tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post111378524173271113..comments2023-09-27T02:48:37.863-05:00Comments on <b>BookMoot</b>: Author: Chris Van AllsburgCamillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-1114102849540633802005-04-21T12:00:00.000-05:002005-04-21T12:00:00.000-05:00How interesting...I would be the same way...uh... ...How interesting...I would be the same way...uh... an "author reading" = an author who reads their work. Sounds like it was an "author viewing." <BR/><BR/>It is always interesting to see which authors/illustrators really do try to make a connection with their readers. I had the pleasure of watching Brian Jacques interact with young fans at a book signing and his kindness to them was tremendously moving.Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7245036.post-1113865571275438632005-04-18T18:06:00.000-05:002005-04-18T18:06:00.000-05:00From an entry I posted late last year (http://ment...From an entry I posted late last year (http://mentalmultivitamin.blogspot.com/2004/11/uncharacteristic-entry.html):<BR/><BR/>That same year, 2000, in late November, we met Chris Van Allsburg.<BR/><BR/>The award-winning author and illustrator did not read his classic, The Polar Express, aloud. Rather, a professional storyteller gave a reading and Mr. Van Allsburg waited (imperiously) outside, deigning to sign books as frustrated children and their annoyed parents flooded out of the stuffy auditorium at the Museum of Science and Industry. (Do I sound a little uptight about this? Even now? Four years later? Call it the anal-retentive in me. The event was advertised as an author reading. It was not.)<BR/><BR/>Still, our two minutes with the author actually became a passage in the family narrative: Van Allsburg spoke to each of us and expressed (seemingly) genuine interest in the fact that we regularly used The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (which we brought for him to sign) for story-starters and writing prompts. And Miss M-mv(i) (who was a few months shy of 5 by then) had an opportunity to tell her then favorite artist how much she admires his "artwork."<BR/><BR/>Van Allsburg: How are you today?<BR/><BR/>Miss M-mv(i): Fine, thank you. And how are you?<BR/><BR/>Van Allsburg: Very good, thank you.<BR/><BR/>Mr. M-mv: Gabby is our resident artist, and she really admires your books.<BR/><BR/>Miss M-mv(i) (with her trademark animation): Yes, Mr. Van Allsburg! I just love your artwork! It's so wonderful! You do. Such. Good. Work!<BR/><BR/>Van Allsburg (a little taken aback): Well, Miss M-mv(i). I think you have a future on the stage.<BR/><BR/>(This remark on the heels of Master M-mv's orthodontist talking with an (as usual) animated Miss M-mv(i) just a few days before and concluding, "She's going to be an actress, no?")<BR/><BR/>This morning, I opened The Mysteries of Harris Burdick to a page at random.<BR/><BR/><BR/>MR. LINDEN'S LIBRARY<BR/>-----------------------<BR/>He had warned her about the book. Now it was too late.<BR/><BR/><BR/>He does. Such. Good. Work.Mental multivitaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399560628858130962noreply@blogger.com