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It is Word of the Week Time! Katrina describes herself as RESPLENDENT.

You may listen to the live official WOW announcement broadcast each Monday at 7:20AM on WEEU 830AM from "The voice of Berks County and Beyond." Links to broadcasts may be found on the Muhlenberg School District website. Click here to go there. Katrina is using the Words of the Week from the Muhlenberg School District with their permission. 
Click here to view a picture of Monday's student reader. Way to go, Sarah!
They have a wonderful Word of the Week program.
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RESPLENDENT printable.Word of the Week instruction cubeWord of the Week blank page to fill out
Now tell us, how will you use the word resplendent this week? Have you seen it used anywhere? Is your school using these words? What fun activities do you have for the word? I want to know and so do my friends - please share your creations and let us know if you are using our printables - that makes us happy!

If you and/or your family completes an activity, we would love to see a picture of it, or hear all about it. You may do this in the comments below; on our Facebook page; on Twitter (use the hashtag #kidlitwow); pinterest; Google+ - truly, anywhere you want to tell the world with gusto!

“Word of the Week with free printables.” (Click to Tweet) 
As always, thank you for reading and sharing,
Katrina von Cat the Master of Wisdom and Knowledge ( & Stanley, too!)
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The Colourblind Chameleon $50 Book Blast Giveaway

About the Book Title: The Colourblind Chameleon
Author: Laura Kantor
Illustrator: Sarah Ray
Publication Date: November 19, 2013
Publisher: Independent - Squidgy Face Books
Number of pages: 32
Recommended age: 2 to 7    
Summary Once there was a very special chameleon... The Colourblind Chameleon is the debut title from up and coming author/illustrator duo Laura Kantor and Sarah Ray. This is a colourful and imaginative tale of a chameleon who doesn't fit in with the rest. He realises that it's not just good to be different... it's a lot more fun! Delight in the rhyming verses, vibrant colours and hilarious drawings as you are taken on a wonderful journey with a special little chameleon (wearing fabulous pants).   The Early Buzz"This is a lovely book for children ..... Fun and bright, educational and with an underlying message....... It great that it teaches children about a chameleon changing colour and it also teaches children that it's OK to be different ! I love it ! The illustrations are fabulous too...... Funny and colourful." ~ 5 Star Review, diamondlil, Amazon"An excellent debut. Engaging story with captivating illustrations. Good to see a childrens story with a real positive message." ~ 5 Star Review, Lucy, Goodreads 
PurchaseAmazon | Google Play | Barnes and Noble | iTunes 
About the Author: Laura Kantor
Laura Kantor up in Coventry, England, but has spent the last few years living overseas in Canada, Australia and now Singapore. In her free time she loves to travel, bake and write (of course). With a job in marketing, project management and a love for writing lists, Laura decided to self publish her own stories, and set up Squidgy Face Books in 2013 (www.squidgyfacebooks.com), teaming up with Sarah Ray who was the perfect illustrator to bring her stories to life. A year of very late nights and extremely long weekends later and their first release, The Colourblind Chameleon is ready to bring some colour and fun to squidgy faces around the world.   
About the Illustrator: Sarah Ray
Sarah Ray, the illustrator of The Colourblind Chameleon grew up in the Herefordshire countryside where she gathered lots of inspiration for her drawings. Animals feature frequently in her work and she enjoys giving them human attributes. This is Sarah’s first children’s book, after working with a variety of clients on commissioned illustration. She also has her own range of award winning greeting’s cards which she sells across the UK, http:// www.sarahray.co.uk    
Website | Facebook | Pinterest | Google+ | Twitter (Author) | Twitter (Illustrator) 
* $50 Book Blast Giveaway *Prize: $50 Amazon Gift Card or PayPal cash (winner's choice) Contest runs: December 12, 2013 to January 10, 11:59 pm, 2014 Open: Internationally How to enter: Please enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. Terms and Conditions: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. A winner will be randomly drawn through the Rafflecopter widget and will be contacted by email within 48 hours after the giveaway ends. The winner will then have 72 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond within 72 hours, a new draw will take place for a new winner. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible entries received. This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. This giveaway is sponsored by the author, Laura Kantor and is hosted and managed by Renee from Mother Daughter Book Reviews. If you have any additional questions - feel free to send and email to Renee(at)MotherDaughterBookReviews(dot)com. a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Almost Wordless Wednesday Writing Prompt: A little help here...

Poem? Story? Haiku? Question? What does this picture bring to your mind?
Write it below in the comments and have an amazing day!
A special thanks to Snuffles, the hamster, for assisting us with our writing prompts.

