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This tour is a great way to see Mad King Ludwig's Fairy Tale Castles without the hassle of renting a car. We recommend sitting in the top of the bus for lovely views of Bavaria while in route to the castles. As other reviewers have noted, the tours are a bit rushed. There isn't enough time at Linderhof to see the Grotto and we had to grab lunch on the go in order to make it to the top of the hill for our guided tour of Neuschwanstein. Our tour stopped in the little village Oberammergau for 45 min which wasn't long enough to enjoy the town or even get an adequate lunch. We would rather have had that 45 minutes to either tour the LInderhof Grotto or get lunch in Hohenschwangau. This tour involves a lot walking and requires a fast pace so it probably isn't the best option for people with mobility issues. Our tour guide was Christine and she did a nice job of telling us about the history of the areas we were touring. Overall, we are glad we went on the tour because it allowed us to see areas of the Bavarian Alps and the amazing castles.
Doing what: Royal Castles of Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Day Tour from Munich
Imprescindible si visitas Munich, primero llegamos a Linderhof, luego hacemos una parada en una ciudad intermedia muy "cute", y proseguimos a Neuschwanstein. Teniamos dudas con respecto a entrar o no entrar a los castillos (el costo es aparte, no esta incluido en el tour, 22 euros por persona entre ambos) finalmente decidimos hacerlo y sin duda valió la pena. EXCELENTE TOUR, nuestra guia Elizabeth fabulosa, nos explicó cada detalle y nos atendió de maravilla. Realmente te sientes en un "cuento de hadas".
Doing what: Royal Castles of Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Day Tour from Munich
Absolutely fabulous! You cannot imagine the beauty of the two castles until you are actually standing inside them. It was a long way to the top to enter Castle Neuschwanstein but taking the horse and cart made it easier. Going down by foot is a must. I was sorry I didn't go to Mary's Bridge where the postcard shots are taken because you are able to see the castle clearly. Some people on our tour did not go inside both castles. They missed out. Do both castles. We did not spend enough time in Oberammerga where the Passion Play is staged every 10 years. Lunch at the hotel in Hohenschwangau was lovely. A very big day but well worth it!
Doing what: Royal Castles of Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Day Tour from Munich
The trip to Neuschwanstein Castle was by far the best day we spent in Germany. Our guide, Austin, was extremely knowledgeable and kept us on schedule throughout the trip. The views were spectacular..would recommend this trip to anyone going to Munich..A don't miss excursion.
Doing what: Neuschwanstein Castle Small Group Day Tour from Munich
This is WELL WORTH the few extra dollars (or Euro) for an intimate, smaller-group tour. Francesca was amazing, knew her subject matter quite well (and then some), and allowed for quiet time on the trip back to Munich. She arranged for a private shuttle at Neuschwanstein to arrive at Mary's Bridge quicker and with fewer hills to hike up! She gave each tourist a "goodie bag" and drinks and even took pictures of us with our cameras so that both/all can be in the photo. She was a fantastic guide, and our driver was quite capable as well.
The day was planned out perfectly, and the order that we did everything in was the best way to avoid the crowds. The extra side-trip to Oberammergau was a nice time for shopping and getting gelato, or more traditional Bavarian treats! The guide at Linderhof was especially good - the overall impression I get is that they take great pride in the history and artwork in these gorgeous castles, and convey that message accordingly.
I would recommend this tour to everyone and even take it again myself.
Doing what: Small-Group Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Castle Luxury Coach Day Trip from Munich
Maria was our very sweet and informative tour guide who offered an abundance of information during our trip to Neuschwanstein and Linderhof. The drive out to the castles was one of the loveliest we experienced on our two week trip. Maria recommended a charming restaurant in town and let us know that credit cards were accepted there, which we appreciated since our former tour guide failed to mention this. Linderhof was dazzling and Neuschwanstein was equally amazing but had a different type of style. This tour allowed enough time to eat, tour the castle, and do a little shopping. Definitely one of our favorite tours!
Doing what: Royal Castles of Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Day Tour from Munich
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Neuschwanstein Castle is a must see site in Bavaria. The castle interior and the setting high above the village and lakes are wonderful.
Doing what: Neuschwanstein Castle Small Group Day Tour from Munich
My friends and I really enjoyed our tour of Neuschwanstein Castle. Though once inside the castle the actual castle tour seemed quick and we were not allowed to take pictures, it was still a good time. Our actual tour guide for before and after inside the castle was amazing and very informative! We would definitely recommend to others.
Doing what: Neuschwanstein Castle Small Group Day Tour from Munich
It has been a memorable experience to have chance to visit this castle, not to say the chance to ride on carriage downhill! Luckily we have booked the tour to save our time in queuing for the ticket and wandering around without guidance. Highly recommended for whoever visit Fussen for Neuschwanstein on their own but without any knowledge on how to visit the castle!
Doing what: Skip-the-Line: Neuschwanstein Castle Tour from Fuessen Including Horse-Drawn Carriage Ride
Great trip to Fussen and Neuschwanstein Castle via train on Sept 29, 2014.. Beautiful scenery on our trip to Fussen and back to Munich. Austin was a great tour guide very funny and gave the history is an interesting way. Beautiful day too, clear blue skies and upper 70's. I would recommend this tour, ask for Austin!!
