BOOKS : PARDON ME BY DANIEL MIYARES

I graduated college a number of years ago with many talented artist, and Daniel Miyares was amongst them. He recently released this picture book, Pardon Me, whereby you can read along and find out how this cute little yellow bird wants nothing more than some peace and quiet but keeps being interrupted by guests. His beautifully illustrated book is now currently available thru Simon & Schuster publishing here an my kids really seemed to enjoy it. You may see more of Daniel's amazing work over on his personal blog (link below) or better yet, if you are local in Kansas City, tonight you can meet him, as he will be doing a reading an Q&A at the Reading Reptile (more info below). Happy Friday sweet friends, have a wonderful weekend!

DANIEL MIYARES' PERSONAL WEBSITE

TONIGHTS EVENT 
Friday, June 20, 2014
From 6:00pm – 8:00pm
At the Reading Reptile
328 W 63rd St KCMO

MOVIES : THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY

So over the Summer I saw a preview for a movie I was highly interested in seeing... You guessed it, the title above, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. You know when you see a preview for the first time and you just feel it will be a movie you'll really like. Well this is one of those movies. And though I'm patiently still waiting to see it, everyone around me who's already seen it, has said it's been great! Needless to say though, the actors first caught my attention, the cinematography looked amazing, an as I watched in awe because I already knew the storyline, I got that much more excited about it. In high school literature (an we won't say how long ago that was, but long ago) we read a great deal of fabulous short stories and this one of them, so after seeing the preview, I may have geeked out and reserved a book at the local library so I could reread the story again. If you haven't seen the movie just yet and have time to hit a library the book "21 Essential American Short Stories" was the one I grabbed and read it from, there were other great short stories in there too, I've linked it below. Now please don't give me any spoilers, but have you seen it and enjoyed it? I'm hoping it's all that I am making it out to be. Happy Friday an happy weekend ahead!

* Oh and random side note. The song in the trailer below, which I love, is by "Of Monsters and Men" and it's called "Dirty Paws". Just incase you're anything like me, an are curious and then question or try to figure out how do I find out who sang that ;)

 


READ THE SHORT STORY >> 21 ESSENTIAL AMERICAN SHORT STORIES