tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60155495486232670792024-02-19T01:57:45.016-06:00Andrea BeatySome of this. Some of that. And a whole lot of the other thing.Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-6573280604571756822008-05-23T20:28:00.004-05:002008-05-23T20:38:12.325-05:00Doctor Ted and Cicada Summer!<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="line-height: 113%;color:purple;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><br />Spring has sprung and brought with it my two newest titles. I am thrilled with the reception both have received so far! Check out my website for lots of fantastic reviews and excerpts of both titles!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Enjoy!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Andrea</span><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hdyeXDgjME-Q16sX8pKZd5z3fmj3Z_DDkapkK74OcTkUSIHRN9wcv05Qh6Z-J28BlSvHu6RF_ej889wuusF1l1-f3mm1YqYGVA9zqGMk4x6RcB7exlhveVInAlRdw3Lb5fxd6Ptpr3w/s1600-h/doctor_ted_cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-hdyeXDgjME-Q16sX8pKZd5z3fmj3Z_DDkapkK74OcTkUSIHRN9wcv05Qh6Z-J28BlSvHu6RF_ej889wuusF1l1-f3mm1YqYGVA9zqGMk4x6RcB7exlhveVInAlRdw3Lb5fxd6Ptpr3w/s200/doctor_ted_cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203750475310874354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><span style="line-height: 113%;color:purple;" >Doctor Ted</span></span><span style="line-height: 113%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="">by Andrea Beaty<o:p></o:p> & Pascal Lemaitre<o:p></o:p><br />Margaret K. McElderry <o:p></o:p><br />Ages 4-8</span><p class="MsoAccentText7" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;" >ISBN-13:</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"> </span><span style="line-height: 125%; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;" >978-1-4169-2820-1</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >"</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >a breezy story about pretend play that's laugh-out-loud funny" --Publishers Weekly Starred Review</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.andreabeaty.com/index_files/Page2627.html">Click here for reviews!</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><a href="http://www.andreabeaty.com/index_files/Page1377.html">Click here to see more sample pages!</a><br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoAccentText7" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">One morning, Ted wakes</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> up and bumps his knee. He needs a doctor! <o:p></o:p>Since</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> doctors are scarce in Ted’s room, he becomes one. Doctor Ted</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> diagnoses his mother’s freckles as</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> measles and</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> prescribes an operation. He diagnoses the principal’s bad breath and prescribes a shot.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoAccentText7" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">No one appreciates Ted’s medical talents until an accident strikes and Doctor Ted saves the day!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=""><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8LeJdO17Y_bayU30vx74jX0NqP5cwaMAkRWvPHvxoc6uyieeR-MwLWUIKYKYDkur42-m4qEnqdloh_254EIiU9WGjHlf4-ztCMd9Iemzl9o99EGSard9xJqgOmbfg0gQJb6giiMPbu0h/s1600-h/measles+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 370px; height: 439px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8LeJdO17Y_bayU30vx74jX0NqP5cwaMAkRWvPHvxoc6uyieeR-MwLWUIKYKYDkur42-m4qEnqdloh_254EIiU9WGjHlf4-ztCMd9Iemzl9o99EGSard9xJqgOmbfg0gQJb6giiMPbu0h/s400/measles+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203746221340854818" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;color:purple;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybp_Rsf-skZjjGqarPSyLzTrrxI_7YL-FLgLDtFwjr3RYlO10J50jH9BBSONEDRnGgEhXLqQ17wet0ZlE5XFHouX2LAjVdGhRfHTwl3__HyasaMtaWHvty-6FTFs5DNwF1uCd0Y8ZPkxZ/s1600-h/cicada_cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhybp_Rsf-skZjjGqarPSyLzTrrxI_7YL-FLgLDtFwjr3RYlO10J50jH9BBSONEDRnGgEhXLqQ17wet0ZlE5XFHouX2LAjVdGhRfHTwl3__HyasaMtaWHvty-6FTFs5DNwF1uCd0Y8ZPkxZ/s200/cicada_cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203744468994198018" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="line-height: 113%; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;color:purple;" >Cicada Summer</span></span><o:p></o:p><br /><p style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;" class="MsoAccentText7"><span style="">Amulet <o:p></o:p><br />Ages 8-12<o:p></o:p><br />176 pages<o:p></o:p><!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />ISBN: </span><span style="">978-0-8109-9472-0</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Verdana;color:purple;" >“... this is </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Verdana;color:purple;" >compelling fiction that will be a hit with young readers, as rich and thought-provoking and yet as accessible as DiCamillo’s Because of Winn-Dixie." —Horn Book</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.andreabeaty.com/index_files/Page2714.html">Click here to read an excerpt!</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.andreabeaty.com/index_files/Page2871.html">Click here to read more reviews!</a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Verdana;color:purple;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoAccentText7" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="">Lily has read every Nancy Drew book in the library. She’s good at spying and keeping secrets. She has to be. She has secrets of her own that no one can ever find out.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoAccentText7" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="">When summer brings lying, stealing Tinny Bridges to town, Lily must depend on her wits to keep ahead of this sly newcomer. Tinny takes candy from the general store and blames Lily. She tries to steal Lily’s friends and her father’s affection. Worst of all, she seems to know Lily’s secrets. When Tinny goes missing, only Lily has any idea what happened to her. But for Lily, finding Tinny means confronting her hidden past.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoAccentText7" style=""><span style=""><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In one unusual summer, Lily Mathis will have a chance to solve a mystery, make a friend, and, most important, find forgiveness.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-27891511573863445692008-04-14T10:17:00.013-05:002008-04-14T20:09:50.178-05:00Fun with Iggy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXwdGEKdt9Iaq_sDsY-zim2hUQkrxB_QaI1cYAVsOclkj3-JmIs4STJoQb7EWsh6jcoYFF5PUPU7SExMs6VObBnLMZz0hQDgnbe3WenQmsu4ETOb2ZlrdDHyax3lwAeWHDVXgxuzFM4Q/s1600-h/Beaty1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189121536580554354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 225px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjXwdGEKdt9Iaq_sDsY-zim2hUQkrxB_QaI1cYAVsOclkj3-JmIs4STJoQb7EWsh6jcoYFF5PUPU7SExMs6VObBnLMZz0hQDgnbe3WenQmsu4ETOb2ZlrdDHyax3lwAeWHDVXgxuzFM4Q/s200/Beaty1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >An Illinois writer friend, Louann Brown, sent me the coolest pics of kids in Gillespie having fun with Iggy Peck! Some of these images are from the library and others are from a school in town. All of them rock.