Ready Set Draw! with Selina Alko OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JUDY THE GREAT 📝
As a child, author/illustrator Selina Alko loved to read The Wizard of Oz, Madeline, and books from the Betsy-Tacy and Nancy Drew mystery series. They also happen to be the books a young Judy Blume loved best!
🧑🎨Selina's favorite illustration in her new picture book, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS JUDY THE GREAT: A POETIC ODE TO JUDY BLUME, shows Judy sitting on a stack of those very books. In this episode of Ready Set Draw!, kids learn how to create this image along with Selina through painting and collage techniques.
Here’s what you will need to paint & collage along with Selina:
-Paper 📄
-Paint 🎨
-Water 💧
-Paintbrushes 🖌️
-Scissors ✂️
-Glue
We’d love to add your artwork to the Ready Set Draw! Art Gallery
🎨 Post your art in the comment section below 🎨
We can’t wait to see what you’ve made!
📘 About the Book 📘
Beloved and trailblazing author Judy Blume comes to life in this poetic picture book about her childhood.
Judy Blume is known for fearlessly discussing topics that were once considered taboo. As a young girl, Judy was not encouraged to share her feelings, so instead she invented stories as a way to understand the world around her. Growing up Jewish, during and in the aftermath of WWII, dramatically shaped Judy’s childhood. Her younger years were full of fear. Judy processed her conflicted emotions by making up stories where she could control the conflict as she worked through challenging life scenarios. These stories became the subjects of the books she later published for children, tweens, teens, and adults including Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret, Freckle Juice, and the Fudge series. This inspiring collection of poems celebrates the childhood years of Judy Blume, one of the most beloved American writers of all time.
🎨📝 About Selina Alko
Selina Alko is an award-winning author-illustrator of many books for young readers, including B Is for Brooklyn, One Golden Rule at School, Daddy Christmas & Hanukkah Mama, and The Case for Loving: The Fight for Interracial Marriage. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
Leave Your Comment