Though it feels like a year must have already passed, it was just two months ago that the wonderful author,
Mem Fox came for a visit to Minneapolis. We had never met before this visit and yet we had just published a picture book together:
Tell Me About Your Day Today, so there were lots of reasons to celebrate!
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| Telling the story of illustrating Tell Me About Your Day Today |
Our first meeting was at
Wild Rumpus Book Store. It quickly filled with lovers of children's books and we took the stage. First I told the story of how I painted the pictures, then Mem read the story two times through. The second time the audience joined in for "
The who, the what, the why, and the way..."
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| Mem Fox reading Tell Me About Your Day Today. |
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| Author and Illustrator together at last! |
The second day of Mem's visit was a huge welcome party given by the rich and creative children's literature community of Minnesota gathered together by friend and author,
Debra Frasier. Authors, illustrators, book sellers, librarians, teachers, and professors of children's literature brought food and stories to share. Mem made so many new friends. At the end of the party she said she could not wait to come back!
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