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Freddie is a little dinosaur that wants more than anything to know what clouds are like.Gingersnap is a little dragon that wishes more than anything to fly. When Gingersnap in a failed first attempt at flight falls right on top of Freddie, the two glare at each other.Then they growl and hiss at each other.But when their individual howls and stomps find a common rhythm, their attempts at aggression transform into a dance of friendship and brings each of them that much closer to realizing his or her dream.,
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Vincent X. Kirsch is an artist, designer, toymaker and writer of books, film and television projects for people of all ages.NATALIE & NAUGHTILY / Author & Illustrator / BloomsburyUSA / Fall 2008 / Selected for the 2008 Original Art Show at the Society of IllustratorsTWO LITTLE BOYS FROM TOOLITTLE TOYS / Author & Illustrator / BloomsburyUSA / Summer 2010 / Selected for the 2010 Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators FORSYTHIA & ME / Author & Illustrator / Farrar Straus Giroux / Winter 2011THE CHANDELIERS / Author & Illustrator / Farrar Straus Giroux / August 2012NOAH WEBSTER & HIS WORDS / Illustrator / Houghton Mifflin / October 2012 / Golden Kite Award 2012: Best Non-Fiction Picture Book / Selected for the 2013 Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators/Included in the traveling Original Art exhibitionFREDDIE & GINGERSNAP / Author & Illustrator / DisneyHyperion / January 2014FREDDIE & GINGERSNAP FIND A CLOUD TO KEEP / Author & Illustrator / DisneyHyperion / January 2015GINGERBREAD FOR LIBERTY! / Illustrator / Houghton Mifflin / January 2015THE HOLE STORY OF THE DOUGHNUT / Illustrator / Houghton Mifflin / Spring 2016CAN YOU FIND PUP? / Author & Illustrator / Holiday House / Spring 2018HOW I LEARNED TO FALL OUT OF TREES / TBA / Spring 2019Mr. Kirsch got his start in advertising agencies specializing in Broadway and film accounts. He had been involved in things theatrical since his youth. He had minored in scenic design and filmmaking at Syracuse University. His scenic design work lead him the stages of the Williamstown Theatre Festival where he became an artist-in-residence under the nurturing gaze of Nikos Psacharapoulos. He designed sets and posters for seven summer seasons of the productions there.At the same time he was designing and illustrating book jackets for such authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Luigi Barzini and F. Scott Fitzgerald. An accidental spilling of India ink on scratchboard resulted in a completely unusual, original black and white illustration style. The black and white, as well as color work, has continued to appear regularly on the pages of The New York Times Book Review & Op-Ed pages, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and a wide array of magazines.Coincidentally, the work on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times landed Mr. Kirsch a three-year job designing and directing the windows of Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Avenue. His work with mannequins and small window spaces lead to the creation of three-dimensional characters and revived a fascination with puppetry and Victorian toy theaters.He has worked and experimented on these projects steadily since leaving Bergdorf Goodman in the mid-nineties. For three years, Mr. Kirsch was Visual Merchandising Director for Dean & Deluca, overseeing the merchandising and branding for all the stores in North America.Mr. Kirsch currently lives in Beverly Hills, California.