<br /><br />Thanks, Louann!<br />Enjoy!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS2gNsBqvAPeld7Ul3eefcOoQPNDGF_n5wp_VYyJoh3WSvwD8eZM2m84VIEk7J609IK15AlFC8LgE1U3Gf23yC5sWnoUH21mesMShKPSioGZmr9JlpfISJtTkBxWgdjxc_zWIvU1sJKU/s1600-h/build1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189121828638330562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS2gNsBqvAPeld7Ul3eefcOoQPNDGF_n5wp_VYyJoh3WSvwD8eZM2m84VIEk7J609IK15AlFC8LgE1U3Gf23yC5sWnoUH21mesMShKPSioGZmr9JlpfISJtTkBxWgdjxc_zWIvU1sJKU/s200/build1.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicUb-jTjHzJUDNKK4wP1ln49MzDrGhSuFFmtwVnE3d1N2zxhLW7vCcN5E-zI-oCu_gmM9aExK4yk_B1cpxFdpTjitbsU9__g9G_2WSAkro-pBXRAI_mlDxNKbCtWBd8ppQPzJ1EYm4HRU/s1600-h/beaty2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189121609594998402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicUb-jTjHzJUDNKK4wP1ln49MzDrGhSuFFmtwVnE3d1N2zxhLW7vCcN5E-zI-oCu_gmM9aExK4yk_B1cpxFdpTjitbsU9__g9G_2WSAkro-pBXRAI_mlDxNKbCtWBd8ppQPzJ1EYm4HRU/s200/beaty2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0zCfO5mIxv4kuZXTiBX_nz99UssImQUv8OnuDSqZ9ens5ZNCEBOkWaTZ15uD-HfjCD9jBASygrvB47lEldt2vYrqgkKmyuYozz1iSJLR5vxI8OYdq7beVJGriAOnvICkm46kxjLgH70/s1600-h/beatybuild.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189121716969180834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0zCfO5mIxv4kuZXTiBX_nz99UssImQUv8OnuDSqZ9ens5ZNCEBOkWaTZ15uD-HfjCD9jBASygrvB47lEldt2vYrqgkKmyuYozz1iSJLR5vxI8OYdq7beVJGriAOnvICkm46kxjLgH70/s200/beatybuild.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyH3qLOLw072hEXcwbZ5BsvGdLt7IAOL_gqJUimrT9YKZqqaw75GrFu7LhxiChYZw4kH-uqgNtgscXbmvZ5SMOCg6xHn7kGXErTtgWEwJlahrBLwqPpxDgLkdu3Wz0aD0iR0ayns2fPMs/s1600-h/beaty3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189121665429573266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyH3qLOLw072hEXcwbZ5BsvGdLt7IAOL_gqJUimrT9YKZqqaw75GrFu7LhxiChYZw4kH-uqgNtgscXbmvZ5SMOCg6xHn7kGXErTtgWEwJlahrBLwqPpxDgLkdu3Wz0aD0iR0ayns2fPMs/s200/beaty3.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJqQFSOtCANXxc9V_8DRkvmbhz24tFwgIcqv5TRLqx4jL_KbTOUWRjkzjEOXq3wbWy8tafzaJmpP1EFZToYFOEeLvPG_3pEPI0bu1q8ZFROUOt8yM5dWLcvNHtN7GB8UeoGI1d7HBiz8/s1600-h/builders.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189121918832643794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 277px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 207px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqJqQFSOtCANXxc9V_8DRkvmbhz24tFwgIcqv5TRLqx4jL_KbTOUWRjkzjEOXq3wbWy8tafzaJmpP1EFZToYFOEeLvPG_3pEPI0bu1q8ZFROUOt8yM5dWLcvNHtN7GB8UeoGI1d7HBiz8/s200/builders.jpg" border="0" /></a>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-21802343857163948182008-02-17T11:56:00.028-06:002008-02-17T15:13:22.618-06:00IggyPalooza - part trois! Iggy goes to Legoland!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0N_iffILZB22deG-5ddBx6CY51XjMBvrEMHln_PG1-9pl4UXTSoYEDoE9aNk_967fxxUPsfG3Zv1EA0aaq0OweMUD8C2wZzN7am2h7IP5xUY6oL0-2x8IhT0AAZ8_s7YLlyF3saZt2k/s1600-h/Iggy_in_california.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0N_iffILZB22deG-5ddBx6CY51XjMBvrEMHln_PG1-9pl4UXTSoYEDoE9aNk_967fxxUPsfG3Zv1EA0aaq0OweMUD8C2wZzN7am2h7IP5xUY6oL0-2x8IhT0AAZ8_s7YLlyF3saZt2k/s320/Iggy_in_california.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168048445193342386" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I had two delightful surprises waiting for me when I arrived in California last month to</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> begin my book</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> tour for IGGY PECK, ARCHITECT. </span> <div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE19DhsC3jzpTFb0gUbSq5s_bXvrRZvmciQP0q4ls1LvelqNowvPX4UKhtjWgcA_2HMlK-7AGacQMX-QDFTXTDWEt7FKshxB6XONJrVU3f6bv-X2TbbE776KpMzdpVQeG-nF_5Tachfh4/s1600-h/flowers.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168010400373034162" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE19DhsC3jzpTFb0gUbSq5s_bXvrRZvmciQP0q4ls1LvelqNowvPX4UKhtjWgcA_2HMlK-7AGacQMX-QDFTXTDWEt7FKshxB6XONJrVU3f6bv-X2TbbE776KpMzdpVQeG-nF_5Tachfh4/s200/flowers.JPG" border="0" /></a>First was a beautiful bouquet from my family! I have the best family. Thank you, Wonderful Family. You really made my day!<br /><br />The second delightful surprise awaiting me was a beautiful box from my publicist filled with advanced reader copies of my first novel, CICADA SUMMER! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe2Ej9Rh_NOjQRci0lVsgHRRHMEgppEd9wK4H7P3PVBLSn1RvTOgV852JgOmzfG5zVC3U59gqAMG7kYQZKuclPS4T1JdNdQmwW_nJi-sB1rezl_aghKf2ktLyJwzvxtDg0GEDEUwgGNQ/s1600-h/cicada_arcs.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpe2Ej9Rh_NOjQRci0lVsgHRRHMEgppEd9wK4H7P3PVBLSn1RvTOgV852JgOmzfG5zVC3U59gqAMG7kYQZKuclPS4T1JdNdQmwW_nJi-sB1rezl_aghKf2ktLyJwzvxtDg0GEDEUwgGNQ/s320/cicada_arcs.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168044944794996114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.hnabooks.com/product/show/31006">CICADA SUMMER</a> comes out in May and I can't wait! You can find a review from the <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/660000266/post/1730021173.html">Publishers Weekly Shelftalker</a> and another at<a href="http://tweendom.blogspot.com/search/label/arc%20May%20%2708"> Welcome</a><a href="http://tweendom.blogspot.com/search/label/arc%20May%20%2708"> to my Tweendom</a><a href="http://tweendom.blogspot.com/search/label/arc%20May%20%2708">!</a><br /><br />And then, there was Legoland!<br />What can I say about Legoland except that I LOVE IT! Where else can you find a 5 foot tall statue of Spongebob Squarepants made entirely from Legos? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvRuNZQeXjrpsNuk8Cqrr_iwqFAFo44nK3oJyeS3cvv_ni5qQ9_5BNme-Mtoftk0CA2GnqRN_eoO-QypE9WdmIo-f6YkTvj7PYmV2N-0bDPV0s6kPtb9l1sCTNGskKrW_JMGyTg_8uRs/s1600-h/Lego_spongebob.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168013428324978002" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvRuNZQeXjrpsNuk8Cqrr_iwqFAFo44nK3oJyeS3cvv_ni5qQ9_5BNme-Mtoftk0CA2GnqRN_eoO-QypE9WdmIo-f6YkTvj7PYmV2N-0bDPV0s6kPtb9l1sCTNGskKrW_JMGyTg_8uRs/s200/Lego_spongebob.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I mean, really! Spongebob and Legos. It's the perfect pairing. Like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Hey! You got Legos in my Squarepants! Hey! You got Squarepants in my Legos! Happiness ensues.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hbOVjdCGdYiKXXJPB3VuFKIbj8JhXyUwaEUJlGJJy3VAecO-U3bUfStUkeAFMe5ErNK4Hk4ejpqjCsCfvZptClGQmDtsJ6l-7Yhbpflj9bu09o2YtnC4Mgm-YscuVZLAUmD5Q8H9jBs/s1600-h/Lego_einstein.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hbOVjdCGdYiKXXJPB3VuFKIbj8JhXyUwaEUJlGJJy3VAecO-U3bUfStUkeAFMe5ErNK4Hk4ejpqjCsCfvZptClGQmDtsJ6l-7Yhbpflj9bu09o2YtnC4Mgm-YscuVZLAUmD5Q8H9jBs/s320/Lego_einstein.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168047500300537250" border="0" /></a><br />I would love to work at Legoland. Partly because I would smile every time I saw Albert Einstein immortalized in plastic. (I think Al would approve.)