Doing what: Neuschwanstein Castle Small Group Day Tour from Munich
It was raining in Munich (October 17, 2014) when we caught the bus in front of Karstadt's. We were feeling a little sorry for ourselves, but things improved along the way! There ended up being three couples on our tour including us. The ride from Town to Neuschwanstein, even in the rain, was lovely with commentary by the guide as we rode along. I said to my wife: "You, know the ride alone with the commentary is worth the price of the tour." When we arrived, the rain had stopped. Our guide was excellent. She told us step by step what would happen. We stood in only one line all day and that was for only 10 minutes. Our group going through the castle was about 30 people, 24 of whom were with one tour group. We 6 let them go ahead of us and they would leave each room and we had the room to ourselves. Our guide arranged for a van to shuttle us up to Castle for only 2 Euros each, a good deal. Then she explained how we could catch the horse drawn carriage on the way down, 3 Euros each, still a good deal After Neuschwanstein the guide asked us if we wanted to see The Church in the Meadows, a UNESCO sight. We said yes. Wow, what a treat. When I saw the large Church in the Meadow (seriously) I thought it was nice. When I stepped through the doors and saw the alter, it literally took my breath away! You have to see to believe. Then we went to Oberammergau the home of the Passion Play done by the townspeople every 10 years (not this year). But the little town was a simple fun stop to look at the shops and see the theatre that seats 4,800 and the town is only 5,000. Finally, we got to Linderhoff Castle for our tour. Wonderful. No line. Even though they were closing (DLS time change that was unexpected--Germany doesn't all change on the same day.) our guide called ahead and made arrangements. On the way back to Munich we saw two videos about Ludwig II. The tour was expensive but we knew we were only going once in our lives. Money well spent.
Doing what: Small-Group Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Castle Luxury Coach Day Trip from Munich
This tour is an absolute must if you have more than 1 day in Munich! My husband and I just got back from a 2 1/2 week trip around Europe, including London, Amsterdam, Paris, Switzerland, and Munich, and this was one of our top highlights. The castles are amazing, but even the views from the Bavarian alps alone are worth it. We saw many castles throughout our trip, and we both agreed, even though Neuschwanstein was never completed, it was one of our favorites. Stunning views! You MUST go to Mary's Bridge for the best view and photos. Great bus ride and a fabulous tour guide. Elizabeth did such a wonderful job and was one of our favorite tour guides of our trip.
Doing what: Royal Castles of Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Day Tour from Munich
These castles are certainly worth a visit, however be aware of the number of stairs to get in, as well as the long walk involved. As many have said, there is a bus which takes you to the bridge overlooking Neuschwanstein. Whether you walk it or ride there be sure to take this in! Although way overcrowded it is a scene not to be missed! We enjoyed this tour.
Doing what: Royal Castles of Neuschwanstein and Linderhof Day Tour from Munich
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Great tour, highly recommended.
Just a 2 hour train journey through the countryside then a hike through the forest to visit the amazing Neuschwanstein Castle. Only issue was the weather as it was raining and we had to stand around a wait for our tour group to get into the castle to start the tour but the weather isn't something that can be avoided.
Doing what: Neuschwanstein Castle Small Group Day Tour from Munich
Definitely sleep over at Neuschwanstein area and Rothenburg. Only way imo to really enjoy the area or else it would just be too stressful. The bus ride through romantic road was scenic but not much to really explore or do. Was a bit rushed as well.
Doing what: 3-day Munich to Frankfurt Tour - Romantic Road, Rothenburg, Hohenschwangau, Neuschwanstein
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IndianapolisCardinal Ritter High School
3360 W 30th St
Indianapolis, IN, 46222
(317)924-4333(Roman Catholic)599 students | Gr. 7-12
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75 N Belleview Pl
Indianapolis, IN, 46222
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3705 Kessler Blvd North Dr
Indianapolis, IN, 46222
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"A Full Belly is the Mother of all Evil," Benjamin Franklin counseled the readers of Poor Richard's Almanack. For some mysterious reason this aphorism hasn't had the sticking power of some of the inventor's more famous sayings, like "he who lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas." Most of us are more inclined to see a full belly as one of life's blessings. The offending epigram, however, can't be described as an aberration. Franklin's writings are filled with variations on this advice: "A full Belly makes a dull brain"; "The Muse starves in a Cook's shop"; and "Three good meals a day makes bad living." It's no wonder that one canny writer has taken advantage of the unquenchable American appetite for both the founding fathers and diet books to publish The Benjamin Franklin Diet, a complete guide to slimming down, eighteenth-century style.
Franklin's antipathy to a full belly reflected his Puritan upbringing, which stigmatized gustatory pleasures as low or impure. When he was growing up, he recalled in his Autobiography, "little or no Notice was ever taken of what related to the Victuals on the table, whether it was well or ill dressed, in or out of season, of good or bad flavour, preferable of inferior." Franklin claimed to have thoroughly adopted this legacy of indifference to food, but there is good evidence to the contrary. He abandoned an early commitment to vegetarianism when, on board the ship that carried him away from bondage to his brother in Boston, he succumbed to the temptation to indulge in a catch of cod. As he confessed, "I had formerly been a great Lover of fish, & when this came hot out of the Frying Pan, it smeled admirably well." Reasoning that fish ate other fish, and thus why shouldn't he, the pragmatic Franklin "din'd upon Cod very heartily." The famous portrait of Franklin by Joseph Siffred Duplessis, painted decades later in France, suggests that he gained no better control of his appetites as he matured. Not even a hero worshipper could call the man thin. A second chin falls heavy below his jaw line, his belly strains against the buttons of his sumptuous waistcoat, and his arms bear a resemblance to fattened sausages.
Not a total hypocrite, Franklin did include passages in his writing that treat the pleasures of the table more positively. Poor Richard's advice that "Fools makes Feasts and Wise Men eat them" suggests that frugality, more than distaste, motivated Franklin's advice be temperate. During his embassy in Paris, when Franklin sought to win France over to the American cause, he ate out six nights a week. And without a doubt he enjoyed many of the nice things he was served, such as îles flottantes and champagne.
