Chérie Stihler, the author behind Polar Polka, has been sending me lots of publicity updates. Good news all around!
First, it appears that the book is on a tentative list for the 2009-2010 Alaska Battle of the Books. Subject to certain "verifications of supply" kids k-2 all across the great Alaskan frontier will get a chance to count some bears and look for lemmings :)
Second, the BP World Ice Art Championships Multi-Block Classic in Fairbanks featured a very Polar Polkaesque saxaphone playing bear. The carving's official name was: "50th Celebration by the Sourdough Band". It took 4th place in Realistic and was the Artists Choice Award winner in the Realistic Category. Congrats to the carvers. Extra cool: this sculpting team was from China!
Apparently, there is a time-lapse video of the carving here. I haven't seen it because my internet connection is far from adequate. Enjoy at your own risk!
2 comments:
WOW! That is so cool!!!
And gorgeous work as usual - not just in this post but all of your posts.
Heh heh..."cool" get it? Ugh, sorry for trying to be punny. :D
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