Hi Sariah,
I am new to jacketflap and a newly published author/illustrator. "Willy Goes to the Farm" is a story about a worm who wants to live on Old MacDoanld's farm but doesn't make a sound. When Old MacDonald decides to open up his farm, not only to animals that make a sound, but any animal ... more

Hi Sariah,
I am new to jacketflap and a newly published author/illustrator. "Willy Goes to the Farm" is a story about a worm who wants to live on Old MacDoanld's farm but doesn't make a sound. When Old MacDonald decides to open up his farm, not only to animals that make a sound, but any animal that has a special talent, animals from far and wide show up wanting to reveal their own special talents and live on the farm. Willy the Worm decides to go to Old Mac’s farm to cheer on his cousin, the snake. Everyone knows that a worm certainly can’t make any sounds. Why, Willy can’t even think of one thing he can do! How will he ever be allowed to stay?
With the help of Mrs. Mac and the other animals on the farm, Willy discovers that he does have a special talent after all! Please visit my website! www.willysgotcharacter.webs.com I would appreciate any feedback.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Stacey Beitler

Hello Sariah,
I am an author and have a new children's book titled Sonrieta. I invite you to check out the website and reviews of Sonrieta from other librarians at: http://www.sonrieta.com/
It is also available through Quality Books Inc. and Amazon.com.
Have a great d... more

Hello Sariah,

I am an author and have a new children's book titled Sonrieta. I invite you to check out the website and reviews of Sonrieta from other librarians at: http://www.sonrieta.com/
It is also available through Quality Books Inc. and Amazon.com.

Have a great day

Robert

Come journey to Grimly Valley, a world so severe it is forbidden to smile and people see colors three shades paler than they really are. Here two young parents struggle to prevent their daughter Sonrieta from smiling but to no avail. Sonrieta is sent to the Frowning Tower of Grim to learn proper grimness but instead becomes friends with the artistic misfits residing there, like Antoine, the painter, Oscar, the frustrated musician, Pablo the poet and Grace, the dancer. Together they discover the magic of smiles, music, painting, dance and poetry. Then one day Sonrieta leads her new friends back to the Town of Grim and not even the Great Grim himself nor his Guards of the Grimmest Way can stop her from freeing her parents and the other town’s people from their grimness.

Hi Sarah,
I checked out your site, although I did not notice the hyphen in the name at first.
Nice job.
Would you be interested in reviewing The Monster on Top of the Bed and Other Stories and Poems?
It seems like it might be a good fit for your Picture ... more

Hi Sarah,

I checked out your site, although I did not notice the hyphen in the name at first.

Nice job.

Would you be interested in reviewing The Monster on Top of the Bed and Other Stories and Poems?

It seems like it might be a good fit for your Picture books with audio CD category.

The 36-page full-color book and the accompanying CD will be available in late September. e-books and other resources are currently available.

Title: The Monster on Top of the Bed
Written by: Alan H. Jordan
Illustrated by: Manuela Pentangelo
Performed by: Various Artists in English (2 versions), Spanish (2 versions) and Italian (on an accompanying audio-book CD)
Soft cover: 36 pages
Ages: 3-9 (Older children also like to use the book/CD and e-books with their younger siblings, and to help make e-books using the related My Monster on Top of the Bed e-book into which children’s drawings may be uploaded.)
Publisher: LB Creative, LLC Press
ISBN: 978-0-9726318-0-8
Published: September, 2008
Price $20 for book and audio-book CD, plus 1 year of Gold Subscriber web access to a variety of features at http://www.LetsBeCreative.org.
$12 for audio-book CD only.
$ 5.99 for book only

You may view /print a .pdf file prior to publication here: http://www.letsbecreative.org/Portals/0/eBooks/adobe/MOTOB_BinderEnglish_rfs.pdf


A streaming video of the book is available now, here: http://www.letsbecreative.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=138&tabid=83
Additional links of interest:
This page allows you to listen to the first page of the book in various languages http://www.letsbecreative.org/ListenIn/tabid/121/Default.aspx without having a CD.
Here you may find a list of the tracks on the CD, annotated to show some of the unique advantages of the book/CD http://www.letsbecreative.org/MultiMediaLibrary/TheMonsterOnTopoftheBed/AdvantagesofTheMonsteronTopoftheBed/tabid/148/Default.aspx
This page takes you to other editions, which include multi-media versions of the book in English, Italian and Spanish. http://www.letsbecreative.org/MultiMediaLibrary/TheMonsterOnTopoftheBed/tabid/83/Default.aspx
This link takes you to a .pdf file that reviews some of the things that make the book/cd/e-book combination special http://www.letsbecreative.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=http%3a%2f%2fwww.letsbecreative.org%2fPortals%2f0%2fAdobeMisc%2fAboutMOTOB.pdf&tabid=36
What people are saying: http://www.letsbecreative.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=120&tabid=36
Discussion questions: http://www.letsbecreative.org/DiscussionQuestions/tabid/90/Default.aspx

As a librarian, I thought you might want to know about the debut (last Monday) of The Picnic Basket where library and school professionals taste new and forthcoming children's books with first-come, first-serve sample copies of books for kids of all ages. We send free books. You tell us what you t... more

As a librarian, I thought you might want to know about the debut (last Monday) of The Picnic Basket where library and school professionals taste new and forthcoming children's books with first-come, first-serve sample copies of books for kids of all ages. We send free books. You tell us what you think: look to see what’s in the weekly feast, request the books that you want to taste, read the books, and then post reviews on The Picnic Basket for your colleagues to read.


It’s a blog full of all you can read (and write) about children’s literature and I hope will become an additional resource for librarians. So far, the feedback’s been overwhelmingly positive. I hope you’ll take a peek and partake in the picnic.

Thanks,

Deborah Sloan
www.thepicnic-basket.com