About
Artist/illustrator living on Apifera Farm where I am surrounded by my many animal muses. Follow along as I stumble through novice shepherd lessons, raise 4000 lavender plants with my landscaper husband, and write and illustrate stories with a cast of old goats, a one eyed pug, a chocolate lab named after a pie, sheep, a sturdy horse, chickens including the Three Janes, and mini donkeys who have pie parties. Life, death, drama, it's all there.
My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book
Description
<p>Have you ever seen a "work of art" worth millions, which looks like something your child just brought home from school?</p><p>The dual perspective of "Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder" and just a little bit of "The Emperor's New Clothes" is evident in this clever artwork story of a child who paints a fingerpaint print in class and then loses it in the wind on the way home.</p><p>Illustrated from the point of view of a child, whose identity is left to the imagination of the reader since all of the illustrations are what the child sees, the fingerpaint print is interpreted by official "judges" as well as by bystanders. Should people be influenced by what others see, or use their own self-esteem to make their own judgments? This coloring book version allows children to illustrate their own version of the book, and even to create a "masterpiece" of their own!</p><p>This is the fourth rhyming children's coloring book by this award-winning author, whose other bestselling books include David's ADHD, My Little Angel, The Golden Rule, Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My!, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys and Santa's Birthday Gift.</p><p><strong>About The Author:</strong> Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won over 100 awards for her previous rhyming books and coloring books, and is also the author of 7 published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called "a modern day Dr. Seuss." - GTMA Review</p>
Story Behind The Book
Seeking publisher.
A sampling of the book dummy is included here.
FULL 32 PAGE DUMMY PDF AVAILABLE FOR INTERESTED EDITORS.
A little donkey has a passion for painting, but his choice of subjects, as well as his attire, seem strange to some folks. With his friend Old Mouse and a lot of singing birds, Pino learns he must remain true himself.
Pino is a real donkey on a real farm called Apifera. There artist Katherine Dunn is surrounded by her many animal muses - most who show up in puppet movies, stories and illustrations.
She will also have a book out in 2010 "Creative Illustration Workshop" published by Quarry Books which focuses on her inspirations for story telling.
Reviews
"He LOVED it! I mentioned to you that he has always liked donkeys. A cousin of mine has minature donkeys, and when he was little we went to see them. He has never forgotten the experience. The ears of the donkeys made a big impression, so your book was perfect. Harrison loved the apron with the pocket for carrying stuff. The idea of the mouse riding in there was so clever. Harrison asked me if I thought birds really could sit on a donkeys ears?, and then he said, "That would be so much fun to see a bird on a donkey's. He was glad the donkey was wearing an apron with a mouse in his pocket." Harrison laughed at the ending when Pino painted two sets of ears. The grumpy sheep was also quite endearing. Harrison got the message about not listening to the sheep, and that's another reason I love your book. He told me he was glad Pino had a good friend like the little mouse. "
