tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post116239007595293212..comments2024-03-10T14:07:40.468-04:00Comments on Blue Rose Girls: FatBlue Rose Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224076615462128422noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1162497959297003032006-11-02T15:05:00.000-05:002006-11-02T15:05:00.000-05:00That's really interesting, Sarah -- thanks! Have y...That's really interesting, Sarah -- thanks! Have you seen Maginel's illustrations? I'm going to look for them.Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1162491552375682272006-11-02T13:19:00.000-05:002006-11-02T13:19:00.000-05:00I think that Elizabeth Enright's illustrations are...I think that Elizabeth Enright's illustrations are charming and very much of their time. I'm not sure about her own art education but her mother was Maginel Wright Enright, a pretty prolific illustrator in the '20's and '30's-- she did a lot of illustrations in the Bookhouse series-- she was also the sister of Frank Lloyd Wright.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1162483589609551682006-11-02T11:06:00.000-05:002006-11-02T11:06:00.000-05:00I think the art is fine--charming and appropriate....I think the art is fine--charming and appropriate. They don't strike me as looking particularly amateurish. I'm curious what the artists or designers out there think.alvinalinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1162416550687342052006-11-01T16:29:00.000-05:002006-11-01T16:29:00.000-05:00Thanks, Alvina! Fuse: Well, I don't know about kid...Thanks, Alvina! Fuse: Well, I don't know about kids in general....*I* was relieved and am guessing that as a kid I wouldn't even have noticed the references (I wasn't preoccupied with my weight then). I loved your review -- I read it a few months ago, which is what alerted me to <I>Thimble Summer</I>, and then again after I had read the book. I had forgotten what you said about the weight thing -- I WAS struck by all the references fat, maybe because I am preoccupied with this topic! Maybe that's why I found the references so funny. Linda: interesting about the Depression. I wonder.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to reading ROLLER SKATES, which I've never heard of...<BR/><BR/>So what do people think about author illustrations?Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1162412556485193772006-11-01T15:22:00.000-05:002006-11-01T15:22:00.000-05:00Is it possible that this is what fat looked like d...Is it possible that this is what fat looked like during the Depression?<BR/>Linda UrbanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1162408966528150452006-11-01T14:22:00.000-05:002006-11-01T14:22:00.000-05:00Ha ha! I was delighted to find that you located m...Ha ha! I was delighted to find that you located my old review of the book from a couple years ago. It's also nice to hear that kids would be relieved that the friend was "fat" since she didn't look it one little bit. Unless you compared her to that pigtailed waif at her side. <BR/><BR/>Still a great book. One of the great Newbery 3 (alongside "Roller Skates" and "Caddie Woodlawn").Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-1162391409331899722006-11-01T09:30:00.000-05:002006-11-01T09:30:00.000-05:00I *think* i read THIMBLE SUMMER as a kid, and I de...I *think* i read THIMBLE SUMMER as a kid, and I definitely don't remember all of those "fleshy" and "fat" references! Then again, I WAS preoccupied with my weight, but that's probably a combination of everything.<BR/><BR/>I think that's fascinating, though.alvinalinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.com