From: Karen Vollmar <KVOLLMAR>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:19:56 -0600

Please excuse this off-topic posting which I was too busy to send in December! In discussions of best books of 2004 and mock Caldecott results, I have not seen mentioned Paul Zelinsky's DOODLER DOODLING. If you haven't seen this book, seek it out; if you have seen it, take a second look. As masterful, in it's own way, as his RAPUNZEL, this homage to creativity is truly inventive. A stream of consciousness text and illustrations lead the reader through the imaginings of a schoolgirl as she doodles her way through a class. Her mind and pen meanders from
"teachers teaching" and "fliers flying" to "fliers teaching" and eventually "Teachers teaching fliers. Fliers flying teachers." The doodles become increasingly interesting, with many zany details and artistic technique changes. The art becomes increasingly chaotic as the girl lets her mind wander where it may. I have filled a full page of notes on the subtle (and not so) nuances of art and text, and I am sure I have not exhausted all the wonderful, intentional details. (Even the color selection has meaning!) Take a look and let your mind meander...and meander...and meander!

Karen Vollmar Waukesha Public Library Any opinions expressed herein are my personal opinions and not necessarily those of Waukesha Public Library.
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