<br /><br />Even more, I would love working with so many great people. EVERYONE I met at Legoland was wonderful.<br />Here's a picture of Lynn Crockett, the Education Manager at Legoland California.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22Wkva1K6Apzoy5lrM-673rhLA8u7y_jZE8zpGVoPUZ3OLpE_dtZ__bNjzE4ybzBcoGZsEgruRz6uKQxRnGA8dzFeTcWEOsEVFxrqAMLGbe8zTdO3q9zqTGaJzYYvepDEABgJ-1omoDU/s1600-h/Lego_lynn.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168011740402830562" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 247px; height: 184px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22Wkva1K6Apzoy5lrM-673rhLA8u7y_jZE8zpGVoPUZ3OLpE_dtZ__bNjzE4ybzBcoGZsEgruRz6uKQxRnGA8dzFeTcWEOsEVFxrqAMLGbe8zTdO3q9zqTGaJzYYvepDEABgJ-1omoDU/s200/Lego_lynn.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Lynn is the force behind many great educational events at Legoland, including the Beginner Book Club in which students K-2 can visit the park, read books and meet an author. Then, they hit the roller coasters!<br /><br />Might I just take one moment to emphasize how such a field trip compares to the ones I had as a kid? I think I can do so in three little words: Sewage Treatment Plant.<br /><br />Not to say that a visit to the Pooh Factory isn't an educational experience unto itself. It was, in fact, a cornucopia of adventure for all the senses! But try as it might, it would not make a good theme park. 'Nuff said.<br /><br />The event was a blast. It began with Construction Man Dan (played by actor Jaysen Weller) building giant Lego towers with the kids from the audience. Then, I read Iggy while the kids read from a gigantic projection of the book's images behind me. (Special thanks to Mercedes who produced the event and everyone who helped make it a big success!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0yOyqb4DEmTBxJOco90ObnFFYgjf_s_v-KlGOy61uYsoZWBRRB3sKIzYyAQqNxdqMwzWsivxfKO047wHHPBqWqS_z4-LGfMR0pIM19rl0N_S0SBZUCsGLOvLE-tcA-AhCJZ8dV27gXo/s1600-h/Lego_dan_kids.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0yOyqb4DEmTBxJOco90ObnFFYgjf_s_v-KlGOy61uYsoZWBRRB3sKIzYyAQqNxdqMwzWsivxfKO047wHHPBqWqS_z4-LGfMR0pIM19rl0N_S0SBZUCsGLOvLE-tcA-AhCJZ8dV27gXo/s400/Lego_dan_kids.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168054462442524114" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UOliiLpmaO2eUw6rGC5lVY7Nr6qph8GPTHfBsOCV6i3DipmvrRDAAeyDylLij9v6h9Gma1O4f2SDQuZOaR_3X7zCVpmbCIV22UUDHXUCwKG24eb_bcq6EcfDzmm7vtI1NHmj-xAka2g/s1600-h/dan_construction_man.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168014467707063682" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UOliiLpmaO2eUw6rGC5lVY7Nr6qph8GPTHfBsOCV6i3DipmvrRDAAeyDylLij9v6h9Gma1O4f2SDQuZOaR_3X7zCVpmbCIV22UUDHXUCwKG24eb_bcq6EcfDzmm7vtI1NHmj-xAka2g/s320/dan_construction_man.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf8aqAudp65KV-NebWJZXEvjUswIL5Z5p262KhqIuAy0diOtRpdkANyjs5fYBM3JaIcptDMM2TTwC97Gtla87aeP_eLDja1qCZgxFH-0AUGOJqTIzPWsJca5uVQU2bW8roaiIFW1N07E/s1600-h/lego_space.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168013222166547778" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrf8aqAudp65KV-NebWJZXEvjUswIL5Z5p262KhqIuAy0diOtRpdkANyjs5fYBM3JaIcptDMM2TTwC97Gtla87aeP_eLDja1qCZgxFH-0AUGOJqTIzPWsJca5uVQU2bW8roaiIFW1N07E/s200/lego_space.JPG" border="0" /></a>After the Beginner Book Club, I got to run around the park a little and take some pictures of Lego creations that would surely make Iggy's heart sing! Thanks Legoland!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUYEJr4TFmNTU5YrOEGeXJMB4derSa-segj6v61fO3RAEGkf57o7gTJ3cTbXLday0MEm1_7x5isp8_7nBxg0UFF9hj-F9Zw8L2juVjhxB-ot-ly3f6mdy8ZUDG_zM-RNBaTdByqjPhbM/s1600-h/Lego_lv.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168012900044000562" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmUYEJr4TFmNTU5YrOEGeXJMB4derSa-segj6v61fO3RAEGkf57o7gTJ3cTbXLday0MEm1_7x5isp8_7nBxg0UFF9hj-F9Zw8L2juVjhxB-ot-ly3f6mdy8ZUDG_zM-RNBaTdByqjPhbM/s200/Lego_lv.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_31cGwE5F01OFT3CUYi0cO6ZsNCWRU7a18y0CWFBE0oHvTrF1SN_2OeWQG-DdaSTh6pfAeGdyZPzISRvaADvPaHy5ql99Y475wRe4sT7TNPl_P7YW-tRXR5AATAbUX5zWR-JH9yGdro/s1600-h/lego_sydney.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168013574353866082" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn_31cGwE5F01OFT3CUYi0cO6ZsNCWRU7a18y0CWFBE0oHvTrF1SN_2OeWQG-DdaSTh6pfAeGdyZPzISRvaADvPaHy5ql99Y475wRe4sT7TNPl_P7YW-tRXR5AATAbUX5zWR-JH9yGdro/s200/lego_sydney.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA881NJEvd0qWThxrwh1N4V4v_qoA8JhuiJhIsftsfdLRTqEaCKzPPTbocwjQqJ-fA-mCi2_AuA1_rQtHhc1kD2YlsqoipOyi79EqMN_ASG4xa4xXbgnh-UtP7PftS-d1BAtlsbG_LPo/s1600-h/Lego_taj.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168013660253212018" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA881NJEvd0qWThxrwh1N4V4v_qoA8JhuiJhIsftsfdLRTqEaCKzPPTbocwjQqJ-fA-mCi2_AuA1_rQtHhc1kD2YlsqoipOyi79EqMN_ASG4xa4xXbgnh-UtP7PftS-d1BAtlsbG_LPo/s200/Lego_taj.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7M7mqwgI5CXIw0uA8GxCumkYvcZwLh_dvZ9v_7FMW6llJYiAEDD3BdaJg-LOa7gHs31SkxH6vKJ7R7DoJ1C51C7s-KikFzy9x1pTEovdU0EalsBsvJAdNg6SFQn6snIpNv_xS2zT0ikA/s1600-h/Lego_gugen.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168012633756028194" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7M7mqwgI5CXIw0uA8GxCumkYvcZwLh_dvZ9v_7FMW6llJYiAEDD3BdaJg-LOa7gHs31SkxH6vKJ7R7DoJ1C51C7s-KikFzy9x1pTEovdU0EalsBsvJAdNg6SFQn6snIpNv_xS2zT0ikA/s200/Lego_gugen.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENh7FoDyWoIoTeR6T6dkhhSA6hRkgffOjDdsq5dpGVT-ASZTH56fVVy_H43e62IURWLumByjlFmNU363pNkpVl5YwgGcVJcZW5WYIet8BhzLA_ttbkHTYkReSkvRKIl1m9jBQVucNbDE/s1600-h/lego_chrysler.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168012242914004226" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhENh7FoDyWoIoTeR6T6dkhhSA6hRkgffOjDdsq5dpGVT-ASZTH56fVVy_H43e62IURWLumByjlFmNU363pNkpVl5YwgGcVJcZW5WYIet8BhzLA_ttbkHTYkReSkvRKIl1m9jBQVucNbDE/s200/lego_chrysler.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PEcJfllZzD2StPCfXiKHEtPq9K6KTeBLm9Y-kb0weDB8zHwFTZRbIoPl1ffqF3k_kIQbXfLBOhJyV0x7v0qnUA2Eb8Ms58KvbWGf2-NTVaPMnzabpKHyu7x6XxXVKSL5b5D2F1tVhvM/s1600-h/lego_bridge.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168012122654919922" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PEcJfllZzD2StPCfXiKHEtPq9K6KTeBLm9Y-kb0weDB8zHwFTZRbIoPl1ffqF3k_kIQbXfLBOhJyV0x7v0qnUA2Eb8Ms58KvbWGf2-NTVaPMnzabpKHyu7x6XxXVKSL5b5D2F1tVhvM/s200/lego_bridge.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-81792080767690062862008-02-04T12:20:00.002-06:002008-02-04T13:53:13.446-06:00Iggypalooza Part Deux<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I enjoyed a lot of things about California. It's hard not to enjoy this:</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuCXoUbe6-BbWmnl1j8UqfZeX-TKeJManb6MmnHaIbnsU55fiiQPkI5hlTKXmffbs3WL01HM1gXGUfeZEKoe7lEX6l-LpjWWny56bu3T4XELLTCbpJBlbbVuEzkckmVGURpjFdCLmqFwA/s1600-h/calif_pool.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuCXoUbe6-BbWmnl1j8UqfZeX-TKeJManb6MmnHaIbnsU55fiiQPkI5hlTKXmffbs3WL01HM1gXGUfeZEKoe7lEX6l-LpjWWny56bu3T4XELLTCbpJBlbbVuEzkckmVGURpjFdCLmqFwA/s200/calif_pool.