John Segal's Carrot Soup — Giveaway-A-Day 11/16
Find the winner for yesterday's Giveaway at the bottom of this post.
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I am so delighted to announce that for today's Giveaway, award-winning, super-cool, yellow-bike-riding, illustrator John Segal will send the winner an AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF HIS CHILDREN'S BOOK: CARROT SOUP!!!
Written and illustrated by the talented Mr. Segal. Take one rabbit, patiently growing carrots. Add his friends — Mole, Dog, Cat, Duck, and Pig. Mix all ingredients together for a superdelicious surprise! The Society of Illustrators has selected Carrot Soup as one of it's outstanding illustrated books of the year.
John Segal has an excellent website where you can see more of his really terrific work, read reviews of his books and see how his talents also include design and editorial illustrations.
from Musicians of Bremen
from The Reluctant Dragon
Earlier, for one of my Book of the Week posts, I featured this lovely tale. It's one of my — and my children's — favorite books. You can read my post here.
from The Lonely Moose — coming Fall 2007
Carrot Soup would be a total boost to any child's library and it would be perfect under your tree this year. If you're not the lucky winner, you can find a copy of Carrot Soup here.
Thank you, John Segal!
Want to know more about this talented illustrator? Here's a little blurb from his site: John Segal is an author and designer living in New York City. He has two children and lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, near Central Park, where he often can be found riding a yellow bicycle. You can also read a lovely article about him here.
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Giveaway Reminders:
-You have until midnight EST today to enter this giveaway.
-Just make a comment on this post to enter — any comment.
-One entry per person.
-Winner will be randomly picked and announced in the morning.
-What's Giveaway-A-Day? Read here.
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Handsome Devil Press, 11/15 Winner is:
Alexis, who commented: "Love the one with the dog run." (at 8:01pm EST).
Congratulations Alexis! Please email me your shipping address by using the email link on my blog.
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Thursday, November 16, 2006
76 Comments:
Yeah! I'm the first commenter! :) We definitely love books around here and this looks like a great one!
Considering my oldest's love for books, this one would definitely be a great addition to her collection.
My grandmother was also an illustrator. These are lovely.
That book looks like something my oldest, Dylan, would love!
great illustrations.
there are few people as love and tallented as those who illustrate for children's books - so fun!
John Segal's This Is Maine was one of the first gifts I gave to my husband when we were just newly dating. We're schoolteachers and truly passionate about picture books!
This looks like a great book!
Love these books!
I love children's literature! Good giveaway!
Congrats Alexis!!! YEY..I love to read kids books! Oh..and so do my kids. LOL.
This is so fun, but I'm wondering how a mom of 5 has time to find prizes and give them away every day!
Beautifully illustrated children's books - my favorite!
Yeah for new kids books! We can never have too many of those.
I love a good children's book! By the way, Design Mom, do you mind that I live in Germany? Will you and your sponsors ship a give-away on the other side of the ocean, if I am so lucky?
We've been meaning to get the Reluctant Dragon ever since you told us about it, a few years ago. Maybe for Christmas!
ohh pretty! i loved the Musicians of Bremen
my kids love to read, pick me!
These are awesome!
yes, design mom, how does a mom find time to arrange and send fabulous prizes? The book looks darling!
i'm a sucker for books. its nice to have guidance. thanks.
I would love to enter this giveaway.
Thanks for this post. I have not read any of his books yet.
Can't have too many books.
I love books AND yellow bikes.
nice.
When I read the title of this post, I thought it was for actual carrot soup, but a book for the boy is even better!!!
toss my name in!
I've loved childrens books long before I had any kids of my own. The illustrations are amazing!
I can't believe I hadn't heard of this book before - carrot soup is the only kind my two year-old will eat!
Once again, I wish I could draw ...
Thanks for showcasing many great books for the little guys! I am a first time mom and looking for ideas.
And what happened then...?
Well...in Who-ville they say
That the Grinch's small heart
Grew three sizes that day!
My girls would love this book!
very cute book!!! :)
Looks like an awesome book for my kids!
I would do just about anything for a good book.
Yeah for books!
Looks like a great book! I am crossing my fingers...
no matter what, i'm excited to read this book!
Carrot Soup? UMMMM... Count me in!
yoo hoo, i'm in
please, please, please let me win!
can't win a contest as anonymous! oops.
Take 3- great book! Love these giveaways!!!
Who wouldn't want to win a John Segal book? Great author pick, Design Mom!
Love the book!
The illustrations are so sweet! I just love your book posts. Keep them coming!
I love the illustration in this book!
Even if I don't win this book, I would love to buy it and read it to my 3 year old!
I love the illustrations and the story sounds really cute!
We would love to add that to our collection. We like all rabbits, soups, carrots, and books about rabbits, soup, and carrots.
What great books. My kids love books, I may have to get them some of these for Christmas!
Beautiful illustrations! We're always open to new children's books. Thanks!
I love the illustrations, I might have to make a trip to Borders!
They look like great books!
Time to read kiddos!!
I just love well illustrated children's books. Just so the local folks know, there is a book sale at St. James the Less in Scarsdale this weekend. Check thejournalnews.com for more info. They always have tons.
love it!! Want it!!!
Charming book. Like Segal, I have a fondness for beautiful, small objects.
You can never have too many picture books. Maybe this will inspire my three-year-old to eat his veggies...
We love books at my house and love storytime. We would love to add this to our collection.
what a fun book!
count me, please.
Lately I have been choosing the books I buy for my kids based whether is has good pictures, not a good story. It is wonderful to find one that has both!!!
This looks like a great book to add to our collection!
I haven't read his books before. The illustrations are great. If Gabby recomends it then it must be good. We'll have to put it on our library list.
I love children's books.
I love children's books.
this would make a good christmas gift
Very cute book!
These look like great books!
Wow. Such responses!
Many thanks to Gabrielle for this terrific site, and for writing such nice things about both The Reluctant Dragon and Carrot Soup.
And thanks to all who responded.
John Segal
Design Mom: I'm with sarah h and emily (and probably many more of us)...you must reveal how you balance a career as a graphic designer/art director and keep up such a fabulous blog, let alone make time to have a giveaway-a-day. You have 5 adorable children (and one is an infant!) and you are always doing such creative, fun things for them--so are they good nappers? do you have daycare help? does grandma live with you? Seriously, how do you balance it all? For those of us who have just discovered you, we'd love to know more!
One more question...how do you get the "random" winner for these giveaways? Just curious. ;)
I am such a fan of great picture books! I would love to add a new one to the collection. ;)
I love kid's books! Yippee!
11/16 Giveaway is closed.
To the most recent Anonymous commenter on this post:
Good questions. To pick a winner, I number all the comments, excluding multiple entries (either intentional or unintentional) and anonymous comments. Then I use a random number generator like this one: http://www.random.org/nform.html and that's the winner.
As far as how I manage my time, send me an email and we can have a discussion.
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