Mass. Creativity: Share our 6-days with the Stars
We’re back from six unbelievable days of revelry and reverence in Massachusetts and Connecticut with some of Children’s Literature’s greatest authors and illustrators. Over the next many weeks, we’ll be publishing audio and video coverage of some of our fun and festivities.
What you will see and hear on JustOneMoreBook!! in the coming weeks:
- studio tour and illustration demo: illustrator Lane Smith
- stop at the Dr. Seuss Memorial in Springfield, MA
- studio tour and illustration demo: illustrator Diane deGroat
- studio tour and visit with author Corinne Demas
- round table discussion: Jeanne Birdsall, Jane Dyer, David Ezra Stein and Jarrett Krosoczka
- hands-on painting session with illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka
- tour of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art with museum director, Nick Clark
- hands-on painting session with illustrator Jeff Mack
- tour of Richard Michelson’s studio
- round table discussion with author Richard Michelson and illustrators Tony Diterlizzi and Scott Fischer
- interviews with Jane Dyer, Mordicai Gerstein, Jane Yolen, Leslea Newman, Paul Jacobs and Shelley Rotner
- coverage of the 19th annual Children’s Illustration Show at R. Michelson Gallery
What you won’t see or hear on JustOneMoreBook!!:
- Lane Smith’s Flashlight tour in search of a spooky log cabin in the woods
- dinners with Lane and Molly (who knew Molly was also an awesome cook!)
- watching videos with Lane and Molly
- Lucy & Bayla’s love affairs with cats Pretzel and Noodle, and dogs Mollie, Argos and Ralph
- the tragic loss of Desperaux
- getting lost on the way to Richard Michelson’s Gallery
- getting lost on the way to Richard Michelson’s house
- dinners with Richard and Jennifer Michelson
- getting lost on the way to Jarrett Krosoczka’s house
- breakfast with Paul O. Zelinsky and his wife Deborah, and Richard and Jennifer Michelson
- Lucy and Bayla clowning with Mo Willems and his daughter, Trixie
- fabulous post-gallery pizza with the KidLit stars
- our sobbing daughters when we had to come home
A massive thank you to all the talented, generous and extremely down-to-earth geniuses who made our Picture Book Pilgrimage a vacation of a lifetime.
We hope you’ll join us for, and enjoy, our Mass. Creativity coverage. Stay tuned….
