{"id":173,"date":"2009-01-24T18:44:41","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T23:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=173"},"modified":"2016-07-20T11:08:17","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T15:08:17","slug":"donut-chef-and-bob-staakes-amazing-drawing-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/01\/24\/donut-chef-and-bob-staakes-amazing-drawing-process\/","title":{"rendered":"perfect kid’s book: donut chef"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’m always on the lookout for great children’s books to give as gifts to my friend’s kids; books are inexpensive, and can be enjoyed over and over again, not to mention inspiring who-knows-what? in those young brains and imaginations. BoingBoing<\/a>‘s recommendation of Donut Chef<\/a>, \u00a0written and illustrated the brilliant Bob Staake, is dead-on. It’s the story a chef whose donut shop becomes a big success, only to be threatened by a rival around the corner, who sparks a competition to create increasingly fabulous donuts. There’s a great fun riff on improvising and the messes and revelations that invariably occur.<\/p>\n Check out a video of author\/illustrator Bob Staake<\/a>‘s amazing drawing process, which lead me to discover some great drawing software for kids and non-technical grown-ups.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> for a trove of Staake’s children’s books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m always on the lookout for great children’s books to give as gifts to my friend’s kids; books are inexpensive, and can be enjoyed over and over again, not to mention inspiring who-knows-what? in those young brains and imaginations. BoingBoing‘s recommendation of Donut Chef, \u00a0written and illustrated the brilliant Bob Staake, is dead-on. It’s the…<\/p>\nRead More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8361,88,80,6548,6549,8362,8364],"tags":[131,133,132],"yoast_head":"\n