No one can function without a calendar, but the page-a-day
calendar I found in a New Hampshire shop recently, and additional
copies at Barnes & Noble in Danbury, makes tearing off each
page fun every day. . . .
. . .I also discovered that Joy likes hats too, so we MUST be
related.
The How to Draw a Radish desk-size calendar has a new drawing
lesson each day, so while you're having your coffee, you can
perfect your strokes. It's a great gift for any age. . . .
In How to Draw a Radish, Joy offers a "peek at her sily
and creative work place." To read her books or own a calendar
is like taking a nostalgic trip back in time. . .
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Here's another great review! (click to enlarge)
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New Book's a Paterson Parable,
Says Author
Aug 13 2000 12:00AM By DONNA KNIPP Herald News PATERSON
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". . .Wit, who wears a pointed "thinking cap," and his pals, Mittens the cat and Twitter the bird, may not attend
local political functions, but they have a message for the mayor,
nonetheless.
They are the stars of a new children's book titled "Squeaky
Chalk," a colorful concoction of images and plots that are
whimsical on the surface, but that carry a deeper meaning.
. . .
Packed with drawings, photos, sepia tones and paintings, "Squeaky
Chalk" is a visual treat.
The story itself is fast-paced: a little boy, Wit, together with
Mittens and Twitter, follow a kite blowing in the wind until
it leads them to Professor Thistle, who has a scheme to make
a brand of flying candy called Pegasus.
Roberta Tobias of Paterson brought a bevy of kids to the reading
with her: her grandson, her nephew, two nieces and a cousin. "This is a good thing for them; they can learn a lot about
Paterson," she said. "
©Herald News 2000
Awards:
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Congratulations!
The following titles have won Parent's Guide to Children's Media
Awards: Squeaky Chalk and other Fun Things to Draw Reviews of the award-winning books are published in the Fall of 2000 issue of Parent's Guide, which is mailed to parents, teachers, children's librarians and others interested in children's welfare throughout the country. "This charming little book teaches anyone to be an artist. Sikorski uses letters from the alphabet as a basis for many of her cartoons. Easy to follow instructions are given for each drawing, activity and project." page 19, Parents Guide to Children's Media; Activity Books reviewed by Deborah West Parent's Guide; Fall 2000; Volume 3, No. 1 Parent's Guide to Children's Media, Inc. A nonprofit corporation located at Shenandoah University 5 East Piccadilly Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601 |
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WINNER! How To Draw a Radish Page-A-Day Calendar 2003 is Winner of the NATIONAL CALENDAR AWARDS GOLD MEDAL for MOST ORIGINAL Calendar ! ! ! ! isbn 0-7611-2793-3 Workman Publishers |
An autobiography, of sorts:
About the author:
When very small, I rode a pony named Patch. My dad walked alongside.
Patch put his foot out sideways as we walked along, trying to
step on my father's toe. My dad wouldn't let him, though.
At age 14, I worked in my father's factory .I sharpened pencils
and played on the typewriter. Meanwhile out in the back, big
pots of metal boiled.
My mom taught us how to grow things. I love fresh garden peas.
Mom also let us have many pets, mammals, reptiles, amphibians,
and more.
Later in life I picked apples in an orchard, and sewed a tipi
by hand. And I lived in it on top of a hill in Vermont! Most
recently I visited Hawaii and met lots
of lovely little fishies.
My mom always gave her six children lots of paper and crayons
at all times, and to this very day, we write and draw all the
time. (Now we are grownups, and some of us have children, and
they all write and draw!)
I don't have children. I have been called "the funniest
of all the aunts." (Thank you, David!)
Another autobiography:
Joy spent her early years in an Indiana cornfield with a pussywillow
bush by the fence. Her earliest expeditions were to the catfish
shack by the river, the black walnut trees at the edge of the
town, and various mysterious Indian mounds.
In the great age of exploration, when entire families traversed
the country in station wagons, Joy, among a pack of children,
2 grownups, and an assortment of pets, clambered through caves,
gathered quantities of wild coquinas, and parachuted from great
heights in amusement parks that would certainly be against the
law today.
She is an expert on googly-eyed souvenirs of all kinds. She has
accidentally sat on a cactus. Once she was plagued by a starfish
that wouldn't go away.
Joy's journal has wild raspberry stains in it.
Having shared with the world a peek at her silly and creative
workplace in HOW TO DRAW A RADISH and her wonderful and very
odd home in HOW TO DRAW A CUP OF COFFEE, Joy Sikorski, pen in
hand, has now accumulated her travel knowledge, wisdom and lore
in this new volume, How to Draw a Clam. All ages will appreciate.
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