TWEEKING BEFORE BOOKSHARE

Tweeking Zach's book

Kittykey's Party

• redid photos

• added labels

• reduced story font size

click here to see Zach making Kittykey's Party

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GETTING READY FOR BLURB BOOKSTORE

I am getting ready to put Kittykee & Kittykee's Party in Blurb Bookshare & Bookstore.

Tweeking pages in both books.

Changing some text in Kittykee.

When I asked Zach who inspired his first book, he smiled & said matter-of-factly, "Eric Carle and my grandma."

That was pretty special.

I put that in!

top: one of process pages in the back of Zach's book.

lower: my front page in BookSmart.

Click to see Zach creating Kittykee's Party

Click here to see Zach making Kittykee.

KITTYKEE PUBLISHED

Our grandson's picture book, Kittykee.

1st published hardback edition. Story and illustrations are all his.

Zach's copy arrived in the mail on Friday. We hear he's very proud of it & has been carrying it around ever since!

Click here to see the process of Zach creating Kittykee in his grandma's art studio.

TELLING THE STORY

After the little artist completed his book, it was time to tell us the story.

We took 2 videos (photo/1 frame) & wrote down a hard copy as he told his story 3x, pointing page to page.

I've edited the story, combining all three stories (slight variations) into one. It is totally our grandson's wording and story. I resisted making any changes. I am wowed by how his book pages look & story reads in Blurb's SmartBook program.

Click here for posts on the process of making this book.

THE LITTLE ARTIST'S BOOK

Working on the little artist's book. All his own - pictures and story.

He created it here last summer. Click to see.

Putting in story next.

Blurb

A LITTLE ERIC CARLE ?

All 14 pages.

My grandson, the artist, was quite proud that his storytelling collages look a little like Eric Carle's picture books.

Kind of does!

What's next?

• Write the story.

• Think up a title.

• Photoshop smudges.

More to do before publishing.

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CATS & CLOUDS

• The accordion book is finished & the little artist is on his way home.

• Here's a couple pages & the completed project.

• The rest of the close-ups tomorrow.

• Zach & grandpa are working on the story as they travel back to the West Coast.

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MORE PAGES ON FRIDAY

In the morning the little artist created a couple more pages in his accordion book.

Then an outing up to Kent Falls, CT.

7 pages completed.

7 more to go.

NO ART ON THURSDAY

A trip to NYC on Thursday.

No art work that day.

Where did we go?

Top of the Empire State Building.

The little artist with his grandpa.

We were beat after the 3 hour wait on line!

ANOTHER CAT

A little cutting & pasting before we take the little artist to the Maritime Aquarium.

Working on page 2.

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THE ARTIST IS BUSY

....but not in the art room.

Went to our friend's organic farm,

the supermarket,

played board games,

the pool,

read books &

squeezed in some art.

Did only one page in his accordion book.

Tomorrow?

The Maritime Aquarium, Norwalk, CT

Will there be any time in the art room? Stay tuned....

GETTING INTO ART

A night of missed sleep? Didn't matter to our grandson!

He just flew in this morning with his grandpa after taking the red-eye from the west coast.

He wanted to get right into the artwork shortly after coming in the door!

The painted papers, rubber stamps, scissors & glue sticks were all set to go. No instruction needed. He started right in!

The artist is taking a long nap this afternoon. When he gets up I'll ask him to tell about this piece.

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