Tuesday, November 16, 2010

My Little Illustrator

When my older kids were little we had a couple of books they loved to read, written and illustrated by Richard Scarry.  Mr. Scary wasn’t so much of a story teller as he was a picture explainer.  His books were full of detailed drawings, and every little thing was labeled.  Like this.

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I don’t know that I’ve ever read a Richard Scarry book to my little kids, but it is obvious that one of them is a kindred spirit nonetheless.

When Jenna was still 6 she made a book that was so cute I scanned it.  I am sure glad now that I did!  It was called “Crs and Trux.”  After I scanned it I typed in the interpretation of her text at the bottom of the page, but it’s not big enough to see on here so I will put it below each picture.

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Fire Station.  When there is a fire, fire fighters are on the way.  Police Station.  Police Men.  When there is a robbery police men are on their way.

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Gas Station.  When people need gas they go to the gas station.  Trash Truck.  Goes next door to next door and gets the trash.

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Come back soon.  Every time it will get funner and funner!

 

How can you resist a promise like that??

 

I’m glad to say that Jenna is not done illustrating.  She gave me a very thorough diagram of what she wanted her Halloween costume to be like.

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I think we came pretty close, although she obviously had a momentary brain freeze while getting shoes. And we did one braid instead of two “pigy tals.”

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Last week we rearranged the girls room.  Fortunately for me, Jenna had it all planned out before we even started…

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5 comments:

  1. I love how she gives each of her drawings a title. And no, I don't pee in the shower in the morning :) I just thought I would make you wonder.

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  2. Hmmm I wonder what she is going to be when she is bigger? I love the drawings.

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  3. If this were facebook, I'd "like" this post!

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  4. My favorite part is the ending of the book. It will get funner and funner. So GREAT!!!!!

    Maybe she can help me with my furniture some day?

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  5. Adorable- I love the way that all of your children have minds of their own!

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