{"id":546,"date":"2024-06-26T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T02:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=546"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:51:10","slug":"rowboat2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2024\/06\/26\/rowboat2024\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u201cRow\u00ading Boat\u201d Pic\u00adture Book? \u2014 A Seam\u00adless Blend of Absurd Humor and Non-Preach\u00ading Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Row\u00adboat Watkins is a high\u00adly acclaimed pic\u00adture book artist in the Unit\u00aded States in recent years. His unique cre\u00adative style is deeply loved by young read\u00aders, par\u00adents and teach\u00aders. Pic\u00adture book enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts also regard his works as humor\u00adous read\u00adings to relieve stress, because they are often quite fun\u00adny, but behind the almost absurd exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded humor is a lot of pos\u00adi\u00adtive ener\u00adgy, full of teach\u00ading with\u00adout being preachy.\u201cDon\u2019t mess with the lit\u00adtle cake! A pic\u00adture book for rais\u00ading high-ener\u00adgy chil\u00addren\u201c<\/strong>The series includes five of his books, which can be said to be five sto\u00adries that are both fun\u00adny and edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal. Please allow me to intro\u00adduce them one by one in the order in which their Eng\u00adlish ver\u00adsions were pub\u00adlished.<\/p>\n

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Rude Cakes (2015)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is his debut work under the pen name \u201cRow\u00adboat\u201d (orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly mean\u00ading \u201crow\u00adboat\u201d), and there was a Chi\u00adnese ver\u00adsion trans\u00adlat\u00aded as \u201cBad-tem\u00adpered Cake\u201d (Relay Press, 2016).<\/p>\n

This book tells the sto\u00adry of a can\u00adtan\u00adker\u00adous lit\u00adtle cake. He nev\u00ader says \u201cplease\u201d or \u201cthank you,\u201d refus\u00ades to lis\u00adten to his par\u00adents\u2019 advice, and is unwill\u00ading to share or apol\u00ado\u00adgize. He believes he can nev\u00ader make a mis\u00adtake. How\u00adev\u00ader, when the naive and some\u00adwhat goofy Cyclops mis\u00adtakes him for a hat and puts it on his head, Cake learns a les\u00adson through a series of hilar\u00adi\u00adous adven\u00adtures and ulti\u00admate\u00adly learns to be polite and kind.<\/p>\n

The book\u2019s lessons are read\u00adi\u00adly appar\u00adent. But its most strik\u00ading fea\u00adture is Robert\u2019s expres\u00adsive and humor\u00adous illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, the high\u00adly inter\u00adac\u00adtive nar\u00adra\u00adtive, and the unique designs of the cup\u00adcakes and the Cyclops. These pow\u00ader\u00adful visu\u00adals cap\u00adti\u00advate chil\u00addren, mak\u00ading them laugh and immerse them\u00adselves in the sto\u00adry, uncon\u00adscious\u00adly under\u00adstand\u00ading the impor\u00adtance of cour\u00adtesy and kind\u00adness. This work is irre\u00adsistible to both chil\u00addren and adults, and it\u2019s no won\u00adder it won an Hon\u00ador\u00adable Men\u00adtion (Sil\u00adver) in the 2016 Jack Ezra Keates Pic\u00adture Book Illus\u00adtra\u00adtor Awards.<\/p>\n

Pete with No Pants (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the sec\u00adond book writ\u00adten and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by \u201cRow\u00adboat,\u201d pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly trans\u00adlat\u00aded into Chi\u00adnese as \u201cPants\u00adless Pete\u201d (CITIC Press, 2019). The book fea\u00adtures the adorably naive lit\u00adtle ele\u00adphant Pete, con\u00adstant\u00adly strug\u00adgling with his pants dur\u00ading his unbri\u00addled play (appar\u00adent\u00adly, pants can be a hin\u00addrance in chil\u00addren\u2019s imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive play). How\u00adev\u00ader, his explo\u00adrations and con\u00adstant ques\u00adtion\u00ading reveal both joy and sor\u00adrow. While the sto\u00adry is filled with silent gray stones, self-absorbed pigeons, curi\u00adous squir\u00adrels, and calm\u00adly observ\u00ading owls, young read\u00aders may find res\u00ado\u00adnance in it, expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading the joys and awk\u00adward\u00adness of every\u00adday play. The sto\u00adry\u2019s play\u00adful assump\u00adtions and self-dis\u00adcov\u00adery demon\u00adstrate chil\u00addren\u2019s vibrant curios\u00adi\u00adty and inde\u00adpen\u00addent think\u00ading.<\/p>\n

