The Boy Who Loved Words - by Roni Schotter (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Schotter's original tall tale--"chockablock" with whimsical illustrations by Porter--is an ode to language, the gusto of words, and one boy's passion to share them. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In this <i>Parents' Choice</i> Gold Award-winning book, Selig collects words, ones that stir his heart (<i>Mama</i>!) and ones that make him laugh (<i>giggle</i>). But what to do with so many <i>luscious</i> words? After helping a poet find the perfect words for his poem (<i>lozenge</i>, <i>lemon</i>, and <i>licorice</i>), he figures it out: His purpose is to spread the word to others. And so he begins to <i>sprinkle</i>, <i>disburse</i>, and <i>broadcast</i> them to people in need.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b><b>About the Author, Roni Schotter</b><br></b>Some of Roni Schotter's favorite words are <i>cozy</i>, <i>snuggle</i>, <i>ruckus</i>, <i>rutabaga</i>, and <i>potato</i>. She is the author of numerous books for children, including <i>Mama, I'll Give You the World</i>, an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Book Award Winner; <i>Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street</i>, an NCTE Notable Trade Book in the Language Arts; <i>F Is for Freedom</i>, recipient of the Washington Irving Award; <i>Hanukkah!</i>, winner of the National Jewish Book Award;<i> Captain Bob Takes Flight</i>; and <i>Captain Bob Sets Sail</i>. Roni Schotter lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. <b> <p/>From the Illustrator, Giselle Potter</b><br> I drew a lot as a kid because that is what everyone around me did. Everyone in my family was an artist and they all included me in their art. Both my grandparents were painters and my grandfather always invited me (and everyone who visited his studio) to add to his paintings. My dad made sculptures with found metal in the garage next to our house and the best way to talk to him was to think of something to make in his garage with him. <p/> My parents had a puppet theater company called The Mystic Paper Beasts, with large papier-mâché masks and puppets. Some of their shows were stories like The Emperors Nightingale, the story of Queen Isabella of Portugal, the life of Toulouse-Lautrec, or one about the circus called Manimal Zoo. Until we were teenagers my sister, Chloe, and I performed and traveled with them, mostly doing street theater in the piazzas of Europe. My mom helped me a keep all my pictures, stories, and tokens from our travels glued into a journal that I still use for inspiration now. When missing school became more disruptive for me and my interest in being a normal teenager grew, I quit. <p/> After high school I went to Indonesia by myself and studied Balinese miniature paintings. I realized painting is what I'm happiest doing and I could actually go to college where that' s all I would do. So I went to Rhode Island School of Design. I spent my last year of RISD in Rome where I painted lots of pictures of saints. <p/> My first illustration job was a drawing for the New Yorker and soon after Chronicle Books published my book of saints, <i>Lucy's Eyes and Margaret's Dragon</i>. Anne Schwartz offered me my first children's book <i>Mr. Semolina-Semolinus</i>, and I have illustrated over twenty since including <i>The Year I Didn't Go To School</i>, about the experience of traveling in Europe with my parents' puppet theater. <p/> My latest endeavors with Anne Schwartz and Lee Wade are <i>The Boy Who loved Words</i> (Spring, 2006) and <i>The Littlest Grape Stomper</i> (Spring 2007). At the moment, I am working with them on a version of the 19th century poem <i>Wynken, Blynken and Nod</i>. <p/> Now I live in the Hudson Valley with my husband, who is a furniture maker, and our two daughters Pia and Isabel, who are just discovering for themselves the endless joy of making pictures.
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