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Celebrity Apprentice!

What does Donald Trump...








Latoya Jackson....




And Princess Peepers have in common?


They all might be on the show, Celebrity Apprentice on March 13th 9/10 pm ET/PT! Well, for sure the first two. I just got word that my publisher, Margery Cuyler of Marshall Cavendish, was asked to be a judge for the show's project of writing a children's book. And Margery chose to show PRINCESS PEEPERS as a good  example of story structure! WOW! Of course, it "might" be mentioned. It also could get cut in the final editing. SO, now I'm praying!!!

At least Margery chose it to be a great example. I feel very blessed and honored even if it doesn't make the cut. :-D

In the past, I've watched the show incessantly, but this year I haven't simply because we moved and I don't have a good cable provider (I hate Suddenlink! We're switching to DirectTV like TODAY!) You can bet that I'll be glued to the set this Sunday night!

WINNERS!

My very own Princess Peepers picked the winners today out of a pink treasure chest. And here they are:

GRAND PRIZE!

Mary Tara!!!!


Winners of the new Princess Peepers Picks a Pet:

Daisy Haffner

Becky B

Tragic Optimist

Lovingmama

Williams Family

Congratulations!

If you won, please email me at pam@pamcalvert.com with your mailing address and I'll get those out! Thank you SOOOOOOOO much for participating. I love celebrating new books. Oh, and tell everyone you know about Peepers! If it sells well, there will be more coming (but we're waiting to see!)

HUGS!

Reminder! Last day for contest entries!!!

Well, I have over 100 entries for the Princess Peepers Picks a Pet contest! Wee! But you still have a little more time to earn more entries. If you had wanted to post a pic of your little princess (or prince), it's not too late.
BUT
I'll be announcing the winners tomorrow--by noon, CST.
Good luck, everyone!

Yet another Princess Peepers with her AMAZING pet!

This Princess Peepers went ALL OUT to find her pet. Click here to see her in action actually painting just the right backdrop to celebrate Princess Peepers Picks a Pet. Way to go, sweetie! 

A Princess Peepers and all her Pets!

In honor of Princess Peepers Picks a Pet which came out today and received a glorious review by Kirkus: Princess Peepers Picks a Pet review, here's a special princess who has entered the PPPP contest!





What a cutie! I love all those glasses wearing pets and friends--just like in the first Princess Peepers book! This little darling will receive princess bubbles, a bookmark and TEN entries into the PPPP contest (plus she has many more entries since her mom has been flitting all over the internet spreading the news about the new book! YAY!)
If you have a picture of your little princess (or prince) holding Princess Peepers, please send it to me at my email: pam@pamcalvert.com
Have a royally splendid day!

Princess Peepers Picks a Pet CONTEST!

Princess Peepers is back in a charming new book:


PRINCESS PEEPERS PICKS A PET

And I'm so excited that I'm running a contest fit only for a one of a kind princess like Princess Peepers.

Here's the Grand Prize!

A HUGE bag full of goodies for your princess worth over $100 which includes:




--a princess skirt


--matching flower headband


--matching glasses


--8 sparkly hair clips


--matching satin handbag


--princess crown


--princess bubbles


--princess candy ring


--princess candy necklace


--a stuffed dragon (guess whose pet that is?)


AND a hard cover copy of Princess Peepers Picks a Pet


But that's not all! Included is a $30 gift certificate to a bookstore of your choice PLUS a $25 gift certificate to Starbucks (for the royal parents!)

I'm also giving away FIVE Princess Peepers Picks a Pet books for the five runners up. Now what do you need to do to WIN?



Choose one or all of these ways --the more you do, the more entries you'll receive AND the better your chances of winning!



1. Just say hi here. You will receive ONE entry.


2. Announce the arrival of Princess Peepers Picks a Pet on Facebook, Twitter, your blog, or some other social network. Make sure you tell me so I can give you credit! (1 entry for each!)


3. Like Princess Peepers on Facebook (if you haven't already) here: Princess Peepers on FB Make sure to tell me on FB so I can give you credit! (You will receive one entry.)


4. Go on amazon, barnesandnoble.com, or borders.com and review the original Princess Peepers (only if you've read it!) (You will receive FIVE entries!)


5. Take a picture of your little princess (or prince) holding the original Princess Peepers book (must be a new picture that hasn't been on the web.) I will post it on my website and Princess Peepers FB throughout the contest (no names will be mentioned). EVERY child will receive princess bubbles (or prince bubbles) and a bookmark who enters a picture. If I receive MANY pictures, the princess (or prince) who has the most overall entries will receive a special place of honor on my Princess Peepers Glamour Gallery website page. (This is worth TEN entries!)


6. Get creative! Do something amazing. When Princess Peepers came out, there were SEVERAL really creative entries. Here are some links: Jeepers Peepers, Peepers Cutie (This is worth TEN entries!)


This contest will last until March 6th. I will be posting here and FB throughout the contest to remind you. Don't wait until the last minute!



HAVE A ROYALLY FABULOUS DAY!

Another Perfectly Pretty Princess!

Here's a sweet girl who got all dressed up for her Princess/Pirate day at school. Which princess did she pick to emulate?

