100 Bookie Woogie Reviews

Today we are celebrating our 100th Book Review over on the Z-Kids' other blog Bookie Woogie!  Since November 2008, the kids and I have weekly been sharing our favorite children's books, interviewing our favorite authors, and creating lots and lots and LOTS of Fan Art.

If you've enjoyed the kids' art here on Chicken Nugget Lemon Tooty, I encourage you to check out Bookie Woogie as well.  Over the last two and a half years, the kids have produced an astounding 395 pieces of Fan Art!

I thought I'd invite you to check out their 100th review and also share some of my favorite pieces of Fan Art the kids have made:



by Isaac, inspired by "The Cuckoo's Haiku"


by Lily, inspired by "The Mud Fairy"


by Gracie, inspired by "The Wonder Book"


by Isaac, inspired by "The Terrible Hodag"


by Elijah, inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia


by Gracie, inspired by "Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide"


by Lily, inspired by "If You Lived Here You'd Be Home by Now"


by Gracie, inspired by "Fairly Fairy Tales"


by Elijah, inspired by "Zita the Spacegirl"


by Isaac, inspired by "Crazy Hair"


by Lily, inspired by "The Book of Three"


by Isaac, inspired by "Bunny Days"


by Lily, inspired by "You Are What You Eat"


by Gracie, inspired by "Dotty"


by Isaac, inspired by "Raccoon Tune"


by Gracie, inspired by "Frankenstein Takes the Cake"


by Lily, inspired by "Chalk"


by Elijah, inspired by "Gabby and Gator"


by Gracie, inspired by "Sweet Music in Harlem"


by Lily, inspired by "Sweet Music in Harlem"


by Isaac, inspired by "Sweet Music in Harlem"


There's plenty more over at Bookie Woogie for you to check out!

"Launch" by Lily

"Launch" for Illustration Friday
by Lily, age 8

When pigs fly...

"Launch" by Gracie

"Launch" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 10

"Shadows" by Elijah

"Shadows" for Illustration Friday
by Elijah, age 5

This cute little duck has a big scary shadow...

"Shadows" by Gracie

"Shadows" for Illustration Friday
by Gracie, age 10

"Shadows" by Isaac

"Shadows" for Illustration Friday
by Isaac, age 12

(Inspired by the great book "Shadow" by Suzy Lee)

"Asleep" by Elijah

"Asleep" for Illustration Friday
by Elijah, age 5

Spiderman attempts to wake Sleeping Beauty...

National Doodle Day

The kids have some art for sale!

National Doodle Day is an annual project in which celebrity doodles are auctioned off in an effort to raise money for a charity.  Past doodlers include people like Jay Leno, Tony Bennett, and Barack Obama.  Proceeds from this year's sales will go to help people suffering from Neurofibromatosis, a disease in which tumors attack the nervous system.

Someone from the National Doodle Day committee saw an article about the Z-Kids in the newspaper, decided that they qualified as celebrities, and sent them an invitation to participate!  So their doodles are for sale alongside folks like Kathryn Bigelow, Jeff Bridges, Eric Carle, Carrot Top, Annette Funicello, Neil Gaiman, Julianne Moore, Peter H. Reynolds, Martin Sheen, and Mo Willems.

Here are the Z-Kids' doodles:








You can click HERE to see 150 participants in this year's auction.
And you can click HERE for the auction (auction now over)
Or you can click HERE to to go straight to the Z-Kid doodles, pick up some original art, AND help out a great charitable cause!

Update:  Thanks to anyone who bid on the Z-kids' Doodles!  Our family helped to raise $159 toward the total auction tally!

Shadow Puppets

 
shadow puppets by Isaac, age 12
 
Dragon and Minli:


A second dragon shadow with lots of moving parts:


The Old Man in the Moon:


The Buffalo Boy:


The Green Tiger:


Adorable Twins:



Movie Time!

I completely agree:

A Perfect Night
by Gracie

Stuffed

Mom was about to get rid of a bunch of old clothes...  Thank goodness Isaac and Gracie intervened in time!  With the help of scissors, needles, and thread, the kids brought a batch of new friends to life:

Scaly

Lily's Creature
by Lily

Funny story along with this picture...  First, I was wowed by the drawing - I've never seen Lily make anything like it.
I asked her if she looked at something, and she said, "No, I just wanted to make up a creature."
I said, "So... you mean it's not a pangolin?"
"A what?"
So I googled "pangolin" for her.  When the photos pulled up, her eyes bugged out and her jaw dropped.  She had invented this crazy creature all on her own, and now there it was: a living, breathing, 3 dimensional version running loose in the world.  Lily was astounded that she and God had both dreamed up the same thing.  Although she did confide that God's was better than hers...

Mythic

Asian Dragon
by Isaac

Chirp

Robin
by Lily

Lily painted me a bird too! I think Spring is on its way...

Happiness

Dad has a new favorite picture up in his room...


Sunny Day, Blue Bird
by Gracie

Silhouette

Last Apple
by Isaac, with cut paper

Note the image is all one connected piece, cut from a single sheet of black paper.  Yeah.  Isaac amazes me.

Rock on!

Last month our family watched "Exit Through the Gift Shop."  We loved it.  In fact Gracie was bound and determined to become a street artist when she grew up.  I tried to explain that while the art was fun and the story was great, vandalism isn't a good thing.  But she was smitten.  Her obsession with Banksy finally wavered a bit after she saw his recent Charlie Brown street art.  Oh, ho, ho -- you mess with Gracie's beloved Charlie Brown, and you've crossed the line buddy.

Aaaanyway...  All that to say, the kids were majorly inspired.  Now of course we would never in a million years damage anyone's property.  But we wanted to do something artsy.  Something stealthy.  Something public.  Then I had a bright idea...  We spent an afternoon making these guys:




I picked up a big sack of rocks, washed them, and painted the base colors.  Then Isaac, Gracie, Lily, and I each claimed a color and decorated them with as many faces and expressions as we could think of.  48 rocks in all.  A few close-ups:










A couple of days later, we stuffed our pockets, hit the town, and stuck our little friends in fun places.

Artsy?  Check!
Public?  Check!
Stealthy?  Check!
Fun?  Double check!!
And in no way damaging.

Hopefully we were able to spread a little happiness to anyone who stumbled across these little guys.  Here are some of their landing places...  Hope you enjoy them too!
























 
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