We participate routinely in the following Wordless Wednesday Blog Hops.
We encourage you to visit them as well.
Thank you to all of the fabulous hosts!

Create with Joy's Wordless Wednesday
Amanda's Books & More Picture Perfect Party Linky
That Suburban Momma's Not so Wordless Wednesday
The Jenny's Evolution: Wordless Wednesday
Crafty Spices: Wordless Wednesday


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Dog facts free printable now available

New Printable!

Stanley is happy because we now have printables for both Cat Facts and Dog Facts. Thanks to Kid Lit Printables for creating these for us. Click here to view all printables for our book, The Perpetual Papers of the Pack of Pets.
==========“Free #printable of  #dog facts to go along with @StanleyNKatrina 's #cat facts printable! ” (Click to Tweet) 
As always, thank you for reading and sharing,
Katrina von Cat the Master of Wisdom and Knowledge ( & Stanley, too!)

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Word of the Week: Stanley is not FRAGRANT in the morning.

Word of the Week for 12/09/2013


You may listen to the live official WOW announcement broadcast each Monday at 7:20AM on WEEU 830AM from "The voice of Berks County and Beyond." Links to broadcasts may be found on the Muhlenberg School District website. Click here to go there. Katrina is using the Words of the Week from the Muhlenberg School District with their permission. They have a wonderful Word of the Week program.
===========Are you ready for the free printables? 
Visit Kid Lit Printables to find these free printables:



FRAGRANT printable.Word of the Week instruction cubeWord of the Week blank page to fill out

 
Now tell us, how will you use the word fragrant this week? Have you seen it used anywhere? Is your school using these words? What fun activities do you have for the word? I want to know and so do my friends - please share your creations and let us know if you are using our printables - that makes us happy!

If you and/or your family completes an activity, we would love to see a picture of it, or hear all about it. You may do this in the comments below; on our Facebook page; on Twitter (use the hashtag #kidlitwow); pinterest; Google+ - truly, anywhere you want to tell the world with gusto!
“Word of the Week (FRAGRANT) with free printables.” (Click to Tweet) 
As always, thank you for reading and sharing,
Katrina von Cat the Master of Wisdom and Knowledge ( & Stanley, too!)
=============================Follow Stanley and Katrina on Twitter  * Join Stanley and Katrina on Facebook 
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2 Cats, a Dog and 2 Guinea Pigs Sharing Their Secrets with a Giveaway, Part I

Stanley and I recently attended PetBookCharCon*. It is a huge convention just for animal characters of books. It was impressive and fun. In one of our breakout sessions we were lucky enough to be grouped with Fred & George, (guinea pigs from The Princelings of the East Series), and Max (a cat from The Shadows of the Past Series). The leader of the breakout session gave us a handful of questions to answer to help us get to know each other better. We are thrilled that we have everyone’s permission to share this epic moment in PetBookCharCon history. Please note: due to the wordiness of the characters involved, this interview will be broken into two parts, with the continuation posted on December 17th. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom to enter the giveaway! 

Thank you for reading and sharing,
Katrina von Cat the Master of Wisdom and Knowledge

(and Stanley)

