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Has anyone seen this book before? I don't see it in the Letterville Bookstore and I couldn't find it on Amazon but I did find several used and new copies at Alibris.com. (For those book-hounds like me, Alibris usually has anything you could possibly dream up...if you can't find it on Amazon, try Alibris).
Anyway, here's the intro from the book jacket...
Early one morning a boy comes into town, hungry, and looking for work. He meets a sign painter who takes him on as a helper. The boy yearns to be a painter. The man offers him security. The two are commissioned to paint a series of billboards in the desert. Each billboard has one word, Arrowstar. They do not know its meaning. As they are about to paint the last sign, the boy looks up and sees in the distance a magnificent structure. Is it real? They go to find out. Through a simple text and extraordinary paintings, the reader learns of the temptation of safe choices and the uncertainties of following a personal dream. Here Allen Say tells a haunting and provocative story of dreams and choices for readers of all ages.
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3723 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Oh, ...when I received your fathers tape I watched it straight away. It was great. I wish the kind lady presenting him would have let him alone though.
Thanks Again
-------------------- Dave Parr Sign Painter USA Posts: 709 | From: USA | Registered: May 2003
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That's neat! If you browse "related books", you will also find this one:
The Sign Painter's Dream by Roth, Roger Clarence the sign painter's life is boring. His job is boring. His signs are boring. And his cat yawns all the time. His only enjoyment is reading about Revolutionary War heroes sacrificing their lives for their country . . . until a little old lady waltzes into his store one day and orders a glorious, magnificent sign--for free. Full color. Buy Used: from $19.95!
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The Sign Painter's Dream is a great book. My dad bought it for Sam, my 6 year old daughter.
It's even been a segment on READING RAINBOW on PBS and I was lucky enough to catch it in time to tape it.
BTW, you can find it on this site in the Letterhead Bookstore!
-------------------- Kimberly Zanetti Purcell www.amethystProductivity.com Folsom, CA email: Kimberly@AmethystProductivity.com
“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3723 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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"Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son" by G.H.Lorimer is also an excellent book from the 1930s(?). Very apt and very philosophical. The son has to start to oneday take over his father's huge business, by starting at the bottom of the ladder- sweeping the basement & cellars. From there the father addresses his feelings, arrogance, wastefulness, and numerous other teenage & adult thoughts as the son goes through life. I haven't described it well here, but it's one of my favourites.
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7017 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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Aaaarrrrgghhhhh, I'm searching for a book I read some time ago, about a guy that did his apprenticeship as a signwriter during the depression in Sydney Australia. Nothing philosophical, just a great book full of stories about familiar situations set in a different era. If anyone can help with any information, or an alternative means of tracking it down I'd appreciate it. David
-------------------- David Fisher D.A. & P.M. Fisher Services Brisbane Australia da_pmf@yahoo.com Trying out a new tag: "Parents are the bones on which children cut their teeth Peter Ustinov Posts: 1450 | From: Brisbane Queensland Australia | Registered: Nov 1998
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Slappy Hooper worlds greatest sign painter! I bought it when my daughter was born, 14 years ago it came with a "beginer's sign kit". Way cool story read over and over.
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