Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make contact with Jane Dyer, but I still have the opportunity to spotlight the truly wonderful snowflake she created for Robert's Snow: For Cancer's Cure entitled "Baby Snowflake". I wish I knew how to make the background of the post dark, so you could get a better view of this unique beauty. Jane Dyer's snowflake will be up for auction Nov 26th-30th.

According to Little, Brown and Company, "Jane Dyer always wanted to be a teacher...She wrote and illustrated lesson activities for teachers to accompany a new reading program being developed for Addison-Wesley. But it was Jane’s special gift for illustration that soon led to trade book work with numerous publishers."

Here are some of my favorite books she has made beautiful through her art.

Who recognizes that cute little guy? Melanie Watt describes her snowflake like this:

P.S. I love the Mo Willems books !"

Here are some of the fabulous books she has worked on.

An all time favorite of mine. A riot, really. Winner of the Cybils 2006 in the fiction picture book category!







This sequel will not disappoint.

Please take time out to visit all of these blogs, and read about these fabulous illustrators. And, if you're so inclined, think about bidding for a snowflake in the Robert's Snow auction. Each snowflake makes a unique gift (for yourself or for someone else), and supports an important cause.

As you know if you've been visiting any children's book blogs for the past few weeks, Robert's Snow is an online auction that benefits Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Over 200 children's book illustrators have created art on individual snowflake-shaped wooden templates. The snowflakes will be auctioned off, with proceeds going to cancer research. You can view all of the 2007 snowflakes here. Jules and Eisha from Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast have found a way for bloggers to help with this effort, by blogging about individual illustrators and their snowflakes. The idea is to drive traffic to the Robert's Snow site so that many snowflakes will be sold, and much money raised to fight cancer. The illustrator profiles have been wonderful so far - diverse and creative and colorful. And there are lots more to go.

Here's the schedule for Week 3, which starts Monday. As previously, this early schedule links to the participating blogs, instead of to the individual posts. You can find links to the posts themselves, and any last-minute updates, each morning at 7-Imp. Jules and Eisha have also set up a special page at 7-Imp containing a comprehensive list of links to the profiles posted so far. Also not to be missed is Kris Bordessa's post summarizing snowflake-related contests to date over at Paradise Found.

Monday, October 29

• Dan Santat at Writing and Ruminating


• Joanne Friar at The Longstockings


• Alissa Imre Geis at Wild Rose Reader


• Diane Greenseid at Just One More Book!!


• Sean Qualls at Brooklyn Arden

Tuesday, October 30

• Ann Koffsky at Book Buds


• Bill Carman at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy


• Gretel Parker at Finding Wonderland


• Matt Phelan at A Year of Reading


• Stephanie Roth at Writing with a broken tusk

Wednesday, October 31

• Shawna Tenney at Kate's Book Blog


• Adam Rex at Booktopia and Welcome to my Tweendom


• Mo Willems at MotherReader


• Rolandas Kiaulevicius at a wrung sponge

Thursday, November 1

• Karen Lee at sruble's world


• Diana Magnuson at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy


• Melissa Iwai at Brooklyn Arden


• Victoria Jamieson at AmoXcalli and Cuentecitos


• Molly Idle at The Shady Glade


• Meghan McCarthy at A Fuse #8 Production

Friday, November 2

• Tracy McGuinness-Kelly at Sam Riddleburger's blog


• Sarah Kahn at Kate's Book Blog


• Sylvia Long at Whimsy Books


• Jeremy Tankard at the excelsior file


• Holli Conger at Please Come Flying

Saturday, November 3

• Susan Miller at Your Neighborhood Librarian


• Ellen Beier at What Adrienne Thinks About That


• Hideko Takahashi at The Silver Lining


• Judith Moffat at Jo's Journal


• Wendell Minor at Wild Rose Reader

Sunday, November 4

• Joy Allen at Check It Out


• Robin Brickman at Greetings from Nowhere


• Lauren Stringer at laurasalas


• Nancy Wallace at In the Pages . . .

Please take time out to visit all of these blogs, and read about these fabulous illustrators. And, if you're so inclined, think about bidding for a snowflake in the Robert's Snow auction. Each snowflake makes a unique gift (for yourself or for someone else), and supports an important cause.

See also the following note from Elaine Magliaro of Wild Rose Reader:

Note to Blog Readers about Blogging for a Cure: When Jules of 7-Imp put out her call in September for bloggers to interview/feature artists who had created snowflakes for Robert’s Snow 2007 at their blogs, a number of artists had not yet sent in their snowflakes to Dana-Farber. As time was of the essence to get Blogging for a Cure underway, we worked with the list of artists whose snowflakes were already in possession of Dana-Farber. Therefore, not all the participating artists will be featured. This in no way diminishes our appreciation for their contributions to this worthy cause. We hope everyone will understand that once the list of artists was emailed to bloggers and it was determined which bloggers would feature which artists at their blogs, a schedule was organized and sent out so we could get to work on Blogging for a Cure ASAP. Our aim is to raise people’s awareness about Robert’s Snow and to promote the three auctions. We hope our efforts will help to make Robert’s Snow 2007 a resounding success.

Here's the schedule for Week 2, which starts Monday. Because the posts aren't up yet, this list links to the participating blogs, instead of to the individual posts. You can find links to the posts themselves, and any last-minute updates, each morning at 7-Imp. Jules and Eisha have also set up a special page at 7-Imp containing a comprehensive list of links to the profiles posted so far. Also not to be missed is Kris Bordessa's post summarizing snowflake-related contests to date over at Paradise Found.

Monday, October 22

• Mark Teague at The Miss Rumphius Effect


• Sharon Vargo at Finding Wonderland


• Christopher Demarest at Writing and Ruminating


• Rose Mary Berlin at Charlotte's Library


• David Macaulay at Here in the Bonny Glen

Tuesday, October 23

• Carin Berger at Chasing Ray


• Marion Eldridge at Chicken Spaghetti


• Sophie Blackall at not your mother's bookclub


• Erik Brooks at Bildungsroman


• Brian Lies at Greetings from Nowhere

Wednesday, October 24

• Elisa Kleven at Rozzie Land


• Consie Powell at Becky's Book Reviews


• Jimmy Pickering at Shaken & Stirred


• Frank Dormer at What Adrienne Thinks About That


• Sheila Bailey at Lizjonesbooks

Thursday, October 25

• Julia Denos at Interactive Reader


• Rebecca Doughty at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy


• Brian Floca at A Fuse #8 Production


• Margaret Chodos-Irvine at readergirlz

Friday, October 26

• David Ezra Stein at HipWriterMama


• Juli Kangas at Sam Riddleburger's blog


• Ginger Nielson at Miss O's School Library


• Margot Apple at Jo's Journal

Saturday, October 27

• Julie Fromme Fortenberry at Your Neighborhood Librarian


• Sarah Dillard at The Silver Lining


• John Hassett at cynthialord's Journal


• Abigail Marble at Please Come Flying

Sunday, October 28

• Ashley Wolff at A Chair, A Fireplace & A Tea Cozy


• Barbara Garrison at Brooklyn Arden


• Kelly Murphy at ChatRabbit

Please take time out to visit all of these blogs, and read about these fabulous illustrators. And, if you're so inclined, think about bidding for a snowflake in the Robert's Snow auction. Each snowflake makes a unique gift (for yourself or for someone else), and supports an important cause.