Clio Confidential: Clio's Books

Maybe Pants

This is probably my favorite of Clio's books to date. Not least because she took it upon herself to do the binding, and it is all wonky and taped up, but it is a bound book nonetheless.

Mostly, I love her use of simile. I told her the name for what she was doing naturally, the way she was making illustrative comparisons, and she seemed to like that it had a name.

Maybe Pants

by Clio Peterson

March 1, 2011

I am a robot, but I am a girl.

I have a moustache.

Dialogue bubble: I am OW!

Dots make this picture really graceful like a girl human.

My hair is as long as my mom.

Dialogue bubble: I am a Tooter.

Here is my mom.

She has hair that is brown and green.

This rainbow is as beautiful as a clementine.

This crazy thing

is as crazy

This P

This O

This A

and this N

The End.

I love you, you tooter.

Perhaps I should mention that Lucia had recently slept over and the three girlies though "tooter" was the funniest thing on earth.

"This rainbow is as beautiful as a clementine." Makes my heart full.

Girls and Boys in the Flowers

Flowers seem to be a big theme in Clio's books (and underwear.) If she doesn't become an olympic swimmer, an actress (drama queen), or a vet, I can see florist or landscape architect as a contender. She doesn't fully get the concept that once you pick a flower, it dies. Or maybe she does get it but is unconcerned after the initial shock. Anyway, one of her flower-story-collaborations with the Dadders.

Lovely Flowers

Daddy wants these flowers to go in a vase.

Clio wants to put these flowers somewhere in her garden.

Finn says: "I like these flowers. I want to get them and sometimes buy them."

These apples are just right.

I want to get these flowers cause I really really like them. They have dots on each petal.

I like these flowers. I can only take 4 at a time. I cannot pick one more.

One Strawberry and Flowers

Can you tell I got the scanner going again? Mostly because--practically speaking--I needed to clear my desk. But the bonus for anyone who still bothers to check this blog is the pleasure of Clio's book collaborations. (And long term, I suppose the pleasure will be all Clio's, in having access to her "early work"!) This one has all the captions on the same page as the images, but I'm typing them below in case they aren't legible.

Silly, silly, silly.

Crazy that you put these silly pants on my face!

I have everything on my face.

Dialogue bubble, left to right:

Silly, silly, silly earrings you have, Mama.

I hope so baby.

I love you Mama.

I burped.

Pretty Stuff.

Dialogue bubble: I can reach that cloud!

A strawberry, Just right for me!

Dialogue Bubble: I'm going to eat myself.

The Strawberry is going to eat herself.

More collaborations from Clio and her ghost writers

A Garden With Flowers and Trees Only

PBTPBTPBBT (SPIT)

This flower has breeze.

These are shells.

This thing is an Iguana.

(I just want to tease people who read this book because it's not really an iguana--Ed note.)

The yellow things on top are clouds. The blue thing at the very top is the sky. And the green things that are tall are trees. And the little things that are on the ground, also, are flowers.