Floyd Norman and Richard Sherman offer D23 'A Kiss Goodnight'
On Saturday July 15 at the D23 Expo, Disney Legends Richard Sherman and Floyd Norman came together to discuss their new book “A Kiss Goodnight.” The title of the book comes from a proposed TV series that never made it to the small screen. Sherman wrote a song for the series, and it was recorded by the London Philharmonic. Norman and his wife Adrienne Brown illustrated and colored it.
“It was a real joy to reunite with Richard Sherman,” says Floyd Norman. “We were able to share Winnie the Pooh, Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book.”
According to Sherman, the book was a happy collaboration. Floyd Norman based the illustrations on unused sketches that he did for Diane Disney Miller and the Walt Disney Family Museum. He used Marceline, Mo, as a model for his sketches.
“I wanted to tell stories with images,” says Floyd Norman.
Adrienne Brown Norman didn’t know she was going to be on this book. She needed to find a way to paint the color so that the drawing’s “Floydness” would come through.
Book designer Winnie Ho cited the Sherman Brothers 3 qualities of a great song:
To put the music on the page, they found Music Copyist Leslie Smith Butters, who practices what Sherman calls a dying art. A hand copied piece of work has a humanity and warmth to it that a computer rendering misses.
“It was a real joy to reunite with Richard Sherman,” says Floyd Norman. “We were able to share Winnie the Pooh, Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book.”
According to Sherman, the book was a happy collaboration. Floyd Norman based the illustrations on unused sketches that he did for Diane Disney Miller and the Walt Disney Family Museum. He used Marceline, Mo, as a model for his sketches.
“I wanted to tell stories with images,” says Floyd Norman.
Adrienne Brown Norman didn’t know she was going to be on this book. She needed to find a way to paint the color so that the drawing’s “Floydness” would come through.
Book designer Winnie Ho cited the Sherman Brothers 3 qualities of a great song:
- Singable
- Simple
- Sincere
To put the music on the page, they found Music Copyist Leslie Smith Butters, who practices what Sherman calls a dying art. A hand copied piece of work has a humanity and warmth to it that a computer rendering misses.