As morning breaks over a snowy landscape, a little cub eagerly starts the day. And in a snow-covered cabin, a small hunter bounces on the great hunter's bed as he too gets ready for a big adventure. But the moment this delightful parallel story progresses, the reader sees that the "hunters" are armed with cameras only, as they look for an opportunity to take a picture from a safe distance. But little bears and little hunters have a way of wandering off. And even though their mothers take care to protect the young, it isn't long before bear and boy find themselves face to face. Then, CLICK, the little hunter gets his shot before the two go their separate ways to find their mothers again. A rhythmic fantasy for all young adventurers ready to explore, Click! captures just the right balance of gentle humor and comforting warmth.
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2--Reminiscent of Robert McCloskey's Blueberries for Sal (Viking, 1948), this simple picture book follows the parallel adventures of and encounter between a polar bear cub and a young photographer. The full-page paintings are paired to mirror the two youngsters throughout the story: "Under a blanket of snow,/a great bear sleeps,/and a small bear dreams/close by his mother's side." On the opposite page, "Hushed in a snow-covered house,/a great hunter sleeps,/and a small hunter dreams/close by his mother's side." Subsequent illustrations take the action outdoors, showing the bear and cub walking, and the mother and son snowmobiling. Then each child runs off after a gull. They both slide down a slope and meet face to face. The boy "clicks" his camera and captures his prey. The mothers wait and worry until the youngsters return. Night falls, and the book ends as it began. Children will enjoy the soft, realistic watercolors and recognize the energy and joy of life shared by the characters. Beder captures the spirit of the encounter particularly well in the spread where they meet eye to eye. Through the artwork, youngsters will also see the affection each mother has for her offspring. The text has a similar soft and loving style. The verses enhance the pictorial story line, making this a lovely book to share one-on-one or with a group.--Carolyn Janssen, Children's Learning Center of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, OH
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K-Gr. 2. Telling parallel stories of a human mother and child and a polar-bear mother and cub on alternate pages with echoing stanzas, Crum's wintertime picture book is pleasant enough as long as one doesn't worry about encouraging face-to-face encounters with bear cubs: the stories converge when the youngsters find themselves apart from their mothers and staring into each other's surprised mugs. The human mother and son have been introduced as "the great hunter" and "the small hunter," but their equipment is revealed to be cameras, not guns. The boy takes the opportunity of his proximity to the cub to shoot a close-up, no zoom lens required. It is a nice fantasy (the boy and bear seem to smile at each other as they part), but the book could have made a stronger impression with more detailed language and distinctive illustrations. The back-to-sleep ending may be predictable, but it's just right for bedtime reading. Abby Nolan
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It's always difficult to introduce myself, and "What do you do?" is a hard question to answer. I do so many things! I'm a children's author and a poet. But I'm also a lecturer, a teacher, a mother, a grandmother, a retired librarian, an educator, a Kentuckian and a Michigander, as well as someone who is intoxicated by color and 3-d doodling. (I make quilts, do mosaics, and glue together strange things I find, when I'm not writing or working on our farm.)
Where to start? I think the beginning is best, for storytelling was in my family's blood long before I was born. So . . . I was born in Kentucky. And it was fortunate for me that I happened to be born in the mountains where telling "whoppers" and listening to tall tales long into the night is part of the Appalachian heritage. In those dark and scrawny hollers (narrow valleys) I'd cling to my father's tall legs and stare wide-eyed as I listened to the hair-raising tales my relatives told. We are all big talkers in our family. "Yeaaah, buddy!" (This phrase is Kentuckian for "That's the truth!" To say it right, ya gotta drag out that "a" in the first word.) So don't ya doubt it, Kentucky has rightfully claimed a huge hunk of my heart.
Ours was an oral tradition, not bookish. Books were scarce in our home, and therefore highly prized. The tiny library in the elementary school by our house became a second home. That was after my father moved to Michigan to work in the auto factories. Therefore, Michigan gets to lay claim to a piece of my heart as well--for it was there that I went to school, learned to read, played "school" and "library" and then grew up to become a teacher and then a librarian.
