The Stories We Tell

Joen Söderholm

@marsha-kay-ottum-owen glad to hear you were able to find some! Nordqvist has a talent for making his stories just as good as his art, so I highly recommend those books. They are still insanely popular here in Sweden.

Sarah LuAnn

So I'm working my way through the story and I want to clarify something that @Will-Terry was saying about the didactic story Rick Walton used to share in his classes. (I was in two of Ricks classes

It wasn't just a submitted manuscript that he begged from an editor or anything like that. He would make very clear in his classes that he would never ever make fun of an unpublished unfinished story because our rough drafts are always rough, etc. (Particularly since we would be bringing our drafts to share in class and he didn't want us to think we were just going to make fun of peoples work.) He told about how this author was very very successful, one of the big money makers for this publisher, and she demanded that the manuscript be published as it was.... and they did it to keep this author happy and continuing to publish with them. So it was actually a published book.

And yeah, it was an awful story. It was so perfect because it literally had all the most common mistakes you see in picture books--too many unimportant details, super preachy, adults solving problems for the kids, etc. etc.

ElBench

I've rushed through all the episodes and now I have to wait for more Really enjoy this podcast, I find them very motivating. Are there any art-related podcasts you guys can recommend?Just to fill the void until the next 3PP. Cheers.

burvantill

@mr-kite Will Terry’s You Tube videos are great to listen to. You don’t need to watch them, just listen to the majority of them because he mostly just talks and they are super long so you can get stuff done while listening.

ElBench

@burvantill Good shout, I've been on a bit of a binge. Thanks!

Spencer Hale

Two books that impacted me a child are Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein
and Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel

I can see how they visually influence my art today, and this podcast has made me think about the way the stories have had an impact as well.

Thank you for such a helpful and entertaining podcast!

MOO

@joen-söderholm Sent one to my grandson today

Nyrryl Cadiz

I personally think the I POOP YOU BOOK would be a fun read. I have a neice and the books we both like are the ones that make us laugh a lot.

NessIllustration

I want the poop book too!

Joen Söderholm

@marsha-kay-ottum-owen Glad to hear that! Hope he'll enjoy it. Which one did you find?

Nyrryl Cadiz

@nessillustration haha don’ t we all

Annie Barnett

@debra-garcia I second that, @Will-Terry! I told my kids about it and they thought "I Poop You" sounded amazing!

RHirsch

Well-loved books from my youth - "The Simple Prince" by Jane Yolen, and "A Bag Full of Nothing" by Jay Williams. In having to remember the titles of these two books, I've found they are available on Amazon. Might have to buy them for nostalgia's sake...

MOO

@joen-söderholm When Findus Was Little and Disappeared. I haven't read it myself, of course, but I hope to read it with him someday! Did I pick a good one?

Joen Söderholm

@marsha-kay-ottum-owen ah, nice! That one didn't come until I was already a teenager, but I have it here at home anyway. It's a great choice. A very touching origin kind of story for the characters (and you don't need to have read the previous books to understand the story).

MOO

@joen-söderholm Oh good! Thanks! He's part swedish too so , he can get a little taste of his heritage

daviesdesignated

Lee "Oh, i haven't heard of that book? I will look it up..."
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