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*PetBookCharCon is a fictional convention. :)What is your opinion of snow? Fred: It’s very pretty and it’s fine if you have a nice warm castle to stay in. Last winter I sent some people out to check that the people in the outlying communities were ok, and some of them weren’t. We brought some of them back to the castle to keep warm. George put sliders on the carts, which was very clever of him.George: I like snow to look at but it’s really difficult to walk on unless it’s been really well frozen. It’s very hard when your feet slip through and you are sort of wading on your tummy. One time I followed some tunnels that the water voles had made.  That was good, and very quick.Max: Nasty, cold, wet and slippy. Need I say more? I had a horrible experience once when we had some quite deep snow and Joe put me out through the back door to see what would happen. I expect he thought it would be funny to see me dancing about getting frostbite in my paws, but he didn’t realise that the snow was very soft powder and I disappeared from sight – about 2 feet under. I felt like I’d been buried alive and I get the shivers every time I remember it.Stanley: Oh, I LOVE snow. Am I the only one who loves snow? I love to roll around in snow. Roll, roll, roll, run, run, run, run, run, jump, jump, dig, dig, dig.Katrina: Ick! Yes, you are the only one who loves snow, Stanley.I agree with Max.
What would be your best ever Christmas present? Fred: The best thing I’d like for a Yule present would be for the Kings’ Council to stop opposing female succession and representation. I’m fed up with them being such stick-in-the-muds. It drives me crazy.Katrina: Fred is a wise guinea pig.George: What about something you’d like for you, though, Fred?Fred:  Oh, I've got everything I need, except for a really good way of mapping tides, but you’re working on that.George: True. I’d like something that made my flying machines go really fast, or just land straight down, like a bee or a bird does. We still have to take a running jump, like a swan does.Max: Oh, that’s a difficult question. I suppose you’re expecting me to say the usual things like a nice new comfy cat bed, a couple of furry toy mice or some tasty cat treats. (Actually, I have to say that I really don’t like those Christmas stockings for cats, which contain tooth-breaking nibbles, a cheap catnip toy, not to mention a hard plastic ball with a bell inside – I think you’re supposed to run around the room, chasing after it and looking as if you’re having fun – too much like hard work if you ask me. But don’t tell Jemima, will you? She gets one for me every year and I know she buys it with her own pocket money, so I really don’t want to hurt her feelings).
No, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want - gosh, I sound like the Spice Girls, don’t I? Katrina: The Spice Girls? What are you talking about, Max? Stanley: Katrina, The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in the 90’s. The group consisted of five members, who each later adopted nicknames such as Baby Spice and Sporty Spice. Katrina: How do you know this Stanley? Stanley: You aren’t the only pet surfing the web late at night. Anyway, how do you NOT know this when you are from the UK? Katrina: .  .  .  Max: Perhaps I could be Spice Cat or how about Furry Spice?Katrina: Well, isn’t Max silly. I would like to be named Knowledge Spice, since we are sharing fun names, but back to the original question, my best Christmas present would be thousands of treats.Stanley: My answer? A day without Katrina being there.

What would your pirate name be?
Fred: I’d be Captain Fudge. I’d definitely be Captain, and I’m Fudge coloured, and I’m also very tasty.Katrina: Tasty? I guess you would be tasty - I never really thought about that. Stanley: Nor should you, Katrina.Katrina: .  .  .  Max: My pirate name would be Captain Kitt. I wouldn’t have to have a parrot on my shoulder though, would I?  I’m a bit scared of birds and parrots look as if they’ve got really sharp beaks.Stanley: My pirate name would be Davey Bones.Katrina: Pirate von Argh the Master of Plundering and Booty Collecting, for me.George: I think I’d be called Smuggler.Fred:  Because he’s so smug.George: And it makes me sound like I’m quite wicked.
This will be continued on December 17th. 

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"Five book characters (all #pets) meet and share their secrets."Tweet===This post is part of the === ============== Who are the Authors on tour?  The authors listed below will be interviewing each other, reviewing each others' books, and more in the Giveaway blog tour starting today, December 1, 2013! Click the links to visit their paw-riffic websites and find out more about them, and check out their books in the InLinkz list below.
Jemima Pett: the Princelings of the East series (1st, 11th and 18th December)

M G King: Fizz & Peppers at the Bottom of the World (2nd and 10th December)

Fiona Ingram: The Secret of the Sacred Scarab (3rd and 12th December)

Wendy Leighton-Porter: The Shadows from the Past series (4th and 14th December)

Stanley and Katrina (Pet Authors): The Perpetual Papers of a Pack of Pets (5th and 17th December)

Ben Zackheim: Shirley Link, ace detective series (6th and 19th December)

Rebecca Douglass: The Ninja Librarian and Return to Skunk Corners (7th and 16th December)

Cheryl Carpinello: The Young Knights of the Round Table series (8th and 13th December)

S Smith: The Seed Savers series (9th and 18th December)

Julie Grasso: Caramel Cardamom series (11th and 22nd December)

Paul R Hewlett: Lionel's Grand Adventure series (16th and 20th December)

S W Lothian: the Quest series (tba)
Check out all these books! ');
Now Enter the Giveaway!You could win a prize from one of these authors. Most are offering one or two books from their series: if you've already got the first, they may offer you a different one if you win. The prizes are as detailed on the rafflecopter form.  Contest runs: December 1st to 23rd, 11:59 pm EST, 2013  Open: Worldwide  How to enter: Enter using the Rafflecopter widget below.  Terms and Conditions: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Winners will be randomly drawn through the Rafflecopter widget and will be contacted by email within 48 hours after the giveaway ends. The winner will then have until 28th Dec. to respond. If the winner does not respond in that time, a new draw will take place for a new winner. No cash alternatives to the ebooks offered. Authors may (at their sole discretion) offer a different ebook from that listed if the winner already owns the prize listed. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible entries received. This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. This giveaway is sponsored by the authors named and is hosted and managed by Jemima Pett, the Princelings author. If you have any additional questions – feel free to send an email to jemima (dot) pett (at) gmail (dot) com. Click here to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway

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Almost Wordless Wednesday Writing Prompt: Can You See Me Now?

