Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A Fancy Post

Nothin' fancy in this post...UNLESS YOU LIKE FREE BOOKS and INTERVIEWS and SHARON CREECH! (All unrelated by the way.)

Let us announce the winners for the giveaways held here on the blog over the last couple of weeks...

The winner of Cori Doerrfeld's, Little Bunny Foo Foo is...

                                                                Cathy Mealey

(whose name I couldn't get center for the LIFE of me!)

And the winner of last week's giveaway with Kathryn Fitzmaurice, The Year the Swallows Came Early is...

 Rosi Hollinbeck

Congratulations ladies! WOO, WOO, WOO! (Arsenio Hall arm pump.) Now, if you didn't win, don't fret. This week's author, Deborah Underwood (Eek!) is giving away a copy of her newest book, soon to hit the shelves. So come back Thursday for a chance to win!

And now, I leave you with three things:

The first is a homework assignment I completed in my Digital Media and Online Learning course. I tied in International Dot Day because, well, I'm obsessed with children's literature.  It features some unknown music, kid art, The Dot and my silly family. It's a 30 second clip.

The second is the interview of yours truly that Kathryn Fitzmaurice so kindly conducted and posted on her blog. I mentioned it last week but just in case you missed it, it is still up. I reveal an extremely intimate fantasy I have about myself and a certain chocolate river. So risque, I know. Oh, look. I blush.

The  third is a quote that I loved from Sharon Creech's newest novel, The Great Unexpected, about the power of a story.

"A year or two later a teacher read a story about a young knight on a quest. I remember none of the story except that the description of the knight's shining armor and his sturdy horse and the golden woods drew me in, and while the teacher read, I was the knight on the horse riding through the golden wood. I was that knight as surely as I was ever anyone else. I saw what he saw, felt what he felt, and when the teacher stopped reading I could not move because I was still in the book."  (p. 71)

Wasn't that magical? Now if you haven't, go run an read Sharon Creech's books. Because she is that awesome all the time. =)

Happy writing. Or reading. Or day dreaming. Or napping.

16 comments:

  1. I loved the interview of YOU, Elizabeth! How neat to be the interviewee! And I loved the home video you made! Very cute!

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    1. Thanks so much Tina! I couldn't believe it when she asked me! Thanks so much for your kind words. =)

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  2. What a fun potpourri of a blog! Enjoyed it all.

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  3. Congrats to Rosi and Cathy! I just read your interview, Elizabeth. I have been on the road so I am catching up. It was a great interview with your special touches of humor!!!

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    1. Thank you so much Penny for checking it out. Kathryn asked some wonderful questions! =)

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  4. Yahoo! Little Bunny Foo Foo - I promise to give you a lovely home where you will be read often and not bopped on the head!

    Thank you!

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    1. Yay Cathy! I'll contaact you for your address. I just want to warn you... Little Bunny Foo Foo is no longer little. She makes quite the transformation at the end of the book. Just beware. Don't steal that bunny's cupcakes! =) Congrats!!!

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  5. Congrats to the winners! And I LOVE your video :) Very artistic and your kids are so cute :)

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    1. Shoot! I posted below! I always do that when I try to respond! Yeesh! Thanks so much Susanna for checking out the video! It was super fun to make and SO easy. Animoto is a wonderful resource!

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    2. I'm going to have to give it a try one of these days :)

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  6. Yay! Thanks Susanna! The project was fun and making the video was a great expereince. I suddenly want to make videos of everything I see. Beware cyberspace!!! Bananabeth Films, Inc. is comin' to town! =)

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  7. Congratulations to the winners! I love, love, love that video. And everything else about this fancy-dancy post.

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  8. Great job on the video! Your kids are adorable :-)

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    1. Yay! Thanks Iza! Missed you while you were off the grid! =) Glad to see you back!

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