{"id":2283,"date":"2007-10-22T18:49:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-22T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2283"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:27:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:27:40","slug":"blogging-for-cure-roberts-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=2283","title":{"rendered":"Blogging for a Cure: Robert’s Snow Highlights Sharon Vargo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sharon Hawkins Vargo<\/a> is a freelance illustrator whose studio is just north of Indiana, where she lives with her husband and four sons. For her creativity and use of a multicultural character, Ms. Vargo received a Bank Street Best Children’s Book award in 2002 for SE\u00d1OR FELIPE’S ALPHABET ADVENTURE<\/i>. This bright and energetic picture book features a toothy bilingual character whose job it is to photograph items to <\/a>illustrate each letter of el alfabeto Espa\u00f1ol.<\/i> With her bright palette and active characters, Ms. Vargo’s familiar illustrations are also seen on Play-Doh<\/i> craft books and on art activity books found in craft stores around the country.<\/p>\n

Ms. Vargo has been a participant in the Robert’s Snow<\/i><\/a> cancer fund raiser for the past three years, and each snowflake she exhibits for the Robert’s Snow<\/i> is fanciful, unique and colorful in a highly detailed artistic style. Last year’s snowflake featured the character Bessie from the picture book Bessie’s Bed<\/i>, a story about a woman who shared her bed with various creatures displaced by a thunderstorm.<\/p>\n

Sharon Vargo’s 2007 snowflake is brighter and bursting with more detail and action than ever before. Illustrating a poem by Rebecca Kai Dotlich<\/a> has provided Vargo a platform to showcase her talent for color and movement. “Song for a Prince in Pajamas” is a fun, busy piece. This little prince looks like he’s meant to be in bed, but no — there are bells to ring and phone calls to make instead. The whimsy of telling secrets to toads and writing poems to cupcakes reminds me of a little friend of mine who reads to dogs. This is definitely one of those rollicking, accessible poems written with the true essence of childhood in mind.<\/p>\n

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Sharon Vargo grew up knowing she was going to be an artist<\/a>, and knew from the second grade that she wanted to create her own books. As Ms. Vargo lives her dream, her continued participation in Robert’s Snow<\/i> helps to further the dream of a cure for cancer someday soon. Auction One for the Dana-Farber Robert’s Snow<\/i> fund raiser opens for bidding on November 19th<\/a>. Plan now to bid early and often!
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(There is snowflakey goodness all around us, yet this isn’t even all<\/b> of the illustrators! These are only the ones that the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute had ready to go when Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast<\/i> began organizing this blog PR event. So, don’t forget: to see ALL of the snowflakes and find favorite illustrators you might have missed, go check out the auction pages at Robert’s Snow<\/i><\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Keep up with the snowflakes from the blog tour by visiting tour organizer Jules at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast<\/i><\/a> to find each day’s schedule, and look at post archives and interviews.)<\/p>\n

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