I'm meeting with Colin Thompson (and some folks from Fox Studios) so if there are any questions I can ask him from his fans, pass them my way. He's thrilled to publish his picture book, The Little Book of Happy Sadness (coming in September, 2008) and even more from him in seasons following, including Norman and Brenda, a sequel to The Short & Incredibly Happy Life of Riley.
Norman and Brenda
(coming soon from Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Inc.)
LadyStar is the story of a group of girls who each have a powerful weapon they wear disguised as a priceless jeweled treasure. With their magical weapons, Jessica Hoshi and her friends can transform into the Ajan Warriors, champion defenders of the enchanted realm of Aventar!
“Hi! I’m Jessica Hoshi! If you like stories about action and adventure and discovering magical treasures and fighting evil monsters, you’ll like our books a lot! Me and my friends have lots of fun adventures together! You can read LadyStar: The Palace in the Sky for free! The whole book! Right in your browser! So tell all your friends and come visit us as much as you want! There’s always something fun happening on our site!”
“You know how some sites have like one free chapter so you can see how the book is before you buy it?”
“Yeah. That’s pretty cool. It’s just like going to the bookstore and reading some of the book before you buy it in the store.”
“But we have all our chapters on our site. We give all the chapters away for free.”
“Because we’re the crazy LadyStar peoples! Come on, Miss Shannon. We’ve got a guard cat that’s been asleep for six years! We’ve got a blond girl somewhere around here that’s as smart as Mozart about music but wears yellow tennis shoes as a fashion statement! We have a bird that makes magic flowers appear!”
“heh. We still publish articles about Pluto.”
“Yeah but it’s a planet.”
“Yeah, are you savvy?”
“Alright everyone out.”
“But mom!”
*giggle*
“Wait! Wait! Wait! Say it with me!”
“Okay!”
“Pluto!”
“Planet!”
“Booya!”
“OUT!”
By: Maxwell Eaton III,
on 9/7/2007
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Davey Martin is bored. Why? Because there's nothing to do on Mars. "The nights were very cold. The dust storms were terrible. And there was no water anywhere."
Boring!
When Davey's parents finally holler at him to "Go out and play", he takes his trusty robot dog Polaris and off they go. But Davey is still bored.
He decides to climb a tree.
Boring!
He decides to build a fort.
Boring!
He rain dances with the stinky Martians, digs for buried treasure, and digs in a volcano before inadvertantly finding the water that Mars so needs. Mars isn't so boring anymore, but it sure is getting crowded.
Is there anything to do on Saturn?
Chris Gall's combination of "be careful what you wish for", and "Terrible No Good Day" feel is a sure fire bet with planet savy kids. Pulp style illustrations give There's Nothing To Do On Mars the type of flare that will likely bring professional recognition. All I can tell you is it's the most grabbed for arc on my desk!