Ariel?


Snow White?


Sleeping Beauty?


Cinderella?


Rapunzel?



NO!

PRINCESS PEEPERS!





I think I'll have a smile on my face for the rest of the day! 

Happy Book Release Day!

I'm excited to announce that my newest math adventure is released today! It's entitled, The Multiplying Menace Divides! After being banished to the Abyss of Zero in my earlier book, Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin, Rumpelstiltskin is back! And he's got a sidekick, the diva witch, Matilda, helping him. Through the use of The Great Divide, Rumpelstiltskin seeks to divide the kingdom into frogs. Wayne Geehan did such a great job with his illustrations. I feel so blessed. I hope everyone likes it. :-D
Praise God it's finally here!

Pray with Me for Lisa Madigan!

I woke up to a blog post from Lisa Madigan who is known for her award winning book, FLASH BURNOUT. Lisa wrote this eloquent, heartwrenching post a few days ago and since I hadn't been on my blog all weekend, I didn't see it: Hard News

I've seen first hand what cancer is doing to so many and am feeling for her and her family. Since I'm in BSF and we're studying the book of Isaiah, I'm using this verse and continually lifting up my prayers for her:

Isaiah 41:10 (New Living Translation)


10 "Don't be afraid, for I am with you.

Don't be discouraged, for I am your God.

I will strengthen you and help you.

I will hold you up with my victorious right hand."

Join me in lifting up prayers for her!

Also, if you want to help her in other ways, the 2009 Debutantes are running a give-away to encourage people to support Lisa's books. Check it out here: L.K. Madigan book give away

The Brainwashing of the American Male

[image error] Now that the holidays are over, people have been asking everyone what they got for Christmas. When I told my hubby what my mother received from my father, he shook his head. "That's grounds for the doghouse."
     "The doghouse?" I countered. Well, he had a point. My all-so-thoughtful dad got my sixty-seven year old mother anti-wrinkle cream. Three hundred dollar anti-wrinkle cream (when my mother has never used a product on her face her whole life except for the occasional suntan lotion). Now before you start offering advice on what lawyer would be good for my mom, you've got to understand my father. He's very practical. And he's frugal. As kids, my siblings and I joked that when he'd open his wallet, moths would billow out. But then does it make sense that he'd spend three hundred bucks on wrinkle cream?
      It made perfect sense to me.
      Growing up, my father had always made investments. Like one time he brought home a shoe catalog and told us we could have any shoe we wanted. "SCORE!" my sister, brother, and I thought, because we usually had to beg to get new shoes, especially if we had perfectly good ones that didn't have any holes in them. But then once my fifteen-year-old self started looking over the products, my glee fluttered out of my chest along with my father's moths. Apparantly the only people who bought shoes from that catalog were nurses, people with low arches, and the geriatric. I got suspicious right away.
    "Dad?" I straightpinned him with my eyes. "What's so special about this catalog? I mean, why can we get any shoe from here?"
     A broad smile swept over his face. "Those are the best shoes in the country! I'm selling them and will get a big discount."
     I looked at my brother and sister. They both smirked.
[image error]      "Should have known," my eighteen-year-old sister said, dumping the catalog on the table then sauntering back to her room.     For me, I figured he wasn't going to get off that easy. I was going to like one of those shoes, and I was going to wear them. I didn't care if wearing them would lose social points and ward off potential boyfriends, he was going to buy me a new pair of shoes!       This is what they looked like:

Needless to say, that pair of shoes sat in my closet.  My tre-chic teen self wouldn't be caught in private with those shoes on let alone wear them so my friends could see. But my dad bought them for me cheerfully. And later, as I saw them untouched in my closet, I knew my dad loved me and wanted to buy me something, whether there was an ulterior motive attached or not. It was the thought that counted!

And that's where his heart was this Christmas. You see, he didn't want to get rid of my mother's, as she put it, "beyond-all-hope" wrinkles on her face. He wanted to buy her something. That's all. And if he invested in the stock to help the anti-wrinkle company and his pocketbook along, well, all the better! ;-D And my mother lathers up every morning with her anti-wrinkle cream, knowing that my father dearly loves her.

But hubby wasn't convinced about how my mom should have taken it. Why? Because he's been brainwashed. Like all American males, he watches t.v. And the advertisement execs have gotten sneakier and more ingenious every year. "The doghouse" that my hubby was referring to was a viral ad that J.C. Penney put out several years ago that's been making the rounds on the internet. Here it is if you haven't seen it:Genius, huh?
But what infuriates me is that we ladies don't want a thousand dollar piece of glitter. In fact, my hubby, so brainwashed by all the Jared commercials ("Oh...he went to JAREDS!") bought me one thousand dollar diamond studs. ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!
Do you know what I could do with a thousand dollars? And not only that, but I had no idea how much they cost and proceeded to lose them in about a month.
Blame it on the corporations. Ads get the guys all the time. A diamond ring, earring, necklace--that's so easy to purchase! And they don't even have to think of something we'd really like. Just go into a jewelry store and get out of the doghouse.
Or in my dad's case, buy some stock options and get out of the doghouse. Well...I think he's still there.
The wrinkle cream isn't working! ;-)