A proud American, Franklin also sought to introduce his French friends to some of the glories of his native cuisine. He insisted that American corn flour could make a sweeter bread than wheat alone (several of the philosophes were engaged in pursuit of a more nutritious bread recipe to improve the condition of the peasantry, who derived the majority of their calories from the staff of life). Later, after his return to Philadelphia, Franklin sent his friends shipments of Pennsylvania hams – remarkable for the sweetness of their fat, which he attributed to the pigs' subsisting on corn.
If you want to try Benjamin Franklin's recipe for corn bread you can find it in the appendix to Gilbert Chinard's wonderful 1958 essay "Benjamin Franklin on the Art of Eating." This little pamphlet, printed by the American Philosophical Society, contains a number of recipes found among Franklin's papers, few of which could be described as dietetic. Franklin's recipe for roasted pig pays great attention to producing a delicious crackling. His oyster sauce is heavy on the cream. And his puff pastry, recommended for encasing his apple pudding, calls for a pound of butter. Frarnklin's apple pudding makes a tempting proposition for a food historian on the eve of Thanksgiving, especially since, like many eighteenth-century recipes, Franklin's terse instructions offer just enough detail to inspire certainty that the end result would be inedible by twentieth-century standards. What better reason could there be to break out the mixing bowl!
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To make an apple pudding.
Make a good puff-paste, roll it out half an inch thick, pare your apples, and core them, enough to fill the crust, and close it up, tie it in a cloth and boil it. If a small pudding, two hours: if a large one three or four hours. When it is enough turn it into your dish, cut a piece of the crust out of the top, butter and sugar it to your palate; lay on the crust again, and send it to table hot.
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The sense of the unfamiliar has always been what compels me about history, it gives me the feeling of discovery and assures me that I am not just finding my own reflection in the sources. I, for example, do not bring a love of boiling to my reading of dessert recipes. Baking I expect – hours of boiling, not so much. I boil few foods, and those only briefly. I boil pasta 7 to 12 minutes, always anxious to drain the pot while the noodles are still al dente. Sometimes I boil green beans, but just for a couple minutes and often I steam them instead. I boil eggs, but I like the yolks soft so I don't leave them in for more than six minutes. I never boil dessert pastries. But Benjamin Franklin told me to, so for the sake of historical knowledge I threw all my cooking know-how to the wind and set out to slavishly follow his orders.
Difficulties confronted me long before I arrived at the boiling. To begin, Franklin directed that I make a puff pastry, mixing four pints, or a quarter of a peck, of flour with half a pound of butter. How much did eighteenth-century dry pints weigh? And did they weigh the same in the colonies as they did in England? Today the imperial wet pint is four ounces more than the American wet pint (20 oz vs. 16 oz). One thing is for certain, whatever the exact weight of an eighteenth-century dry pint might be, four of them is a whopping amount. I made the executive decision to weight a pint at 16 oz and cut the recipe in half so that I didn't completely empty our flour bin. Halving the butter as well, I ended up with a very dry mix:
The next direction was to add cold water until a stiff dough formed. Having spent the past twenty-five years of baking trying to add as little water to my pie dough as possible to prevent it turning tough, I needed to tamp down all my better instincts to pour in the cup and a half of cold water that my dry mix required to come together.
The brick of paste that resulted was so hard that it had to be beat into submission to follow the next directions, which called for the dough to be rolled out, buttered, rolled up, rolled out, and buttered again, nine to ten successive times until another half pound of butter had been added.
After an hour of buttering and rolling, I was left with a lovely, pliable, yellow dough, which I rolled out "half a thumb's thickness" and set on a cheese cloth.
Franklin's recipe calls next for chopped cored apples to be placed on the dough. No seasoning is done at this stage: no spices added to the apples, no sugar, no butter, no lemon. Just apples. How big? How many? Over how much of the dough? It doesn't say.
Nor did the recipe explain how to seal the dough. I went for crimping and ended up with something that looked like a giant Cornish pasty.
At least until I wrapped it up in pastry and began the boiling, whence it commenced to look more like a brain. It was hard to commit willful destruction of this beautiful pasty, rather than pop the parcel into a hot oven where it might grow golden and crisp. What was the purpose of building up 10 layers of lamination only to melt out all the butter in a bubbling pot? Again, Franklin was mute.
The cooking instructions said to boil the pudding from two to four hours depending on its size. Unsure of the standard of measurement, I decided on three hours. There were no further cooking directions and perhaps I should have just let it be, but worried that the pudding wasn't getting cooked on the top, which bounced above the bubbling water, I flipped the package each hour. Perhaps if I hadn't, the pudding would have developed more of a crust.
For the final step, Franklin directs that the top of the pudding be removed, sugar and butter be mixed in with the apples, then the top replaced and the whole served immediately. When I cut away the muslin and lifted the soggy lid I found that the apples inside had reduced to a beautiful sauce within the boiled pastry casing. I added some chopped butter and brown sugar, then closed the pudding back up and let the flavors meld. I can't say the result would win first prize in a pie contest, it wouldn't even win honorable mention. But I can report that the mess tasted quite nice in a bland, comforting, soft, sort of way. Not a bad match for turkey at all.
Featured image: "The First Thanksgiving," Jean Leone Gerome Ferris (c. 1912). Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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John August has signed on to write the script for a film adaptation of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark.
August frequently collaborates with Tim Burton. Two of those movies were created for child audiences, The Corpse Bride (2005) and Frankenweenie (2012). At the moment, no director has been hired for this project.
Here's more from Deadline: "The three-book children's series that's sold more than 7 million copies worldwide began with 1981′s Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, continuing with More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (1984) and Scary Stories 3: More Tales To Chill Your Bones(1991). The collection of folk tales and urban legends also memorably haunted generations of youngsters with its surreal and nightmarish illustrations by award-winning artist Stephen Gammell."
