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Craig Brown Visits Harrison Elementary
Craig Brown takes time off from his writing and illustrating to visit
schools. He mostly visits schools in the midwest but has traveled as far
as Korea. Craig Brown has written and illustrated five books and has
illustrated several by other authors.
He creates his illustrations using stippling. That is a technique which
uses dots to make lighter and darker areas. Once the stippling is done to
create the forms, color is added to the picture. He uses his fingers to
apply pastel color and sprays the picture to keep the color from
smearing.
When he visited Harrison in 1993 he had planned to bring his dogs Max and
Mo but they could not come on the plane. While he was here he drew an
illustration of The Patchwork Farmer and signed it for Harrison
School. When he autographed books he drew pictures in each one. We liked
that he told us about his dogs. We learned about the different technique
he uses to draw his illustrations. He showed us his manuscript and
illustrations for In the Spring. That book was published after he
was at our school. In 1995 another new book was published. The idea for
that book, Tractor, came to him during his school visits in Iowa.
A company has made an author card about him (Authorcards International,
Inc., PO Box 94082-H, Seattle, WA 98124; 1-800-752-4359).
Craig Brown's 1999 visit to Harrison Elementary
Contact Craig Brown and invite him to your community.
Books written/illustrated by Craig Brown:
- Big Thunder Magic
by Craig Kay Strete. Illustrated by Craig Brown. Greenwillow, 1990.
- A modern Native-American story about small Thunderspirit who rescues
his friend Nanabee, the sheep from the city zoo.
- City Sounds
written and illustrated by Craig Brown. Greenwillow, 1992.
- A farmer travels to the city to pick up his order of baby chicks at the
post office.
- The Gossamer Tree
by Toni Knapp. Illustrated by Craig Brown. Rockrimmon, 1988.
- Four mice invite some insects in from the cold and together they
celebrate the holiday of Christmas.
- Have You Seen a Javelina?
by Angela La Mann. Illustrated by Craig Brown. Shortland Publications
Limited, 1995. Distributed by Rigby. In Spanish as ¯Has visto al jabalÃ
que anda por aquÃ?
- A roadrunner searches for the javelina in the Arizona desert.
- In the Spring
written and illustrated by Craig Brown. Greenvillow, 1993.
- Spring on the farm results in new life: piglets, kittens, a calf, etc.
and the farmer's wife has twins.
- My Barn
written and illustrated by Craig Brown. Greenwillow, 1991.
- The sounds of a busy farmyard are heard throughout the sunny day.
- The Ornery Morning
by Patricia Brennan Demuth. Illustrated by Craig McFarland Brown. Dutton,
1991
- A cumulative tale that has the farm animals refusing to do there jobs
until the farmer refuses to feed them.
- The Patchwork Farmer
written and illustrated by Craig Brown. Greenwillow, 1989.
- A minimal text tale about a farmer who tears his overalls, patches
them, and then does it all over so often that he ends up wearing patchwork
overalls.
- The Six Bridges of Humphrey the Whale
by Toni Knapp. Illustrated by Craig Brown. Rockrimmon, 1989.
- Tells the true story of Humphrey, a whale that went the wrong way in
the San Francisco Bay.
- Tractor
written and illustrated by Craig Brown. Greenwillow, 1995.
- A farmer hooks his versatile tractor up to the many machines that
assist him in the cultivation of his crop.
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From 1994 newsletter:
Art from Craig Brown's new book was received in New York and will be published in the Spring of 1995.
The picture book called Tractor is a story that talks about a tractor and all the different machines it tows.
Stippling is the technique used in Tractor and the art in this book goes to the edge of the pages.
Tractor is the fifth book written and illustrated by Craig Brown for Greenwillow Books of New York City. |
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