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Another morning spent doodling. Lulu made a birthday card for her friend Lila Scout who turned one year old. If you have a special occasion to celebrate, Lulu will make you a one-off card too, which is awesome for me because I love to save money and hate browsing the card aisle!

Outfit: DPAM leggings, French tee, and Kumquat guitar dress.

LA - Abbot Kinney Festival (09.25.11)

 
More info here.

Brooklyn - Peter Brown "You Will Be My Friend!" (09.24.11)

The powerHouse Arena is pleased to invite you to a kids' reading and exhibition:

You Will Be My Friend!
by Peter Brown

Ages 4–8

Saturday, September 24, 4–5 PM

The powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St.) · DUMBO, Brooklyn
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
RSVP: kids@powerHouseArena.com

Lucy, the exuberant tutued bear from Peter Brown's Children Make Terrible Pets, is determined to make a new friend, but can't seem to fit in with any of the other animals. Peter Brown reads and signs his newest book during the Dumbo Arts Festival. Original artwork will also be for sale and on display.

About You Will Be My Friend!

Today is the day the exuberant Lucy is going to make a new friend! But she finds it's harder than she had thought—she ruins the giraffe's breakfast, and is much too big for the frogs' pond. Just when she's about to give up, an unlikely friend finds her, and loves her just the way she is.

New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Peter Brown offers a unique and humor-filled spin on the all-important universal theme of friendship in You Will Be My Friend!, a companion to the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book, Children Make Terrible Pets.

About the Author

Peter Brown is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He grew up in Hopewell, New Jersey, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can visit him online at www.peterbrownstudio.com.

4th Dimension Explained By A High-School Student

Keep on keeping on, Grant. Your big thinking is really, really awesome to see and hear.

And while you wrote, "Anyone who happens to read this/who has subscribed to me: I appreciate all the subscriptions and all, but I probably won't be making any more videos until I get to college simply because my parents...are very parenty." I hope your parenty-parents will let you make more videos because you make learning for old folks like me, fun again!

And as a side note, I really dig all the bands you like too: Aesop Rock, Sufjan Stevens, Fang Island, RJD2, Aphex Twin, The Kinks, Stanton Moore, Of Montreal, The Avalanches, Hella, Godspeed You! Black Emperor... high five!

You're totally awesome. And I hope you know it.

[Thank you, Prufrock for confirming for me that the kids are alright!]

Car Seat Comic

Outfit: Polarn O. Pyret Baby Girls Top, The Children's Place knit denim leggings, and Mardi Gras Beads (model's own).

Kitties!

My LA-based family has rescued five four-week old kittens and are hoping to find them loving homes. If you're interested in saving a life, please leave a comment and repost, retweet or forward to anyone who might be interested, THANKS!

UPDATE: We have found homes for all the kitties, thank you for your support!

Brooklyn - Hyewon Yum "The Twins' Blanket" Book Event (09.11.11)

The powerHouse Arena is pleased to invite you to a kids' reading:

The Twins' Blanket
by Hyewon Yum

Ages 4–8

Sunday, September 11, 4–5 PM

The powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St.) · DUMBO, Brooklyn
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
RSVP: kids@powerHouseArena.com

"Combining drawn, painted, and printed effects, the appealing illustrations, simple yet stylized, are as effective as the text. A pleasing picture book for twins, siblings, and even onlies." —Booklist

Hyewon Yum (There Are No Scary Wolves) shares The Twins' Blanket, her newest picture book about two twin sisters who must learn how not to share.

About The Twins' Blanket

These look-alike twins have always shared everything—their room, their toys, a crib, and, since the day they were born, a blanket. But as they grow into new beds, they need new blankets, too. Now, they face a new dilemma: They don't know how not to share.

Told from the perspective of two five-year-olds, The Twins' Blanket playfully illuminates squabbles and affection between young siblings. Yum's minimalist art astutely captures these twins' emotions as they toss, turn, and tug their new and old blankets—and embrace their growing independence.

About the Author

Hyewon Yum, a twin herself, is the author and illustrator of There Are No Scary Wolves and Last Night. She was born in South Korea and studied painting and printmaking at Seoul National University. She received her master of fine arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and presently lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her online at www.hyewonyum.com.

"Too Pretty To Do Homework" Projects an Ugly Message

Dear J.C. Penney,

Seriously, what the fuck were you thinking when you approved this back-to-school girl's tee? As if it weren't hard enough to encourage more young women into the fields of math and science, you've gotta go and rub salt into the wound with this description, "Who has time for homework when there's a new Justin Bieber album out? She'll love this tee that's just as cute and sassy as she is."

Umm. That's not the kind of sassy I grew up with and definitely not the kind of message I want to teach Lulu. Thanks to an internet campaign and online uproar, you had to pull the shirt from your online catalog and issue an apology to your customers.

Please. Watch what you say. Everyone is listening.

xosourisxo