Cloud I count thee

I sat on the ground
© Latfy A Latif

I sat on the ground

And start to look around

I saw clouds above me

One two three

There are more than i could see

They float and move slowly

How i wish i could

Follow the cloud i would

And find out how far

I could walk and wonder

And sit and look up

Again and again i will ponder

Of the clouds above me

One two and three

How to Create Fun-To-Read Children Picture Books

Creating Children Picture Books Workshop, Universiti Putra Malaysia. July 2015. Photo courtesy Dr Noris Norowi. Have Fun Creating Your Own Picture Books Workshop, Bedok Library, Singapore - for the Asian Festival of Children's Content ( www.afcc.com.sg ). 31 May 2015. Photo courtesy of En Zamri Mohamad. For the past one year, I’ve had the privilege of sharing/giving talks to primary school students, university students, parents, fellow writers and librarians. Subject: How to create your own picture books for children With these sharing sessions, came great feedbacks. I think it would be useful to share some of what I shared during the sessions with you today. Hopefully we both can learn a thing or two, and can put them into good use :) What I would normally do is present slides on the ingredients of a children picture book (story, characters, settings, backgrounds, story arches, conflicts, scenes setups, motifs, and if the audiences are up to it - layers). I w...

Penceritaan yang padat bukanlah tulisan yang telah dirumus, tetapi terhasil daripada pilihan apa yang perlu dicerita.

"Brevity doesn’t come from compression, but from selection." Mantra ini disebut-sebut dalam buku 55 Tools Roy Peter Clark, dan diulang lagi dalam bukunya yang bertajuk Murder Your Darlings. Penceritaan yang padat bukanlah tulisan yang telah dirumus, tetapi terhasil daripada pilihan apa yang perlu dicerita. Dalam perbualan pun sama, tidak perlu cerita semua. A gossip is one who talks to you about others ; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. – Lisa Kirk

The Making of DR Bubbles & Panda - Part 2

Early in the process, we have decided to add another layer to the story. They are: Additional animals - this can make the reading activity more fun. One this page, parents can allow their child to explore other animals that live underground Vintage - The Volkwagon Beetle, Vespa scooter, Polaroid camera, and vintage postcards! All these give the book an evergreen theme I tried to stay true to real Beetles and Vespas as much as possible, and for this I used SketchUp. Fire up SketchUp, and download from the many free components from the online library. Based on the page composition, I will try to get the best camera angle in SketchUp, and export them as JPEGS to Sketchbook Pro, where I lay the SketchUp image to trace over. I will then exaggerate the car/scooter by compressing them a bit - just to make them look slightly cartoonish and errr…cuter. This process may take a few times to get the angle right. The the final version of the scooter in the book ...

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