Interview with E. B. McHenry
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Today, Mark speaks with E. B. McHenry, author and illustrator of Poodlena, about pompadoured poodles, the creative process and the story within the story.
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Today, Mark speaks with E. B. McHenry, author and illustrator of Poodlena, about pompadoured poodles, the creative process and the story within the story.
Wow! We received an email yesterday, out of the blue, from E. B. McHenry, author and illustrator of Poodlena. She stumbled on our review A Lesson for me: Poodlena and sent the following to us:
Hello Just One More Book!
I love your podshow! What a great idea. I particularly enjoyed your review of Poodlena. I am E.B. McHenry and I want to say Thank You for such a thoughtful review. The book Poodlena does play with and is a response to all the extreme girly girl images.
And your daughter was absolutely right, Poodlena isn’t doing the primping her master is a whole other sub text! Thank you for choosing Poodlena for review, I wish all of Poodlena’s reviews were so insightful!
Have you been to Poodlena.com ? Do see the fabulous Poodlena Poodle Parade through Berkeley, CA and meet me, E.B.!
Again many thanks,
E.B. McHenry
E. B. McHenry has agreed to an interview. We will let you know when that comes about.
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Author: E. B. McHenry
Illustrator: E. B. McHenry
Published: 2004 Bloomsbury USA
ISBN: 1582346984
A retro, dog-based response to the pretty princess books that currently abound, Poodlena tells the story of a pampered pink poodle who learns that there’s more to life than looking perfect.
This book taught me a lesson about not teaching lessons!