Friends and Colleagues: Many of you have asked about the status of my children's picture book. Thanks for asking! This picture book, written by my husband Joe Lipner and me, is a 32 page book written in verse that gives expression to the spirit and times of Woodstock, the music festival that took place in August 1969 on my cousin Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel NY.
As it is a picture book, the story is driven by lush, dynamic narrative illustrations by artist Barbara Mendes. The 40th anniversary of Woodstock is August 2009, so it is with great hope and anticipation that the book will be in my hands by early November of 2008. I took this project on to fill the need for a picture book about Woodstock and in particular about my cousin Max who showed the value of welcoming strangers to his land. he is the hero of the book. There are other types of books about Woodstock. A week doesn't go by when I do not hear from someone "Are you related to Max Yasgur, ya know the guy from Woodstock?" And I am proud to respond that "Yes, he is my son! (our son is named in his memory) and Yes he was my cousin." A month doesn't go by without a reference to Woodstock in the newspaper somewhere around the world. Just yesterday in the NYTimes in the Arts section there was a music book review by Stephen Holden and the first paragraph cites the Woodstock Festival and the article goes onto speak about Joni Mitchell who wrote the Woodstock song that includes the line..."goin' down to Yasgur's farm..." So...please everyone, in the interest of my building the infrastructure around the book for distribution and sales, help me...go to www.maxsaidyes.com and email me from there that you are interested in the book. All the best for a groovy summer! Peace. Abigail Yasgur Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
