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 an idea to write my own version of the Rumpelstiltskin tale: as a medievalist, my first thought was to choose that setting and then it occurred to me that it would be fun to switch the gender of the "girl" -- and it was!
Reviews
From <a href="http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=23039">Bitten by Books</a>: <a title="buy a copy here" href="http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-spinninggold-391952-145.html?referrer=bittenbybooks">“Spinning Gold”</a>
was an amusing take on the old Rumpelstiltskin tale where a young
maiden is doomed to try and spin straw into gold - only this time
around, that maiden is actually a man. It was interesting to consider
that though Frea was genetically male, he lived his life as a woman and
was highly skilled with textiles. The root of his father’s boast were
grounded in actual mastery, and yet the drunkard gave no care as to how
his behavior would affect his son. The story took on a more sexual bent
than the traditional story and yet it seemed almost as innocent. The
twists and turns at the end were both surprising and pleasing, if
somewhat convenient. I enjoyed reading this.
