Tomorrow, October 14th is your birthday. Happy Birthday to one of the most inspiring women I have known since I found love in the field of art. Farah stablished Kanoon; the very first official children books publishing in Iran. Thank you for all you have done for Iran and the Persian culture. My generation and the genrations after me love you and will be gratful for your social and cultural activities you did for Iran.
سپاس برای تمام کارهایی که برای ایران و ایرانی انجام دادین، ممنونم موزه هنرهای معاصر ایران را راه اندازی کردین که من جوان ایرانی بیست ساله ی بیست سال پیش بتوانم تجربه دیدن اصل اثر هنری را در اولین روزهای تاتی تاتی در دانشکده هنرهای زیبا را داشته باشم. ذوق کنم از قدم گذاشتن به کانون حتی بعد از شما. ممنونم که نشر کانون را راه اندازی کردین و من کودک ایرانی توانستم در آن دنیای جنگی روزهای کودکی پناه ببرم به بهترین کتاب های دنیا که کانون چاپ می کرد. ممنون که به دنیا امدین.
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💫I am happy to announce that "TO CHANGE A PLANET" has won the 2023 Green Earth Book Award in the Picture Book category. 🌎🌍🌏 HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!!
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🎉 *I received this wonderful news from my editor at Putnam Young Readers that The Treasure Box is going to be published in the Vietnamese language by one of the most prestigious children’s book publishers in Vietnam. We love that kids in Vietnam will have this book in their little hands! ❤️
BOLOGNA 2023
Squee!!!! So honored to be on the SCBWI panel among these amazing professionals at bologna Book Fair; Illustrators Café
See you at Bologna Book Fair 2023!!!
Our Favorite Day of the Week Book News
57th Bologna Illustrators Exhibition
Today I woke up to this amazing news!!! The Treasure Box art is in the 2023 Winner list for the 57th Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, Italy!!! YAY!!!
An Advanced Copy of "Peaceful Me" , Coming May 2023, From Groundwood Books
“We got some incredible news for TO CHANGE A PLANET yesterday. The United Nations has selected our book as a Sustainable Development Goals 17 Book Club pick! This is a tremendous honor for so many reasons, but especially because all of the scientific information in the book comes straight from the reports of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Humbled and so happy for this book from our hearts. Christina Soontornvat “
“A Night of Stars” event at Scholastic
My awsome agent Christy Tugeau Ewers sent me these pictures when I was (- am) heartbroken about what is happening in Iran. These pictues brought me light in the life. They are everything to me.
The Scholastic event; last Friday. The event called “A Night of Stars” at Scholastic, in which TO CHANGE A PLANET was a featured book.
I love the people I work with, I love these people who make the world a better place to live.
Christina Soontornvat Tracy and Marijka. Christina A. TugeauChristy Tugeau Ewers
THE TREASUE BOX AT THE ORIGINAL ART 2022
DAVE KEANE THE AUTHOR OF THE TREASURE BOX AT SOI
The Killed Bird. For Mahsa Amini, and all women of Iran.
#mahsaamini #womenofiran #dicatatorship #freeiran #notoforcedhijab #mahsa_amini #myrespecttothoseiranianmenwhosupportthecountywomen
MAHSA AMINI
FARAH PAHLAVI
TOOMAJ SALEHI
KHODANOOR
KHODANOOR, ZAHEDAN, IRAN, 2022
KIAN THE GOD OF RAINBOW
KIAN PIRFALAK, IZEH, IRAN, 2022
MAJIDREZA RAHNAVARD, MASHHAD, IRAN, 2022
MAJIDREZA RAHNAVARD, IRAN, 2022
MOHSEN SHEKARI, IRAN, 2022
MOHSEN SHEKARI, IRAN, 2022
In Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
From Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
“Hello, dear Imps. It seems like it wasn’t that long ago that I was saying that I had plans for a Sunday post that I was temporarily setting aside so that I could mark the death of an American luminary. I’d like to do this again. I’m taking this space here today, given the news of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to mark this profound loss.
On social media, I noticed that various children’s book illustrators were paying tribute—with either previous illustrations of Ginsburg or ones they’d drawn on the spot when they heard the sad news this weekend. I’m sharing some of those here today. (I know there must be many, many more, but here is just a small handful.)
Pictured above is a painting from illustrator Rahele Jomepour Bell, who says this is “the piece of her I made while I was thinking about her.” Here are some more tributes. …”
💌My Art Director, Dearest Laurent Linn, surprised me today with his email: "Our Favorite Day of the Year has been juried into the 2020 Original Art show!!!"
WOOOWWW!!!
Many Thanks to all the Juries of 2020 Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators ( they all are the heroes in the picture book field), and special thanks to the Society of Illustrators for their always support! @soi128
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About THE ORIGINAL ART
Founded by painter, art director, and artists’ representative Dilys Evans, The Original Art was first exhibited in 1980 at the Master Eagle Gallery in New York City. On display was the work of a wide variety of artists, some well-known and well-loved, some newcomers to the field. The show was an instant success, even receiving a proclamation of appreciation from the mayor’s office, and it has been popular ever since.
In 1990, The Original Art found a permanent home at the Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators in New York City. It also became a juried event, with a committee of children's book artists, art directors, editors, and publishers selecting the best books from among hundreds of submissions and awarding Gold and Silver medals to the top pieces.
