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tjshefelman: July 2014
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014. JANICE: Here is Hazel who is ten years old and a "great reader," according to her grandmother who keeps her supplied with books, including two of mine. She is also being a good model for her cousin, Athena (a name to live up to). Hazel is the kind of reader every author dreams of - intent and absorbed in the story. Look closely and you can see she is reading Anna Maria's Gift,. Behind her on the couch is another book, Sophie's War,. To be, she is. A writer. This summer she i...
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tjshefelman: October 2012
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Oh, Those Koreans! JANICE: Those Koreans know what they want. They are eager to introduce their children to the high culture of the world, including western classical music. First a Korean publisher, Tomato House, bought foreign rights to publish our picture book biography, I, Vivaldi,. Eerdmans, 2008) and did so beautifully . So Tom and I were thrilled when they offered to publish our latest picture book, I, Papa Haydn,. Janice and Tom Shefelman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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tjshefelman: March 2015
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Thursday, March 5, 2015. A Moment of Grief. JANICE: Recently I did an author visit with fourth graders to talk about A Paradise Called Texas,. The story of my German ancestors' immigration to Texas in 1845,. Which they had all read. Afterward the teacher told me that one of her students had just lost his father and took great comfort in reading how life went on for Mina, the main character, after her mother died. Cover art by Karl Shefelman. I want to be a poet. Did you start out as a poet? His beloved m...
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tjshefelman: A Moment of Grief
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Thursday, March 5, 2015. A Moment of Grief. JANICE: Recently I did an author visit with fourth graders to talk about A Paradise Called Texas,. The story of my German ancestors' immigration to Texas in 1845,. Which they had all read. Afterward the teacher told me that one of her students had just lost his father and took great comfort in reading how life went on for Mina, the main character, after her mother died. Cover art by Karl Shefelman. I want to be a poet. Did you start out as a poet? His beloved m...
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tjshefelman: October 2013
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Monday, October 21, 2013. I, Papa Haydn. JANICE: Tom's illustrations for our picture book biography, I, Papa Haydn,. Are now finished and sent to the publisher in Seoul. Since it will be published in Korean, you may never see the cover with an English title like this one — but you might. Hopefully an American publisher will buy the foreign rights because we need to keep up with those Koreans! Janice and Tom Shefelman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Janice and Tom Shefelman. View my complete profile.
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tjshefelman: September 2013
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Friday, September 20, 2013. Becoming an Architect and Artist. TOM: One of my earliest memories is sitting on the floor, watching my mother paint in oils. She was inspired by scenes of Venice by William Turner, and here is one of the results. Growing up in Seattle's rainy climate, I had plenty of time indoors to draw, paint, and cartoon for my school newspaper. I was always drawing, sometimes in class when I was not supposed to. One of my favorite subjects was horses. Since I could not set up an easel in ...
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tjshefelman: I, Papa Haydn
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Monday, October 21, 2013. I, Papa Haydn. JANICE: Tom's illustrations for our picture book biography, I, Papa Haydn,. Are now finished and sent to the publisher in Seoul. Since it will be published in Korean, you may never see the cover with an English title like this one — but you might. Hopefully an American publisher will buy the foreign rights because we need to keep up with those Koreans! Janice and Tom Shefelman. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Janice and Tom Shefelman. View my complete profile.
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tjshefelman: Esprit d'Escalier
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Thursday, February 20, 2014. JANICE: French for Wit from the Staircase: Meaning, as you leave the party in a friend's apartment and start downstairs, you think of the perfect answer to someone's remark, too late to say it. Which is one reason I write books. It gives me time to think of what my characters need to say. He's angry and humiliated. Maybe he curses, I thought. But what words? Suddenly they came. "Oh, buffalo chips! What meaningful words could she say? What was this story about? We are in a cou...
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tjshefelman: Every Author's Dream
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014. JANICE: Here is Hazel who is ten years old and a "great reader," according to her grandmother who keeps her supplied with books, including two of mine. She is also being a good model for her cousin, Athena (a name to live up to). Hazel is the kind of reader every author dreams of - intent and absorbed in the story. Look closely and you can see she is reading Anna Maria's Gift,. Behind her on the couch is another book, Sophie's War,. To be, she is. A writer. This summer she i...
