Lovely New Review for The Magic Word Coloring Book

 

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book a Winner in the Book Excellence Awards

Book Excellence Award Winner!

Happy to share the news that My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book is the Winner of the Book Excellence Awards coloring book category…  Is your child the next budding famous artist? Told from the point of the child (boy? or girl?) – let your young artist decide… with a special page for the child’s own version of a masterpiece!!!

This is the 4th Award for this book, and #114 total (so far…)

 

A Wonderful 5-Star Review forThe Magic Word Coloring Book

This is my newest release, the coloring book version of The Magic Word.  Please…take a look! It’s available on amazon and bn.com and through my publisher, Strategic Book Publishing…

 

Lovely Judge’s Comments from Feathered Quill Book Awards for My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

I am so delighted to be given permission to share the lovely comments from the Judges of this year’s Feathered Quill Awards…

“Judges’ comments from the Feathered Quill Book Awards Program.”

Feathered Quill Awards for My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book…

– Covers: Front cover – the front cover is delightful, great colors, easy to read font that fits the topic perfectly / I love how the font looks like part of it has dripped a little, just like wet paint / really delivers a clear message of what the book is about. / Back cover: good font, the white on red is easy to read (many back covers that use a white font don’t work well, that’s not the case here), synopsis could be tightened up a bit, but it’s not a big issue / author photo clear and author bio is well done, succinct with enough info to provide interest to the potential buyer/parent without any extraneous info

– Content: a wonderful story with a unique twist / I love the concept of a child’s “masterpiece” being confused for a real masterpiece – it really begs the question of what is a masterpiece / the coloring aspect of the story was fun, and I can see that really getting readers involved / this story is sure to encourage young artists to believe in themselves!

– Editorial/spelling/format: All well done, no issues

“Judges’ comments from the Feathered Quill Book Awards Program.”

As you can see, the judges really enjoyed your book.  Children’s Poetry was *huge* this year and there were a *lot* of books that didn’t place.  So well done!

 

Lovely New 5-Star Review for My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book from Fran Lewis

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book Children’s Review

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book I received a lovely 5-star Review from reviewer Fran Lewis for My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book.  She managed to point out all the underlying and hidden messages in the book, including within the “masterpiece” itself!

“Fingerpainting was always my favorite art project in school where you were able to truly express yourself and not worry about the lines, borders or even the colors. Using any colors to create your own masterpiece the narrator a young boy dipped his fingers   in green paint and drew on paper the scene but then a red blob for something hard to picture and the most amazing thing happens on the way home from school the paper with the fingerpainting  blows away and then trying to catch it is winds up in the sky. Imagine when he sees that it landed up to the door of the Rainbow Connection the art dealer’s store. Smiling that was great and the art dealer did something he never expected  that he took his picture and put it on top the pile and places it you won’t believe, whereas he beamed with pride. As you take the day’s journey with the young boy you will understand the reasons for being shocked yet where would the art dealer place his work?
Unfortunately, his parents were upset because he was late coming  home and you the reader will decide when you hear the rest if that was fair. The pictures that are left incomplete in colors you the reader adult or child can fill them in as if you are the artist creating his/her own masterpiece for The Rainbow Connection. Wait until  you see where the painting wound up and the pride he felt when he and his mother saw it on the wall of the Rainbow Connections and the matting and frame magnificent, but no one knew he painted it no signature to identify him. The story is told in the voice of the young man that painted the picture and identity is not only left to the reader’s imagination but the judges who were looking at each one to decide the winner. Watching the judges check out the painting from different angles and never thinking they would even select it as a winner. Wait until you hear the verdict and the critique of the painting as they explain the colors, the texture and brush strokes in their own complimentary way.
When he tries to interpret the painting for the judges and explains what he did, what is said and what happens is really shocking, sad and surprising because he told his parents the painting should be where all children’s paintings should be on the door of their refrigerator. An ending that teaches a lesson to always sign your name on your work, make sure there is a way to let everyone know it’s yours and just where is the painting you have to read this powerful, colorful book that teaches many lessons of responsibility, honesty and authenticity. The young boy learned the meaning of self-esteem, making judgments and everyone adult and child can definitely color in the coloring  book to illustrate and color the pages that can be filled in and at the end of the book WOW CREATE YOUR OWN A MASTERPIECE which definitely defines this book and the rhyming patterns, writing verse makes the book fun to read and the author gives children and adults several pages to create your own masterpieces.”

