About
Kate worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood, developing and writing teleplays about women's issues. After receiving her MA in Human Development, Kate worked as a teen advocate in the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women's Teen Abuse Prevention Project. She also trained to be part of the LA Commission's Rape Crisis Hot Line team. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America West and PEN USA. Kate facilitated support groups for adolescent girls in California and New Mexico. She coordinated a three-year, science-based drug and alcohol abuse prevention Life Skills program in the public middle schools of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Kate is currently teaching her fourth PEN in the Classroom writing workshop to eighth graders at Capshaw middle school in Santa Fe, doing Girls Groups with Santa Fe Planned Parenthood and a SASS group (self-awareness, school support) at Capshaw middle school.
CHOICES is Kate's first Young Adult novel. It won a Foreward Book of the Year Award 2009 and was part of the New Title Showcase at Book Expo America, 2010. CHOICES received a 2010 Gold Mom's Choice award for young adult fiction and an Eric Hoffer Award 2010. Contact Kate through her website: www.katebuckleybooks.com, on Facebook at Kate Buckley Books or follow her on Twitter at k8buckleybooks.
My Little Angel Coloring Book
Description
<p>Does your child have a Guardian Angel?</p><p>Share a day in the life of a little girl whose tiny guardian angel named Angela sits on her shoulder to keep the child safe and guide her through the day.</p><p>Her activities include getting the girl ready for school, crossing the street, being polite and kind to friends, learning her lessons, fastening her seatbelt while traveling, being aware of stranger-danger, praying for her pets, and reminding her constantly that she is loved.</p><p>Once again social values are emphasized in this latest illustrated children's coloring book by award-winning author Sherrill S. Cannon. This is the author's third rhyming children's coloring book.</p><p>Meet many classroom friends from the author's previous books, as My Little Angel Angela guides this child throughout her day.</p><p>The author says, "This book is dedicated to our oldest son, who lost his battle with cancer in August 2021. He is my Special Angel."</p><p><strong>About The Author:</strong> Sherrill S. Cannon is the author of 10 award-winning children's books that have won nearly 100 awards (and counting), including Santa's Birthday Gift, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys, The Magic Word, Gimme-Jimmy, Manner-Man, My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My!, The Golden Rule, My Little Angel and David's ADHD, as well as two award-winning poetry books, A Penny for Your Thoughts, and A Dime is a Sign. Her other two coloring books are Peter and the Whimper-Whineys Coloring Book and The Golden Rule Coloring Book. She is also a playwright, with seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. A former teacher, the author's goal in each of her books is to teach good manners as well as caring for others.</p>
Story Behind The Book
I read an article in the LATimes about a mother crossing a picket line to take her fifteen year old daughter to a Planned Parenthood clinic. Once inside, the doctor recognized her and asked, "Didn't I see you in that picket line last week?" To which the mother replied, "This is different, this is my daughter." I created a TV movie treatment which ultimately evolved into my young adult novel, Choices.
Reviews
Ms. Magazine: "This young adult novel tackles date rape and abortion with remarkable tenderness."<div>Kirkus: "... a fast paced story that portrays real events to which many teens can easily relate."</div><div>Book Divas: "I loved this book and could not put it down. It kept me locked into the terrifying aspect of teen partying and date rape ... I recommend this book to every teen girl."</div><div>see Kate's website for many more: http://www.katebuckleybooks.com</div>
