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The third in the Mr. Blot Series-tm of whimsey
for wise and word-aware children and adults.
Mr. Blot leaves home, in search of
Lauren Lake, his true love. The bridge
of discovery and the joy of words
are the substance of the book.
Illustrated Whimsey
64 pgs
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64 pages, plus cover, 30 pen and ink illustrations,
6-1/2 x 7, 152 lines of poetry, hand-lettered.
Illustration
Barbara Robinson, as an art director and illustrator,
has won Awards of Excellence from the American
Institute of Graphic Arts, Bookbuilders West,
the New York Society of Illustrators, and
Communication Arts. She lives a high life on
one of the lower hills in San Francisco.
Author
Elihu Blotnick’s first book SALTWATER FLATS
(BBM Associates, 1975) was reviewed by the
New York Times as “powerful and very personal
images of contemporary America.” He is also
the author of RUSSIAN HILL (California
Street, 1982), a small but enduring book of
poetry, and MYSTERIOUS MR. BLOT.
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A publicity article, "The Artist behind the Blot",
is ready for release. That this book is part of a
series will also be helpful.
Excerpts
"Let your mind wander, Let your mind go,
turn down the radio, watch the leaves blow,
smell the peppermint and juniper.
Slowly pick up that long- handled hoe,
think about turtle soup and noodle loops.
Mr. Blot’s home: In Marble,
where the shadow of the mountain is the only news,
Mr. Blot lived on the fog line, painting clock face views..."
"....Now the Great Highway begins at the zoo
with all the signs of a good voodoo, chanted by
DumDee Dum and Dwayne and Chutney,
cat-bat-bees. The way was filled with wonder and
thunder-pies, lumberjills, cats scratching the sky for
butterfly. The bumblebee mills stood still. The ants hilled.
'Three cats in a coma have no aroma,' Blot said,
to pass the day. 'You look like the footprint that got away,'
Jane said...."
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