Fran Lewis Just Reviews

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book Wins 3rd Award as Finalist in Feathered Quill Awards

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book won its third award with a Finalist in the Feathered Quill Awards.  It was previously a winner in both the Purple Dragonfly and the Royal Dragonfly Awards.  This book is especially fun since the premise of the book is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, with a little bit of the Emperor’s New Clothes attitude included…

How many have seen a work of art and wondered why it is a work of art?  This book explores the possibilities – and after many book readings at schools, when I ask for a show of hands of who thinks the main character is a boy, and how many think a girl – the overwhelming response is a tie!!!

The fun part of the coloring book version is that readers can not only appreciate reading the book, they can help illustrate it with color…including a blank page at the end where a young artist can draw his/her rendition!!!  (and I would love for you to share it with me!!!)  Enjoy!!!

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

 

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book wins Honorable Mention in Royal Dragonfly Book Awards

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book was a Winner in the Purple Dragonfly Awards..

Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Review for My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

Fun to get such a lovely 5-star review from Readers’ Favorite for My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers’ Favorite

Do you believe in fate? Could a finger painting you created at school end up winning a prize and hanging in an art gallery? Why not? Art is what the artist says is art and in Sherrill S. Cannon’s My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book, the story explores the possibility of a child’s work of art ending up hanging up with the best ot the best in the art world. Unfortunately, the child didn’t sign her work and no one belleves her story that the wind blew it awav after school and it ended up in the Rainbow Connection gallery. She knows and so do vou. The book itself is an artistic work in progress because the only illustration colored in Is the painting featured in the story. The rest is left for the reader to color in as they see fit, using only thelr imagination and the power of bold colors to enhance the story.

Sherrill S. Cannon’s picture book, My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book, is both a story and coloring book in one. It’s all about a work of art as well as being a potential work of art in itself. Told in clever rhyming verse, this lyrical triumph will inspire young readers to dig deeper into their powers of creativity and believe in themselves and in what they create. The language and the illustrations are simple to appeal to young readers and the plot unfolds with a touch of humor and awe. With the beautv of so many other art-themed children’s books like Tomie dePaola’s The Art Lesson and NIkkI Slade RobInson S Anywhere Artist, this gem will certainly inspire young readers to delve into their artistic nature.

 

Lovely Feathered Quill Review for My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

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My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

By: Sherrill S. Cannon
Illustrated by: Kalpart
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Publication Date: February 9, 2023
ISBN: 978-1-68235-812-2
Reviewed by: Kathy Stickles
Review Date: September 11, 2023

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book is a wonderful story that I really wish had been around when my children were little because they both would have adored it. Now, if I ever get any grandchildren, this story will be at the top of my list when they are ready for it.

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book begins as a simple story about a child in art class who is told to take the fingerpaints and make something using their imagination. After applying some paint to the paper, class ends and this budding artist has to pack up the unfinished painting and head home. Unfortunately, along the way, the wind picks up and steals the project from our artist and they can only stand there and watch as the painting blows away, never to be finished or even seen again, or so they think.

The painting actually ends up blowing straight into an art dealer’s building and onto a stack of projects that is being put together for a show. The artist never notices, and the painting is actually put into the show and wins a first-place ribbon. The child might never have known any of this had it not been for a trip to the mall with mom, where they see it hanging on the wall, now in a pretty frame. But what will happen when this young artist points out what happened?

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book is simply a lot of fun. The story is written in rhyme and it is very well done and flows along perfectly. There is so much about the book that I really loved but, at the top of my list, is the fact that the reader never knows throughout the story whether the budding child artist is a boy or a girl. That is left to your own imagination and I think that is an excellent way of writing it as the book will now be a perfect match for any child regardless of gender. The child will be able to put themselves in the place of the child in the book and imagine it is a story about them.

This story also teaches a valuable lesson about having to learn that not everyone in the world is honest or can understand what is in front of them. For the young artist in the story, it is a difficult lesson to learn as they see this group of adults saying all these incredible things about a painting that they do not even understand, while ignoring the poor child in front of them who wants them to know the painting is not by some famous artist but by a child in a school art class who just wanted to have fun. Not being able to accept that, they put the child down and call them a liar instead, just so they will not be wrong. While very unfair, it is also, unfortunately, how the world works at times.

Finally, I must commend the group that did the illustrations for the book. The pictures are excellent and so full of fun and life that they really bring the whole story together. The addition of coloring pages so that a child can make the story their own is absolutely perfect. My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book is a great and entertaining story for any child, and I would highly recommend it to parents and to schools to be included on the bookshelf. You, and especially your children, will not be disappointed in any way.

Quill says: My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book is a fabulous story for any child and has the added bonus of being a coloring book as well. Not only can a child enjoy the story, but they can create their own “masterpiece” to have forever. A perfect combination!

For more information on My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book, please visit the author’s website at: sherrillscannon.wordpress.com/

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