A quick message of holiday cheer for you and your family and friends!
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Now, get ready for:
Muley Reads: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! You know, you don't have to be a stick in the mud around holidays. Just pretend to be of good cheer so others can enjoy it and, who knows? Maybe YOU'LL even learn to be joyful!
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Muley Reads is a series of videos starring Muley the Mule reading some of his favorite books - and we hope some of yours - wishing to inspire a love of reading, learning, imagining, and creation in children of all ages! And, as always, we love the books that communicate about people, animals, environment, love, and friendship. Some of Muley's special friends may even pop in to request a book.
"Reading is fundamental!" Books add the fun, Muley adds "da mental!"
Grab your family together, grab a snack or two, and sit back to relax while Muley Reads!!
Join Muley as he reads The Polar Express, the story about a boy who goes on a special trip to the North Pole and has a special wish granted. He loses his gift! How does that make him feel? Will he get it back?
Muley Reads is a series of videos starring Muley the Mule reading some of his favorite books - and we hope some of yours - wishing to inspire a love of reading, learning, imagining, and creation in children of all ages! And, as always, we love the books that communicate about people, animals, environment, love, and friendship. Some of Muley's special friends may even pop in to request a book.
"Reading is fundamental!" Books add the fun, Muley adds "da mental!"
Grab your family together, grab a snack or two, and sit back to relax while Muley Reads!!
Muley Reads is a series of videos starring Muley the Mule reading some of his favorite books - and we hope some of yours - wishing to inspire a love of reading, learning, imagining, and creation in children of all ages! And, as always, we love the books that communicate about people, animals, environment, love, and friendship. Some of Muley's special friends may even pop in to request a book.
"Reading is fundamental!" Books add the fun, Muley adds "da mental!"
Grab your family together, grab a snack or two, and sit back to relax while Muley Reads!!
Sharing a Thanksgiving dinner with friends and families is always a great thing, especially with dessert! Anyone like gingerbread? We do. And more than just sharing food it's fun to share stories.
Muley's pal, Binky Bunny, hopped in with a suggestion to read a favorite book - one of Muley's favorites, too: The Gingerbread Man! Fun book from 1973, originally owned (with additional coloring and illustrations) by Kevin L. Williams.
Muley Reads is a series of videos starring Muley the Mule reading some of his favorite books - and we hope some of yours - wishing to inspire a love of reading, learning, imagining, and creation in children of all ages! And, as always, we love the books that communicate about people, animals, environment, love, and friendship. Some of Muley's special friends may even pop in to request a book.
"Reading is fundamental!" Books add the fun, Muley adds "da mental!"
Grab your family together, grab a snack or two, and sit back to relax while Muley Reads!!
Muley Reads is a series of videos starring Muley the Mule reading some of his favorite books - and we hope some of yours - wishing to inspire a love of reading, learning, imagining, and creation in children of all ages! And, as always, we love the books that communicate about people, animals, environment, love, and friendship. Some of Muley's special friends may even pop in to request a book.
"Reading is fundamental!" Books add the fun, Muley adds "da mental!"
Grab your family together, grab a snack or two, and sit back to relax while Muley Reads!!
The Mid-South Cartoonists Association has a publication, "The Good, The Bad, and The Sketchy," for which I've been in the company of many great artists from the group, and have had a chance to include Muley and Friends.
One thing I rarely share is me actually working on a project. While working today, I was also watching a Blues Brothers concert on YouTube, so you'll hear that in the background. Further down, I listed my process, because I love how things come to creation.
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My process is to sit for days on end - sometimes weeks - trying to come up with the jokes and story. Then, I quickly write the ideas down, transfer them to script form and do a fast gesture-thumb-nail of the page layout.
On larger paper, I do a sketch of how the text will lay out, along with the panels, and if I feel that it flows properly, I'll start the next process.
I take my 11x17" tracing paper and begin my layout in pencil, using a classic yellow #2 pencil. This is how I keep from dulling my inks (which would happen if I penciled my Bristol board and inked over them and then erased the pencil).
I put the penciled paper on the light table, and my Bristol board on top. This allows me to ink my pages without erasing pencils later. I use different pens and brushes to ink my art, using brushes for close-ups and different thickness of lines for distanced subjects.
I scan the art, and sometimes clean up the art and other times add text in my computer (because I'm a horrible letterer).
Then, off to publish. I hope this was interesting and slightly informative. HA HA
How does Henrietta handle it when her teasing sisters convince her she's a chicken?
Do you ever have people tease you? How do you handle it? Well, this book lets you see different ways that you can deal with it, including turning the joke around on the teasers!
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. In this iconic story, when young Max dresses in his wolf suit and causes havoc in the house, his mother sends him to bed. From there, Max sets sail to an island inhabited by the Wild Things, who name him king and share a wild rumpus with him. But then from far away across the world, Max smells good things to eat. What makes Sendak's book so compelling is its grounding effect: Max has a tantrum and in a flight of fancy, visits his wild side – but he is pulled back by a belief in parental love to a supper “still hot." Generations have shared this beautiful picture book, and children of all ages will want to return to it again and again.
Reading is Fundamental! Books add the FUN, Muley adds DA MENTAL!!
If reading adds the FUN in FUNDAMENTAL; Muley adds "da mental" to it. This is the story of Jack who can't sleep due to a loud snore. Soon, he's on the case to solve the mystery from where it's coming! Is it a lion? A tiger? A bear? Oh, my!! You'll be surprised to see who - or WHAT?! - it is!!
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