Monthly Archives: February 2019

My CureJM Fundraiser is Still Active – Please Take a Look

I was reminded that I hadn’t mentioned my CureJM Fundraiser site in a long time , probably since my emphasis has been on my Poetry Books lately.

Please remember that 50% of the cost of my children’s books goes to the CureJM Foundation, when purchased through my Fundraiser website at www.sbpra.com/CureJM

Juvenile Myositis is an incurable autoimmune disease, striking many young children without warning.. The CureJM Foundation has come a long way, and the results of their efforts are shown in the extended lives of many children who several years ago had a much shorter life expectancy – but the battle is not yet won.

All of my Award-Winning children’s books are available through this site.  Since many of my kid-reviewers have enjoyed the books but have now outgrown them, I’m now looking for others in the 3-9 age-range who might care to review them for me!  Just let me know at www.sherrillcannon.com

Here is a brief summary of the books and their awards:

Sherrill S. Cannon’s Award-Winning Children’s Books – http://www.sherrillcannon.com

Winner of 8 Awards:  My Little Angel– Please share a day in the life of a little girl, while her guardian angel Angela sits on her shoulder and keeps her safe and guides her throughout her various activities throughout her day. It has received a Book Excellence Gold Medal, a Feathered Quill Bronze Medal, a New Apple Book Awards Official Selection, Readers’ Favorite Finalist Award, a Royal Dragonfly H.M, an IAN Book of the Year Finalist Award, and a Pinnacle Achievement Award.  ISBN:  978-1-68181-947-1 – $12.00

Winner of 9 Awards, The Golden RuleWhat if you treated others the way you’d like to be treated?  What if everyone did that?  What kind of world could there be? Please join in the children’s quest to discover how to follow The Golden Rule. The book has won a Book Excellence Award Gold Medal, eLit Gold Medal, Reviewers Choice Silver Medal, Children’s Literary Classics Silver Medal & Seal of Approval, Mom’s Choice Silver, Readers Favorite Finalist Award, IAN Book of the Year Finalist and Pinnacle Achievement Award.  ISBN 978-1-68181-326-4 – $12.50

Winner of 5 Awards, Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My!illustrates the importance of being a good listener.  It also is a cute introduction to basic computer terms. Rosemary is worried about returning to school, after her teacher has warned the class that they would soon have some mice, spiders and webs in the classroom. It has won a Global eBook Gold Medal, a Bronze Medal in the FAPA Awards, a Readers’ Favorite H.M. Award, a Reader Views Reviewers Choice H.M and also a Pinnacle Achievement Award ISBN: 978-1-63135-949-1 – $13.00

Winner of 9 Awards, My Fingerpaint Masterpiece deals with perspective, perception and self-esteem as a child fingerpaints artwork in class, and later discovers it as part of the town’s Art Contest.  It has won a Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal in Children’s K-3, as well as their Illustrations Award, a double Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Awards, a National Indie Excellence Award, a Global eBook Bronze Medal, a Reviewer’s Choice H.M., Children’s Literary Classics Seal of Approval and a Pinnacle Award   ISBN 978-1-62857-288-9 – $12.50

Winner of 10 awards: Winner of the 2014 CLIPP Principals’ Award, the KART Kids Book List, the Reviewers Choice Award, Los Angeles Book Festival, Global eBook Silver Medal; as well as a 2013 Readers Favorite Silver Medal, National Indie Excellence Finalist, a Pinnacle Achievement Award, and H.M. in the London Book Fair and Rebecca’s Reads Awards.Manner-Manis a Superhero who helps children cope with bullies,and teaches them how to look within themselves for their own superhero. ISBN: 978-1-62212-478-7 –  $12.50

Winner of 5 awards: Winner of the 2013 Global eBook Silver Medal, Indie Excellence Finalist and Reader Views Finalist Awards as well as the 2012 Readers Favorite Silver Medal Award and the 2012 Pinnacle Achievement WinnerAward. Gimme-Jimmyis about how a bully learns to share.  His “New Polite Rule” helps him learn to make friends.  ISBN 978-1-61897-267-5   – $13.00

