Oscar's Half Birthday
July 03, 2005
The picture book Oscar's Half Birthday, by Bob Graham, scores a nice review in today's Tennessean. Oscar is a baby, and his family can't wait to celebrate his b'day. I like the description of the main characters:
Like the family in 'Let's Get A Pup!,' Said Kate, Oscar's young mom and dad are more thrift shop than Gap and more Birkenstock than Nike. Dad's braids sneak out of his hat and Mom's braids and cornrows are festooned with beads that sparkle against her warm brown skin.
The Tennessean reviewer recommends this book as a great gift for a soon-to-be big brother or big sister.
Dear Folks at Chicken Spaghetti,
Thanks for your posting of my "Oscar's Half Birthday," above. It seems your customer reviews require my Ok before you publish them?
I am just writing to say that it's absolutely alright by me to run any comments you receive on my books without my foreknowledge as I would not want to censor any adverse opinions.
Up till now happily, ( and in the future, hopefully,) my books are warmly received but sometimes, ( see "Let's Get a Pup" customer reviews on Amazon.com) a book brings out personal prejudices and misunderstandings. But I read them with interest, and remain in the background.
Anyway, unless it is a firm policy there, it's quite OK at this end.
Very best wishes to you all,
Bob
Posted by: bob graham | March 17, 2006 at 12:11 AM
Thank you for writing! We loved Oscar's Half Birthday. Click back to the December archives for the Chicken Spaghetti review on 12/2/05.
The comment approval is in place only to prevent comment spam. The comments at this site were getting slammed with ads/spam for mortgage companies and so on, so I had to put in place the hold-for-approval feature of TypePad. I wish that I didn't have to.
Best wishes with your writing!
Posted by: Susan | March 17, 2006 at 09:00 AM