Archive: May 2, 2008

Lane Smith is a great children’s book illustrator. He collaborates with Jon Scieszka quite a bit, but he’s written and illustrated some books of his own that are really clever.

Pinocchio the Boy picks up where the original story left off. The Blue Fairy grants Pinocchio’s wish while he sleeps, but he wakes up and has no idea he’s a boy. No one recognizes him, he can’t do the wooden things he used to do, and he doesn’t know why. This is a great looking book, and a very fun story.

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Starting this Saturday I’m taking an intro to sewing class at Purl in SoHo. I can’t wait, I know the basics but only from tinkering. I have much to learn. I’ve got my fabrics all prepped for the tote bags we’ll be making as our cumulative project. So the next 3 Saturdays, I am a sewing fiend!

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