Moth\u00ader Ele\u00adphant strikes a beau\u00adti\u00adful balance\u2014one of care and guid\u00adance. She\u2019s always by Pete\u2019s side, tak\u00ading care of his dai\u00adly needs, like feed\u00ading and bathing. While she does\u00adn\u2019t direct\u00adly inter\u00advene as Pete explores and asks ques\u00adtions, she qui\u00adet\u00adly sup\u00adports his inde\u00adpen\u00addent think\u00ading and self-dis\u00adcov\u00adery by pro\u00advid\u00ading a safe and warm fam\u00adi\u00adly envi\u00adron\u00adment. It\u2019s her car\u00ading and inclu\u00adsive\u00adness, and her sub\u00adse\u00adquent active involve\u00adment in imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtive play, that allows Pete to freely explore and express him\u00adself.<\/p>\n

Some Amer\u00adi\u00adcan review\u00aders believe that the book\u2019s style of illus\u00adtra\u00adtion is rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of Mau\u00adrice Sendak\u2019s ear\u00adly style (such as the \u201cDear Lit\u00adtle Bear\u201d series) and Jean de Bruyne\u2019s \u201cThe Sto\u00adry of Babar the Ele\u00adphant.\u201d This is indeed a valu\u00adable asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion. Clas\u00adsic chil\u00addren\u2019s books often find the right bal\u00adance between inno\u00adcence and naivety, fun\u00adny and cute, sen\u00adsi\u00adble and wise, and warm and car\u00ading.<\/p>\n

Most Marsh\u00admal\u00adlows (2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is actu\u00adal\u00adly the fourth book writ\u00adten and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded by Row\u00ading Boat. The third is \u201cOnce Upon a Time There Was a Big Bun\u00adny\u201d (2018), a quirky bed\u00adtime sto\u00adry that revers\u00ades the roles of sto\u00adry\u00adteller and lis\u00adten\u00ader. The marsh\u00admal\u00adlow in this sto\u00adry already appears on the copy\u00adright page of \u201cDon\u2019t Mess with the Cake,\u201d as a bal\u00adloon-car\u00adry\u00ading marsh\u00admal\u00adlow bul\u00adlied by a grumpy cake. In the fourth book, the marsh\u00admal\u00adlow not only becomes the pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist but also, by the end, an omnipo\u00adtent, fire-breath\u00ading marsh\u00admal\u00adlow. This kind of exag\u00adger\u00adat\u00aded, hilar\u00adi\u00adous, yet under\u00adstand\u00adable, twist has become a hall\u00admark of Row\u00ading Boat\u2019s sto\u00adries.<\/p>\n

The book\u2019s Eng\u00adlish title, \u201cMost Marsh\u00admal\u00adlows,\u201d is worth men\u00adtion\u00ading. Robert clear\u00adly rel\u00adish\u00ades this phrase, as he\u2019s since added \u201cis most\u00adly a dad who likes to tell sto\u00adries and draw\u201d to his bios. While unusu\u00adal in Eng\u00adlish, this phrase is eas\u00adi\u00adly under\u00adstood and imbued with warmth and inti\u00adma\u00adcy. He empha\u00adsizes that, despite being a suc\u00adcess\u00adful pic\u00adture book cre\u00adator, his pri\u00adma\u00adry role is as a father to his daugh\u00adter! This in itself offers a bit of a twist, does\u00adn\u2019t it? While most of the marsh\u00admal\u00adlows in this book enjoy a sweet, every\u00adday life, fol\u00adlow\u00ading the rules and yet find\u00ading bliss in medi\u00adoc\u00adrity, a few (typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized by a love of read\u00ading and dream\u00ading) secret\u00adly real\u00adize that even a marsh\u00admal\u00adlow\u2019s jour\u00adney can hold end\u00adless pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties.<\/p>\n

