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
It started as a short story about a witch living alone in Ireland. For my 30th birthday, my husband gave me the gift of travel. I visited London alone and met up with friends one night for dinner at their parent's house. The dad is an old Irish guy; so smart and clever. He and the sons started going back and forth about my name, Dayna. He then told me stories of the Tuatha De Danaan and how I am named after the mother Goddess, Danu. It stuck with me and the short story about the Irish witch blossomed into 800,000 words. My husband urged me to turn it into a book, and so I did. At least seven books are written. The first of them is Tuatha and the Seven Sisters Moon and how their story is reborn in the new modern world.
Reviews
This book has surprises around every corner. Nothing is what it appears
to be at first. Characters we grow to love and know die, they hurt, they
experience true pain. The book is also surprisingly humorous, the
dialogue is realistic and fresh. The best part is the writing is superb.
VonThaer's world is vivid and exciting, her characters are well-rounded
and deep, and her style is unique. The book is 418 pages, but you
breeze through it because the story is so rich and entrancing. I've read
it a few times now and each time I find bits and pieces I've missed the
previous time around. DT Sullivan
