Posts Tagged ‘Carle Museum’

Holiday Giveaway: Tony DiTerlizzi Doodle!

Friday, December 7th, 2012

Can you believe it? The Carle is 10 years old! We threw a big bash here at The Carle last month to celebrate. It was a weekend full of book signings, artist doodling, stellar storytimes, reconnecting with old friends and making lots of new ones. It was the perfect time to thank our friends for their support over the past ten years, but we wanted to make sure we thanked those of you who were unable to attend as well. One of the special highlights of the weekend was a chance to purchase a special, autographed doodle by three amazing artists: Eric Carle, Tony DiTerlizzi, and Peter Laird.

Peter Laird, Eric Carle and Tony DiTerlizzi at The Carle

For those of you who were unable to attend, we are going to give away one doodle by each of these artists in the next three weeks. Each doodle is an original sketch, autographed on 9″ x 6″ heavy cardstock. They are a special treasure to frame and give as a holiday gift or keep for yourself as a special memory of The Carle’s 10th Anniversary.

Today we are giving away this doodle by Tony DiTerlizzi:

It’s Thimbletack from The Spiderwick Chronicles! Pair it with an autographed copy of Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You for a fantastic combination.

We want to thank Tony DiTerlizzi for his hours spent doodling for fans and are so grateful he made an extra one that one of you lucky readers will be able to take home! You can read a really touching post Tony wrote on his blog about what The Carle Museum means to him here. Thank you so much, Tony!

How to enter:

1. Leave a comment telling us the title of your favorite holiday picture book and why you love it.

2. Increase your chances of winning by spreading word about our giveway with your friends. In a SEPARATE comment below, leave the direct link to your post about our giveaway on your blog, Twitter, Facebook or other social media site and we’ll enter you in to win TWICE. Remember to leave the link so we can check or your entry won’t count.

Please note: Comments are individually approved to filter out spam, so there may be a delay in your comment appearing below.

Entries must be received before 12:00 pm Eastern time on Wednesday, December 12th. We’ll pick a winner at random and announce it on Thursday, December 13th. Be sure to check back every week for upcoming giveaways of a Peter Laird doodle of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle and an Eric Carle doodle of The Very Hungry Caterpillar as well!

 

Flat Stanley Visits The Carle

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

I received something in the mail the other day. Flat Stanley!

Do you know about Flat Stanley? Flat Stanley first appeared in a book by Jeff Brown, called Flat Stanley, illustrated by Tomi Ungerer (we had an exhibition of his artwork here at The Carle this past summer) in 1964.

Flat Stanley has since been re-illustrated by other authors and a book series of early readers track his worldwide adventures. The books have inspired the Flat Stanley project. Kids can create their own Flat Stanley out of paper send it through the mail to other children and adults who document Flat Stanley’s travels. Kids can track their characters as he has adventures around the country and even the world!

This Flat Stanley was sent to me by my nephew whose 2nd grade class is doing a unit of geography and are using Flat Stanley’s travels to help their lessons. I decided to take Flat Stanley to work with me and send back pictures of what a great time Flat Stanley had at The Carle. I thought you might be interested to see them as well. I’ll let Flat Stanley take it from here:

I can’t believe I met the Caterpillar!

Here I am in front of a giant mural painted by Eric Carle. Blue is my favorite color.

I made some new friends. Here I am with Knuffle Bunny, the Caterpillar, and a Wild Thing.

What? Is there something behind me?

I browsed the amazing bookstore.

I read a lot of great books.

I made some art in the Art Studio. Being made of paper, I was very careful with the scissors.

I even helped out at the cash register. “That will be one million dollars, please.”

I also visited the gallery, but sorry, no photos allowed in there! I had such a great time at The Eric Carle Museum! Thanks for inviting me!

Have your children or students ever made a Flat Stanley? Where would you take your Flat Stanley visitor? And if you ever want to send your Flat Stanley to visit the Eric Carle Museum just let me know. We always have a great time here!