Walden Pond was also kind enough to provide items for a giveaway!
o Blog
readers can enter to win a framed print of the artwork you are
revealing. This print will be signed by the illustrator, Todd Harris.
o Hardcover copy of the book
o This is only for residents of the US. Sorry!
o Walden Pond will furnish all prizing
Haven't had a chance to read the book? Here is an excerpt that accompanies the above illustration!
Frederic was about to follow up with a rousing speech, but before
he could utter another word, the back door of Duncan’s house flew open and Snow
White rushed out. She was wearing a garment of her own design—an
overalls-sundress hybrid—accessorized with a headdress woven from marsh reeds.
“Dunky!” She ran to her husband, hugged him, then pushed him away and waved her
finger in his face. Then she pulled him to her and hugged him again. Then
shoved him away, glared, and frowned at him. “Do you know how upset I am with
you?”
“Well, I didn’t at first,” he answered. “But then I did. And then
I didn’t. And now I do again. But why? Did I do something wrong?”
“You vanished without a word!” Snow exclaimed, her wide eyes
glaring. “You left me alone. With your family. For days.
It was only yesterday that I finally convinced them you weren’t in the outhouse
all this time.”
“But—But—” Duncan stammered.
Snow looked sternly at Frederic . “I should have known the
Princes Charming were behind Duncan’s disappearance,” she said. “It was only a
matter of time before he ran off on another of your crazy quests. I just
thought somebody would have had the decency to tell
me about it.”
“But I did! Or, I mean, Frank did,” Duncan said. “The quickety
boy with the boots came for me. And I had to go stop Liam from marrying the
shrill lady. Only I got arrested instead. And now we have to steal a pretty
sword from the Bandit King. Frank was supposed to tell you everything. He
promised.”
Snow spun to face down Frank, who was trying to sneak around the
corner of the house. The dwarf looked up at her sheepishly.
“Frank!” Snow said. The one word had the weight of an entire
angry tirade.
“It’s possible I may have said something to make Duncan believe
that maybe I was going to tell you about his little outing,” the dwarf mumbled.
At that moment, if beams of flame had shot forth from Snow
White’s eyes and flash-fried Frank, nobody would have been surprised.
o Artwork Copyright © 2013 by Todd Harris
o Text Copyright © 2013 by Christopher Healy
Adore the first book!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway, Karen! Off to figure out Rafflecopter now. Best way to storm a castle...bring food? Preferably cookies.
ReplyDeleteTHIS is an exciting giveaway. This art work would make my daughter jump for joy.
ReplyDeleteOops. Missed the part about the best way to storm a castle.
ReplyDeleteThat would be: Find a way to get the gate key when everyone else is preoccupied with a farce of a wedding. :)
I loved the first book, Hero's Guide to Saving Your Castle. Best way to storm a castle, sneak in!
ReplyDeleteThese books sound perfect for the Children's Lit class I'll be teaching this fall. You can also bet the students will be visiting your blog weekly to see what you have to recommend.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
RJ
Why do I feel as if going under the castle is the best way in? Hardly makes sense...I say, DISGUISE yourself to get in! It always works in the movies!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat's the best way to storm a castle? Okay, I confess I did a Google search on this and found out that the most common way is cut off any supplies to the castle. Wow...better pack a lunch and bring a good book because it sounds like storming a castle could take a while.
ReplyDeleteI also learned that the invaders might use catapults to throw dead bodies into the castle; spreading diseases. Pretty gruesome.
I'm looking forward to this one--thanks for hosting the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteBest way to storm the castle would be to show up as an invited guest, and unleash your fiendish plans once inside, as you will not be expected to pull anything over on anyone, you were INVITED in! This plan requires much pre-planing...
ReplyDeleteGah! I love all these illustrations. I think the best way to storm a castle is with your magic powers to bring on the rain, thunder, lightening, etc. :)
ReplyDeletethe BEST way to storm a castle is to go early in the morning right when they change the guard. The new ones won't be fully awake and the old ones would have been up all night!
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