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Synopsis
Sometimes, you get a lucky seat. I did! That's how poet and kids singer Mike Mennard describes the making of The Left-sock Tree, a collection of imaginative poems and drawings for kids. Mike Mennard, an associate professor of English and communication at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, just happened to sit next to noted artist Jim McClelland, professor of art at Union College. The reason they sat together? It was the annual academic meetings before the 2010-2011 school year. And, as often happens, creative people get bored in such meetings. Jim McClelland pulled out a Sharpie and began drawing cartoons on the paper tablecloth. Animals and dragons and caricatures popped up everywhere. Mennard sat shocked. He, like most of McClelland's colleagues, had only seen his oil paintings and watercolors, his detailed birds and landscapes. As the tablecloth ran wild with nonsensical creatures, Mennard watched excitedly, holding his small backpack that held a lifetime's worth of kids poems. And thus was born The Left-sock Tree, Mennard and McClelland s first book together but not their last! The book is a collection of kids poems in the tradition of Edward Lear, Spike Milligan, and Shel Silverstein. This is my life's dream, since I was a little boy, says Mennard. I have always loved kids poetry because there are no limits to the absurd. The only limits are the confines of good, fun, singable, and nonsensical poetry. McClelland adds that, Mike Mennard sparks the creativity inside of me. Their first book together is something kids, parents, teachers, and grandparents will love. It's bursting with pirates, spaceships, and outrageous adventures. In short, it's full of childlike imagination and we all need more of that.
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About the Author
Mike Mennard is an award-winning kids recording artist, a teacher, an author, a dad, and a husband not necessarily in that order. He is an associate professor of English and communication at Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. He has produced six kids recordings, the most recent being It's a Pirate's World and We've Got it All in Nebraska. His musical comedy, That's What Makes Them Pirates, debuted in 2010. In 2011, the governor of Nebraska proclaimed Mike an Admiral in the Navy of the Great State of Nebraska the state's highest honor. Jim McClelland (or Mr. Mac, as his students affectionately call him) has been teaching art for more than four decades. He began his teaching career as a graduate teaching assistant at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. In 1974, he joined the faculty of Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he still serves as a professor of art. He has taught watercolor workshops in and outside the United States. He has taught art in Trinidad, Bermuda, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Honduras. His paintings are displayed in galleries all over the world. And Union College's art gallery is named in his honor.
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The Left-Sock Tree
Seller: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Jim McClelland (illustrator). Trade paperback. Light wear to cover edges/corners. Content pages are clean and unmarked. 100 pages. Seller Inventory # 396387
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U.S.A.: Family Fridge Books, 2011
ISBN 10: 0578090015
ISBN 13: 9780578090016
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Seller: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Jim McClelland (illustrator). Author inscribed/signed on half-title page. Trade paperback. Light wear to covers. Content pages are clean and unmarked. 100 pages. Inscribed by Author. Seller Inventory # 385212