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It's IndieBound's list, by state, of which authors and illustrators will appear at their local indies as volunteers on Saturday, November 29, for Indies First Day. Nashville folks, I'll be volunteering at Parnassus Books from 10 to 11, and I'll do story time during that hour with my friend, author Jessica Young. Bring your wee ones to us!
Sherman Alexie started Indies First Day last year, encouraging authors to work a shift in their local independent bookstore on Small Business Saturday. This year, Indies First is being spearheaded by Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer.
Hope to see you there!
With only one more week left until we announce Place of the Year 2014, we'd like to spotlight another one of the places on our shortlist: Ukraine. The country entered the news early in 2014 when a referendum held in Crimea resulted in the peninsula uniting with Russia. As the twenty-first edition of the Atlas of the World notes, Crimea currently remains under Russian control, though this union is not internationally recognized.
For a little more information about Ukraine, take a look below at the eight facts we compiled about the country's history, places, and people.
1. According to OxfordDictionaries.com, the origin of the name "Ukraine" is "from Old Russian ukraina 'border region,' from u 'at, beside' + kraĭ 'edge, border.'"
2. Ukraine's capital, Kiev, has been an important settlement since the Middle Ages, when it was the capital of early Slavic civilization, Kievan Rus.
3. Out of all the countries in Europe, Ukraine is second only to Russia in geographic size, with an area of 233,089 square miles, or 603,700 square kilometers.
4. The most common religion in Ukraine is Ukrainian Orthodox.
5. An overwhelming 78% of the country's population is ethnically Ukrainian, with the next largest ethnic group in the country being Russian (17%).
6. Prypiat, Ukraine remains a ghost town to this day as a result of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 that left the city uninhabitable.
7. Although he is often grouped with Russian authors like Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, and Anton Chekhov, Nikolai Gogol was born in Velyki Sorochyntsi, modern-day Ukraine, and is ethnically Ukrainian and Polish.
8. Ukraine has been independent since the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. Currently, Ukraine's government is a multiparty republic, and Petro Poroshenko is president.
Do you think Ukraine should be Place of the Year? Cast your vote!
The Place of the Year 2014 shortlist
Don't forget to vote and follow along with #POTY2014 until our announcement on 1 December to see which location will join previous Place of the Year winners.
Image credit: Flag of Ukraine by UP9. CC-BY-SA-3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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It's a l--o--n--g story!
Deedy (Dorothea Jensen) actually wrote down the story in 1991 of how I was packed by accident inside a bookcase and delivered to children by Santa and then they had to figure out how to use their imaginations to get me back home. She called my story The Elf on the Shelf. Yes, in 1991. She even formally copyrighted it in 1999. (Of course, it was actually under copyright in 1991. That's twenty three years ago!)
Then much, much later she realized that those kids in my story were actually her grandboys, Alex and Owen. By the time my tale was ready to be published, she found out that someone else had used that title!
So Deedy had to make up a new title for my story, Tizzy, the Christmas Shelf Elf.
I really don't like it that much, as it is a little tricky to say. (Try saying it 10 times really fast and you'll see what I mean.)
So what do we Izzies think of this other interloper so-called Elf on the Shelf?
We have our Opinion but don't like to talk about it.
(Those of you who have read Blizzy, the Worrywart Elf might remember that Bizzy let slip his opinion on this subject in that story.)
Bizzy is sometimes a Bit Indiscreet. But we love him anyway.
Anyway, I just wanted you to know how my book got its name.
And now you do.
Much love,
Tizzy (The Actual Original Genuine Elf on the Shelf)
There are still a few openings left in what will be my last "Creating Children's Picture Books" class at the John C. Campbell Folk School for a while (since we're moving to Scotland!). CLICK HERE to read about this special long-weekend class, which runs December 3rd-6th, and which they only do once a year.
Here's where you can learn about the class at the John C. website: CLICK HERE. And you can read about past classes by clicking on the year: 2012, 2011, 2009, and 2008. It's a 4-day long intense class on a gorgeous campus in the North Carolina mountains with fantastic family-style meal times. Camp for adults!
Bedbug and Mouse are excited to announce that Facebook users can now find Bedbug Books via a new store at Facebook. Jumping Bedbugs, how convenient is that? The store is new, so more books will be added over time but already, Bedbug and Mouse books are there! If you are at Facebook, visit Studio Seven Store. hit the Shop tab to see all the book listings. check out the Christmas deals!Add a Comment
Hmm, not sure if this is a pardon my dust situation or what, but yeah, pardon the lack of articles from me recently, but work has been work, and I've done a terribad job of managing my time. That, and been reading Game of Thrones. Hopefully that time has past though, and I can manage my ... Read more
Mac Barnett is having a very good 2014! He has three picture book releases this year, all of which are delightful! Be sure to check them out!
I asked the kidlit agents participating in PiBoIdMo as your "grand prizes" to tell us why they love picture books. Their answers are sure to inspire!
Heather Alexander, Pippin Properties
Picture books are easy to love because they are tiny little windows that offer beautiful glimpses out into the whole, wide, wonderful world, and into hearts like and unlike our own.
Stephen Fraser, Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
I do love picture books! There is nothing more satisfying that to find a picture book manuscript which has been carefully crafted to share a story with the youngest readers. The Impressionist painter Pierre Auguste Renoir said that painting is "making love visible" and I can't help thinking that is why some picture books are so endearing and everlasting. They make the love we feel for our children, our grandchildren, and the children within us very visible. It is a true craft which needs to be learned and practiced. And I honor those who learn this craft and honor children.