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163193058139189666" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeUQRtQ3-ypSC1A7EIKkPeI0t861jsZQS3APbg54mXcQvnf0ZABSMUY6ns8tl4aUS3OS-UBc7fD1tdbhv5JVBHSmiS2YxfEPApLlG0RNYWzYpemQvPll-h9LQfyPCdPIozxUu0R2A6Ro/s1600-h/surfer.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeUQRtQ3-ypSC1A7EIKkPeI0t861jsZQS3APbg54mXcQvnf0ZABSMUY6ns8tl4aUS3OS-UBc7fD1tdbhv5JVBHSmiS2YxfEPApLlG0RNYWzYpemQvPll-h9LQfyPCdPIozxUu0R2A6Ro/s200/surfer.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163193706679251394" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVEF_M_PzcYjzbPWQqrHBh5Bt-71t9YRPehw8Oe_GCO6n0MxLUa1ewA4A7mQiZH2SFHRFQG-JkreyVAJtAabsn5jvSPkjb6U7XcoheGMlzUu4QiUCFQ6qIIKpvxXZLPFTFoSOYbNVJtw/s1600-h/beach_sunset.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVEF_M_PzcYjzbPWQqrHBh5Bt-71t9YRPehw8Oe_GCO6n0MxLUa1ewA4A7mQiZH2SFHRFQG-JkreyVAJtAabsn5jvSPkjb6U7XcoheGMlzUu4QiUCFQ6qIIKpvxXZLPFTFoSOYbNVJtw/s200/beach_sunset.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163193629369840050" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br /><br />But even more fun for me,</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> was visiting wonderful independent bookstores and meeting the fun folk who run them. Booksellers are the greatest. Here are a few of the fantastic shops I</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> visited and some of the folk I met and had the pleasure of hang</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ing out with.</span> <a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAgSrHa25avHpdMoYm2LGl_FXNke_OKoUtGdxURjTnvUORGh65gRgbbXRq6cIHCRCnQK1bzpBv7tCak8nFT5xPkmG4A0_9nasVFRlYmKqVhRT9l2MJf8KWL58TwEBInQaQ1hMUbPT3xw/s1600-h/mrs_nelson_2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghAgSrHa25avHpdMoYm2LGl_FXNke_OKoUtGdxURjTnvUORGh65gRgbbXRq6cIHCRCnQK1bzpBv7tCak8nFT5xPkmG4A0_9nasVFRlYmKqVhRT9l2MJf8KWL58TwEBInQaQ1hMUbPT3xw/s320/mrs_nelson_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163196408213680642" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In La Verne, I visited the wonderful </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.mrsnelsons.com/">Mrs. Nelson's Toy</a><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.mrsnelsons.com/"> and Book Shop</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, though I didn't actua</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">lly meet Mrs. Nelson (I am told she lives somewhere not far away). This shop had the most amazing selection of toys interspersed with books (including some of my ow</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">n displayed so beautifully!) I could spend all day browsing and reading and hanging out with Christa (whose picture, sadly, did not turn out -- sorry Christa!)</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshwtArTU10auPSJrJ7Fa4kZibwVKLFx2iBp-yKF_oQQTywutMKGvQzYq-vr0ei6ex815tYpWU2mAJHwyIyu6DKwGud0cxpvMdI0QzVzclyxkJ_TjWd_-bbs2kYNq6qv9_xw18_YYf78E/s1600-h/mrs_nelson_3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshwtArTU10auPSJrJ7Fa4kZibwVKLFx2iBp-yKF_oQQTywutMKGvQzYq-vr0ei6ex815tYpWU2mAJHwyIyu6DKwGud0cxpvMdI0QzVzclyxkJ_TjWd_-bbs2kYNq6qv9_xw18_YYf78E/s200/mrs_nelson_3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163194531312972274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWHrvWpycPUXWJRwoeeaklU3Kj6o9iB-6s-3sM9rNMObOaCnJfGHVjxIj5Sc_0TAV8qyMgpITYbpRAhYGuArzetWISKXu52sc0eb5rgB2LdWxmRx-1hjGrABlaa5BpMuCHP2c08OUCDI/s1600-h/Mrs_nelson.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWHrvWpycPUXWJRwoeeaklU3Kj6o9iB-6s-3sM9rNMObOaCnJfGHVjxIj5Sc_0TAV8qyMgpITYbpRAhYGuArzetWISKXu52sc0eb5rgB2LdWxmRx-1hjGrABlaa5BpMuCHP2c08OUCDI/s200/Mrs_nelson.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163194192010555858" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHPV9Kgs8y8mApzfUWa0Ihg4TPaugz6CvFszIrRWPI9TIqhXEu8KhZ-YZi7KZJwcAj4P8fHSC5y8I8nTmEUMKcTX9B2KLUjywltZsJ5nBfAtzsebEpwuYfRTGaMhD0SGbCrcbWmp87j4/s1600-h/cupcake1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHPV9Kgs8y8mApzfUWa0Ihg4TPaugz6CvFszIrRWPI9TIqhXEu8KhZ-YZi7KZJwcAj4P8fHSC5y8I8nTmEUMKcTX9B2KLUjywltZsJ5nBfAtzsebEpwuYfRTGaMhD0SGbCrcbWmp87j4/s320/cupcake1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163196970854396434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And then it was off to Pasadena to Vroman's</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">! I loved Pasadena.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> The downtown was vibrant. The food was tasty. And, they had a shop dedicated to cupcakes.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(Please</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> note, the cupcakes were much yummier than my sad photograph. My sad photograph does not have sweet creamy frost</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">ing and tastes a lot like HP toner. If you do not believe me, you can print it out and taste for yourself.)</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /><br />Vroman's was awesome. </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.vromansbookstore.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp;jsessionid=abcJht3U1DOX2dFOxWLFr?s=localinterest">Vroman's has been around since 1894</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and it's easy to see why. This store has it all! Great books, a dandy and delish coffee shop, and a killer kids' section manned (and womanned) by people who love books as shown in this completely candid photo of Mr. Steve, Robin and Chris.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlZST20aXxv1moP_TZJokWoksMqStoPEbF5Z4gMaUZxpsJQ70LJgh1nIOzicDFvneU-VtfEyy3v2t49P6xx82VG6cI7iFZf1Cx2HtCrmSGw47GZCfBPQU24pmvXPAujll1DgWnLv5XyA/s1600-h/vromans4.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOlZST20aXxv1moP_TZJokWoksMqStoPEbF5Z4gMaUZxpsJQ70LJgh1nIOzicDFvneU-VtfEyy3v2t49P6xx82VG6cI7iFZf1Cx2HtCrmSGw47GZCfBPQU24pmvXPAujll1DgWnLv5XyA/s320/vromans4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163198194920075826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTrzr38GhEA6kTZ6OaQ1bxgKGuTlxosBfvqvDd5J8ImLjoxTAphxGGy9ocF6EFJ1LvzywZrIAO8sF2rd8rMmOOZCmJ_stw4OkWNbKFpNYX1SzBNnCs6AQ_Rm2RyzeWQl4ywha1FOKECw/s1600-h/bug_big.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTrzr38GhEA6kTZ6OaQ1bxgKGuTlxosBfvqvDd5J8ImLjoxTAphxGGy9ocF6EFJ1LvzywZrIAO8sF2rd8rMmOOZCmJ_stw4OkWNbKFpNYX1SzBNnCs6AQ_Rm2RyzeWQl4ywha1FOKECw/s320/bug_big.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163202837779722818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My only sadness in Pasadena was not getting to meet </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://lisayee.livejournal.com/">Lisa Yee</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> who lives nearby and who, sadly, was</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> attacked by a horrid flu bug that probably looked like this:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Luckily, I shall meet Lisa this week at the <a href="http://www.d303.org/LitFest/tabid/187/Default.aspx">St. Charles Literature Festival</a>! Hopefully, she will no longer have a flu bug. (I'll bring a net, just in case.)