About
Carol A. Strickland is the author of two novels, Touch of Danger, from Cerridwen Press, and Burgundy and Lies, from Lulu. She is unusually obsessed with Wonder Woman and has a column, "Star-Spangled Panties," that runs on Comic Book Resources.
Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My!
Description
<p>Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My! Is your child a good listener? Rosemary is a little girl who is worried about returning to school after her teacher warns the class that they would soon have some mice, spiders, and webs in the classroom. Could Rosemary have misunderstood something? How can mice and spiders and webs belong at school? Full of "Computer Speak," this story introduces young readers to basic computer terms in a delightful way! See if your child can discover the mystery of the misunderstood words, and learn about the fun of computers with Rosemary. This is the seventh rhyming children's book by this award-winning author, whose other bestselling books include My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys, and Santa's Birthday Gift. Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won twenty-eight awards for her six previous rhyming books, and is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called "a modern day Dr. Seuss" by GTMA Review. "I love to teach, and this book teaches basic computer terms in a fun way. I am retired and spend six months of the year with my husband of 55 years, traveling from coast to coast and sharing books along the way. I grew up in The Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. , where my father was the manager. I'm the original Eloise!" Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/SherrillSCannon</p>
Story Behind The Book
Historical romance is so fun, but I always enjoyed the ones with a more modern viewpoint more. They made me imagine: what if that was me back then? What if there were no lords or ladies in sight, that this was a story about real people who had to work for a living? What if they spoke like people talk instead of in flowery historic phrases where you had to turn a sentence inside-out for it to make sense, and where people never said what they meant to say?
I had a lot of fun writing about Abbie and her mounting problems, as well as her wonderful guilt complex, based on how she just knew she was going to burn in Hell--or at least wait a literal eternity in Purgatory--for the decisions she had to make. Jean-Marc is as much of a goofy scoundrel as I could imagine and still have him be good potential husband material. And his brother--! Such fun to create a coffee-addicted workaholic during the Renaissance!
Burgundy and Lies is available in mass market paperback, trade paperback, ebook form... even large-print form.