Kirsten Hall, Catbird Agency
Picture books pretty much have me wrapped around their finger. I'm obsessed by the story-telling opportunities offered by this highly-visual genre! Picture books (as a format) seem simple at first blush, but they are often in fact quite layered and even poetic, displaying an elegant interplay between text and art. Best of all, picture books are accessible to everyone. You don't have to be able to read in order to love them. They can be savored for what they offer visually, and when read aloud, until a reader has command over the written word. Simply, what format is better than the first one that takes children by the hand and turns them into book-lovers?
Susan Hawk, The Bent Agency
The best part of picture books, for me, is way words and illustration marry together to create a sum greater than its parts. I love the way art builds meaning in the story, and how the simplest of texts can be full of emotion and heart. I remember so well the picture books that I poured over as a child — mystified and delighted to be invited into the world of reading and books. For me, it's an honor to represent picture books!
Tricia Lawrence, Erin Murphy Literary Agency
I love picture books because they celebrate a time in our life we all look back on so fondly. I love being a part of helping to create them because we're creating books for kids who will look back on them for the rest of their lives.
Erin Murphy, Erin Murphy Literary Agency
I became a reader because of picture books, and I became an agent because of picture books. They are one of the richest and most influential forms of literature. So much feeling, so many laughs, in so few pages, meant to be read over and over again!
Ammi-Joan Paquette, Erin Murphy Literary Agency
I love picture books because they speak to the quintessential child in each of us. They reach across the gaps of age and culture and language and bring us under their spell. A perfectly-crafted picture book is a full-senses experience that can last a lifetime.
Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency
I love the breadth of story and emotion—from clever and comical, to poetic and pondering—that can be found within the framework of a 32-page picture book. I love the right prose, the visual subplots, the rhythm and rhyme and repetition (and repetition, and repetition). But, most of all, I love them because they're short.
Kathleen Rushall, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency
I love working with picture books because they remind me that the earliest literature we read in life can be some of the most memorable (and the most fun!).
Joanna Volpe, New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc.
I love picture books because they're fun to read aloud, and they're meant to be read with someone else.They can't not be shared! Even now, I don't have kids, but when I read a good picturebook, my husband gets to be the audience. He's very understanding. :-)
I love that Joanna Volpe reads picture books to her husband! I've picked out a few picture books that I just had to read to my hubby – but it works best if I tell him he just has to read it to the kids. Why should kids have all the fun?
It is so nice to hear agents express not only their love of picture books, but also acknowledge the importance and depth of them. Thank you!
Great responses, all. I love Joan's comment about PBs reaching across age and culture and this quote by Kathleen R: the earliest literature we read in life can be some of the most memorable.
Lovely post! It's nice to know that agents love picture books for the same reasons we love to write them. :)
Great perspectives and I love their enthusiasm for our genre!
Indeed Picture Books are a fun interactive tool for sharing with others; just like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or chocolate chip cookies dipped in milk take us to old familiar places. We love short pleasurable experiences that give memories for days and sometimes years. We also like experiences with surprises, that moment when we stop and think huh? Or Wow that's a place I have never been before….just like eating Hershey Kisses and marshmallow frosted hot chocolate stirred with a candy cane…thanks so much for sharing.
I love this admission of love, inspiration & commitment to picture books from those who know. Long live picture books.
Lisa Connors
This post really gives a feeling of a picture book community out there. People I may never meet, but we all share a love.
Ha! Joanna, I know what you mean. I recently read "It's a Book" by Lane Smith to my 20-yr-old. We laughed a lot. It's fun to enjoy PBs together on a whole new level.
Great post, all!
Dana Edwards
Beautiful insights into the magic of picture books….I love sitting with my three year old grandson, listening to him "read" his books to me. Thank you for sharing your love and encouragement! I am off to read some books…
Such a long absence (again). I have been loving island life for the first time since getting here since we moved away from the sugar cane fields.
Many mornings I go to the beach, since we live so close now, and I hop onto a stand up paddle board and head out into the inlets around this little island in the middle of the Indian ocean. Last week there was a particularly calm day and as I was navigating the bay out here, a stingray jumped out of the water just in front of me. It was nothing short of thrilling being out in these gorgeous turquoise waters under the billowy tropical clouds.
My afternoons I work. I have a book I am writing and two that I am illustrating and I head up into my studio and close the door for a few hours and focus.
We have found a way to do hot yoga here now too (if you remember I was missing that quite a lot before). There is a building that was used as an office during the construction of the houses in our developement and Fred and I cleaned it up and brought in some heaters and a fan. We call it Hot Dodo Studio.
Right now we are having a ball over here- working hard, but for the first time, playing and relaxing. It's a good balance- I'm sure it won't last, but it is delicious right now and I am enjoying every minute of it.
§ In case you missed it, that half million dollar Tezuka Kickstarter missed the mark by a huge margin. Johanna Draper Carlson has commentary. DMP publisher Hikaru Sasahara will probably have more to say about his, as they are examining their whole Kickstarter policy.
§ A misleading headline obscures the fact that a piece of Corto Maltese art sold for a record amount—a record for a piece of HUGO PRATT art. A page from "Les Ethiopiques" sold for €391,800 ($485,500), more than twice the estimate.
§ John Kane looks back at TWILIGHT, a "prestige" mini series that came out from DC back in 1990, written by the greatHoward Chaykin and drawn by the great Jose Luis Garcia Lopez. DC is releasing a collected edition next month, and you may just want to pick it up.
TWILIGHT is the story of a bunch of people who all get what they want and it ends up doing none of them any favours whatsoever. The bunch of people in question are mainly rejigged DC sci-fi characters who had lain mostly fallow since the '50s and '60s. Tommy Tomorrow, Star Hawkins, Manhunter 2070, Space Cabbie, etc. Even Chaykin's own Ironwolf appears briefly, and his ridiculous wooden space ship proves pivotal to events. (If Adam Strange seems conspicuous by his absence; Richard Bruning had first dibs there). There are plenty of new characters but the gist of the thing was that these were yesterday's characters of tomorrow, today. Oh, you know what I mean.
