy (which some how has returned to life). Take a look, I don’t think you will be disapointed!
I ordered the The Professor’s Daughter, Collector’s Edition, because the hard bound books with a ribbon page marker are just beautiful. I own American Born Chinese, Collector’s Edition
PreS-Gr 3–This wordless tale begins with a little girl dressing for a day at the beach though it is clearly snowing. Even the cat is surprised when she picks up her “un-brella” and goes outside. It is here that the title of the story becomes clear. Wherever she opens the un-brella, sunshine flows and grass, flowers, and insects appear. She spends a fine winter day walking in her bathing suit, sunbathing, and swimming. As the season changes to summer, she is again at home. But now, dressed in winter gear, she opens her un-brella and spends the day making snow angels, ice-skating, and building snowmen. The book ends with the girl watching rain fall, leaving readers to wonder what kind of “brella” she will use now. Franson’s illustrations resemble paper cutouts although they are done using a computer. The crisp, clean pictures have bright colors, exceptional detail, fun patterns, sly repetition, and heaps of whimsy. They are irresistible. The expressions on the faces of the cat, girl, snowmen, goldfish, penguins, and other animals clearly advance the story. Pair this title with other wordless books like Raymond Briggs’s The Snowman (Random, 1986) or Alexandra Day’s “Carl” books (Farrar) and allow creative storytelling to reign.–Catherine Callegari, Gay-Kimball Library, Troy, NH
A daily post-it note doodle by Scott E. Franson.
A daily post-it note doodle by Scott E. Franson.
A daily post-it note doodle by Scott E. Franson.
An average of 18 people die each day from the lack of available organs for transplant.
Un-Brella | What if instead of an umbrella you had an UN-brella? Imagine that when this unbrella was opened it suddenly made the world around you change in exciting ways. Open up this book to find out how one little girl's unbrella changes her world.
Digital painting | experimental digital paintings
A-Line | a limited edition series of digital drawings
Life in Lyman | stamps from my wonderfully ordinary life
A doodle-a-day | 100 daily doodles