Marsh\u00admal\u00adlow\u2019s Lit\u00adtle Leg\u00adend focus\u00ades on inspir\u00ading chil\u00addren to dis\u00adcov\u00ader and real\u00adize their poten\u00adtial. While there are many chil\u00addren\u2019s books embrac\u00ading this theme, the book\u2019s dis\u00adtinc\u00adtive\u00adness lies pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly in its unique visu\u00adal cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty and sense of humor. Accord\u00ading to the author, the illus\u00adtra\u00adtions are \u201cmade with marsh\u00admal\u00adlows, con\u00adstruc\u00adtion paper, cake sprin\u00adkles, card\u00adboard, acorn hats, twist\u00aded wire, pen\u00adcils, and oth\u00ader mate\u00adri\u00adals.\u201d The book employs a col\u00adlage-like approach, mak\u00ading the sto\u00adry scenes feel more like chil\u00addren\u2019s craft play. This approach, through a play\u00adful expe\u00adri\u00adence, allows chil\u00addren to tru\u00adly expe\u00adri\u00adence the infi\u00adnite pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties of each life jour\u00adney.<\/p>\n

Mabel (2020)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sto\u00adry of Mabel, the Lit\u00adtle Mer\u00admaid, is Row\u00adboat\u2019s fifth self-writ\u00adten and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded pic\u00adture book. It tells the sto\u00adry of a beard\u00adless mer\u00admaid who, through a series of adven\u00adtures and friend\u00adships, final\u00adly comes to terms with her imper\u00adfec\u00adtions and her unique growth. The sto\u00adry fea\u00adtures mer\u00admaids of all ages and gen\u00adders sport\u00ading beards, while the octo\u00adpus fam\u00adi\u00adly has sev\u00aden limbs\u2014a some\u00adwhat absurd rever\u00adsal of real\u00adi\u00adty and con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion. Row\u00adboat con\u00adtin\u00adues to suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly reverse this, allow\u00ading read\u00aders to \u201csee\u201d (and, of course, embrace) such a beau\u00adti\u00adful \u201cimper\u00adfec\u00adtion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Accept\u00ading the so-called \u201cimper\u00adfec\u00adtions\u201d of one\u2019s own body is actu\u00adal\u00adly a com\u00admon theme that is quite encour\u00adaged in today\u2019s world. It can be called \u201cbody pos\u00adi\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty\u201d, which advo\u00adcates accept\u00ading and appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00ading one\u2019s own (or oth\u00aders\u2019) body. Regard\u00adless of body shape, size, col\u00ador or oth\u00ader char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtics, it is wor\u00adthy of con\u00adfi\u00addence and respect. This is also a very impor\u00adtant mes\u00adsage for grow\u00ading chil\u00addren:Being dif\u00adfer\u00adent in appear\u00adance does not mean being a dis\u00adad\u00advan\u00adtage. Inner con\u00adfi\u00addence and self-iden\u00adti\u00adty are the most impor\u00adtant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sto\u00adry of the \u201crow\u00ading boat\u201d uncle is not par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly nov\u00adel in terms of theme and plot struc\u00adture, but it is unique in char\u00adac\u00adter design and graph\u00adic expres\u00adsion. The mer\u00admaid who tries hard to dis\u00adguise her\u00adself but is called a \u201cnudi\u00adbranch\u201d, the octo\u00adpus with only sev\u00aden claws but can count to eighty-eight, count\u00adless fun\u00adny graph\u00adic details and a warm friend\u00adship that is pre\u00adcious in the trough, make this sto\u00adry about \u201cspe\u00adcial\u201d phys\u00adi\u00adcal signs very spe\u00adcial and impres\u00adsive.<\/p>\n

No Sleep, Go to Mars! (Go-Go Guys, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sixth self-writ\u00adten and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded pic\u00adture book under the name \u201cRow\u00adboat\u201d is a rather bois\u00adter\u00adous bed\u00adtime sto\u00adry about a group of chil\u00addren who, still full of ener\u00adgy, don\u2019t want to sleep, so they want to run around and do all kinds of excit\u00ading things. The three chil\u00addren\u2019s imagery, rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of marsh\u00admal\u00adlows, and their float\u00ading and wan\u00adder\u00ading state, is rem\u00adi\u00adnis\u00adcent of Mick\u00adey Mouse in Sendak\u2019s \u201cMid\u00adnight Kitchen.\u201d I think, in a sense, this book is also a trib\u00adute to Sendak.<\/p>\n