As a teacher: I taught high school English in Michigan and creative writing at the community college level. (I still do workshops for writers around the country.) While at the community college, I was also an assistant editor for a nationally distributed literary arts journal.
As a librarian: I spent my first two years as a librarian being a library director in a small town in Michigan. Then I moved to a much larger library and spent almost 24 years as a youth librarian and a storyteller. I've done storytimes in a number of interesting places including hospitals, Safehouse (the local home for abused women and children), at schools for kids with special needs, at classes for the profoundly deaf, for senior citizens, and on the Bookmobile. Just before retirement, I was the sole children's book selector for a large and very busy library system in a cosmopolitan and diverse community. In 2002 I was awarded the Michigan Library Association's Award of Merit as youth Librarian of the year. It was a blast! What a great time I had being a librarian--I LOVED it!
As a writer: I write at several levels for children; picture books, chapter books and teen novels. A number of my books have won awards, been nominated for state awards or lists, or have appeared on other prestigious lists. I also write articles about writing and teaching for professional journals. And my poems for adults appear in various print and online journals. In 2005, I was invited to read at the White House Easter Egg Roll. (It rained, so we couldn't read outdoors as planned. But I had a lovely breakfast in the White House!)
I love writing and wrote my first poems and stories in elementary school. I remember a little of the first poem I wanted to share with the world. It was about someone coming down the stairs to find something horrible at the bottom. My first important poem was scary! And so was my first book, WHO TOOK MY HAIRY TOE?
I didn't buckle down and work on books for children until the fall of 1997. I sold my first manuscript by early December of 1999. Then five more of my picture book manuscripts sold in a little over a year! In the fall of 2001, I had an offer on my first children's novel. I was on my way to being a children's author.
I am sure that would not have happened without the deep love I had for my other career, that of being a children's librarian. (See above.) Getting to read and share so many wonderful books in the Ann Arbor District Library where I worked has been an important part of my life. I wanted children to find my books on library shelves, too, one day. And now, they can!
Before I forget, I need to mention my name. Shutta is my real first name and Crum is my real last (maiden) name. My husband has a boring last name, so I kept Crum--what else would go with Shutta? Click here to hear my name pronounced and a bit about its origin.
Shutta is not an ethnic name, or derived from any language other than the language of childhood. Shuddy was my father's nickname. I had a cousin who could not say Melvin and always called my dad Shuddy. It stuck. Since I was the first grandchild on my mother's side there was a lot of arguing about what to name me. My dad finally put an end to the arguments by saying--"Maybe I'll just call her Shuddy!" To get a more female-sounding name, Mom, the doctor, and Dad put their heads together and came up with Shutta.
To be honest, I was not thrilled with it when I was young. All my friends were named Debbie, or Linda, or Carol, or Patty, etc.--all nice, sturdy names. I wanted to be a Penny or a Sandy. Instead, I was stuck with Shutta.
As I grew older, however, I came to treasure my name. Now I see it as the best gift I ever got. It's a good name for an author--just unusual enough. Ya know, when I think about it . . . I realize that not only was I blessed with such a fun name, but I was born and raised in two wonderful places full of great people and thrilling stories that have fueled my creativity and kept me full of joy. There's only one way to sum it all up: "Yeaaah, buddy!"
I hope you enjoy my books!
Shutta Crum
Where to start? I think the beginning is best, for storytelling was in my family's blood long before I was born. So . . . I was born in Kentucky. And it was fortunate for me that I happened to be born in the mountains where telling "whoppers" and listening to tall tales long into the night is part of the Appalachian heritage. In those dark and scrawny hollers (narrow valleys) I'd cling to my father's tall legs and stare wide-eyed as I listened to the hair-raising tales my relatives told. We are all big talkers in our family. "Yeaaah, buddy!" (This phrase is Kentuckian for "That's the truth!" To say it right, ya gotta drag out that "a" in the first word.) So don't ya doubt it, Kentucky has rightfully claimed a huge hunk of my heart.
