http://weheartbooks.com/2008/01/31/naughty-bus/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:29:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://weheartbooks.com/2008/01/31/naughty-bus/comment-page-1/#comment-643 Jan Oke Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:15:57 +0000 http://weheartbooks.com/2008/01/31/naughty-bus/#comment-643 Hi Katie and Lou, Thanks for your kind comments about Naughty Bus. I'm still distributing the book myself and if there is a bookshop owner over there who'd like to talk to me about stocking a few copies, I'd love to hear from them. Jerry and I had begun a sequel, but he died in 2006 so the book remains a one-off. He had a great sense of fun and was a very talented advertising photographer, shooting the pictures for the book using an old fashioned plate camera and 10x8" film. Surely one day we'll see photography used more in children's fiction, and photographers earning as much credit as other illustrators. Reading photographs - especially those which are funny and taken at a child's eye-level - is a great way to introduce story and sequence, and encourage early reading. I think there must be a strong link too between appreciating story and character through floor play and later wanting to be immersed in a book. I used speech only for the text to reflect the way children give dialogue to their toys. Thanks again for the review. All the best, etc Hi Katie and Lou,
Thanks for your kind comments about Naughty Bus. I’m still distributing the book myself and if there is a bookshop owner over there who’d like to talk to me about stocking a few copies, I’d love to hear from them.
Jerry and I had begun a sequel, but he died in 2006 so the book remains a one-off. He had a great sense of fun and was a very talented advertising photographer, shooting the pictures for the book using an old fashioned plate camera and 10×8″ film. Surely one day we’ll see photography used more in children’s fiction, and photographers earning as much credit as other illustrators. Reading photographs - especially those which are funny and taken at a child’s eye-level - is a great way to introduce story and sequence, and encourage early reading.
I think there must be a strong link too between appreciating story and character through floor play and later wanting to be immersed in a book. I used speech only for the text to reflect the way children give dialogue to their toys.
Thanks again for the review. All the best, etc

]]> http://weheartbooks.com/2008/01/31/naughty-bus/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Sue Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:43:28 +0000 http://weheartbooks.com/2008/01/31/naughty-bus/#comment-66 Hi Katie and Lou I think it would be a good idea to research if - and where - this book could be sourced in Australia - perhaps contact the Tate if you can't access the writer. Congratulations on the site - it's great. Hi Katie and Lou
I think it would be a good idea to research if - and where - this book could be sourced in Australia - perhaps contact the Tate if you can’t access the writer. Congratulations on the site - it’s great.

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