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From: Deborah Kogan Ray <dkray>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:17:18 -0400
I was fortunate to illustrate one of Patty 's earliest picture books -- THROUGH GRANDPA"S EYES (HarperCollins, 1980). We were both at the beginning of our careers in those days, and when our editor, Elizabeth Gordon, sent me the manuscript, I immediately fell in love with the gentle story and richly drawn characters. My fingers itched to start drawing! Patty and I did not meet until the book was completed, but it became a wonderful collaboration of the soul. I am happy to say that THROUGH GRANDPA'S EYES remains in print today, has been translated into many languages, and has been used as a valuable tool for teaching and working with people who are blind for all these years.
Megan Schliesman wrote:
> Today we'll start our discussion of the books of Patricia MacLachlan.
>
> Ms. MacLachlan will be delivering the 10th annual Charlotte Zolotow
> Lecture here on the UW-Madison campus on Thursday evening, October 11,
> at 7:30 p.m. at the Wisconsin Union Theater. While the event will not
> be webcast live, archived video will be available on the CCBC web site
> later this fall.
>
> Ms. MacLachlan is a critically acclaimed author of over twenty books for
> children and teens. Her many books including the Newbery-Award winning
> novel /Sarah, Plain and Tall/ (1985) and its sequels, /Skylark/ (1994),
> /Caleb's Story/ (2001) /More Perfect Than the Moon (/2004) and
> /Grandfather's Dance/ (2006), all published by HarperCollins. Among her
> highly acclaimed texts for younger children is the recent poetry
> collection /Once I Ate a Pie/ (HarperCollins, 2006), coauthored with her
> daughter, Emily MacLachlan.
>
> I have much appreciation for her books about the Wittinger family
> (Sarah, Plain and Tall, et al). They offer such depth and richness in
> books accessible to readers just moving into chapter books. But I must
> confess it is "Once I Ate a Pie" that I'm over the moon about--and I
> don't even consider myself a dog person. Perhaps it is because I had so
> many opportunities to share the poems with teachers and librarians last
> year, and saw the pleasure they brought to all--and the same was true of
> the times I shared them with children.
>
> What are your favorite Patricia MacLachlan books and why? What
> MacLachlan books to the younger readers in your life appreciate?
>
> Megan
>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:17:18 -0400
I was fortunate to illustrate one of Patty 's earliest picture books -- THROUGH GRANDPA"S EYES (HarperCollins, 1980). We were both at the beginning of our careers in those days, and when our editor, Elizabeth Gordon, sent me the manuscript, I immediately fell in love with the gentle story and richly drawn characters. My fingers itched to start drawing! Patty and I did not meet until the book was completed, but it became a wonderful collaboration of the soul. I am happy to say that THROUGH GRANDPA'S EYES remains in print today, has been translated into many languages, and has been used as a valuable tool for teaching and working with people who are blind for all these years.
Megan Schliesman wrote:
> Today we'll start our discussion of the books of Patricia MacLachlan.
>
> Ms. MacLachlan will be delivering the 10th annual Charlotte Zolotow
> Lecture here on the UW-Madison campus on Thursday evening, October 11,
> at 7:30 p.m. at the Wisconsin Union Theater. While the event will not
> be webcast live, archived video will be available on the CCBC web site
> later this fall.
>
> Ms. MacLachlan is a critically acclaimed author of over twenty books for
> children and teens. Her many books including the Newbery-Award winning
> novel /Sarah, Plain and Tall/ (1985) and its sequels, /Skylark/ (1994),
> /Caleb's Story/ (2001) /More Perfect Than the Moon (/2004) and
> /Grandfather's Dance/ (2006), all published by HarperCollins. Among her
> highly acclaimed texts for younger children is the recent poetry
> collection /Once I Ate a Pie/ (HarperCollins, 2006), coauthored with her
> daughter, Emily MacLachlan.
>
> I have much appreciation for her books about the Wittinger family
> (Sarah, Plain and Tall, et al). They offer such depth and richness in
> books accessible to readers just moving into chapter books. But I must
> confess it is "Once I Ate a Pie" that I'm over the moon about--and I
> don't even consider myself a dog person. Perhaps it is because I had so
> many opportunities to share the poems with teachers and librarians last
> year, and saw the pleasure they brought to all--and the same was true of
> the times I shared them with children.
>
> What are your favorite Patricia MacLachlan books and why? What
> MacLachlan books to the younger readers in your life appreciate?
>
> Megan
>
-- Deborah http://www.dkray.com mailto:dkray at dkray.comReceived on Mon 08 Oct 2007 08:17:18 PM CDT
