Ask Norman: Do You Punch?
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Hey Kids! Sachio and Jessup, friends from The Little School, asked the same question (friends do that sometimes, don’t they!):
What do you think Norman has to say about punching? What do you think about punching? To read Norman’s answer? Scroll down . . .
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Say kids: Have you ever tasted Goldfish Punch? We found a tasty recipe by the “Lady Behind the Curtain” website. WANT TO GIVE IT A TRY?
Look! Norman’s new fishbowl—and he has 2 friends now!
Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
Ask Norman: Do You Know Geometry?
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Hey Kids! What do you think? Do you know geometry? He knows how many laps around his fishbowl, and how many laps up and down. Does that count? To read Norman’s answer? Scroll down . . .
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Say kids: Below is a snap of Norman’s new fishbowl. If I tell you it’s perfectly round, the radius is 6 inches and the height is twice that much, can you figure out how much water it can hold? WANT TO GIVE IT A TRY?
Look! Norman’s new fishbowl—and he has 2 friends now!
Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
Ask Norman: Do You Make Mistakes?
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Hey Kids! What do you think? Does our finny friend make mistakes?
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While Legos don’t make good fish food, they sure make good goldfish. Check out this Lego goldfish created by Gonkius: (We found it, with directions on the brickblogger.com.) WANT TO GIVE IT A TRY?
Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
Ask Norman: Do Fish Fly?
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Hey Kids! What do you think? We know Norman T. Goldfish does lots of tricks—Circles, Bubbles, Flips! But, do you think our finny friend, Norman, can fly? What about other fish?
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Amor’s question set us wondering so we looked up more about flying fish. There are actually about 65 species of fish that can fly—glide really. Most are about 7-8 inches long. Here’s more about flying fish from Animals Network
Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
Goldfish to Artist: Interview & Give Away: Noah Z Jones...About that Sweatband?
One Amazing Interview with Noah Z Jones, the artist/creator of our finny goldfish, yes…Norman!
Noah Z Jones: the Human, the Artist & Goldfish Imaginer, the Disposal:
NTG: Do you have a pet? If so, what kind and what’s its name?
NZG: We’ve got three pets. A hermit crab named Pineapple and two loafy guinea pigs, Hippo and Panda. Pineapple makes weird squeaky noises in the middle of the night and Hippo likes to take Panda’s lettuce when she’s not looking.
NTG: What is your favorite food?
NZJ: Tacos. Always tacos. From now until the end of time it’s tacos. And Fruity Pebbles. But mostly tacos.
NTG: If I’d had a bigger breakfast maybe I wouldn’t have been so nervous.”
NTG: Any food you would not eat—even for a million dollars?
NZJ: Look, I’m gonna be honest, I’m like a garbage disposal. I’ll try anything once.
NTG: What is your favorite thing to do when you are not working?
NZJ: Naps. Give me a couch, a nice pillow and twenty minutes to doze and I’m the happiest person on Earth.
Kelly & Noah finally met years after NOT NORMAN was published—they were guppies!
Then (When you were a kid):
NTG: What did you like to do best?
NZJ: Draw and read. That’s all I used to do. And watch Saturday morning cartoons.
NTG: What was your favorite subject in school?
NZJ: Art! I loved it. I knew I wanted to be an artist when I grew up from the time I was in second grade or so.
NTG: Did you have a best friend or pet? (If yes, what kind and what was his-her-its-their name?)
NZJ: My best friend was a kid named Jon Tarr. By the time he was in sixth grade Jon had cracked his skull five times, on accident of course. I was only there for two of the skull crackings. This is real. Hi Jon!
NTG: What was/is your favorite kid movie or TV show?
Norman One Amazing Goldfish sketches—the eyebrows have it!
NZJ: Movie would be a tie between MATILDA and BABE, they’re both SOO good. When I was a kid I loved THE INCREDIBLE HULK, I loved imagining turning green and smashing things.
ALL THINGS NORMAN:
NTG: How do you get me to show so much emotion? (And what’s with the sweatband?)
NZJ: It’s all in the eyebrows! Most of my drawings of characters start with the eyes and eyebrows. Some people say eyes are the window into a person’s soul, but I say it’s clearly the eyebrows. OF COURSE NORMAN NEEDS A SWEATBAND!! The little fish is always sweating up a storm.
NTG: Do you do all the illustrations on the computer? Or do you draw some by hand? How does that work? Can you describe your process a bit?
NZJ: The drawings for both Norman books were all done on the computer, I like being able to change things and move parts of my drawings around and it’s so much easier to do those things digitally. I have a special kind of screen that I can draw on with a digital pen, it’s pretty cool. Though I have to say I’m always keen on drawing in paper sketchbooks, that’s where most of my ideas start.
NTG: What was it like illustrating a sequel to NOT NORMAN?
NTZ: It was fun and a little harder than I thought it would be! The first NORMAN book came out FIFTEEN YEARS AGO and my adorable fish drawin’ skill shad gotten a little rusty!
NTG: Must have been hard to top that boy-peeking-through-the-fishbowl NOT NORMAN cover for the sequel—or was it? How many ways did you try? Can you show us some?
NTZ: It was a little tricky, the first sketch for the cover got rejected…I’m sending it along so you can get a behind the scenes peek at it!
NTG: Would you like to work on another Norman the Goldfish adventure?
NZJ: YES, YES A MILLION TIMES YES!! Let’s do the first book series with a HUNDRED THOUSAND sequels!!
Last question N to N: What does your letter Z stand for? (I’ll tell you about my T is if you share your Z.)
To see samples of Noah’s cartoons, animation, antics—and to find out what he’s really up to, google him—that’s what we did—cyber stalking. Here’s his bio: Noah Z Jones,
Glu-glu glu-glug And don’t forget: A GIVEAWAY!
One Amazing reader will win hot-off-the-press, a Copy of NORMAN’S ONE AMAZING GOLDFISH!!!!
To enter: Subscribe to the Fishbowl & Leave one comment below. A random winner will be selected on Jan 31st.
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P.S. If you think you’re read this before, you may be correct. A sassy artist needs to be celebrated twice—leave 2 comments and you’ll be entered in the contest twice. Twice is nice!!!
Ask Norman: How Many Days?
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Hey Kids! Did you know goldfish can a long time if they are cared for properly. The average is 15 years. But, they can’t stay long in a small fishbowl. They need room to swim. If you read Not Norman, you know his human moved Norman to an aquarium at the end. So, this is a really tough question.
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Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
Ask Norman: Can You Tie A Shoe?
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Hey Kids! Lots of kids wear slip-ons, sandals, boots, or go barefoot so they never have to tie their shoes. How about you? Norman T. Goldfish knows lots of tricks, including circles, bubbles & flips. But, can he tie a shoe?
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Do you have a question for Norman the Goldfish—about friends, school, pets, family, life in and outside the fishbowl? Send him a letter!
Ask Norman: Why Were You So Shy?
Norman T. Goldfish answers letters from readers. Click on the link to read his reply.
Hey Kids! In Norman’s new adventure: NORMAN ONE AMAZING GOLDFISH, his human enters him in Pet-O-Rama, but when it’s time for him to perform, our finny friend, Norman gets very quiet. Why do you think he acts shy? Can you remember a time when you were shy?
Look….at…all…those…humans…….gluuuu-me-otta-here!