</span><br /><br /><br />After Pasadena, I headed west. I just kept driving until I found a large puddle of salt water. Who knew? I landed in Newport Beach and visited with Kim and the gang at <a href="http://www.thefirstpage.net/">The First Page.</a><br /><br />Though my pictures don't do it justice (next time, I'm adding more frosting to the insides of my camera!), I have never seen a shop with more books displayed face out. What a marvelous place to browse and buy and browse some more. I'd go back in a heartbeat!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3amnlIx-WnYqkCnOUuF3hT5R1z739SrxN_U3L8iivPzM4cUAlrG_c-L1ATG_49cRZOBH14JbiZqTYlO_nHhTTRDyQBadSChBu8mMdFz_zX0NHX2yerEdOit4Um3PQ8YLiN9YtVzibPTQ/s1600-h/first_page2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3amnlIx-WnYqkCnOUuF3hT5R1z739SrxN_U3L8iivPzM4cUAlrG_c-L1ATG_49cRZOBH14JbiZqTYlO_nHhTTRDyQBadSChBu8mMdFz_zX0NHX2yerEdOit4Um3PQ8YLiN9YtVzibPTQ/s320/first_page2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163205509249380962" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kKR43ApQXWCEf0EbUYm6f8iiNC2L6tArj9REwKBKknjOErybdAkfK9aldEQyOaL_HZObOabpqozu0taGFtzy-bw-AvOb6FLCs0a8NMo3u_SolDv8GzjYGfiiRjptYyzgpnxGbf1DnOk/s1600-h/first_page1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 457px; height: 335px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kKR43ApQXWCEf0EbUYm6f8iiNC2L6tArj9REwKBKknjOErybdAkfK9aldEQyOaL_HZObOabpqozu0taGFtzy-bw-AvOb6FLCs0a8NMo3u_SolDv8GzjYGfiiRjptYyzgpnxGbf1DnOk/s320/first_page1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163205431939969618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Finally, it was off to San Diego to visit Legoland (more about that later) and one last fantastic bookstore called <a href="http://www.yellowbookroad.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=YBR">Yellow Book Road</a>. The name alone is enough to bring me back over and over again. Once you get to this great store, you'll love it. It's bright, beautiful, and brimming with booky goodness! And, maybe, you'll get to meet the young master of the store, Alex. He's shown here with the Co-owner Mary.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jc7E_Vb9Tr8RgGTMk0y1DDYipjB8bp6ahlqxfhLf5AAesAwDyLqQ4VHuoqNXlsi66i69tRdYLDu7NOlGc59GCa-dZxn3CzyxezLZ20NEQNULiSmbeL1Wx0oFuuwle3F9h9MHpMRfDqE/s1600-h/yellow_mary_alex.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jc7E_Vb9Tr8RgGTMk0y1DDYipjB8bp6ahlqxfhLf5AAesAwDyLqQ4VHuoqNXlsi66i69tRdYLDu7NOlGc59GCa-dZxn3CzyxezLZ20NEQNULiSmbeL1Wx0oFuuwle3F9h9MHpMRfDqE/s320/yellow_mary_alex.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163207218646364802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_bk7ko2co7Gon1T6LStKa-3LQuv_wTHCkBznjAvhbpKQb9e0K2TAIkrirC7SGv_LL9pgSfC27g0YstdlK0FaDMaHB1ZW-eVvtlC5-H8RrbjhIzsuGWG39i0WvmqhEEmPR3xElNu-vuw/s1600-h/Yello_book_road.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP_bk7ko2co7Gon1T6LStKa-3LQuv_wTHCkBznjAvhbpKQb9e0K2TAIkrirC7SGv_LL9pgSfC27g0YstdlK0FaDMaHB1ZW-eVvtlC5-H8RrbjhIzsuGWG39i0WvmqhEEmPR3xElNu-vuw/s320/Yello_book_road.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5163206956653359730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks to all the wonderful booksellers who invited me to visit their stores and who have shown my books so much love! Thanks to the schools who let me come and hang out with kids even for a short while. And special thanks to all the wonderful folks who came out to meet me and shop!<br /><br />I can't wait to come back very soon!!!!Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-11542503210419399982008-02-01T13:28:00.000-06:002008-02-01T15:38:38.325-06:00IggyPalooza Part 1<a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Mk2OR__xTYg172Xkf2e7s_l_TKZ09eawgZmU3UxEpYnn04DF6RX60u2eF3GSgojoaWGEInbiJBRs5PUR0wGHG1y4ptycBDF-IOD3zI2xd0VssuMYFfnhRW4LQwKAtO-MgQWNSdOiNn4/s1600-h/orange_tree.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Mk2OR__xTYg172Xkf2e7s_l_TKZ09eawgZmU3UxEpYnn04DF6RX60u2eF3GSgojoaWGEInbiJBRs5PUR0wGHG1y4ptycBDF-IOD3zI2xd0VssuMYFfnhRW4LQwKAtO-MgQWNSdOiNn4/s400/orange_tree.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162112122244968850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">It seems that there are lots of Paloozas these days. Rockapalooza. Pirate-palooza. Paloozapalooza. Well, last week, there was Iggypalooza! My first book tour, ever! <br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I left home with a sub-zero wind chill and 6 inches of snow on the way. Then I landed in California and instantly knew I wasn't in Kansas (or Chicago) anymore. It seems that in California, oranges grow on strange arboreal plants instead of cans in the freezer section of the grocery store. Who knew?</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">First stop: The Frugal Frigate in Redlands, California. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I knew I had found new friends when I walked into this truly wonderful bookshop and met Brad and Jana Hundman. Their energy and passion for kids and books -- and especially for Iggy was amazing. </span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGCi5ekAbytb4iDgJwbhKGPii2EtWahFQU_nzYR0IBnoNGQgFOOR-06itaMIm6YsDyteShm1vYE6FWgEvqJXPwQU8pIkab51bhf6ZiYIMMkWDEqU62u1aVt69kMpLEQP0pf8D9pLMN18/s1600-h/frugal_frigate.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGCi5ekAbytb4iDgJwbhKGPii2EtWahFQU_nzYR0IBnoNGQgFOOR-06itaMIm6YsDyteShm1vYE6FWgEvqJXPwQU8pIkab51bhf6ZiYIMMkWDEqU62u1aVt69kMpLEQP0pf8D9pLMN18/s400/frugal_frigate.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162108780760412546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QhMDe8rsB6oBefXZhSRns-l6vSaSbqUCCZV22Ssy3c4YR2VCfhNtJsI7_GVCKa3OtGJM3RWFej6mFccLTP6AwAjf9aBZzmWw5L46hChBuQfc75TA4CVaGx9giwu9YBdelnGzoAL9IfU/s1600-h/Brad_Jana.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3QhMDe8rsB6oBefXZhSRns-l6vSaSbqUCCZV22Ssy3c4YR2VCfhNtJsI7_GVCKa3OtGJM3RWFej6mFccLTP6AwAjf9aBZzmWw5L46hChBuQfc75TA4CVaGx9giwu9YBdelnGzoAL9IfU/s200/Brad_Jana.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162107243162120530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">(Brad, Me and Jana: Notice the Big Bad Wolf ears and schnoz I am adorning. It's actually part of a cool mural painted by one of their lovely daughters, Taylor or Laura. Sorry, can't remember which one! Blame my lack of memory from the sugar coma produced by the lovely gift basket of snacks and chocolate! Shown here as Brad's head. </span><br /><br /><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38nTpqz-a1jeTlqUH1UyRr4t6pshpR_zCj-AiLFYlQhYWMSsOHyy6Imbh2ClZZTFDooMQDLxQrXyydpPqdW59GVBr5_77KRFuJYPcKxq0NI58v5I6R-ngVTFSk_U4YFc46q_tjsWwkdk/s1600-h/brad_gift.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj38nTpqz-a1jeTlqUH1UyRr4t6pshpR_zCj-AiLFYlQhYWMSsOHyy6Imbh2ClZZTFDooMQDLxQrXyydpPqdW59GVBr5_77KRFuJYPcKxq0NI58v5I6R-ngVTFSk_U4YFc46q_tjsWwkdk/s200/brad_gift.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162106302564282690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I appreciated the snacks very much over the next couple of days while tooling around the state. Thanks!!! </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I spent the whole day at the Frugal Frigate, chatting with customers and signing books and reading to kids. It was a beautiful way to spend the day. Thanks Frugal Frigate! Can't wait to come back to see you again!