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Alexander Stadler is an author, illustrator and a textile designer. He was born in New York City in 1968. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated in 1990 with a BFA in Printmaking. Mr. Stadler is the author and illustrator of Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book (Harcourt, Silver Whistle), Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow (Harcourt, Spring 03), Lila Bloom (FSG, Frances Foster Books, Spring 04), Beverly Billingsly Can't Catch (Harcourt, Spring 04), Ducan Rumplemeyer's Bad Birthday (Simon & Schuster, Paula Wiseman Books, Fall 04), and Beverly Billingsly Takes the Cake (Harcourt, Gulliver Books, Spring 05). Mr. Stadler's titles for adults include the forthcoming What Willie Wore, Scenes from the Life and Wardrobe of a Fashionable Little Dog (Chronicle, Spring 03) and Mr. Alexander's Four Steps to Love (Quirk, Spring 04). He has illustrated Doggy Days and Kitty Kapers (Tenspeed) as well as Barbara Bottner's Charlene Loves to Make Noise (Running Press). As textile designer he has created work for Comme des Garçons, Jack Lenore Larsen, Donghia, Nina Campbell LTD, Todd Oldham and babyGap. He is currently colaborating with wallpaper designer Elizabeth Dow on a collection of children's bedding. Mr. Stadler has lived in San Francisco and Buenos Aires. He has two sisters and three brothers, five nieces and three nephews. At present he lives with his partner and two dogs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book Price: $16.00 "In this sympathetic tale of a budding bibliophile, a light-gray animal with bearish ears and a tentative manner receives her first library card and uses it to borrow a volume on dinosaurs. She smiles politely as the green, birdlike librarian tells her the due date. "On Wednesday, after school, she studied the iguanodon. On Thursday and Friday, she read about the ankylosaurus. She spent several days building a prehistoric jungle habitat," then realizes the book is overdue. Fearful of a fine (or jail, according to a coyote-like schoolmate), she avoids the library until her mother discovers the problem and helps her return the overdue book. The beaky librarian lets it slide. In his picture-book debut, Stadler shows that a minor issue can loom large for a child (the heroine, sporting pajamas with the due date stamped all over them, has a nightmare starring a green triceratops with a hairdo much like the librarian's demanding the book)." Publishers Weekly |
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Beverly Billingsly Can't Catch NO LONGER AVAILABLE "...Beverly has many talents, but softball is not one of them. She spends most games stranded in right field where she sings and talks with her friend Oliver until she learns that nobody wants them on their team. Beverly and Oliver set out to learn how to play softball, first through research and then through practice. This book is fun to read and has several humorous passages. Being picked last for a sports team is a familiar scenario to many people, but Beverly's perseverance and positive attitude carry her through the difficulties—and one particularly painful softball game—to an ultimately redeeming end. The illustrations are quirky and add levity to the text. This is a good story for those parents who want to teach their children that natural talent is nice to have but practice makes perfect." Rihoko Ueno, Children's Literature |
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Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow Price: $16.00 "...Beverly's father gives her advice-"there are no small parts, only small actors"-which takes on a dual meaning when Beverly quashes her jealousy to help the star..." Publishers Weekly |
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Beverly Billingsly Takes the Cake Price: $16.00 "...Beverly decides to make her classmate a birthday cake to remember, one she swoons simply thinking about. It will be majestic, but also a piece of work, her mother warns her. When her mother leaves the kitchen for a second, Beverly puts the batter in the pans and slips them in the oven, Clever Beverly, except she forgot to grease the pans. Disaster is averted when her mother has an idea and Beverly brings it to life. It's a nice touch to have Mom coming to the rescue; Beverly doesn't have to have all the answers and moms are supposed to be there in times of need..." Kirkus Reviews |
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Charlene Loves to Make Noise NO LONGER AVAILABLE "...Stadler's illustrations are a good match for Bottner's concise, understated text..." Publishers Weekly |
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Duncan Rumplemeyer's Bad Birthday OUT OF STOCK "'My name is Duncan Rumplemeyer, and I am not a bad kid-but sometimes I act like one.' The cause of the hero's 'bad birthday' stems from two problems: Duncan is having 'one of [his] mischievous days' plus he does not like sharing. 'If a toy is fun, why let go of it? Who know when you'll get it back?'..." Publishers Weekly |
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Lila Bloom OUT OF STOCK ""Lila Bloom is having a miserable day. Her waffles are lacking sufficient strawberries, her little sister smears maple syrup on her favorite sweatshirt, and her book report is returned with the teacher's comment, "try harder." By the time Aunt Celeste arrives to drive her to ballet, Lila has decided that she despises ballet and is going to quit her classes. Madame Vera, her ballet teacher, notices Lila's lack of enthusiasm and Lila tells her of the plan to quit. Madame Vera pulls out a little reverse psychology and suddenly Lila's not so sure she wants to quit after all, in fact, she may want to take ballet twice a week instead. Stadler's simple story is a mood everyone can relate to and offers the encouraging advice not to give up on the things you love so easily. Simple ink and gouache illustrations perfectly capture the mood as Lila's day goes from bad to worse to wonderful...." Children's Literature |
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Author & Illustrator Current Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Honorarium:
Program Description My presentation is designed to encourage students to write and illustrate their own stories. The workshop is forty-five minutes to an hour long, half an hour for kindergarteners. I have run successful workshops with kids aged five to sixteen and also worked successfully with educators and librarians. I begin by showing the work of the author/illustrators who inspired me when I was young reader. During the course of the presentation I read from one of my books while pointing out secrets in the text or pictures and revealing tricks of the trade. The presentation includes a question and answer segment and an interactive game in which the group creates a story while I illustrate it. All drawings are left with the class groups to be used for further discussion, exercises etc. Depending on the age and sophistication of the group we will discuss different issues of book design (font choice and text placement, when to use a single image or a double page spread, jacket design etc) and how all of those choices can improve the telling of a story. I can lead the workshop in English or in Spanish. I have worked with groups of 10 to 200 students. The ideal group size is 20-60. |
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