Artwork and Wordwork

Friday. Poetry. Yes, please. Mouse on the movie "The Gruffalo"... you have to see this one if you haven't...mother squirrel concocts a story for her two youngsters, somewhat based on what she's seen that day...the mouse in her story does the same. Keep a sharp eye out as you watch and listen. It's a storyteller in a storyteller's tale, all based on things they have seen that day. The more you see it, the more you see. This is my 4 year old granddaughter's picture of the mouse. She sat and studied him for awhile, and I watched her as she looked back and forth from tv to paper and considered his shape, features and color. She had a few attempts before this one, that I wasn't aware she'd done until peeking in her notebook. You can see here, her continuous line for the body and the 3-D legs (both sides, not just sticks) My poem to a Gruffalo and friend: Imaginary Fiend? the imaginary Gruffalo came to eat me, don&