My First Words

It's been some time since my last post and lots of exciting things have been happening but one I am very excited about is My First Words.

The brainchild of my friend, Samantha Edwards, with illustrations by yours truly!

Here's a little info from the website:

The My First Words range of products is a simple and effective way to help your baby learn by reinforcing the association between simple words and pictures. The importance of repetition in early learning is well understood and documented; by placing My First Words posters or Word a Day wall hanging in prominent places in your home you can regularly and spontaneously engage your baby in learning as you go about your daily routine.

A few more weeks to go before everything is ready to roll out but if you guys want to have a look at a few of the upcoming products check out

www.myfirstwords.com.au

There is still a little tweaking to do before the website is perfect and we can take orders but we are almost there!!

Alice in Wonderland : take 3

‘Are you – are you fond – of – of dogs?’ The Mouse did not answer,
so Alice went on eagerly.

A Box With Bellows

August issue of Guardian Angel Kids Magazine is out.

Check out "A Box With Bellows" by Juliana M Jones

HERE

Creative Child Magazine's Preferred Choice Award

Pretty exciting news today!!

My Sister Is My Best Friend: A Trilingual Story, English, French, and Spanish by Nicole Weaver and illustrated by Moi!! has been awarded Creative Child 2012 Preferred Choice Award – Kids Picture Storybooks category.

About Creative Child Awards Program

Each year, Creative Child holds a 2-day event held in Henderson, Nevada where over a hundred guest reviewers (moms and education professionals) are invited to attend a review event at the local convention centre. All products are divided into categories and displayed at various review stations. Guest reviewers are asked to sit and review each product at one station, then move to another station, and so forth and so on. A review form is provided to each guest to aid him or her in evaluating each product. The review forms are to include written comments and a score value based on criteria that corresponds to the product’s category.

Finally, all review forms are collected, scores tabulated, and comments reviewed. Based on the scores and comments, certain products are determined to be finalists and receive a prestigious Preferred Choice award.

Interview by Kai Strand

Pop by Strands of Thought, author Kai Strands blog to check out my interview about Elliott & Anastacia.

Strands Of Thought

Review from Nicole Weaver

Author, Nicole Weaver, has written a beautiful review of Elliott & Anastacia on her blog

http://www.melangeofcultures.wordpress.com/

Nicole is the author of trilingual children's books, Marie and her friend the Sea Turtle and My Sister is My Best Friend.  I was lucky enough to illustrate the latter.  Check out Nicole's work HERE

Maid for Make Believe

I have a new illustration in Guardian Angel Kids on line magazine. They have a new cool format too.

Check out the story Maid for Make Believe by Caroline Yu.