Friday, December 11, 2015

ANNOUNCING THE LUCKY WINNER OF MOUSE'S CHRISTMAS COOKIE!!!

Dear friends,


The Lucky winner of Mouse's Christmas Cookie is:

*******Pam Zollman********


Congratulations, PAM!!! Please e-mail me with your mailing address and how you'd like your book personalized by Pat. (claragillowclark(at)gmail(dot)com. Your book should reach you before Christmas!


Check out this perfect pick for a heartwarming winter read: 
Here's the link: Red Sled
Patricia Thomas, Chris L. Demarest

School Library Journal--PreSchool-Grade 1—A father and son go sledding down a hill one snowy night in this charming picture book. The brief text consists of easy-to-read words in rhyming pairs ("Still hill./Far star./Snow aglow"). According to an author's note, the structure of the story-poem was inspired by an ancient writing pattern called chiasmus, "a format that creates a kind of mirror image." Bright watercolor pictures capture perfectly the downcast faces of the characters when they are stuck inside during a snowstorm ("Sad lad./Sad dad"), their expressions of happiness and excitement during their nocturnal adventure on the red sled ("Go! Go!/Whoa! Whoa!"), and their cozy contented smiles as they enjoy hot chocolate back home afterward ("Snug hug"). This is a great book for storytime and one-on-one sharing, and beginning readers will be able to follow the simple language presented in large black script.—Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT


It's a grand to give, but honestly it's pretty fun to receive, too! Today wraps up the book giveaways for this year, but there will be many more in 2016--some new authors and new books, but also authors you know and books you've come to love.  
  Wishing you all the joy and wonder of the season! ~Clara

4 comments:

  1. Congrats to the winners and happy holidays to you and yours. Now that I have retired from teaching preschoolers for almost 40 years, and have a sweet great grandson, I am considering writing a children's book.

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    1. Happy Holidays, Linda! How wonderful that you have a sweet grandson--he'll be the best inspiration for stories of your own.

      Several picture book authors will be featured in 2016 along with MG and YA authors. Thanks for stopping by!

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  2. I'm late adding my comments. I wish you joy and peace for the new year

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