Prairie Storms…two books to give away, five days left to enter

Michelle:  Question #2:  Tell us a little about your journey to becoming an award-winning children’s author?

Darcy:  It begins with a book that I read to my family’s nightly story time at the age of four. Since that first book, I have had a love affair with reading and all things bookish. When I had children, I started homeschooling them and in the process of teaching them to write, I fell in love with writing myself. It’s the flip side of books, the side on which books get made.

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY: PRAIRIE STORMS

 

Deadline for comments is Monday, May 21, 2012 at midnight.  Then the giveaway book fairy leaves.

Winners are chosen by an automated randomizer. Have fun and the best of luck.

 

Write Opportunity Contest from tiger tales

National Picture Book Month and a Contest, Too!

It’s National Picture Book Month and we’re celebrating on our blog. The blog post will feature members of the tiger tales team finishing the statement, “What I love most about picture books is. . .” We’re asking you, our fans, to do the same! Every person who finishes the statement on our blog in the comments section will be entered to win a copy of the new Fall picture book The Dancing Clock, written by Steve Metzger and illustrated by John Abbot Nez.

http://www.tigertalesbooks.com/blog

Have fun!

Michelle B

Mine! by Shutta Crum

The following is a review from Publisher’s Weekly:

An egocentric preschooler (is there any other kind?) and an enthralled baby are placed in a room with a collection of toys and a bemused canine observer. Let the fun begin! The preschooler quickly lays claim to everything in sight: “Mine. Mine. Mine, mine, mine…” When the baby holds up the one thing the preschooler has failed to sweep up, the older child immediately tosses everything in his arms to grab it, declaring “MINE!” The discovery of the dog’s water dish turns the story into a giddy, soppy free-for-all that culminates in the baby taking its (presumed) first steps to tackle the preschooler, while shrieking “MINE” in utter adoration. Crum (Thunder-Boomer!) uses only the title word (if you don’t count a single “Woof?”), but the various inflections speak volumes about the comic dynamics of sharing. Barton (Sweet Moon Baby) occasionally uses a blue dotted line to trace the trajectory of objects and characters as they hurtle through the room. Her dizzyingly expressive digitized pencil sketches seem to be everywhere at once, continually reframing the action to make sure readers savor every gleefully anarchic moment. Ages 1–4. (June)

Knopf

Shutta Crum’s web pages:  http://shutta.com

Patrice Barton’s web pages:  http://www.patricebarton.com