<br /><br /><br /></span>More later about IggyPalooza!Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-64740734109138085512008-01-15T20:02:00.000-06:002008-01-15T21:08:44.725-06:00California, Here I come!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNokN-FjZ6EdS7py7MBcSoP3lPK5DsGOnWs90mL2rPbWh6-kZxwMAREHHd2Um61M82xvY2sIJ4fE_jpuOj7aeLFsag726bBxaW-vIKJq5D9oNFellJ5FSmJ5NXtbN7zAGyun2fI81DPYk/s1600-h/49er.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNokN-FjZ6EdS7py7MBcSoP3lPK5DsGOnWs90mL2rPbWh6-kZxwMAREHHd2Um61M82xvY2sIJ4fE_jpuOj7aeLFsag726bBxaW-vIKJq5D9oNFellJ5FSmJ5NXtbN7zAGyun2fI81DPYk/s200/49er.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155905871549999314" /></a><br />Yes! I'm on my way to sunny Californ-I-YAY!!! It's 25 degrees here in Chicago and that's pretty warm for this time of year*, but it's not as warm as the land of palm trees, swimming pools, movie stars! And LEGOS! <br /><br />I will be appearing at these fantastic bookshops in Southern California next week. Stop by and say "Hello!" if you can. <br /><br /><br />January 21 at 10:00<br />Frugal Frigate <br />9 North 6th Street <br />Redlands, CA 92373 <br />Contact: Brad, 909-793-0740 <br /><br />January 22 at 3:30pm <br />Mrs. Nelson's Toy and Book Shoppe <br />1030 Bonita Avenue <br />La Verne, CA 91750 <br />Contact: Christa, 909-599-4558 <br /><br /><br />January 23 at 10:30am (following storytime) <br />Vroman's Bookstore <br />695 East Colorado Boulevard <br />Pasadena, CA 91101 <br />Contact: Jen, 626-449-5320 <br /><br /><br />January 24 at 11am<br />The First Page <br />2618 San Miguel <br />Newport Beach, CA 92660 <br />Contact: Kim, 949-675-6588 <br /><br /><br />January 25<br />LegoLand Beginner Book Club <br />LEGOLAND® California <br />One LEGOLAND Drive <br />Carlsbad, CA 92008 <br />Contact: Lynn Crockett, 760-918-5447 <br /><br /><br />January 26 at 11:00 AM<br />Yellow Book Road at <br />7200 Parkway Drive Suite 118 <br />La Mesa, CA 91942 <br />Contact: Mary, 619-463-4900 <br /><br />Hope to see you!!!!!<br />Andrea<br />----------<br /><br />* Note: 25 degrees is warm for Chicago in January. The first January I lived here, the temperatures once reached 20 below. (Yes, I mean below zero!) <br /><br />Let me tell you, that's cold. That's the kind of cold that makes your nose hairs hurt and beg for mercy. Just sayin!Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-54153669693649226412007-12-27T15:32:00.001-06:002007-12-27T17:08:19.088-06:00A Little Doctor Who for you!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have a secret to confess. It's a little known fact that I am rather a nerd. Okay, who am I kidding? It's a well-known fact! Mostly, I am a book nerd. I love the touch, smell and sound of books. I love pretty much everything about them.<br /><br />But my nerdiness does not stop there. It extends this way and that into other realms. And my most recent nerd crush is on Doctor Who. Actually, this is a very old nerd crush. I was a big fan of the Doctor back when he was flying about the universe wearing a natty scarf and looking a lot like actor Tom Baker.<br /><br />These days, the Doctor has a new face, new (and much improved) special effects, and looks a lot like David Tennant.<br /><br />I know that quite a few of my friends are also fans of Doctor Who and thought I'd post this little bit for them while they wait for the new season to begin. Enjoy!<br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yn_NDKNlUa8&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yn_NDKNlUa8&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-62527694916965121872007-12-27T15:10:00.000-06:002007-12-27T15:25:14.445-06:00Good Gracious, Ignacious!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1ulo7F2XnZu5xcZkdrbVt6gyBjv3kco3WVDfBwV6_FSGDISmCVWE_bAqsl55kdSPZFII3sxY4PCmswIMCvZP2hTCwxheez72QRXSpQfKfAW5fsWJFpmcJX5lBrNgOSPIVbSM9AXDEHc/s1600-h/time_logo.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 56px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1ulo7F2XnZu5xcZkdrbVt6gyBjv3kco3WVDfBwV6_FSGDISmCVWE_bAqsl55kdSPZFII3sxY4PCmswIMCvZP2hTCwxheez72QRXSpQfKfAW5fsWJFpmcJX5lBrNgOSPIVbSM9AXDEHc/s400/time_logo.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148763444015966402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The year is ending very well for dear Iggy Peck. Iggy was named one of the top 10 Children's Books of the year at Time Magazine! For this exciting news and more, check out <a href="http://www.andreabeaty.com/">my website! </a><br />Hurray, Iggy!</span>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-62354587869520625252007-12-24T09:12:00.001-06:002007-12-24T09:12:43.292-06:00A Wish for the Season<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gKTHvW2JcAA&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gKTHvW2JcAA&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-67633289889566538302007-12-04T11:16:00.000-06:002007-12-04T11:44:41.224-06:00Young Architects!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZRbpBstswe5-FFZe70COw-3IEDNYMc9Zy09BObf_EHkweKfkwI_cDCeuvnsAfwAqjDpB_STIMfx8ZGz3UlwNKqwolOCuKd8ErTHnzqrVW9KeB9asW3CwlYzaykN417wmzBHjLYuvDs4/s1600-h/supermom_small.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140173897748241074" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZRbpBstswe5-FFZe70COw-3IEDNYMc9Zy09BObf_EHkweKfkwI_cDCeuvnsAfwAqjDpB_STIMfx8ZGz3UlwNKqwolOCuKd8ErTHnzqrVW9KeB9asW3CwlYzaykN417wmzBHjLYuvDs4/s200/supermom_small.png" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Wow! I have been so sleepy lately. And I finally figured out why! There was kryptonite in my pillow! Case closed!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div> </div>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Recently, I received some very cool pictures from a young architect named Carsten. In true Iggy style, Carsten & Company have created some fantastic buildings with plastic & paper cups and scraps of wood. Check them out!!!<br /></span></div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CseBuStA0LUg90kpqDFxuOU2k9y9PeLd4Oo1YIilUeasWlWgufz4msgN8oga77zyPA5XbfJ1xJNPLGlI9Ea33TxXKiJD7rO-HFdcetuaXW9-L_xFCR2b5afFLPWYkv5fsElMqvh-xU0/s1600-h/carsten_wood1.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140169512586631746" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CseBuStA0LUg90kpqDFxuOU2k9y9PeLd4Oo1YIilUeasWlWgufz4msgN8oga77zyPA5XbfJ1xJNPLGlI9Ea33TxXKiJD7rO-HFdcetuaXW9-L_xFCR2b5afFLPWYkv5fsElMqvh-xU0/s320/carsten_wood1.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The next one is my favorite. Check out the interior designs. Beautiful!</span><br /></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140169418097351218" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihemwJKh_BfoPWtl7qkKTpa1Kzt2Px4-3whkzT_CATWhQl8P9Pmz_bLBWBofe-pnABwPMUwo54BRKpk_2Yg_QtJUpWq76jHs0kzAp4TRGQBfAq8ALdzyGaPrPfns0ipHmA2YHgYpWr5xU/s320/carsten_cup1.jpg" border="0" /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3Ux-JS5RzxCtqzn4uO5RkRUe2NnM4YWQjy5yOt52cvGixUpfbG8V7_R6jEPDxpAJv2Gpi_cIEDfCFkvUMXRTyY5qKLuF2pGRkTWA4ZwU1BxnYp1idhe2cruWNLg0Hq7bnKF_QW7srpo/s1600-h/carstens_cup2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140169589896043090" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3Ux-JS5RzxCtqzn4uO5RkRUe2NnM4YWQjy5yOt52cvGixUpfbG8V7_R6jEPDxpAJv2Gpi_cIEDfCFkvUMXRTyY5qKLuF2pGRkTWA4ZwU1BxnYp1idhe2cruWNLg0Hq7bnKF_QW7srpo/s320/carstens_cup2.