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Skip spends all day working with K-2 students.
His books for children are taken from two sources, life and/or experiences at school or that slightly warped and off-center brain of his.
There are more coming so stay tuned...
About "Abstracts: minimalist scribblings":
“Abstracts: Minimalist Scribblings shows children of all ages how simple lines can illustrate intriguing ideas. What a gem of a book!”
Anna Kichorowsky
Manager of Family & Community Programs
Austin Museum of Art-Downtown
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Print: $9.99 In this, his fourth book for children of all ages, author and illustrator Skip Ploss offers another batch of abstract picture and haiiku pairs for young folks to explore.
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Print: $15.99 What kind of fish would Picasso be if he were to wake up one morning as one? What about other artists like Paul Klee, Claude Monet, Wassily Kandinsky, Jackson Pollack or John Singer Sargent? This book exposes young artists (it has been used in kindergarten through second grade) to the notion that not only do we not have to look alike but we don't have to see the same things the same way either.
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Print: $15.99 If I Had a Gift to Give is about a child who wants to give his friend everything he can think of for his friend's birthday only to discover that the best gift, and the only one he can afford, is the gift of friendship.
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Print: $9.99 In his latest book, author/illustrator Skip Ploss ("If Picasso Were a Fish" and "If I Had a Gift") shows children of all ages that you don't always have to draw a whole picture for the audience to get the picture.
The text is an abstraction itself as a semi-repeating form of Haiiku.
This book was chosen by the Austin Museum of Art to support thier exhibiltion of art by Sol LeWitt entitled "LeWitt x 2".
"Abstracts: Minimalist Scribblings shows children of all ages how simple lines can illustrate intriguing ideas. What a gem of a book!”
Anna Kichorowsky
Manager of Family & Community Programs
Austin Museum of Art-Downtown
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Skip's Blog
2007 May 05 Donations:
There will be copies of all three books donated to The Wilton Family Y Community Celebration and the Wilton Presbyterian Church Fundraiser.
Books
I hope to have at least one probably two done by the end of the school year.
2007 Apr 11 Well, I am hard at work on several new books with the goal of having at least one done by the end of the school year. The Wilton Open Book StoreThe Wilton Open Book Store now carries, and is selling them, all three books. If they are out, be patient, they are probably on the way! Lending AvailabilityAll three books are available at The Wilton Public and Miller/Driscoll School Libraries. DonationsI have been blessed with the opportunity to donate several items to The Miller/Driscoll Winter Carnival this past winter and I was touched by the response. Three original black and white line drawings raised $32, $35 and $52 dollars. An original painting went for $176 and all three books went for over $100. Pretty cool. InterviewI was interviewed by The Two Cents Blog last week and the interview was posted today along with the cover of If Picasso Were a Fish. Thanks Kieth. Thanks again for everyone's support. 2006 Oct 07 My third, and first black and white, book is out if you have not noticed already. It's called "Abstracts: minimalist scribblings" and is based on my experiences over a two day period this summer with kids at the Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Little School. The pictures are all minimal line drawings and the text is a semi-repeating for of Haiku. Fun.
I had three author visits this summer, the first one was at Bright Horizons in Wilton Connecticut, the second the aforementioned Hawthorne Cedar Knolls School. The third was at The Daycare Center of New Canaan. All were exciting and lots of fun.
There are now four "If I became a fish", the follow-on project modeled after one done by a student (now real and certified teacher friend of mine) books out there. One at the school were I work, one at Bright Horizons, one at HCKS and one at The Daycare Center of New Canaan.
First Booksigning
It has been confirmed that my first organized booksigning will be at The Wilton Library (Wilton Connecticut) on October 21st from 1:30pm - 2:30pm. There will be books available for purchase or you can bring books of mine that you have already purchased to be signed.
Work is ongoing for my next two projects, one is a boy who invents and the other is about the modern houses of The Harvard Five. Updates will be forthcoming.
Thanks for playing,
Skip
2006 Jul 10 My second book, "If I Had a Gift" has been released. It's a book based on a sheet I did in a birthday book for a second grade student named Grace.
If I had a Gift to give
It would be one you would love
Like the splendid purple cod of Cairo
that wears a sky-blue glove....
Take a look.
2006 Jul 03 Last Monday I gave the local non-chain bookstore six copies on consignment. We worked out a split the profits deal which was good for both of us. The owner is a great lady who is very supportive.
She placed the book on the counter which is great product placement if you ask me.
By Saturday they sold out. I am ordering more and givning her a few extra copies I have at the house to tide her over.
2006 Jul 01 So yesterday, June 30th 2006, I am invited to go to a local Day Camp to do an author visit.
I went, taking not only "If Picasso Were a Fish" the final printed-at-Lulu version but also some notes, earlier versions and the like to show the process that I went through to get the book published.
Now I am used to working in K-2. The room I enter contains age 3-7.
I read the book and get the same reaction at the end that I had in a kindergarten class, all of the kids yelling what kind of fish they want to be. Awesome!
Then one of the teachers asks about the act of publishing. I began to discribe the process when one of the three-year-olds looks up at me from the front row and says, "dis is really boring!"
Nothing like a kid to keep you humble and focused.
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