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StoryMakers: Kelly Light’s ‘Louise Loves Art’




Is it possible for big sisters to get along with their little brothers? If your children are anything like author and illustrator Kelly Light’s Louise and Art there is a distinct possibility they’ll get along swimmingly. Besides a fondness for each other, Louise and Art love drawing … unfortunately, the creative and eager Art likes to use his sister’s work as his own canvas. Uh oh! What happens next will melt any reader’s heart and give them more of an appreciation for the little artists in their lives.

Louise Loves Art is Kelly Light’s debut picture book and the first in the series. Two more picture books are in the works, then Kelly will branch out into leveled readers. Each reader will be a different Louise story.

StoryMakers host Rocco Staino got a chance to bring out his inner artist, too! Rocco and Kelly drew Louise and Arts mischievous cat, but you can only see it if you sign up for our newsletter! We dare you, or your child to show off your inner artist; draw a picture of the cat and share it with us via Twitter, or Facebook!

Cartoons really were where I got all my inspiration.

— Kelly Light

We’re giving away two (2) Louise Loves Art prize packs. Each prize pack contains a signed copy of Kelly Light’s Louise Loves Art, three prints, one pack of artist grade pencils, and a sketch book AND a Louise doll from MerryMakers. Enter now!

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All entrants must reside in the United States and be at least 13 years old.

BOOKS
Via kellylight.com

Louise Loves Art, Meet Louise. Louise loves art more than anything. It’s her imagination on the outside. She is determined to create a masterpiece—her pièce de résistance! Louise also loves Art, her little brother. This is their story. Louise Loves Art is a celebration of the brilliant artist who resides in all of us.

BONUS: Get the Teacher’s Guide for Louise Loves Art

Created by Marcie Colleen

LouiseLovesArtStudyGuide

ARRIVING ON 6/14/2016! Louise and Andie: The Art of Friendship, Louise loves art more than anything. Imagine her delight when a new neighbor, Andie moves in… and she loves art too! It’s the best day ever! But liking the same thing doesn’t always mean you agree on it. Can they overcome their creative differences?

Louise Loves Art and KidLit TV

ABOUT KELLY LIGHT
Via kellylight.com

Author and illustrator Kelly Light grew up on the New Jersey shore surrounded by giant pink dinosaurs, cotton candy colors, and Skee-Ball sounds. She was schooled on Saturday-morning cartoons and Sunday funny pages. She picked up a pencil, started drawing, and never stopped. Kelly has illustrated Elvis and the Underdogs and Elvis and the Underdogs: Secrets, Secret Service, and Room Service by Jenny Lee, and The Quirks series by Erin Soderberg.

Kelly is an International Ambassador of Creativity for The Chuck Jones Center for Creativity! The Center is a non-profit founded by Chuck Jones, the animator, artist and director of so many of the cartoons that we think of when we just think the word “cartoon”. In his lifetime, Chuck enjoyed talking to and encouraging younger artists. The center continues in this spirit to ignite creative thinking through free art classes for kids, creativity workshops, presentations and talks for kids and adults meant to inspire and enlighten. The center also has outreach programs to local schools who have lost their art funding and visits senior citizen centers to provide drawing and creativity exercises for greater mental and emotional health.

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StoryMakers
Host: Rocco Staino
Executive Producer: Julie Gribble

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October 26, 2015, 4:05 pm

About Julie Gribble

Julie Gribble

Julie Gribble produces works for children and the children’s literature community in both the United States and Great Britain. While a Children’s Literature Fellow at Stony Brook Southampton, she founded KidLit TV to help children’s authors and illustrators connect with their audience by using new technologies to complement and promote their work. Julie is also founder of the upcoming TeenLit TV which will feature video programs for YA fans. Julie has been nominated for two Emmy Awards and is a multi award-winning writer, screenwriter, filmmaker, and producer. Her charming picture book, Bubblegum Princess, is based on a true story about Kate Middleton and was released on the day the first royal baby, who we now know as Prince George, arrived. Copies of the book have been donated to underprivileged children in the US and to children’s hospices in the UK. NALIP BAFTAIn addition to producing KidLit TV’s original shows, Julie co-produced Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg, a feature film shot in Dorset, England with Bonnie Wright of Harry Potter fame, and DOG BOWL, a short film by Gordy Hoffman which premiered at the 2015 Raindance International Film Festival in London.  Julie sits on the Children’s Committee of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts: BAFTA-NY and is a member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, New York Women in Film and Television, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She has presented at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, NYC School Library System Spring Institute, and the 21st Century Children’s Nonfiction Conference.

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