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Thank you, Carsten & your lovely mom who sent me these pictures!</span><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I really love hearing from the many folks who are connecting with Iggy. Maybe we should have a "Friends of Iggy" club. Though it would be Iggy Peck.<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And not this one:</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfK4RwEstnavmZK0NeZOqT5zZfcRePeGAiVLzYBzUS9E4Gh6G5PcViLa24uqs5Ovj7CAUp7IVHNz46iAkJFZwHzogV9up82TbmZN-AW6zBUaVl0Mn1k8apD33Y61Dpg8ep6jm9tpHAb8k/s1600-h/iggy_boy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140172982920206994" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 113px; height: 148px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfK4RwEstnavmZK0NeZOqT5zZfcRePeGAiVLzYBzUS9E4Gh6G5PcViLa24uqs5Ovj7CAUp7IVHNz46iAkJFZwHzogV9up82TbmZN-AW6zBUaVl0Mn1k8apD33Y61Dpg8ep6jm9tpHAb8k/s320/iggy_boy.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCgcVVmu7NpVVlLyrTe2vV5_DF4RKg7sdZ5NjwShgLHxsikulpbDvf_Xlaw02jrpq1hQ4nf_0pvy0UJ6f70eHHu-vl_5ZzzVVYQL13SN7CE7T8s0uFRDsoTW1eAcgNsrlThAGotb6olc/s1600-h/iggy_pop.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140171604235704946" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 138px; height: 124px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCgcVVmu7NpVVlLyrTe2vV5_DF4RKg7sdZ5NjwShgLHxsikulpbDvf_Xlaw02jrpq1hQ4nf_0pvy0UJ6f70eHHu-vl_5ZzzVVYQL13SN7CE7T8s0uFRDsoTW1eAcgNsrlThAGotb6olc/s320/iggy_pop.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div></div>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-18608252502080757082007-11-22T20:06:00.001-06:002007-11-22T23:18:23.112-06:00Young Architects and Iggy Peck<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSIzr9cr7DVWfItSjHbYdlojKL40uXRXFL5tbGAM_h4hbV5nKlr_KQOaMuvzB3-bYW-srcNAVcqfXIJsyo2JFWb60Xv_-XUj7zRPP4n9ALKf7vv1-Kj9-id2ZGXHEjgZVnNoP4aR9IXE/s1600-h/kid_with_tower1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSIzr9cr7DVWfItSjHbYdlojKL40uXRXFL5tbGAM_h4hbV5nKlr_KQOaMuvzB3-bYW-srcNAVcqfXIJsyo2JFWb60Xv_-XUj7zRPP4n9ALKf7vv1-Kj9-id2ZGXHEjgZVnNoP4aR9IXE/s320/kid_with_tower1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135899957392417714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of the very best parts of being a children's author is hearing from kids and parents who read</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> my books! I have been hearing lately from lots of kids and their grown-ups about IGGY PECK,</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> ARCHITECT.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The other day, I got the following cool pictures from my young friend, Ethan who is an architect, like Iggy!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My favorite was the giant tower he built that </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">reached all the way to the ceiling!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UDS1pyecUTvTvmV6ZBPWYpzF37HHWAPoCMPsh-141pndFFu-UTvkaddY3jTzMSyVVoIHV1tKIg8iX-IYkNcGbBNtmoLp-9UrwK6-ebitTJZIvz7rP5zhXtRvUvG7u2TcGir4Otzz7l0/s1600-h/kid_tower_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UDS1pyecUTvTvmV6ZBPWYpzF37HHWAPoCMPsh-141pndFFu-UTvkaddY3jTzMSyVVoIHV1tKIg8iX-IYkNcGbBNtmoLp-9UrwK6-ebitTJZIvz7rP5zhXtRvUvG7u2TcGir4Otzz7l0/s320/kid_tower_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135900107716273090" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I love getting pics like this from architects! If you have one you'd like to share, you can e-mail me at andreabeaty@gmail.com!<br /><br />Thanks, Ethan!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-87563176310461371352007-10-11T09:21:00.001-05:002007-10-11T12:58:40.603-05:00Lego love: Iggy Peck in Legoland.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDTa66acqQozpAOCra2goM8tmMSmerur1kw1SfwMuhK1Rui2j4cAQiwjGX-HhZa8hXUkndMdbZU9npFWBvAI0M0epYI5PeW7M6lqfcR78EgkSEqX38A3kMHPxOrHjhDR1TVls2xFCGng/s1600-h/Iggy_cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzDTa66acqQozpAOCra2goM8tmMSmerur1kw1SfwMuhK1Rui2j4cAQiwjGX-HhZa8hXUkndMdbZU9npFWBvAI0M0epYI5PeW7M6lqfcR78EgkSEqX38A3kMHPxOrHjhDR1TVls2xFCGng/s200/Iggy_cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120105353159460946" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-weight: bold; font-family: verdana;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" >IGGY PECK Goes to Legoland!</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />I've been invited to go to Legoland! Yes! I mean LEGOLAND! THE Legoland. The Land of Legos in</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> sunny San Diego, Californ-I-A!</span> <br /><br />Actually, Iggy and I have been invited.<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />On January 25, 2008, I'll be at Legoland California sharing my new book, IGGY PECK, ARCHITECT with a whole oodles and bunches of Legomaniacs! (I am actually unsure of the group designation for Legomaniacs. Do they travel in herds or gaggles? Flocks or Mini-vans? Hmmm.)<br /><br />What could be more fun than reading a book about a boy who loves to build to oodles of kids who love to build? I can't imagine!</span><br /><br />Here's the info at Legoland's website: <a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.legoland.com/groups/education/specialoffers.htm">Check it out! </a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br />I love Legos! What's not to love about tiny plastic bricks that can be used to build wonders like this:<br /><br /></span> <div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rl-jGj3sv9CQgahJXT3JBRZdhZlzOQDija2RyuGvzIpDJPOWHtamSFTJxxsad3B4tt8-2Z933tJxpLaDjbGe21cuTOe92_cFCIBZJpz7m-_ZB9Z_1m8OMBd0j7t8fYD3wB_jGjVaWBo/s1600-h/lego_relativity.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7rl-jGj3sv9CQgahJXT3JBRZdhZlzOQDija2RyuGvzIpDJPOWHtamSFTJxxsad3B4tt8-2Z933tJxpLaDjbGe21cuTOe92_cFCIBZJpz7m-_ZB9Z_1m8OMBd0j7t8fYD3wB_jGjVaWBo/s320/lego_relativity.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120097476189440018" border="0" /></a><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.lipson/escher/lego_relativity.jpg&imgrefurl=http://caughtonthebound.blogspot.com/&h=640&w=731&sz=136&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=ZvQUNgPOiPL6_M:&tbnh=123&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlego%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DRNWO,RNWO:2006-50,RNWO:en%26sa%3DN"><span style="font-size:85%;">Click here to see how they made it.</span></a><br /></div><br /><br />and this:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholyCSV-7E4M59pIaVLRFphuI6_zKLvncGKjcdbfPSMzJQ7cexmH6cQIJPWzPJEJRfPGYxrfvx70hWr9CrnULdKoKU94ZmaaCdw4xrq_8M5ks46bo6nMxecWBvk3sn2vojyrHa8PL3mks/s1600-h/lego-car_f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholyCSV-7E4M59pIaVLRFphuI6_zKLvncGKjcdbfPSMzJQ7cexmH6cQIJPWzPJEJRfPGYxrfvx70hWr9CrnULdKoKU94ZmaaCdw4xrq_8M5ks46bo6nMxecWBvk3sn2vojyrHa8PL3mks/s320/lego-car_f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120098086074796066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Gets great gas mileage.