Book Trailer Premiere: 7 Ate 9 by Tara Lazar and Ross MacDonald
Happy Tuesday! I am thrilled Tara Lazar dropped by to premiere the book trailer for 7 Ate 9 and to finish my sentences. We chatted about Ross MacDonald, The Bookworm, school libraries, and Mrs. Seamus. I wrote the words in purple, and she wrote the words in black. Many thanks, Tara!
The book trailer for 7 Ate 9 was so much fun to put together. Ross filmed the character
shots and I glued them in place. I had been working in the same room as my
daughters and must have viewed the video a hundred times as I was editing it.
Every time it finished, I let out a huge guffaw, I couldn’t help it, I found it
hilarious. Well, my daughters got tired of hearing my loud laugh. They rolled
their eyes and repeated “oh my gawd!” and “mother, please!”…but did I stop? Of
course not!
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Illustration Credit: Ross MacDonald |
Ross MacDonald’s illustrations are the
coolest. (Did you know he makes movie and TV props in his studio, too?) For 7
ATE 9, he used his 19th century printing press to make the characters, painted
watercolors, and brought all the pieces into Photoshop to put the scenes
together. I love the film-noir detective-movie flair mixed with the bright
colors of the characters. And their little hands and feet, how adorable are
they?
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Illustration Credit: Ross MacDonald |
Private I would probably NOT want to be
called “adorable.” Clever, pragmatic and perceptive is more his groove.
On May 16, 2017, 7 ATE 9: THE UNTOLD STORY
launches into the world! I will be celebrating at my local bookstore, The
Bookworm in Bernardsville, NJ. I’m going to bake a 9 cake so everyone can say
“we ate 9.”
School libraries are the most amazing
places filled with possibilities. Anywhere you want to go, there’s a book to
take you there. The only limit is your imagination…well, that, and perhaps
library due dates… (but you can always renew, HOORAY!)
Mr. Schu, you should have asked me where
I was when I first dreamt of becoming a children’s book author. In my school
library! Mrs. Seamus saw me looking at a book titled SHE WAS NICE TO MICE and
told me it was written by a 12-year-old girl. I thought if she could do it, I
could do it, too. It took me a few years, but now here I am on your blog! Dreams
really do come true!
Look for 7 Ate 9 on May 16, 2017.
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