Julie: Maira Kalman, Alice Provensen, Lisbeth Zwerger.

7-Imp: If you could have three (living) illustrators or author/illustrators - whom you have not yet met - over for coffee or a glass of rich, red wine, whom would you choose? Julie: вЂњMy painting of the Flimflam Man, who I think is Andrewshek grown up.вЂќД¤. Illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham 1924. illustrated by Garth Williams, The Animal Family by Randall Jarrell with illustrations by Maurice Sendak, Norse Myths and Legends by Ingri and Edgar dвЂ™Aulaire.ДЄndrewshek from The Poppy Seed Cakes by Margery Clark and While weвЂ™re setting the table, letвЂ™s get the basics from Julie:Д§-Imp: Are you an illustrator or author/illustrator? It is so good I wrote them a fan letter.вЂќ I am addicted to Straus Family Farms plain yogurt. About an hour later, I have a huge bowl of homemade granola with yogurt and whatever fruit is in season. And what is JulieвЂ™s breakfast of choice? вЂњI have oolong tea - fragrant and floral.

Jules: Well, letвЂ™s get right to it, shall we? I know weвЂ™re both so honored she stopped by for a cyber-breakfast. HeвЂ™s also right in that her images can tell a story all on their own - itвЂ™s amazing how much detail she can pour into a single illustration.ДЄlso, I remember she had on some very cool tights. I adore her use of color - those bright, intricate, swirly figures and flowers really pop against the black backgrounds she often favors. But yeah, she did unroll a big poster-size print of a painting sheвЂ™d done when sheвЂ™d gotten the news that sheвЂ™d won the BGHB Honor, and it was just as lovely as youвЂ™d expect. And you were there, werenвЂ™t you?Д®isha: I was indeed, and it saddens me to no end that I didnвЂ™t know David yet. He nailed it.ДЄnd, hey, he also talked about her Boston GlobeвЂ“Horn Book Award acceptance speech for Yellow Elephant and how she shared a detail of one of her paintings with the audience - in lieu of a long speech. вЂќДЄnd, in talking about her illustrations for Julie LariosвЂ™ Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary (Harcourt, 2006), he described her art work as having вЂњa warm glow from within.вЂќ I love that. ItвЂ™s a strange magnetism, a quiet attraction not unlike the way a whisper can pull you closer and cause you to pay more attention over the din that surrounds it. there is something in her illustrations that draws me to them. I think he summed up the appeal of her art work well when he wrote: I remember during Blogging for a Cure last year when David Elzey at the one-and-only the excelsior file featured PaschkisвЂ™ beautiful 2008 snowflake and did this great, little write-up about her work as an illustrator. Jules: Eisha, Julie Paschkis is visiting for breakfast this morning! IвЂ™m thrilled sheвЂ™s here, especially since it was a real delight to read her interview responses.

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