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;">And THIS!!!! Holy Cow!!!!!<br /><br /></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ2iLpVjm73vidOtPo2lAP5d0Oe3FwxL-R1jYRfENHHCTU6h7fPHnDBc5jhvJ8TsP0oseUMahMND2JqXJOKgjHjNInrVflX5QVomYFW0zPq4VL1WBccQx1IaBmAaXwKC7W2TZfOeLcGw/s1600-h/yelloman.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjJ2iLpVjm73vidOtPo2lAP5d0Oe3FwxL-R1jYRfENHHCTU6h7fPHnDBc5jhvJ8TsP0oseUMahMND2JqXJOKgjHjNInrVflX5QVomYFW0zPq4VL1WBccQx1IaBmAaXwKC7W2TZfOeLcGw/s320/yelloman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120099524888840242" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.brickartist.com/">Artist Nathan Sawaya! Wowza!</a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />More to come as details emerge! <br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></span></div>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6015549548623267079.post-14245341942287000682007-09-22T10:12:00.000-05:002007-10-02T08:31:47.401-05:00A New Blog and a New Book!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XUOeQg7bdezkUeinizBtveXFtuD23S5U2vN-zFL3A1UeR7H3t9RmUxrO526XYHtuvaq4W-5vE_4Y4r3gjRe619QnufTQzVlUYfjNu61OLsZdi8XRCl0pwVLydl-AQBYCSsL1wlvtknM/s1600-h/woody_heart_72.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XUOeQg7bdezkUeinizBtveXFtuD23S5U2vN-zFL3A1UeR7H3t9RmUxrO526XYHtuvaq4W-5vE_4Y4r3gjRe619QnufTQzVlUYfjNu61OLsZdi8XRCl0pwVLydl-AQBYCSsL1wlvtknM/s320/woody_heart_72.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116715344062662546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's here! It's here!<br />IGGY PECK, ARCHITECT is here!</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">And what better way</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> to celebrate than having cake and doing a dance?</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">By starting a blog, of course!<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Welcome to my new blog. My name is Andrea Beaty and I'm a <a href="http://www.andreabeaty.com/">children's author</a> and</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> one of the fabulous <a href="http://www.threesillychicks.com/">Three Silly Chicks</a>. (Hint: I'm the one in pink glasses.)<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">At Three Silly Chicks, we review funny books for kids, interview people who make us laugh, and do the cha-cha with bowls of bean dip on our feathery heads.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><br />I will not be engaging in that sort of bean dip behavior at this blog. It's undignified. Plus it gets your</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> feathers sticky. Besides, I'm out of bean dip. However, I might be compelled to do the</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> tango or the hustle if a great bowl of salsa comes by.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I hope you'll drop by from time to time and join me to learn what's going on with </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">my books and with me!<br /><br />But enough about me.</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic;"> What do you think about me?</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">-------------<br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">I am so excited!</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />My second book, <a href="http://www.andreabeaty.com/index_files/iggy_info.html">IGGY PECK, ARCHITECT</a> is out! In fact, I've heard of a couple of sightings of it in the wild. Which looks a lot like this:<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp62WwdqYM9RJc_p0v2wcMRrSVzSDfwlXw7S1leeJDFEJ1tsrKfBS7o076PzH56mDlhyphenhyphenii5z4ASI_NItFnTZGg9H7iOcFUzFr2BJmFzk7Kvs-AcqbK3AcGqexQRmFmpXrBayR-OYutN-k/s1600-h/iggy_wild.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp62WwdqYM9RJc_p0v2wcMRrSVzSDfwlXw7S1leeJDFEJ1tsrKfBS7o076PzH56mDlhyphenhyphenii5z4ASI_NItFnTZGg9H7iOcFUzFr2BJmFzk7Kvs-AcqbK3AcGqexQRmFmpXrBayR-OYutN-k/s320/iggy_wild.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116721816578377650" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With cheap binoculars, it looks a lot like this:<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWPmRlacUkPD3E_ew69YJesYzfQUdEgWGTKdz3BPGwadIjdHctJL-r23hwAOExQxomcMDg71ODB-6SPv-NaSx46b-lDJj5QaFlnO63fYdXkwRf9LuAENnIZgljT7ODyQZq1k2mUJjmcM/s1600-h/iggy_wild_zoom.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKWPmRlacUkPD3E_ew69YJesYzfQUdEgWGTKdz3BPGwadIjdHctJL-r23hwAOExQxomcMDg71ODB-6SPv-NaSx46b-lDJj5QaFlnO63fYdXkwRf9LuAENnIZgljT7ODyQZq1k2mUJjmcM/s320/iggy_wild_zoom.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116724122975815618" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >In a picture, it looks a lot like this:</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyFGhKAdervYtaCIITuh6n1oohBtXtCc58Sqt6DG6fClOq3rTlZhMHp-f1wMxRojn94UugB-GuCVqyIliauLWRNSnkUpOqT9htmg8Gb3B6_PuU8uz_Fy7i-8VbqvKKcqjc3NgxK7K9tY/s1600-h/image850.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlyFGhKAdervYtaCIITuh6n1oohBtXtCc58Sqt6DG6fClOq3rTlZhMHp-f1wMxRojn94UugB-GuCVqyIliauLWRNSnkUpOqT9htmg8Gb3B6_PuU8uz_Fy7i-8VbqvKKcqjc3NgxK7K9tY/s320/image850.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116726248984627170" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" >IGGY PECK, ARCHITECT</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">by Andrea Beaty</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Illustrated by David Roberts</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Abrams Books for Young Readers</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:85%;">ISBN 13: 978-0810911062</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">IGGY PECK, ARCHITECT is a fun book about a boy named Iggy who is born to build. He wants to build all the time and doesn't care what materials are available. He makes them ALL work--including food, mud, and diapers. (Dirty ones!)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">David Roberts illustrated IGGY PECK, ARCHITECT with a fun, funky retro style that is spare and yet full of cool images. Each time I read the book, I find something new and funny in the art! </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I hope you'll check out Iggy! You can see some sample pages over at my website: <a href="http://www.andreabeaty.com/">www.AndreaBeaty.com</a>. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In the coming weeks, I'll be adding lots of new items to my website for Iggy fans, including teacher guides and items for booksellers! I'll post here on the blog when that happens!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Thanks for visiting today! I hope you'll come back again soon!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">All my best,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Andrea Beaty</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.andreabeaty.com">www.AndreaBeaty.com</a></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /></span></span></span>Andrea Beatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06388780444236955573noreply@blogger.com10