Suzy Davies's Blog: Book News, page 26
January 2, 2017
A Great Start To A Great New Year!
2017 is going to be a wonderful year! A radio chat on the horizon, and a whole Children's Series in the making!
I'd like to thank all those who supported me in 2016, and thank you to those who have joined "Snugs" and I this New Year. Snugs is delighted! We now have over 1,500 followers!
I'd like to thank all those who supported me in 2016, and thank you to those who have joined "Snugs" and I this New Year. Snugs is delighted! We now have over 1,500 followers!
January 1, 2017
Tune in to Snugs!
For those of you based in the U.K, some exciting news! Very soon I will be chatting with Radio Solent Presenter, Jonathan Hines, about my brand new Children's Book, "Snugs The Snow Bear" Watch this space for details!
December 28, 2016
My Reason To Smile
Today marked the first day of "Snugs Storytime" in Deltona, Florida. I visited a local After School Facilty, and read "Snugs The Snow Bear" to the kids.
I have to say it was an experience that made me smile. The kids were bright, attentive, and already knowledgeable about Snow Bears and wildlife in general.
There were girls and boys aged 5-9 in the group.
What made me smile? One young boy asked me whether my illustrator could come as well, next time. When I explained he lived too far away, he asked me if I had a photograph of him. A picture tells a thousand stories!
Have you read Snugs yet? I always appreciate reader reviews. Thank you!
Suzy Davies, Author, "Snugs The Snow Bear"
I have to say it was an experience that made me smile. The kids were bright, attentive, and already knowledgeable about Snow Bears and wildlife in general.
There were girls and boys aged 5-9 in the group.
What made me smile? One young boy asked me whether my illustrator could come as well, next time. When I explained he lived too far away, he asked me if I had a photograph of him. A picture tells a thousand stories!
Have you read Snugs yet? I always appreciate reader reviews. Thank you!
Suzy Davies, Author, "Snugs The Snow Bear"
December 26, 2016
Snugs Storytime!
Hello, and I wish you all a Very Happy New Year!
In the next few days, I am taking Snugs "on the road" and doing live storytime to entertain a local audience!
The spoken word is very dynamic and powerful, and I look forward to meeting the kids and sharing Snugs' story.
In the next few days, I am taking Snugs "on the road" and doing live storytime to entertain a local audience!
The spoken word is very dynamic and powerful, and I look forward to meeting the kids and sharing Snugs' story.
December 24, 2016
"Snugs The Snow Bear," A Bear Who Follows His Very Own Northern Star!
Thank you to The Pale Blue Dot Project for the gift of a star to Snugs! He is delighted!What a great way to celebrate the launch of "Snugs The Snow Bear," Book One of my brand new Children's Fiction Series! How exciting! Be sure to follow Snugs and his adventures!
My Christmas Decorations
I've had a lot of fun with the Christmas decorations this year ...there are two snow bears (one is Snugs, and the other is Snowflake, his friend later in The Snugs Series,) two moose, and two penguins - Slip and Slide! I will add to the characters as I find them when I go shopping! I might even make Carla and James, the two children in the series!
You can do the same at home, if you have children, or just want something to take you back to your childhood! Find characters from your favorite book, or even make them "come alive" yourself!
Happy Christmas Everyone!
You can do the same at home, if you have children, or just want something to take you back to your childhood! Find characters from your favorite book, or even make them "come alive" yourself!
Happy Christmas Everyone!
December 22, 2016
Family Bookstore Deland
I am pleased to announce that limited copies of "Snugs The Snow Bear" are now available at The Family Book Shop, 1301. N. Woodland Blvd Deland, Florida.
December 19, 2016
Thanks Snugs Supporters!
A festive "Hello" to all the Snugs supporters out there, and thank you for spreading the word about my book! Some of you have commented you "can't wait" to see my creation, and I have to say, I couldn't have done it without the artistic genius of Peter Hall, my very accomplished illustrator, and the brillance of the publishing team at Snow Leopard Publishing U.S.
Christmas time is traditionally the busiest time for Children's Books on Amazon, and unknown authors such as myself appreciate your support for our work.
Snugs Book One is an exciting start to my "Snugs Series" and I hope your children will grow with Snugs and develop an enduring friendship with him through the years.
Christmas time is traditionally the busiest time for Children's Books on Amazon, and unknown authors such as myself appreciate your support for our work.
Snugs Book One is an exciting start to my "Snugs Series" and I hope your children will grow with Snugs and develop an enduring friendship with him through the years.