§ First Second editor Calista Brill remembers late copy editor Manuela Kruger.
§ Juliet Kahn interviewed Noelle Stevenson who will probably be an even bigger breakout comics star in 2015.
I don't think that webcomics and Kickstarter and Patreon have made print comics obsolete by any means; god, no. If anything, we just have so many more paths to succeed. We're defining this new wave of comics for ourselves. How can you not see how exciting that is? There's no right or wrong way to do it. That's why I like comics! They are limitless. There are people with webcomics who are pushing the limits of what comics can be — Emily Carroll, Ava's Demon, etc. Some comics are made to be displayed digitally and it doesn't degrade them. And there are innovations happening in print comics too. Anyone resisting that, clinging to some kind of idea of a golden age that we're defiling somehow… well. That's what's becoming obsolete. Also I think one of the big sore points that the Sturm comic inspired — and honestly, the comic itself referenced this, so I think this may have been the point that it was trying to make — is that this idea of competition isn't actually healthy for creativity. Someone else who succeeds isn't 'stealing' your success. You gotta keep your eyes on your own board and do the best you can. The more good stuff exists, the better we make the field, and the more people can succeed within it.
§ Tom Spurgeon interviews Andrew Farago about his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book and Farago touches on not TMNT affected so much of late-80s-early90s comics history
I could have spent a lot more time talking about the black-and-white publishing boom of the 1980s, but had to settle for making sure that I fit Dave Sim and Wendy and Richard Pini into the book. There was probably another full chapter to be had on the dual influences of Jack Kirby and Frank Miller on Eastman and Laird. And Tundra! Can't forget about that. I'd have loved an entire chapter on Tundra and The Words and Pictures Museum and all of the fun stuff Kevin Eastman did during the Turtles' biggest years. Every cartoonist I know swears that if he had millions of dollars, he'd start a publishing house and give all of his buddies all the money they needed so that they could focus on making comics without having any financial worries or editorial interference. And Kevin Eastman actually did that, and it was a wonderful, amazing, chaotic mess. A few all-time great comics came out of it, at least. Thank Kevin Eastman the next time you read From Hell or pull a copy of Understanding Comics off your bookshelf.
§ This interview reminded me that TMNT co-creator Peter Laird has a very active blog.
§ The Comics Reporter also ran one of those weekend listicles about Howard the Duck and I was reminded that the above comic is the favorite comic of 13 year old me until the universe ends.
§ Speaking of Howard the Duck, Steve Murray, whose pen name is Chip Zdarsky, get the Hometown Hero story of the weekend with "Marvel revives Howard the Duck with help of Toronto artist/"
§ Many people in my social networks were sharing this Name that Comic Book Artist quiz. I got 21/25 which, considering m profession, is pretty bad. I confess, I guessed the ones I wasn't certain of by thinking "Who would be most likely to make that drawing error?"
§ Along similar lines, CBR is poling people on their all time favorite Wonder Woman artist. The top vote getters will Shock you! NOT REALLY.
§ And as for Wonder Woman, the new creative direction continues to be…controversial. Geek Mom Corinna Lawson writes Memo to DC: Wonder Woman Likes People. Honest And J. Caleb Mozzocco writes:
As a comics critic, I never quite know what to do with terrible comic books when I come across them. I never go out of my way to read a comic book that I suspect will be terrible without any mitigating circumstances, and, when I do read one, I then wonder if it's better to just not mention it anywhere at all, under the ignore-it-and-it-will-go-away school of thought, or if I should go out of my way to discuss the book and its negative qualities, so as to not let the only reviews of the book to get written by positive ones.
§ KONVENTION KORNER. Rob Kirby went to Short Run in Seattle and wrote a super chatty, comprehensive piece for Festival Season:
Tabling for me is above all a social event – I don't make a living through my comics so I can be a little more relaxed and less mercenary about the money thing than others (though perhaps I could stand to be a little more mercenary, but let's not talk about that now). MariNaomi and I have been friends for several years now, having met at APE back in 2008. She's great to table with. She brought an extra tablecloth (I hadn't thought to bring one) and shared snacks with me. She helped me through a couple of Square mishaps: I kept swiping the card wrong before finally getting the hang of it. I hadn't tabled since SPX last year and was a little rusty. She didn't mind if took off to take photos and hobnob a little (like John Porcellino, Zan Christensen and other cartooning people I know, Mari doesn't like to leave her table too much). What more can I say, she's the best. Her new book, Dragon's Breath and Other True Stories (2D Cloud & Uncivilized Books), did brisk business all day long and yay, because it's one of the finest books of the year and you should totally get it. And just because I'm biased doesn't mean you shouldn't listen to me on this.
§ BTW someone once complained to me about a con report here that began with getting up and getting to the train on time, and what he ate for breakfast and all that stuff. I find this kind of quotidian minutiae boring in most cases but for con reports it seems traditional! What do you think, readers?
§ Maia Kobabe has a list of Small Bay Area Comic Conventions that shows that the region isn't entirely comics free.
§ 35,000 attended a comic in in Birmingham, UK that had nothing to do with comics, but did include stars from Red Dwarf and Breaking Bad. NEWSPAPER EDITORS: please include some teeny tiny mention of comics in your coverage of "COMIC CONS".
§ Finally, according to my ancient obsolete RSS feed, John Jakala blogged for the first time in 10 months. Combine this with a coffee I had the other day with Matt Maxwell and the dream of the Aughts is alive in cyberspace.
"So yeah, Watchmen for Adam Strange."
…or not Adam Strange, since the paragraph you quoted right above it point-blank mentions that Adam Strange isn't in the Twilight mini-series.
