The Man with the Violin

The Story About This Book Is Amazing

Every Writer Should View This Trailer

Published on May 31, 2013

THE MAN WITH THE VIOLIN is a picture book based on a true story: in January 2007, famous violinist Joshua Bell went undercover as a street musician and played a free concert in a Washington, D.C., metro station. Over a thousand people passed by as he played, but only seven stopped to listen for more than a minute. Joshua Bell noticed that children often wanted to stop, but their parents hurried them along. This picture book, written by Kathy Stinson and illustrated by Dusan Petricic, imagines what the subway concert might have been like from the perspective of one of those children.

In this video, author Kathy Stinson and illustrator Dusan Petricic discuss the making of the book. For more information on the book, please visit http://www.annickpress.com/Man-with-t...

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Inside Stories About Memorable Books

Publishers Weekly asked 20 prominent editors 

to recall a personally meaningful children's book project.

Compiled by Diane Roback | Nov 12, 2013

Maria Modugno, editorial director, picture books, Random House Children’s Publishing

They say you always remember your first…

I had just arrived as a newly minted editor at the San Diego offices of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, and was faced with the daunting task of publishing the first list of children’s books from the West Coast. During my last week in New York, I had met an artist who told me he lived in Santa Barbara and was interested in illustrating picture books. “Look me up if you’re ever in town,” I said casually, trying on my new laid-back California style. Much to my surprise, he showed up in my office with several book dummies that he had collaborated on with his wife. “I like to think of picture books as my own portable art gallery,” he said as he showed me his work. More . . . 

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Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda

Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda Written by Margaret Atwood. Illustrated by Dušan Petričić. Toronto, ON: Key Porter Kids, 2004. 32 pp., cloth, $21.95. ISBN 1-55263-609-7. Grades 1-5 / Ages 6-10.

Alliteration playfully punctuates Margaret Atwood's peppy picture book, Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda.

Bashful Bob is "abandoned in a basket" and thinks he is a dog. Doleful Dorinda's parents "disappear in a dreadful disaster" leaving her "dumped on distant relatives."