December 12, 2016
Paddington Bear Animator Takes An Interest in "Snugs The Snow Bear"
"Snugs the Snow Bear" is beginning to capture the hearts of people in America, and indeed folk all over the world. But, here is a surprise for you, since Snugs is a bear full of secrets and surprises!
I was given courage to go ahead and write even more books to the series than I had originally planned to do, when Sheila Graber, world-famous animator of the original Paddington, and animator of Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories," discussed with me the possibility of animating my book, and supported me with her wonderful generous comments. Through email and telephone conversations, she helped me, an unknown writer, have faith in my artistic integrity and ability. Sheila complimented me on the activities of my characters!
People who have followed me will know that I also have another series planned, "Florida Critters" a series of short stories about the animals I meet here in Florida, at home, and on my travels. I shared some of these stories with Sheila, and she seemed to admire the "gentle humour" in them.
So why did Sheila Graber take an interest in my work? Well just read "Snugs The Snow Bear," and find out!
Copyright Suzy Davies, 12/12/2016. All Rights Reserved.
I was given courage to go ahead and write even more books to the series than I had originally planned to do, when Sheila Graber, world-famous animator of the original Paddington, and animator of Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories," discussed with me the possibility of animating my book, and supported me with her wonderful generous comments. Through email and telephone conversations, she helped me, an unknown writer, have faith in my artistic integrity and ability. Sheila complimented me on the activities of my characters!
People who have followed me will know that I also have another series planned, "Florida Critters" a series of short stories about the animals I meet here in Florida, at home, and on my travels. I shared some of these stories with Sheila, and she seemed to admire the "gentle humour" in them.
So why did Sheila Graber take an interest in my work? Well just read "Snugs The Snow Bear," and find out!
Copyright Suzy Davies, 12/12/2016. All Rights Reserved.
December 8, 2016
A Writer's Eye.
“Snugs The Snow Bear,” Book One of my Children’s Fiction Series, was great fun to write, and it taught me something about the way I see.
I have never been a film buff as such, but studying media and film as part of my first degree in Sociology, gave me a sense of how cinema works, and in particular, the ways in which movies make the eye of the camera, and the movie watcher’s eye, one and the same thing. My kid’s book exploits long shots, close ups, and camera angles, to make the reading experience cinematic.
When writing for kids, you take the leap back to childhood, and try to see things, literally, through a child’s eyes and perspective. Everything suddenly looks bigger than it does to an adult. Children tend to be more in touch with physical sensations, and bodily functions, and are interested in the physicality of things, animals, and people. They live in the now.
Kids are walking dictionaries when it comes to categorization of everything - things which roll, shiny things, yummy things to eat, animals that swim, animals that growl, animals that are soft, birds that are funny, people who are kind, places that are near or far, and so on.
Do you remember, as a young kid, really looking at things, and studying people in minuscule detail and asking questions, and being curious about everything in your world?
Many of us lose that inclination, as the “sameness” of everyday life cultivates an apathy, and tendency not to look at things at all. We lose our sense of wonder.
A children’s book can cultivate this sense of wonder in kids, and tap back into the experience of wonder, in a way that helps adults experience it afresh.
The writer’s eye taps into the natural child in all of us. For me, it is not just an eye that sees - it hears and feels, too.
Suzy Davies, Children's Author, Copyright 08/12/2016. All Rights Reserved.
I have never been a film buff as such, but studying media and film as part of my first degree in Sociology, gave me a sense of how cinema works, and in particular, the ways in which movies make the eye of the camera, and the movie watcher’s eye, one and the same thing. My kid’s book exploits long shots, close ups, and camera angles, to make the reading experience cinematic.
When writing for kids, you take the leap back to childhood, and try to see things, literally, through a child’s eyes and perspective. Everything suddenly looks bigger than it does to an adult. Children tend to be more in touch with physical sensations, and bodily functions, and are interested in the physicality of things, animals, and people. They live in the now.
Kids are walking dictionaries when it comes to categorization of everything - things which roll, shiny things, yummy things to eat, animals that swim, animals that growl, animals that are soft, birds that are funny, people who are kind, places that are near or far, and so on.
Do you remember, as a young kid, really looking at things, and studying people in minuscule detail and asking questions, and being curious about everything in your world?
Many of us lose that inclination, as the “sameness” of everyday life cultivates an apathy, and tendency not to look at things at all. We lose our sense of wonder.
A children’s book can cultivate this sense of wonder in kids, and tap back into the experience of wonder, in a way that helps adults experience it afresh.
The writer’s eye taps into the natural child in all of us. For me, it is not just an eye that sees - it hears and feels, too.
Suzy Davies, Children's Author, Copyright 08/12/2016. All Rights Reserved.
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