Winner of 6 awards: Winner of the 2011 Readers Favorite Gold Medal, 2011 Pinnacle Achievement Award Winner, 2011 Global Finalist Award, 2012 Reader Views Second Place, 2012 International Book Awards Finalist, and 2012 Next Generation Indie Finalist. Elisabeth needs to learn The Magic Word“Please”, and to use it every day. Please and Thank you are words that everyone needs to use!  ISBN 978-1-60976-909-3  – $12.50

Winner of 2 Awards: Winner of the 2011 ReadersFavorite Bronze Medal and the 2011 USA Best Books Finalist Award. Peter and the Whimper-Whineyshelps parents cope with whining, disguised as a fun story. Peter is a rabbit who whines all the time, and might have to join the Whimper-Whineys. ISBN 978-1-60911-517-3  – $13.00

Winner of 2 Awards: Winner of the 2011 Readers Favorite Silver Award and the 2011 Indie Excellence Finalist Award.  Santa’s Birthday Giftincludes Santa in the Christmas story.  (After reading a story of the nativity to my granddaughter, she asked “But where’s Santa?”)

ISBN 978-1-60860-824-9  – $11.50

A Penny for Your Thoughts is the Gold Solo Medalist Winner in the New Apple Book Awards Poetry and an Official Selection for My Little Angel in Children’s Picture Books as well! 70 Awards Milestone!!!

Solo Gold Medalist Award in Poetry

So thrilled to get this amazing news this morning:

Official Selection in Children’s Picture Books

A Penny for Your Thoughts is the Gold Solo Medalist Winner in Poetry in the New Apple Book Awards, and My Little Angel has also received an Official Selection in Children’s Picture Books!””

(This is a 70 Awards milestone for me as well…)

Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! – 2018 Fifth Annual New Apple Book Awards for Excellence in Independent Publishing

Your book ‘A Penny for Your Thoughts‘ was chosen as the solo “Medalist Winner” in the POETRY category of our Fifth Annual Indie Book Awards!

IN ADDITION…

Your book ‘My Little Angel‘ was chosen as an “Official Selection” in the Children’s Picture Books category of our Fifth Annual Indie Book Awards!

Each category receives a solo Medalist Winner.  In some cases, when the judging panel for the category can not come to a unanimous decision for the medalist winner, they will select up to three Official Selections out of all the entries within the category.  These receive honorable mention distinction.  The Official Selections are all equal in their honors, not second or third, etc.

(The awards will be posted soon, but we’ve been given permission to share!)

Congratulations also to Kalpart Illustrations who have illustrated all of my books!

Nice Comment from Becky Flansburg about A Dime is a Sign

Nice comment on Facebook from Becky Flansburg about A Dime is a Sign… Becky is a Blogger, Freelance Writer, and Project Manager for Multicultural Children’s Book Day

Becky Flansburg
February 19 at 7:40 AM
Sherrill S. Cannon, I love the theme of this book! I’ve talked about finding dimes and knowing they are from a guardian angel (one special friend who has crossed over leaves me pennies 🙂 with friends many times. Great book and article!
A Dime is a Sign https://sherrillscannon.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/thank-you-topshelf-magazine-for-featuring-a-dime-is-a-sign/

Thank you TopShelf Magazine for Featuring A Dime is a Sign

So nice to get this link from TopShelf Magazine:

http://topshelfmagazine.net/index.php/spotlights/32-general-fiction/1274-a-dime-is-a-sign

Author: Sherrill S. Cannon
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, LLCs
Genre: Poetry, Young New Adult (Fiction)
Availability: Available Now!
ISBN: 978-1949483208

A psychic medium once said that if you find a random dime, it is a sign that someone that you have loved and lost is thinking of you.

A Dime is a Sign Through Time

If you find a dime,

You will know that I’m

Sending thoughts of love

Through the veil of time.

 

Ten cents with a silver shine,

A sense sent you to help remind

That someone who left you behind

Is always living in your mind.