The play\u00adful lit\u00adtle crea\u00adtures in this book love all sorts of toys and vehi\u00adcles, and their minds are con\u00adsumed with fan\u00adtasies of space explo\u00adration, a trope now almost overused in chil\u00addren\u2019s books. Uncle Row\u00adboat takes a dif\u00adfer\u00adent approach, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly when he awak\u00adens the bored sheep the lit\u00adtle ones don\u2019t want to count. These fran\u00adtic sheep tear the house apart, chase the refus\u00ading chil\u00addren out, and send them into space. Uncle Row\u00adboat does\u00adn\u2019t sim\u00adply indulge the lit\u00adtle ones\u2019 mis\u00adchief. Instead, he seizes the oppor\u00adtune moment to reverse the seem\u00ading\u00adly uncon\u00adtrol\u00adlable chaos, using the pow\u00ader\u00adful moon to instant\u00adly sub\u00addue the mis\u00adchie\u00advous crea\u00adtures. The rhyth\u00admic nar\u00adra\u00adtive seam\u00adless\u00adly shifts between absur\u00addi\u00adty and sub\u00adlime tran\u00adquil\u00adi\u00adty, per\u00adhaps a tran\u00adsi\u00adtion from bus\u00adtle to qui\u00adet, and final\u00adly, the onset of sleep.<\/p>\n

The illus\u00adtra\u00adtions of the \u201crow\u00adboat man\u201d main\u00adtain his usu\u00adal vivid, live\u00adly, and expres\u00adsive style, while main\u00adtain\u00ading a nec\u00ades\u00adsary bal\u00adance with\u00adin the sto\u00adry, show\u00ading the child\u2019s end\u00adless ener\u00adgy and thirst for adven\u00adture on the one hand, while also con\u00advey\u00ading the impor\u00adtance of rest and sleep on the oth\u00ader. This per\u00adhaps also reflects his role as \u201cpri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly a father.\u201d<\/p>\n

<\/a>Robert Watkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

After read\u00ading all the works writ\u00adten and drawn by Uncle Row\u00adboat so far, I can\u2019t help but be very curi\u00adous about him. What kind of per\u00adson is he and why can he cre\u00adate such works?<\/p>\n

Search\u00ading for his pro\u00adfile online is quite fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading in itself; he seems to inten\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly main\u00adtain a cer\u00adtain air of mys\u00adtery, unwill\u00ading to reveal his true iden\u00adti\u00adty eas\u00adi\u00adly. Con\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly, his offi\u00adcial web\u00adsite (www.rowboatwatkins.com) only con\u00adtains a few books pub\u00adlished since 2015, along with the ori\u00adgins of his nick\u00adname (and pen name) \u201cRow\u00adboat\u201d (derived from his wife\u2019s nick\u00adname for him for many years). Beyond that, it\u2019s prac\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly blank, as if he had\u00adn\u2019t done any\u00adthing before this. And judg\u00ading by the var\u00adi\u00adous inter\u00adviews he\u2019s giv\u00aden in recent years, aside from dis\u00adcus\u00adsions of his work and cre\u00adative quips, there\u2019s vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly no per\u00adson\u00adal infor\u00adma\u00adtion.<\/p>\n

Thanks to social media and Wikipedia, I first found infor\u00adma\u00adtion about his wife, Dana Stevens. Even this renowned film crit\u00adic joked on social media that her hus\u00adband was a bit mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous, some\u00adtimes even those who spent time with him did\u00adn\u2019t under\u00adstand him. But fol\u00adlow\u00ading these clues, I grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly sketched out the true face of this \u201crow\u00ading boat\u201d uncle.<\/p>\n

It turns out his real name is Robert Wein\u00adstock. He was born in Philadel\u00adphia, USA in 1967 and lat\u00ader grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded from Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. This top stu\u00addent from a pres\u00adti\u00adgious uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty worked as a graph\u00adic design\u00ader and book edi\u00adtor. In 2003, he suf\u00adfered a car acci\u00addent that caused him to lose most of his sense of taste (per\u00adhaps chang\u00ading his career). In 2004, he pub\u00adlished his debut pic\u00adture book, Gordimer Byrd\u2019s Reminder, which he wrote and illus\u00adtrat\u00aded. He lat\u00ader pub\u00adlished Giant Meat\u00adball (2008) and two chil\u00addren\u2019s poet\u00adry col\u00adlec\u00adtions, Food Hates You, Too and Oth\u00ader Poems (2009) and Can You Dig It? \u201d (Can You Dig It?, 2010), and the pic\u00adture book I\u2019m Not (2010) which he col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded with Pam Small\u00adcombe \u2014 these are all very inter\u00adest\u00ading books, and the last one was also intro\u00adduced to Chi\u00adna (Twen\u00adty-First Cen\u00adtu\u00adry Pub\u00adlish\u00ading House, 2013), but the strange thing is that after chang\u00ading to a pen name, the \u201cRow\u00ading Boat\u201d uncle did\u00adn\u2019t men\u00adtion them at all!<\/p>\n

