About
In his long and varied career as a musician, songwriter and producer Perryhas worked with such people as Lefty Frizzell, Hank Snow Jr. and Sheb Wooley.Over the years as a solo performer or with a band he has also been thesupporting act for such show biz luminaries as the Bee Gees, Ambrosia, LittleRiver Band, B.J. Thomas, Hal Ketchum and Lonestar – - to name just a few.
More recently he completed the final draft of a soon-to-be-publishednovel called, “Pretty Flamingo”. Based on actualpersonal experiences the book is essentially a love story that takes some veryunexpected twists and turns. The final version of the novel is expectedto be available in late January 2011.
Description
<p>What if you treated others the way you'd like to be treated? What if everyone did that? What kind of world could there be? Robert and Kait decide to look for the golden ruler that their Mom has told them about, only to find out that she meant RULE instead of ruler. What is this "Golden Rule" and what does it mean? Join in the children's quest to discover how to follow the Golden Rule and share it with others, as you meet many classroom friends from the author's previous books. This is the eighth rhyming children's book by award-winning author Sherrill S. Cannon, whose other bestselling books include Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My!, My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys and Santa's Birthday Gift. Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won thirty-six awards for her previous rhyming books and is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called "an absolute master of rhyming" by Mother Daughter Book Reviews and "a modern day Dr. Seuss" by GMTA Review. She lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Now retired, she travels the country with her husband in an RV, going from coast to coast to visit their children and grandchildren, and sharing her books along the way. Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/sherrillscannon</p>
Story Behind The Book
Based on actual personal experiences the book is essentially a love story that takes some very unexpected twists and turns. The final version of the novel is expected to be available in late January 2011.
Meanwhile the story came to the attention of Sandy Hockenbery, Producer for Red Horizon Films. She was so taken with it that she has made it her mission to bring it to the big screen. They plan to begin development in the spring of 2011 with award winning director Tom Wozny at the helm.
Reviews
<p>A cross-section of readers of all ages and genders were specially selected
and given the second draft of the manuscript to read. Here are
some of their comments:</p>
<p><em><strong>“OMG! OMG! I couldn’t stop reading or thinking about this
story. I would stop reading for a little while but I was having a hard
time not being in the story. I was literally immersed in the book!” </strong>T.W.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>“Wow! Magnificent! What a great story!”</strong></em> <em>B.K.</em></p>
<p><strong><em>“Pretty Flamingo is a riveting, passionate, sometimes shocking
story of true love, tragedy</em></strong><strong><em><br /><strong>and, ultimately, hope.”</strong></em></strong> <em>B.L.</em></p>
<p><strong><em>“I loved this book! I became so immersed in the story and
its characters that I couldn’t put it down!”</em></strong> <em>D.L.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>“This haunting love story will break your heart and then put it back
together again.”</strong></em> <em>S.H.</em></p>
<p><strong><em>“A truly remarkable, unforgettable story.”</em></strong><em> K.B.</em></p>
