Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts

Thursday, May 5, 2011

The Skull Taking Tree


Kalin Thompson from Brisbane, Australia created this acrylic on wood piece, titled "The Taking Tree". Kalin says, "It's kind of a spoof of Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree". The hotness is in the details."



This is definitely a place I would want to hang out in. However, the humor is definitely in the details. The sign on the house says "No Grownups Allowed", so I guess I will just have to be satisfied with the farm house or hot air balloon. The "I'm with stupid" shirt made me smile. The other shirt says "Ou est le boeuf?", which translates to "Where is the beef?". If you remember that old Burger King commercial, then you understand the humor. I like the Chinese dragon laying on a branch, like a griffin, to protect the "castle". The boxer flag is a good way to stake your territory and air out your laundry. I used to have a tree house, but nothing as fancy as this.


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Friday, April 22, 2011

[BONUS] Elementary Skulls

A few weeks back I had the wonderful pleasure of giving two talks at Walker Upper Elementary in Charlottesville, VA as part of the Virginia Festival of The Book. Just recently my friend Becky, who is the librarian there, handed me a packet of thank you letters written by the students! They were too great not to share...












Friday, November 13, 2009

[BONUS] Fan Letter Skulls

I had to share this terrific fan letter I just received...




It's things like this that make keeping this site running so fulfilling to me! And yes, Lil' Noah will be getting a personal letter back as well a special Skull-A-Day treat.