 

Sending love and vibes,

Felt as psychic sighs …

The ones that you miss,

Send you a kiss …

Sherrill S. Cannon’s second book of poetry contains messages written through the years in poetic form that put feelings into words. As a teacher, many of her poems helped counsel troubled teens and friends.

There are three sections in the book: Heads, Spinning, and Tails … (Love & Loss: Coin Toss?). The variety of lyrical poetry forms include free verse, blank verse, haiku, and sonnets, while some are just playing with words!

Hopefully, this is also a book of healing.

Sherrill S. Cannon, a former teacher and grandmother of ten, is the author of nine acclaimed rhymed children’s books, plus a recent award-winning book of poetry (A Penny for Your Thoughts), which together have received 63 national and international book awards since 2011. She also wrote seven published plays for elementary school children that have been performed in over 25 countries. Most of her children’s books emphasize consideration for others. Married for 58 years, she and her spouse are now retired, live in Pennsylvania, and travel in their RV from coast to coast, spending time with their children and grandchildren, and sharing her books along the way!

Thanks again to Kalpart – Update for A Penny for Your Thoughts with the TopShelf Winner Award

Thanks again to KJ of Kalpart!  Here is the updated version of thePenny for Your Thoughts with the Winner Award for Poetry in the TopShelf Awards!

1st Place Poetry Winner in the Top Shelf Awards

Think Valentine’s Day!  Give a Valentine gift written by a Valentine!!

Thanks to Kalpart for adding A Dime is a Sign’s third Award to the Cover

3 Awards for A Dime is a Sign

Thank you KJ of Kalpart – the illustrator of ALL my 11 books – for adding the third award sticker – the Bronze Medal in the Feathered Quill Awards – to the cover of A Dime is a Sign!

These poems of love and friendship, written by a Valentine, would make excellent Valentine’s Day gifts!  Please remember also that the award-winning book of poetry, A Penny for Your Thoughts, is a companion volume to A Dime is a Sign

11 Awards for A Penny for Your Thoughts – Awarded Top Shelf Winner as well!

 

Really Cool “Meet the Authors” page on Feathered Quill

I have received the link to my “Meet the Authors” page on the Feathered Quill Website... Please check it out!

Please click link below to get the full page…

Feathered Quill Author Bio

Author Bios: Sherrill S. Cannon

Sherrill S. Cannon is a former teacher and grandmother of ten, and the author of nine published rhymed children’s stories and two books of poetry which have received sixty-eight 2011-19 National and International awards. This year’s A Dime is a Sign is a Companion volume to last year’s Feathered Quill Gold Medal poetry winner, A Penny for Your Thoughts. She is also a playwright with seven published plays for elementary school children, which have been performed internationally in over 20 countries. Her various careers include teacher and coach, a professional newspaper sports writer and photographer, a dinner theatre stage manager, and a business administrator. Married for 58 years, she and her spouse are now retired and travel in their RV from coast to coast.

CONTACT INFO:

Email: sherrillcannon@aol.com
Facebook: Fan Page II – Strategic Book Group
Website: sbprabooks.com/sherrillscannon
Blogsite: www.sherrillcannon.com

To see all of Sherrill’s books, please visit her Amazon page.

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A Dime is a Sign has won a Bronze Medal in the Feathered Quill Awards!

Bronze Medal for A Dime is a Sign!

So thrilled to receive this message from Feathered Quill…

Another Award for Dime!

“We are excited to announce that the book “A Dime is a Sign” has won the Bronze/3rd Place award in the 2019 Feathered Quill Book Awards Program for the Poetry category!  Congratulations!  This year saw the largest group of nominations to date and we certainly had a hands full judging all the entrants.

You can view all winners at: https://featheredquill.com/2019-winners/

 “Feathered Quill Book Awards Judges’ Comments.”

– This book continues the author’s award-winning poetry in excellent fashion.

– It offers counsel and comfort to those who many be going through difficult times in their lives.  Her poetry is both thought-provoking an inspiring.

– Editing, format, cover, all elements of this book are excellent.

Again, congratulations on your win!”