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| Growing up on a farm offers all sorts of unusual opportunities for mischief, and young Mae's latest project is creating a wardrobe for her molting pet chicken, Matilda. That is, if she can focus her attention on this task long enough to finish it. Squawking Matilda is a delightful bucolic adventure created by children's author/illustrator Lisa Horstman. (Disclosure: This review is being written by one of the her proud older sisters.) Using a technique reminiscent of Dare Wright's "Lonely Doll" books, the artist poses and photographs dimensional models of her characters but digitally enhances them in a range of colorfully illustrated backgrounds. The effect is distinctive and charming. The facial expressions are a visual treat (have you ever seen a haughty hen?) and the details in the hand-made costumes are captivating (Matilda's jacket is a funky favorite). Squawking Matilda is a unique creative achievement destined to be a classic--on or off the farm. |
About the Author / 作者介绍: |
| When Lisa Horstman was seven years old, she won a prize for illustrating a poster for the local town's card party. She drew the queen of hearts playing cards. Emboldened by the sweet smell of success, she went on to win a ten speed bike from the Kellogg's Stick Up For Breakfast Contest by illustrating Betsy Ross scarfing down a bowl of Corn Flakes (the contest had a 1976 bicentennial theme.) It began to dawn on her that she could make a living by drawing, one of her favorite things to do besides reading.
As an adult, Lisa decided that working in an office setting was not really her whole ball of wax, so she hatched a plan. She loved to draw, and she loved to write stories. Why not combine the two? The result was a children's picturebook contest entry, "Fast Friends," which won the Random House Dr. Seuss Picturebook Award in 1994, earning her first picturebook contract and $25,000 in prize money. What followed were numerous picturebooks for children, including "The Great Smoky Mountain Salamander Ball," "The Troublesome Cub," and "Wee Ones." She has also illustrated Debbie Kalen's "One Baby Mountain Goat," Erin Mirabella's "Gracie Goat's Big Bike Race," Doris Gove's "The Smokies Yukky Book," and Steve Kemp's "We're Going to the Mountains." |
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