http://www.nomonsterhere.com Playing hide and seek is exciting when you’re looking for a monster! Thu, 20 May 2010 01:13:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Books about monsters were always a hit in our childcare center and elementary school. Children and grown-ups loved sharing books that let us stretch our imaginations.  In his book, Where the Wild Things Are , Mercer Mayer let Max journey to the land of the wild things and become their king. ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2010/05/17/why-do-kids-love-books-about-monsters/ Here's Georgia, showing us her favorite picture in her book, No Monster Here! http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2010/05/15/this-is-my-favorite/ There are wonderful monsters in our monster art gallery now. We've received  art work through email and at events. On March 22nd, we went to Tremont Elementary in Dixon, CA. The students were wonderful. They talked about the book, sang the No Monster Here Song and drew their own versions ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2010/04/02/all-kinds-of-monsters/ Last November, Colleen & Tim presented to professor, storyteller and singer, Francie Dillon’s Literature for Children class at California State University in Sacramento. [caption id="attachment_325" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="Francie Dillon (right) leading a class discussion."][/caption] We read the book to the class and spoke about the process of creating No Monster Here from ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/12/24/francie-dillion-early-childhood-classroom/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Alyssa reading to the children at Marian University preschool in Fond du Lac, WI."][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Coloring!"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Color Crayons"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Finished Monster Art!"][/caption] Last week we had Alyssa's first couple of book readings of No Monster Here. She did two readings ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/12/01/alyssas-first-book-reading/ In 2000, Alyssa Scholz Thomas and Andrea Learn created a stop motion animation entitled "Jacob's Monster" for their animation class at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Jacob's Monster was based on the story "Charlie and the Monster", written by Colleen McGarvey Thomas, which was the inspiration for what No ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/11/01/before-no-monster-here/ Bella Bru sponsored a No Monster Here event this week and made special monster cookies for the kids. They look yummy! What do you think? http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/11/01/bella-bru-no-monster-here-event/ Today Alyssa finished up designs for the activity cards that go along with the No Monster Here Pre-orders. Everyone who pre-orders the book before Nov 1st will get a set of cards. And after that we'll be selling them as little card sets in the store. Whaja think? http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/10/21/240/ Colleen was at "Creative Endeavors - Children's Art Studio" this past weekend for a No Monster Here event. They did a book reading and an art activity with the kids. Lots of fun! Colleen and Alyssa also spent a some time autographing books for those of you who pre-ordered. Look for ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/10/19/creative-endeavors-event/ Hear ye! Hear ye! No Monster Here is ready for reading. Our first edition book is complete and we will be ready to start shipping out copies November 1st. [caption id="attachment_220" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Each box is 35 books. Here\'s a finished one."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_216" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Boxes of the books all ... http://www.nomonsterhere.com/2009/10/01/no-monster-here-first-edition-completed/