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Support writers: Buy books for
Christmas! |
Friday, 4 December 2009 |
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More great
bargains at the
PublishMe Shop
online bookstore: Maria Kennedy's Hen
Stories for only $17.95 each!
These are adorable books: that I
totally enjoyed editing—kind of
Charlotte's Web meets The Matrix.
I know where I am shopping for Christmas
gifts this year.
Check out other Christmas season
bargains at the
PublishMe Shop. |
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Cover
of The Hen Stories: Trouble with the
rainbow, by Maria Kennedy. |
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Cover
of The Hen Stories: Moving on, by
Maria Kennedy. |
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Cover
of The Hen Stories: Journey to
source, by Maria Kennedy. |
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It's
a bargain! |
Wednesday, 2 December 2009 |
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Steel City
and City of Sports are
selling at an amazing price at
the
PublishMe Shop online
bookstore! Check out the low
price and bag yourself some
fabulous bargains for Christmas.
I know I’m probably biased
(because I edited, illustrated,
designed and laid them up for
print), but even editing these
books, I nearly died laughing!
Hasko Starrenburg’s sense of
humour is terrific, and children
will love the quirkiness of
these books. The bedtime story
with no end is a classic! The
concept alone deserves a prize.
I can’t wait for Hasko’s next
book, The Queen’s Orb, to
be published. From my sneak
preview, I can advise that it
contains rollicking adventure,
some hilarious scenes with great
word play, amazing characters
and plenty of magic. |
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Cover
of Steel City, by Hasko
Starrenburg. |
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Image and design © Meg Mackenzie 2009 |
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I particularly love the
permissive parents in Hasko’s
books. How wonderful to be
allowed to head off into the
forest by yourself for a week on
some mad adventure and not have
one’s parents worried sick. In
Steel City, Patricia’s
parents seem more concerned
about her hygiene than her
safety, sending her soap and a
toothbrush, but not trying to
make her come home. Hasko’s
writing is liberating and
refreshing!
If you don’t have anyone to buy
these books for, buy copies for
yourself. If you love language
like I do, you’ll be entranced.
You can always wrap these books up and
put them under the tree for yourself
from Santa. I do this with a little gift
that I have bought myself each year. The
card always reads: “Dear Meg, you have
been such a good girl this year. Well
done! Happy Christmas. Love from Santa.”
Each year, my husband finds it very
confusing, and asks why he doesn’t have
a present from Santa. My answer? “Well,
you mustn’t have been very good!” |
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Cover of City of Sports,
by Hasko Starrenburg. |
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Image
and design © Meg Mackenzie 2009 |
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