ticket, get one

July 28, 2008 | Filed Under ordinary 

whenever i do something that my kids think is really amazing or just a great idea they say, “mom, you’re a genius!”  sometimes they say it to each other, or to me about the other, but they say it in this amazed affirming voice that makes me smile and feel genius-like.

that said, i must say in my own amazed and affirming voice that “cory godbey, you’re a genius!”  during the wedding week i got my own copy of cory’s zine (way nicer than any zine, it’s a book, really, it is) “ticket” along with two half dollars for the boys (who think they were given pirate treasure, thanks cory!”) and have been enjoying looking it over, listening to my boys tell me what they think is happening in the pictures, and watching jude pretend his cowboy hat makes him float into the air and over the land, just like lily.

ticket is the story of a girl and her magical hat that helps her to fly through the sky and danger and beauty.  the book is a wordless storybook which i personally love because i enjoy hearing my kids tell me what they think it’s about and ask me questions about what they see.  my boys are six and four and they did tell me that ticket was creepy, so if you have young children you may want to save your copy of the book for when they’re a little bit older.  you can read the how and why of the story on cory’s blog and there are also a couple of original paintings available and whispers of posters being made.  lovely!

great work, cory!

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