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News & ArtsWednesday, December 14, 2011
Death / Books Russell Hoban
Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM
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But you might know Hoban's name because he also wrote one of Slog tipper Sarah's favorite books, Bread and Jam for Frances. (Like Sarah, I fondly remember Frances's lunch in that book, because it featured a hard-boiled egg with salt, and I had never heard of anything so outrageous when I was three years old. So I think Hoban might have inspired me to eat my first hard-boiled egg, too; books are weird and wonderful things.)
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oh my goodness I must have checked this book out of our school library a hundred times. Thank you!!!
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Bread and Jam was one of our family favorites, and A Baby Sister fro Frances was one of the books my big sister got to get her used to the idea of me joining the family.
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Russell Hoban's wife Tana "wrote" Black on White", the high contrast wordless book people give their newborns to chew on. It's supposed to help their brain or something.
A roommate loaned me Ridley Walker in the year 2000. I was really, really impressed.
A roommate loaned me Ridley Walker in the year 2000. I was really, really impressed.
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The hardboiled egg was the most delightful food-stuff I'd ever seen in a book! It looked so sophisticated to me at the age of 5.
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I'm so sad he's gone! I was always amazed that the same person could create both Riddley Walker and the Frances books.
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I worked in a children's bookstore and kids loved Frances. Thanks for a wonderful character who wasn't always a good girl.
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I'd never heard of Riddley Walker, but I must have read Bread and Jam for Frances a thousand times in preschool. I even named my first security blanket Frances. This is sad news.
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I was obsessed with marmalade because of Paddington when I was a wee child. But then I had it. Oh well.
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Ah shit man, I was fine until I remembered that Hoban wrote "How Tom Beat Captain Najork And His Hired Sportsman", which a college professor recommended to me as a perfect Victorian novel in childrens' book form. Has illustrations by Quentin Blake too.
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I loved the Frances books! I had several, as I recall, though I'd completely forgotten about them until now, and now I want to run to the library and check them out again. What a wonderful legacy he left behind!
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Rainbows and a happy tree
Aren't for Alice or for me
I will draw three-legged cats
And caterpillars with ugly hats.
Aren't for Alice or for me
I will draw three-legged cats
And caterpillars with ugly hats.
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I had forgotten! How could I forget about that book?! And the best part about remembering is that I have a three year old! (The part where the author is dead is not happy, though). I see a present in someone's very near future...
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This year we are celebrating the Slickman A4 Quotation Event. Join us.
"An annual fan activity dubbed the Slickman A4 Quotation Event (SA4QE) (named after its founder, Diana Slickman, a member of experimental Chicago theatre troupe the Neo-Futurists) began in 2002, in which Hoban enthusiasts celebrate his birthday by writing down favourite quotes from his books (invariably on sheets of yellow A4 paper, a recurring Hoban motif) and leaving them in public places."
http://sa4qe.blogspot.com/
"An annual fan activity dubbed the Slickman A4 Quotation Event (SA4QE) (named after its founder, Diana Slickman, a member of experimental Chicago theatre troupe the Neo-Futurists) began in 2002, in which Hoban enthusiasts celebrate his birthday by writing down favourite quotes from his books (invariably on sheets of yellow A4 paper, a recurring Hoban motif) and leaving them in public places."
http://sa4qe.blogspot.com/
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