About
Donna K.Fitch is a professional illuminator of alternate realities, a writer of thefantastic for the amusement of herself and others since junior high. During herlate career as an academic librarian, she published several scholarly articlesin peer-reviewed journals, and edited her late stepfather’s The Thematic Catalogueof the Musical Works of Johann Pachelbel (Scarecrow Press). She now spendsher working days as a web designer and her Sundays as a worship leader for asmall congregation. She spends her spare time (what little of it she has)writing paranormal fiction. Donna recently published Second Death, aparanormal thriller, a short story "Quantum Critique," and a novella,The Color of Darkness. An avid pen-and-paper roleplaying gamer, Donnahas published several gaming supplements, including Imperial Age: Faeriesfor Adamant Publishing, co-written with Scott Carter. Donna lives in suburbanAlabama with her husband Thomas and three cats: Nala, Alice and Sophie.
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
I conceived of the idea for this book during physical therapy after a fall at work. I had to lie for 20 minutes at a time with electrical stimulation on my injured shoulder. Somehow the image popped in my mind of a Confederate soldier being pursued through the woods as he struggled to get back home to his sick wife. As a librarian, I had access to a wide variety of research sources. I took this kernel of an idea and spun it into this tale of a man whose family is cursed, and the strange visions he experiences that lead him to the truth about his ancestors.