In fact, in 2010, some\u00adthing pro\u00adfound\u00adly mean\u00ading\u00adful hap\u00adpened to him: he and three oth\u00ader artists were award\u00aded the inau\u00adgur\u00adal Sendak Fel\u00adlow\u00adship! The name of this award is dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to trans\u00adlate, because unlike most hon\u00adorary awards, each year, two to four artists are invit\u00aded to reside in Sendak\u2019s remote rur\u00adal home for four weeks, away from the hus\u00adtle and bus\u00adtle of dai\u00adly life. They can tem\u00adporar\u00adi\u00adly put aside finan\u00adcial con\u00adcerns and focus on the work they par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly want to cre\u00adate. They can also view Sendak\u2019s orig\u00adi\u00adnal paint\u00adings and his col\u00adlec\u00adtion of illus\u00adtra\u00adtions, and dis\u00adcuss with him per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly (a pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty lost after his death in 2012) or engage in in-depth dis\u00adcus\u00adsions with oth\u00ader artists. There\u00adfore, even from Sendak\u2019s per\u00adspec\u00adtive, their rela\u00adtion\u00adship was\u00adn\u2019t one of teacher and stu\u00addent, but rather one of fel\u00adlow artists engag\u00ading in in-depth dis\u00adcus\u00adsions.<\/p>\n

Sendak\u2019s cre\u00adation of this unique award was pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly inspired by his own for\u00adma\u00adtive expe\u00adri\u00adences. Ear\u00adly in his career, he col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded close\u00adly with Ruth Krauss for many years. For about eight years, every two week\u00adends, he would take the train from New York to Roway\u00adton, Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut, to stay at the home of Ruth and her hus\u00adband, Kroger John\u00adson (cre\u00adator of the \u201cArrow\u201d series), dis\u00adcussing his work in progress and, in effect, receiv\u00ading the guid\u00adance and train\u00ading of these two fore\u00adbears. The Sendak Fel\u00adlow\u00adship embod\u00adies this mod\u00adel of devel\u00adop\u00adment and has con\u00adtin\u00adued to this day, ben\u00ade\u00adfit\u00ading over thir\u00adty emerg\u00ading artists.<\/p>\n

Robert Watkins was one of the cre\u00adators who par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly ben\u00ade\u00adfit\u00aded from the first two cohorts, as they were for\u00adtu\u00adnate enough to work direct\u00adly with Sendak him\u00adself. I sus\u00adpect that the \u201crow\u00adboat man\u201d no longer used his orig\u00adi\u00adnal name in his sub\u00adse\u00adquent pic\u00adture books, and even delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly con\u00adcealed the fact that he had cre\u00adat\u00aded pic\u00adture books in the past, per\u00adhaps to dis\u00adtance him\u00adself from his past and present a com\u00adplete\u00adly new image.<\/p>\n

As men\u00adtioned ear\u00adli\u00ader, this \u201crow\u00ading boat\u201d artist, con\u00adsid\u00adered a rel\u00ada\u00adtive new\u00adcom\u00ader, seems to have grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly found his own style and expres\u00adsion since then, seam\u00adless\u00adly blend\u00ading absurd humor with unpre\u00adten\u00adtious instruc\u00adtion. His play\u00adful\u00adness often focus\u00ades on the small details, and despite his wild imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, the details with\u00adin his paint\u00adings are imbued with a child\u00adlike amuse\u00adment close\u00adly relat\u00aded to every\u00adday life. Per\u00adhaps out of respect and affec\u00adtion for his pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor, he has var\u00adi\u00adous cre\u00adative designs that pay homage to Sendak, but his visu\u00adal pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion and expres\u00adsion are also unique.<\/p>\n

The goal of the Sendak Fel\u00adlows Grant, in Sendak\u2019s own words, is to encour\u00adage the win\u00adners to \u201cpro\u00adduce work that is nei\u00adther emp\u00adty nor sil\u00adly, but orig\u00adi\u00adnal, inspir\u00ading and res\u00adonat\u00ading. Illus\u00adtra\u00adtions should be in har\u00admo\u00adny with the music, like dance.\u201d Judg\u00ading from these works in Robert Watkin\u00ads\u2019s \u201cHigh Ener\u00adgy Child Devel\u00adop\u00adment Pic\u00adture Book\u201d series, he seems to have achieved it.<\/p>\n

Writ\u00adten in Bei\u00adjing on June 26, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n

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