About
I write historical and literary fiction set in the 1800's, from the Civil War through the Victorian period and the Edwardian age, too.
I've written two novels. "Daniel's Garden" is a Civil War epic about a rich kid who becomes a soldier. "The Heart of a Lie" is about a family with a secretive past.
I live in Portland, Maine with my husband, a pug named Jane, and a piano named Humphrey. I give tours at the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, where I get to talk about a 19th century poet.
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 had so many moments of synchronicity writing this story - finding the perfect home for Daniel on Boston's Beacon Hill, reading actual diaries from the 11th Massachusetts, and walking on the battlefields during a trip in August 2002. It was an incredible journey.
Reviews
<div><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px;"><span style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;"><em>"All of us have a "garden", a place of refuge even
if it's in our fantasies only. Did Daniel leave that
place or take it with him? Did it serve him well or haunt him? To
anyone that has ever longed to set their own course and march to
the beat of their own drum, regardless of the consequences, this
book is for you."</em></span><br /><strong style="padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;">
~ Raymond Mullen, Amazon.com customer</strong> </span></div>