(I wonder how many newer readers will see your usage of the word prestige in quotation marks and not understand that back in the day, "prestige format" was the descriptor for squarebound comics, usually 48-64 pages? That's a phrase I haven't seen used in a long, long time.)
I don't really talk a lot about my personal life on here. Sure, I talk a lot about my thoughts on writing, and little anecdotes sneak through as I'm discussing various concepts. But it's not like I'm on here spilling my guts about what goes on at home. However, since this is a week for gratitude and family, I wanted to share that I got married in October to a great guy named Todd who I've known since 2011. We met in our Brooklyn neighborhood of Carroll Gardens, and it turned out that we'd been living just a block away from one another for years! The night our paths crossed, I was coming home from the tremendous Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers conference in Utah, so I have them to thank!
Todd is a very talented chef, and in 2013, we moved back to his hometown of Minneapolis to buy a house, start a family, and open a restaurant. We bought our own slice of south Minneapolis in July, and are still working on the other two. We got married October 11th, 2014 down in New Orleans, one of our very favorite cities in the entire world. The whole thing was such a blast, and I'm very excited that the excellent photographer Sarah Becker Lillard was able to capture our day. You can see her blog post with some favorite shots here.
So far, 2014 has been the best year of my life personally, and professionally as well. I am wrapping up my busiest months as a freelance editor and novel coach. I'm very grateful to all of my clients for allowing me to come into their writing journeys, guide them, and get to know their work. I'm currently considering expanding my business to add some different services that writers have shown a lot of interest in. Stay tuned for that!
This week, I'd love to thank everyone reading this for your support. It has been an amazing journey to be able to bring you this blog for going on five years now. Wow! Have a wonderful holiday with your loved ones, and I'll be doing the same over here. It's such an amazing gift that we have all been brought together by the love of story and the written word. Thank you, thank you, thank you!Add a Comment


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Efforts in the East Bay to reduce high crime rates are getting a boost from a new federal initiative being unveiled today in Washington, announced Reps. George Miller (D-Martinez) and Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), whose constituents in Richmond and Oakland are expected to benefit from the new program.
Aimed at maximizing current resources, the U.S. Department of Justice is launching a new Violence Reduction Network (VRN) to enhance federal-local anti-crime partnerships.
High school juniors and seniors considering applying to a U.S. military academy are invited to attend "Service Academy Night" from 7:00 to 9:00 tonight at Diablo Valley College, 321 Golf Club Road in Pleasant Hill.
The U.S. Service Academies offer a unique and esteemed educational opportunity for young men and women. Accepted students receive a 4-year university education, room and board, medical and dental coverage, and a stipend in exchange for a 5-year military service commitment at graduation.
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It's heartbreaking to know that every day approximately 86 American lives are lost to gun violence. That's why I was so glad when I recently heard from more than 4,000 of my fellow Contra Costa residents who are members of the group Everytown for Gun Safety supporting legislation to reduce gun violence.
Representative George Miller (D-Martinez) today recognized Eve Watterson of Danville, CA for her acceptance to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for the Class of 2018. "This young woman is an exceptional student with the desire to combine her passion for water sports, leadership, and national service with her academic and professional goals," said Miller, who nominated Watterson for the Academy.
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Great news today for those who enjoy the outdoors in Contra Costa—the East Bay Regional Parks District today received a Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant that will allow for improvements to be made at the Point Pinole Fishing Pier in the City of Richmond. The grant, which provides $125, 806 for the restoration of facilities at the Point Pinole Fishing Pier, will help ensure the public's continued enjoyment of an important outdoor space.
Rep, Miller and local officials celebrate the Highway 4 renaming ceremony for Joe Eddy McDonald:
WASHINGTON, DC— In response to California's ongoing drought and the State's immediate need for increased water storage capacity and long-term water solutions, U.S. Reps. George Miller (CA-11) and Jim Costa (CA-16) introduced new legislation today to expedite construction to expand the Los Vaqueros Reservoir, an existing State water storage project.
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While watching Royal Rumble 2014, Rikishi expressed his frustration with WWE by posting a message on Twitter. He asked what the company was doing with his sons, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso. He also stated that the "writers suck" and ended the statement with "bullshit".
Alexander Rusev, the developmental wrestler who made his debut at Royal Rumble 2014, was trained by Rikishi. His relationship with the former WWE star helped help progress in the industry a lot quicker than a lot of other guys who have tried to make it to the main roster.
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Pronunciation: /əˈbīd /
Definition of abide in English:
1 [no object] (abide by) Accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation): I said I would abide by their decision
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2 [with object] (can/could not abide) informal Be unable to tolerate (someone or something): if there is one thing I cannot abide it is a lack of discipline
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- The man who had hoped to segue from comedy returned to the role he hated and the director he couldn't abide.
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3.1 archaic Live; dwell.
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Old English ābīdan 'wait', from ā- 'onward' + bīdan (see bide).
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The engine misfires in rain or just when is very humid. Runs great when dry. Changed the plug wires, roter and dist cap and still have same problem.