Ours was an oral tradition, not bookish. Books were scarce in our home, and therefore highly prized. The tiny library in the elementary school by our house became a second home. That was after my father moved to Michigan to work in the auto factories. Therefore, Michigan gets to lay claim to a piece of my heart as well--for it was there that I went to school, learned to read, played "school" and "library" and then grew up to become a teacher and then a librarian.
As a teacher: I taught high school English in Michigan and creative writing at the community college level. (I still do workshops for writers around the country.) While at the community college, I was also an assistant editor for a nationally distributed literary arts journal.
As a librarian: I spent my first two years as a librarian being a library director in a small town in Michigan. Then I moved to a much larger library and spent almost 24 years as a youth librarian and a storyteller. I've done storytimes in a number of interesting places including hospitals, Safehouse (the local home for abused women and children), at schools for kids with special needs, at classes for the profoundly deaf, for senior citizens, and on the Bookmobile. Just before retirement, I was the sole children's book selector for a large and very busy library system in a cosmopolitan and diverse community. In 2002 I was awarded the Michigan Library Association's Award of Merit as youth Librarian of the year. It was a blast! What a great time I had being a librarian--I LOVED it!
As a writer: I write at several levels for children; picture books, chapter books and teen novels. A number of my books have won awards, been nominated for state awards or lists, or have appeared on other prestigious lists. I also write articles about writing and teaching for professional journals. And my poems for adults appear in various print and online journals. In 2005, I was invited to read at the White House Easter Egg Roll. (It rained, so we couldn't read outdoors as planned. But I had a lovely breakfast in the White House!)
I love writing and wrote my first poems and stories in elementary school. I remember a little of the first poem I wanted to share with the world. It was about someone coming down the stairs to find something horrible at the bottom. My first important poem was scary! And so was my first book, WHO TOOK MY HAIRY TOE?
I didn't buckle down and work on books for children until the fall of 1997. I sold my first manuscript by early December of 1999. Then five more of my picture book manuscripts sold in a little over a year! In the fall of 2001, I had an offer on my first children's novel. I was on my way to being a children's author.
I am sure that would not have happened without the deep love I had for my other career, that of being a children's librarian. (See above.) Getting to read and share so many wonderful books in the Ann Arbor District Library where I worked has been an important part of my life. I wanted children to find my books on library shelves, too, one day. And now, they can!
Before I forget, I need to mention my name. Shutta is my real first name and Crum is my real last (maiden) name. My husband has a boring last name, so I kept Crum--what else would go with Shutta? Click here to hear my name pronounced and a bit about its origin.
Shutta is not an ethnic name, or derived from any language other than the language of childhood. Shuddy was my father's nickname. I had a cousin who could not say Melvin and always called my dad Shuddy. It stuck. Since I was the first grandchild on my mother's side there was a lot of arguing about what to name me. My dad finally put an end to the arguments by saying--"Maybe I'll just call her Shuddy!" To get a more female-sounding name, Mom, the doctor, and Dad put their heads together and came up with Shutta.
To be honest, I was not thrilled with it when I was young. All my friends were named Debbie, or Linda, or Carol, or Patty, etc.--all nice, sturdy names. I wanted to be a Penny or a Sandy. Instead, I was stuck with Shutta.
As I grew older, however, I came to treasure my name. Now I see it as the best gift I ever got. It's a good name for an author--just unusual enough. Ya know, when I think about it . . . I realize that not only was I blessed with such a fun name, but I was born and raised in two wonderful places full of great people and thrilling stories that have fueled my creativity and kept me full of joy. There's only one way to sum it all up: "Yeaaah, buddy!"
I hope you enjoy my books!
Shutta Crum
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CLICK is a clever story with beautiful illustrations. It tells the story of a boy and his mother and a baby polar bear and its mother. The mother and son go out "hunting" with cameras. The mother is a professional photographer and she seems to be passing her talents to her son. The baby polar bear wanders away from its mother and the little boy also wanders, but before returning to his mother, he is able to get a shot of the baby bear, hence the title CLICK. The author shows the love between the mother and her child and the parallel love between mother polar bear and the cub.I am probably a bit biased about this book. I am an amateur photographer and love top take pictures of my niece, who is about the same age as the little boy. I know she is going to love it as I'm sure any child will.
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