Yesterday’s mail brought a curious envelope from a familiar source. Those of you who follow this blog are familiar with the work of Joe Lin, regular contributor to the weekly drawing and writing prompts.
Because we love Joe and the wonderful things that come out of his head, we eagerly tore into the envelope, being very careful not to bend (but only because the envelope said “please.”)
Inside, we saw that our unwrapping work was not yet done. We had not expected a gift? But I suppose we should have.
We had expected that Joe would send us something wonderful, and we were not disappointed. It was Joe’s finished copy of The Snowmen. But instead of keeping the title as it was, Joe decided to change it to The Snowmen Party. Which got us very excited, because it had never occurred to us that snowmen might have a party. What were snowmen parties like? we wondered.
There was only one way to find out.
Inside, Joe spun a fabulous story complete with wonderful illustrations. And a lot of carrots. You probably had no idea, but no snowman party is complete without lots and lots of carrots.
The things we learn from kids…
Thank you, Joe, for writing and illustrating a book. And thank you so much for sharing it with us. Really, there’s nothing better than reading a book written by a kid. Lucky for us, we get to do it almost every day.