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TORONTO - DECEMBER 16: Taylor Pyatt #14 of the Phoenix Coyotes skates against the Toronto Maple Leafs during their NHL game at the Air Canada Centre on October 16, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo By Dave Sandford/Getty Images)
Taylor Pyatt has displayed impressive hockey sense in his first two games A two game sample size is hardly enough to evaluate anyone, and clearly none of the Rangers played particularly well in the season's opening weekend, but here are some initial impressions of the newest Blueshirts: Rick Nash – As coach John Tortorella said following Sunday's game, "he's the real deal." Nash has been an absolute puck magnet, has already displayed soft hands and creative stickhandling, is using his body extremely well to create separation between the puck and defenders and has even thrown a few solid hits. Nash understandably wants to make a good impression with his new club, but I've also been pleased to see that he's continued competing very hard in both losing efforts. Arron Asham – Asham has only played one game thus far thanks to a carryover suspension, but he was pretty much as billed in his first match against the Penguins. Asham was sent out for the opening faceoff and immediately got into a pretty spirited fight with Tanner Glass. Asham only played 5:53 on Sunday, so we can't glean much else, but I do think he's a better skater than the Rangers often have in the bottom-six. Taylor Pyatt – I've been extremely disappointed in Pyatt's speed; I'd seen plenty of scouting reports touting his wheels and he's been one of the slower Blueshirts out there. Pyatt did score a goal on Sunday and seems to have pretty solid hockey sense; he's been in perfect position on several occasions and already seems to have earned some level of trust from Tortorella. I expect Pyatt to play with everyone from Richards and Nash to Asham and Rupp before the season's over. Chris Kreider – Yes, he counts. Kreider seems bound for some AHL seasoning if his play doesn't improve. He's completely lost defensively and isn't playing with much confidence after a very poor start to the year with the CT Whale. I'm not too worried about Kreider's offensive game given the incredible showing he delivered in the postseason, but Kreider's all-around game is a mess right now. Jeff Halpern – He's 36, but it looks like Halpern still has plenty of game left. It's already clear that he's going to be important in the faceoff circle and he's also going to be a trusted penalty killer. I really liked what I saw of Halpern and Mike Rupp together, I'd bet on those two staying together for most of the year. They play simple games that compliment each other well, nothing fancy, but they know their roles. You get the sense that we'll know what we're going to get from Halpern every night. Tweet
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Updated: 05/03/2005 - City will set aside $1 million a year to fund long-term projects meant at cutting congestion.
Updated: 05/03/2005 - City will set aside $1 million a year to fund long-term projects meant at cutting congestion.
Updated: 05/03/2005 - Students and faculty at Bowling Green High School are doing their best to keep the no-kill shelter at the Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society open.
Updated: 05/03/2005 - Area judges and lawyers gather to celebrate the judicial system.
Updated: 05/02/2005 - The bank claims Stephen Catron owes thousands.
Posted: 05/02/2005 - A recent study shows teen use of prescription drugs is on the rise.
Updated: 01/11/2007 - Thieves hit Apothecare Pharmacy just before 5 a.m.
Updated: 05/02/2005 - BG City Commission will consider new ordinance Tuesday night.
Updated: 05/02/2005 - It was 30 years ago Saturday that the United States withdrew the last of its troops from Vietnam and the communists officially took over the country.
Updated: 05/02/2005 - Mother Nature seems to be putting a damper on all outside activities, but that wasn't the case for the Southern Kentucky Soccer Invitational on Saturday.
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Updated: 05/02/2005 - Students at Allen County Primary Center make a "change" for cancer research.
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Updated: 04/28/2005 - A bookstore destroyed in a fire, is now open in a temporary location.
Updated: 04/28/2005 - Thirty-thousand Americans will be diagnosed with oral cancer this year. The disease will cause more than 8,000 deaths. That's about one person per hour, every hour of the day. But oral cancer is also one of the most curable diseases when it's caught early. Now there's a new procedure that can detect oral cancer in the early stages. It's called the Vizilite.
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Cody Green with a 6-pound, 7-ounce on Smith Lake bass.
Third place angler Brandon Lester is catching fish. He's very confident and says today's sunny conditions will help add to his weight. Remember that leader David Kilgore said the same thing. Clearly, they both are on to something.
Look for my story about Brandon tonight here on bassmaster.com.
Further down the leader board in 15th place is Shaw Grigsby. He's catching fish too and offered this thought of the day.
The sunny, calm conditions will hamper the umbrella rig bite.
There's a lot of A-Rig slinging going on so it'll be interesting so see how that prediction turns out.
As for Shaw he said the best practice days for him on the days with the worst weather. Might be time for a change in plans for Shaw.
Fans with cameras big and small documented the early take-off.
Elite Series pro Gerald Swindle (top) waits on the dock for take-off. TowBoat US (middle) is always on the scene at launch. Tournament Director Chris Bowes (bottom) leads the morning's proceedings.
That's what it's setting up to be today. Yesterday, when interviewing leader David Kilgore for BassCam, he told me sun will help his pattern.
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DESOTO COUNTY, Fla - In Arcadia, dozens of new homes are set to go up. The new community will be able to trace its roots to Hurricane Charley and a Catholic priest Saint John Bosco, who is known for the serving the poor.
It doesn't look like much now, but 29-acres of land represents seven years of hard work by the Diocese of Venice, through Catholic Charities, to bring low-income housing to farm workers in Arcadia. Now their dream is finally becoming a reality.
53 new single family homes and a 1,600 square foot community room with a computer lab will be built here. The new housing complex is named Casa San Juan Bosco.
"Farm workers are often given very substandard housing and this will give them an opportunity to live in something that is much more secure and safe," said Diocese of Venice Director of Communication Billy Atwell.
The concept for the project was born out of Hurricane Charley.
"It had, you know, really devastating affects in Desoto County, and it really highlighted the need for housing for farm workers and the poor in Desoto County," said Atwell.
The Florida Housing Finance Corporation and the United States Department of Agriculture are providing the money.
Neighbors along this quiet road say they hope the changes to their community won't be too drastic.
"I don't know if it will be better or not, but as long as they keep it under control, keep all the traffic and everything under control, it should work out good," said Audrey Gainous, who lives down the street from the project.
Groundbreaking for the new homes should start in a couple of weeks. The entire construction project will take about a year.
This isn't the only housing program started by the Diocese of Venice and Catholic Charities Housing. They also have units providing homes to single mothers, and to people living with HIV and AIDS.