(C) Vanessa Brantley Newton, vanessabrantleynewton.com Saturday, August 3, 2024, 2-4 pmFree swag & stuffYoung ones, enter my coloring contest by bringing a drawing of yourself cooking together with a family member.Just a few days left to enter my preorder campaign HERE!
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I'm super excited to be hosting my very first ever preorder campaign! It's for MAMA'S CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS (Margaret Ferguson Books), from June 3 through August 3, 2024! After preordering from Blue Bird & Co., my official local indie, or from any retailer you choose, simply fill out the Google Form HERE, and you will receive a bookmark, recipe card, a signed bookplate, and a chance to win a $50 gift card from Bookshop.org along with a print entitled "Jump for Joy" by Vanessa Brantley Newton, the creator of the art for my cover art! No proof of purchase will be required except for the grandprize winner, who will be notified August 6, 2024, my MAMA'S CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS pub day!I am super excited to share the cover for my upcoming novel for children, ages 8-12, entitled, MAMA'S CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS, which releases from Margaret Ferguson Books, an imprint of Holiday House Books for Young Readers, August 6, 2024! I was thrilled when I found out the cover art would be done by the amazing kidlit creator, Vanessa Brantley Newton, who is the author and illustrator of one of my favorite picture books, GRANDMA'S PURSE. And she did not disappoint! Look how Vanessa captures my main character's mischievousness--those eyes, that smirk! Can't you tell that there's a lot going on beneath those gorgeous braids? I also love the design done by Holiday House art director, Kerry Martin. There's such a vintage vibe going on. It perfectly captures my historical setting. Thanks, Vanessa and Kerry, for giving my story such a gorgeous cover! Featuring: |
About MeI am a spinner of children's yarns, a weaver of nonfiction, and a forever-learner enrolled in the Institute of Imaginative Thinking. My kidlit work has appeared on the pages of Cricket, Spider, and Ladybug. As a work-for-hire author, I've written projects for Scholastic, Lerner, Capstone, Little, Brown and other educational publishers. My middle-grade, MAMA'S CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS, will be released by Margaret Ferguson Books, August 2024. I've been an SCBWI member since 2005, and a Children's Book Guild of Washington D.C. member since 2022, and am represented by Kelly Dyksterhouse and Copying, reposting, or otherwise republishing anything on this blog without permission is strictly prohibited.
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