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Let's
Face It!

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ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM

Before you head off to a place
where you're looking at a long
wait (like the doctor's office) or
where your child is likely to be
bored (like a shopping trip),
make a booklet of blank faces
to help keep your son or
daughter entertained.
All you need is an empty
notebook, or pieces of white
paper that you have stapled to-
gether, and crayons. Stickers
are a good idea, too; look for
those with individual facial fea-
tures, or generic circles
and squares.
Begin by drawing a se-
ries of blank faces. You
supply the head and
neck, and hair if you
want. Your child will
add the eyes and nose
and mouth and extras
like earrings, bows,
necklaces.

THE APPLETREE

Draw eyes,
noses, and
mouths on
these pictures.

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Place this, with the crayons
and stickers, in a small bag.
You can ask your child to
create all kinds of faces: of fam-

Last spring it was on the New
York Times best-seller list, tying
with the latest novel from
Jurassic Park author Michael
Crichton.
Now there's something new
on the market for Jester fans:
Jester and Pharley dolls, and
Jester and Pharley bookmarks.
They will be available at both
Barnes & Noble and Borders.
The Saltzmans have not for-
gotten their vow to see that the
book gets into the hands of
those who need it most.
COPYRIGHT & TM, THE JESTER CO., INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Working with the nonprofit
Parents Against Cancer,
they have established a fund
to secure 10,000 free copies
of Jester each year for chil-
dren with life-threatening
illness (10,000 for the num-
ber of children diagnosed
annually with cancer). In
Michigan, hospitals that
have received the book for
distribution are Children's
The first thing David Saltzman
mother made a promise: she
Hospital in Detroit, Hurley
did when he learned he had
would see that David's book
Medical Center in Flint, DeVos
cancer was weep. Then he be-
was published, and that it
Children's Hospital in Grand
gan to laugh.
would be distributed to ailing
Rapids, Michigan State Univer-
The joy came from a book
children throughout the
sity in Kalamazoo
he was writing and illustrating,
country. -
and Michigan State
Above: The Jester
the story of a jester and his pal
and
Pharley
go
in
In March 1990, David search of laughter. University in East
Pharley and a quiet kingdom
died. He was 22.
Lansing.
without laughter. A line in the
Below: David
Barbara and Joe Saltz- Saltzman's fans
To order a copy
book reads, "Whenever I feel
man, along with their oth- include Maurice
of The Jester Has
Sendak and Charles
like crying, I smile hard in-
er son, Michael,
Lost His Jingle,
Schultz.
stead! I turn my sadness upside
approached several pub-
down and stand it on its
lishers about the book; no
head!"
one was interested. "Too
David has since died, but
long," they said. So the
that hasn't brought to an end
Saltzmans published The
his message of the power of
Jester Has Lost His Jingle
humor, optimism and the won-
privately, and at their own
der of life. It's eloquently and
expense.
charmingly told in his book
The results were re-
The Jester Has Lost His Jingle,
markable. The book was
published by The Jester Co.,
so popular from the start
Inc.
that it has been difficult at
David Saltzman was a hon-
times to even find a copy.

ily members or friends, cow-
boys, TV stars, Barbie and her
cool pals, or just use his imagi-
nation.
You should be as creative as
possible when designing the
heads. Try drawing the out-
lines of animals, and even toss
in a space creature or two.

How To
Find Your
Lost SmilP

ors student, a senior majoring
in English and art at Yale Uni-
vers4 when he learned he
had Hodgkin's disease. By
thOn, he already was hard at
work on Jester. He would
spend the next months receiv-
ing chemotherapy and radia-
tion treatments, always
continuing to write his book.
Although initially optimistic
about David's future, his par-
ents eventually came to realize
he would not survive. His

