I have some fun news to tell you about. There is a photograph of a painting on the front page of the July 10th St. Augustine Record and there I am, right next to Harry Potter. You may not know this, but Harry is a favorite of Hugh Keiser and Hugh has often said, "...Pelican Pete should meet Harry Potter!" Now there is a picture of me in a tree with Harry - how neat is that?
A local artist by the name of Laurie Klein is painting a series of murals for the hallways at Crookshank Elementary School in St. Augustine. She is painting 5 murals that will be ready when students return to school at the end of summer vacation.
Even if you missed the newspaper, you can find the article and other pictures by going to the following link which will take you to the on-line version of the newspaper... St. Augustine Record On Line. There is also lots of information about the artist and how this project happened.
The theme of the mural that includes me is A Salute To Children's Authors - and it "...includes Dr. Seuss, Jody and the fawn from "The Yearling," Tedd Arnold's Fly Guy, Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones, Winnie the Pooh and friends, Toad and Frog, Jeff Kinney's Wimpy Kid, Alyssa Satin Capucilli's Biscuit, Frances Keiser's Pelican Pete and Mercer Mayer's Little Critter in and around a huge tree. Harry Potter and his magic wand tie it all together. Off in the distance is the Castillo de San Marcos and one of the lions from the Bridge of Lions." I feel like I am in very good company, don't you?
Do any of you have favorite characters from books that you have read? Why don't you send me a note about them and I'll share those with other readers in a later post. Write to Pelican Pete.
I'll be back soon. Until then, keep on exploring...
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