Tucson Festival of Books

[pdlloyd]

This weekend I spent at the Tucson Festival of Books (TFoB), on the University of Arizona Mall. I can't stress enough what a wonderful, well-organized, and amazing celebration of reading and writing this is. Even more amazing is that it is entirely free, yes FREE!, to the public. Check out the list of authors who attended. If you're local, I hope

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[asakiyume]

Keepers of the Windclaw Chronicles, eh? I'm writing the name down :-)

[pdlloyd]

I thought that would catch your interest. :-)

Mercer Mayer's artwork

[chupacabrito]

I love Mercer Mayer! If you haven't seen them before, he's done a slew of books of fairy tales from all over the globe, and I really think his watercolor work is stunning. My favorite was a Celtic version of Sleeping Beauty. He also did the art for the book "Everyone Knows What A Dragon Looks Like," but wasn't the author, which I may have read hundreds of times as a kid.

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[asakiyume]

And did you ever see his Amanda, Dreaming? That was **so** beautiful.

I've never seen anyone paint water droplets so well before or since.

Re: Mercer Mayer's artwork

[pdlloyd]

One more book to look for! :)

Re: Mercer Mayer's artwork

[pdlloyd]

I love his work, too. I haven't seen all of his fairytales, though. I'll have to look for them.