I’ve got a crazy book dragon illustration project that I’m documenting the creation of in a one-of-a-kind dragon-shaped accordion book I’m also making. It’s pretty cool and way fun and a bit of a task.
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1. illustrate a children's book
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2. illustrate children's books
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3. write and illustrate a children's book
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4. write and illustrate children's books
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5. See every Shakespeare play on stage or in movie version
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6. Make a mosaic
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7. Fix our house - complete the laundry list of must dos
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8. See a mountain goat and an orca whale in the wild but probably not on the same day
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9. read all the Newbery Award winners
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10. read all the Newbery Award winners of the last ten years
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11. read all the Caldecott Medal winners
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12. Read all the Caldecott winners and honor winners
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13. Redo my goals with things Im actively working on
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14. Go to Oaxaca
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How I did it: I gathered up cool bookish images and whatnots for a year or so. Then I altered a pretty boring spiral book that had a cool retro picture with quote on the cover. I made a new binding and sewed funky pages in. I glued in my bookish images and whatnots on the cover. I also put a bumper sticker on the front that says "Stop & Read A BOOK!" Read how I did it…
I did this. It is quite possible the coolest reading journal EVER! I love it and I hope it lasts me years. I also bought a cool separate reading journal for picture books—I like to keep track of which ones I’ve read from the library. It’s an awesome book.
I’ve tried to see them on purpose so many times… and when did I actually see them? I saw them while driving to the Canadian Rockies from Vancouver, BC. I saw them along the road of all places—while going over a mountain pass. There were two of them. Big, white, long hair, and grazing around some rocks. Very cool! I was floating on air all day. Now only if I’d see an Orca…
