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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…)

 

Lovely Feathered Quill Review for My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book

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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My Little Angel Coloring Book a Gold Medal Winner in the FAPA Awards!

I’m so happy to share the news that My Little Angel Coloring Book has won the Gold Medal in the FAPA Awards in the Children’s General category…  (FAPA is Florida Authors and Publishers Assn)

This is the book’s second award, having previously been a National Indie Book Excellence Award Finalist. 

This book is especially dear to my heart, since it’s dedicated to “My Special Angel” –  our very own angel… our son whom we lost to cancer after his 4 year battle…

Lovely Review for David’s ADHD

 

POSTED BY JUST REVIEWS BY:GABINA49: • MAY 6, 2023 • LEAVE A COMMENT

Davids ADHD

Author: Sherill S Cannon

Illustrated by: Kalpart

Short attention span, easily distracted, careless mistakes in school, and appearing to forget or lose things. Difficulty sticking to tasks and longer tasks more difficult to complete. Hard to listen and carry out instructions. These are just some of the areas David has in our story learned how to overcome. David is bright and with the proper diagnosis and treatment, he should be able to succeed. Let’s start at the beginning. He has trouble sitting still in class and imagines what happens when he calls out, did get, or gets upset. The children in his class and school understood and realized from what I described what is ADHD. He could not see or process the best we do.

The author explains in detail that we have a camera that lives in our heads and gives us the ability to have bright pictures. Imagine looking at a camera and seeing the images unclear or out of focus. He could not connect with his eye or ear. His focusing lens was asleep in his brain.

So how will he get it to wake up? How will he learn to remember the skills gr learned? What about self-control?

The author takes us back to when he was young to help readers understand why he could not focus and why he got upset. His parents did not know what to do. Tying his shoes, drawing pictures, and even sitting still created anger within him. Was he out of control? What about his resentment? Why did he feel isolated and not wanted by others? Look at the pictures to understand. What did his parents do?

Testing is a great way to learn what the issues are and when they understood Attention Deficit Disorder they could now focus on how to treat it and help David.

There are new meds and other ways. How do you wake up the sleepy link? How will this help him to think, concentrate, learn to read, grow and work in a group?

Would he need meds? What instructional methods should be in place?

The best way you will learn as the author shares the importance of lists. This helps him to keep a structured way of remembering tasks and more. It might include when to get up, get dressed or even clean his room and make his bed.

• The author added more but you need to read it for yourself to better understand how the process works. Check out the smiles. Teachers, therapists, friends, family, and more plus learn about how a computer opened up more doors for his learning. How about homework, and time slots for each subject plus relating energy, ground rules, rewards, and what about using control how did he learn to handle it?  What about friends and teachers in school? David learned to read, communicate, and used what he was taught, sharing gifts. If you want to know they’re least read David’s ADHD and how he learned to control it. With illustrations that bring the story alive, the author focuses on a topic that every parent, child, educator, and therapist plus school officials need to understand.  Meet David and his family and take the journey with them. Told in rhyme in a way younger children and older will understand the messages being conveyed and the lessons learned, in a way that will help everyone understand ADHD.  So whether it’s medication, education, skills training, or counseling, there are many ways to teach young children and older how to focus and concentrate and know they will succeed.

Thank you Fran Lewis – just reviews…

 

The Cover for My Little Angel Coloring Book Has Been Selected for a Contest

Dear Sherrill S Cannon,
Thanks for your contest submission. Congratulations, your cover has been selected by our selection committee.

Your book, My Little Angel Coloring Book, has been picked to be one of the contenders in the Cover of the Month contest – June 2023.

The contest will now have 4 rounds:

  • First, all the selected entries will contest for the next round. (Duration 1st – 7th)
  • Second, 100 top-voted covers will compete to enter the third round. (Duration 8th – 14th)
  • Third, top 50 book covers from the previous round. (Duration 15th – 21st)
  • Fourth, top 24 book covers will play the last round in the chase. (Duration 22nd – Month end)

The 3 winners will be announced on the last day of the month.

Showoff your book cover and share the link to friends/followers for them to vote.
Your book cover voting page is
https://allauthor.com/cover-of-the-month/15583/

Kalpart Illustrations Rocks – Please Vote for the Cover!

New Pending FAPA Award for My Little Angel Coloring Book

I received the welcome news that My Little Angel Coloring Book will be a medalist in the FAPA Awards in July…

“Congratulations to our Finalists!

The following authors have been selected to receive a medal as one of our finalists in the Florida Authors and Publishers Association’s Annual President’s Book Awards. This is a remarkable accomplishment and is a testament to their skill and talent as authors.

We will be announcing the final places and presenting gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2023 FAPA President’s Book Award Ceremony, which will be held on Saturday, August 5, 2023 in conjunction with our annual conference, FAPACon 2023.

If your book is listed below and was entered in multiple categories, you are definitely a medalist in at least one of them, but you may have won in the other categories you entered as well. You’ll have to wait for the awards ceremony to find out.

FAPACon 2023 will be held on Friday and Saturday, August 4 and 5, at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace in Orlando, Florida.”

My Little Angel Coloring BookSherrill S. Cannon

Pending FAPA Award

 

First Award for My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring Book – Thank you Kalpart Illustrations!

 

First Award Sticker on Cover of My Fingerpaint Masterpiece Coloring BookWinner in 2023 AWA Children’s Book International  – Honoring Excellence in Children’s Literature                                                                                              Thank you Kalpart Illustrations

My Little Angel Coloring Book Wins Gold in the Book Excellence Awards

“Dear Sherrill,

It is with great pleasure to announce that you have been selected as a Book Excellence Award Winner for the following book and category:

Book Title: My Little Angel Coloring Book

Category: Coloring Book

There were thousands of entries from around the world and your book was selected for its high-quality writing, design and market appeal…”

This is the 5th Award for this coloring book, which is a coloring book version of the popular My Little Angel children’s book, encouraging young readers to illustrate their own version of the book in which a young girl has her guardian angel sitting on her shoulder and keeping her safe, guiding her through her various daily activities.  It has previously won 1st place in Children’s interactive in both the Royal Dragonfly and Purple Dragonfly Awards, as well as a winner of a Maincrest Media Award and a Finalist in Feathered Quill Children’s Poetry.

Another Award!!