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Peter Martz

Peter Martz

About

Peter Martz is a graphic designer and illustrator who liveswith his wife in Oak Park, Illinois. He writes a holiday squirrel song everyyear and builds houses for his backyard squirrel colony. He takes out thegarbage every Monday night, eats most of his vegetables, and once saw a UFO,although he wasn't taken aboard.

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

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<p>Have you ever seen a &quot;work of art&quot; worth millions, which looks like something your child just brought home from school?</p><p>The dual perspective of &quot;Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder&quot; and just a little bit of &quot;The Emperor's New Clothes&quot; 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 &quot;judges&quot; 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 &quot;masterpiece&quot; 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 &amp; Spiders &amp; 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 &quot;a modern day Dr. Seuss.&quot; - GTMA Review</p>

Story Behind The Book

I'm a huge fan of squirrels and feed the ones in the parks near my home as well as my back yard. I also build squirrel tree houses and write an annual squirrel Christmas song. My nieces love the songs.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>&quot;Everything about this book is appealing. The pictures are cute and colorful. The story is told in rhyming verse, and again, I think this is perfectly executed. This is just the kind of book that I would have loved to get for my son when he was a child.&quot;</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:#ffffff;">--<em> The News For Squirrels, <a href="http://newsforsquirrels.blogspot.com/2012/04/on-beebz-bookshelf-norbert-and-elusive.html?spref=tw">newsforsquirrels.blogspot.com</a></em></span></p>