

Scholastic Reading Club approached me recently for artwork for their "My Favorite Teacher" campaign. I was thrilled to be able to work on this project, partly because Scholastic does such cool stuff, and partly because dragons.
They did ask that I include this paragraph, since the image isn't out in the wild yet:
Created as part of Scholastic Reading Club's year-long celebration of teachers. Teachers change the lives of their students every day. Sometimes a small moment has a huge impact on a child's future. Other times it's the year-long influence in a classroom that can change the course of a student's entire life. Scholastic Reading Club is celebrating favorite teachers this year and will be interviewing students, parents, authors, illustrators, and celebrities about teachers who impacted their lives. If you'd like to share your own memories, you can email them to: judy.newman (at) scholastic.com
They did ask that I include this paragraph, since the image isn't out in the wild yet:
Created as part of Scholastic Reading Club's year-long celebration of teachers. Teachers change the lives of their students every day. Sometimes a small moment has a huge impact on a child's future. Other times it's the year-long influence in a classroom that can change the course of a student's entire life. Scholastic Reading Club is celebrating favorite teachers this year and will be interviewing students, parents, authors, illustrators, and celebrities about teachers who impacted their lives. If you'd like to share your own memories, you can email them to: judy.newman (at) scholastic.com
This picture certainly brings back memories- in this case, the 1970s.
I've been looking for something like this to use in my publishing company (which specializes in Fantasy). How much would a commission like this cost? Please send me a note and let me know... this is exactly what DevART is all about!
I'm so emailing her about Mr. Soquist. The man was a balm in the craziness of middle school.
The teacher's expression would've been one of annoyance, because I would've been reading in class (again...) while they were teaching even after they told me to stop. I'd meant to do what they told me to do, but I was bored because I understood what the teacher was talking about and I just wanted something to do while they finished explaining it to the rest of the class. You'd think the teacher would be glad I was quietly reading and minding my own business, and it's not like it was my fault the rest of the class took so long to figure things out. [/tongue-in-cheek] My fifth grade teacher told my parents about the time he caught me reading and asked me a question to try and get me to stop, but it backfired on him when I put the book down long enough to give him the right answer and then went right back to reading.
Blessings,
Steve, who has had some really fine teachers along the way
---AK