The Here Comes Destructosaurus! Trifecta
Happy Wednesday! The Nerdy Book, Colby Sharp, and I are celebrating Here Comes Destructosaurus! I hope you enjoy jumping from blog to blog.
I wrote the words in orange, and Jeremy wrote the words in black. Thank you, Jeremy!
The illustrations for Here Comes Destructosaurus! were Very Difficult! Coming up with the unusual camera angles
was hard enough without having to draw so much destruction. And keeping it all
"kid friendly" was another challenge -- how to make so much mayhem
cute!
Aaron Reynolds and I are just
these two guys, ya' know? I think we saw eye to eye where this story is
concerned.
Amelia May Mac designed a great
picture book. I love that she found fonts that played into the art and story so
well -- that the words and letters all look a little "off kilter", as
though they have been shaken and bumped by, say, a giant monster. And her
suggestions of how to change angles here and there were all spot-on as well.
She helped me give the art a more cinematic appeal.
If you ever visit Vancouver,
Canada, you won't want to leave! It's so beautiful here surrounded by
mountains, forests and the Pacific Ocean. I really can't do it justice here.
And there are a LOT of good restaurants too -- especially if you like sushi.
Yum!
Reading is my absolute, favourite
part of the day. It can fix a day when the kids and I have been misfiring, and
it unwinds me at the end of a long day -- it's the best "me time." I
plan to spend much of my retirement reading during business hours.
Mr. Schu, you should have asked me what motivates me. That's easy: paninis! There's an amazing panini place at the
top of my street and I'm allowed to eat there once a week IF I get my work
done. I'm being a bit facetious. But only a bit, I DO like good panini.
Seriously though, I don't think there is a more deserving audience than
children. What a huge honour to make books for them!
I am giving away one copy of Here Comes Destructosaurus!
Rules for the Giveaway
1. It will run from 4/23 to 11:59 p.m. on 4/25.
2. You must be at least 13.
3. Please pay it forward.
7 Book-Related Things I’d Like to Destruct by author Aaron Reynolds.
Great post! I agree that school libraries are way undervalued! I am lucky enough to be at a school where the PTA donates several hundred books per year, but they're all from the Scholastic book fair. It'd be nice to have some $ for purchases from other publishers as well. This looks like a great book!
ReplyDeleteAaron Reynolds visited us a couple weeks ago! What a dynamic presentation for our students! My son loves Destructosaurus!
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