On September 15, 2009, Terry Shay introduced his class to Peter H. Reynolds’ book THE DOT. This was the day International Dot Day was born. Every year since, this global celebration of creativity has grown. It is celebrated September 15-ish, so get started. We need to nourish “creativity, courage and collaboration.”
Everyone can make a mark. Start with a dot. There is actually a guide Start with a Dot.
Find out more here.
Educators register and receive the free handbook, certificate and multi-language posters.
Facebook page International Dot Day
In September 2016, I got to meet agent Holly McGhee in person at Pippin Properties. Peter H. Reynolds was there! We made dots together. We started with a dot in water color. Peter and I exchanged papers to embellish each other’s dots. It was his idea.
I embellished a bit but was having a bad hand day. Rheumatoid arthritis sometimes makes it hard to hold a pencil or, in this case, a brush. RA doesn’t affect my mouth though. In fact, it makes it rattle. I talked their ears off and watched Holly McGhee do her own wonderful thing and Peter Reynolds embellish my blue spiral and his brown dot.
I now have a signed Peter H. Reynolds! Thank you both for this experience!
Embellished and signed by Peter H. Reynolds!!! I only did the blue spiral. He asked me to sign it.
Peter Reynolds also graciously signed books I bought at Books of Wonder for my grandnieces and grandnephew. You can get his signed books at The Dot Central. He holds READ & DRAW sessions on his Facebook page, Peter H. Reynolds.
I made a dot for SOMEWHERE AMONG, my middle grade novel published in 2016. They posted it on Celebri-dots!
The dot for SOMEWHERE AMONG 2016. I cut and pasted all these words for “peace.” Thank you author-illustrator Daniel Schallau for clearing away all the lines around the cutouts.
Today on International Dot Day, I am working on a dot for BEYOND ME. It will most likely be a collage too.