Originally, the idea was this. Two sisters spending one year creating art, or at least creating, every day using only supplies that they already have, get for free, find, or receive...looking to rediscover the artistic selves they've lost somewhere along the way in all the clutter of life... But it didn't fit into life, and so now who knows what you might find?!!















Monday, April 11, 2011

Let's hear it for the girl!

Yesterday's NYT Book Review had a short article about author Beverly Cleary.  Cleary, once a librarian herself, felt she could write better books  for children than were currently available at the time; welcome to the world, Ramona! Cleary wrote books to entertain, not educate, and wrote the type of books she was looking for as a child: "If I suspected the author was trying to show me how to be a better behaved girl, I shut the book." I LOVE that quote!
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  1. SarahApril 11, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    What a great quote! My favorite Ramona memory is when she wants to pull the beet plant for school, and she tugs and tugs and tugs, and in true Ramona fashion ends up covered with dirt and mud!!! This is brilliant, love it!

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