Poem? Story? Haiku? Question? What does this picture bring to your mind?
Write it below in the comments and have an amazing day!
A special thanks to Snuffles, the hamster, for assisting us with our writing prompts.

We participate routinely in the following Wordless Wednesday Blog Hops.
We encourage you to visit them as well.
Thank you to all of the fabulous hosts!

Create with Joy's Wordless Wednesday
Amanda's Books & More Picture Perfect Party Linky
That Suburban Momma's Not so Wordless Wednesday
The Jenny's Evolution: Wordless Wednesday
Crafty Spices: Wordless Wednesday


Thank you for reading and sharing,Katrina von Cat the Master of Wisdom and Knowledge(and Stanley, too)=============================Follow Stanley and Katrina on Twitter  * Join Stanley and Katrina on Facebook 
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Cyber Monday (and a few extra hours) Special: Download our kidlit book for free on Leanpub!

ONE DAY ONLY!


A special holiday thank you to our fans: Download our book in three different formats for FREE only on Cyber Monday (12/2/2013). Enjoy and be sure to tell your friends!

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#free right now via @Leanpub!" Tweet
Thank you for reading and sharing,
Katrina von Cat the Master of Wisdom and Knowledge (and Stanley)

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Welcome to the fantastic 12 Authors of Christmas seasonal giveaway and blog tour!

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   Stanley and I are super excited to be a part of this very special giveaway, organized by the wonderful, Ms. Jemima Pett. Our busy Book Elf Gang is giving away a total of 30 prizes of books suitable for Middle Grade readers - age roughly 8 to 14 - although a lot of adults enjoy them too!  Stanley and I are even donning our festive outfits just for this occasion. What do you think? 
Thank you for reading and sharing,

Katrina von Cat the Master of Wisdom and Knowledge (and Stanley)

========================="12 Authors of Christmas seasonal #giveaway and blog #tour!"Tweet

Who are the Authors on tour?  The authors listed below will be interviewing each other, reviewing each others' books, and more in the Giveaway blog tour starting today, December 1, 2013! Click the links to visit their paw-riffic websites and find out more about them, and check out their books in the InLinkz list below.
Jemima Pett: the Princelings of the East series (1st, 11th and 18th December)

M G King: Fizz & Peppers at the Bottom of the World (2nd and 10th December)

Fiona Ingram: The Secret of the Sacred Scarab (3rd and 12th December)

Wendy Leighton-Porter: The Shadows from the Past series (4th and 14th December)

Stanley and Katrina (Pet Authors): The Perpetual Papers of a Pack of Pets (5th and 17th December)

Ben Zackheim: Shirley Link, ace detective series (6th and 19th December)

Rebecca Douglass: The Ninja Librarian and Return to Skunk Corners (7th and 16th December)

Cheryl Carpinello: The Young Knights of the Round Table series (8th and 13th December)

S Smith: The Seed Savers series (9th and 18th December)

Julie Grasso: Caramel Cardamom series (11th and 22nd December)

Paul R Hewlett: Lionel's Grand Adventure series (16th and 20th December)

S W Lothian: the Quest series (tba)
Check out all these books! ');
Now Enter the Giveaway!You could win a prize from one of these authors. Most are offering one or two books from their series: if you've already got the first, they may offer you a different one if you win. The prizes are as detailed on the rafflecopter form.  Contest runs: December 1st to 23rd, 11:59 pm EST, 2013  Open: Worldwide  How to enter: Enter using the Rafflecopter widget below.  Terms and Conditions: NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Winners will be randomly drawn through the Rafflecopter widget and will be contacted by email within 48 hours after the giveaway ends. The winner will then have until 28th Dec. to respond. If the winner does not respond in that time, a new draw will take place for a new winner. No cash alternatives to the ebooks offered. Authors may (at their sole discretion) offer a different ebook from that listed if the winner already owns the prize listed. Odds of winning will vary depending on the number of eligible entries received. This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook. This giveaway is sponsored by the authors named and is hosted and managed by Jemima Pett, the Princelings author. If you have any additional questions – feel free to send an email to jemima (dot) pett (at) gmail (dot) com. Click here to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway

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It is Word of the Week Time: CHARITABLE

Word of the Week for 12/02/2013 You may listen to the live official WOW announcement broadcast each Monday at 7:20AM on WEEU 830AM from "The voice of Berks County and Beyond." Links to broadcasts may be found on the Muhlenberg School District website. Click here to go there. Katrina is using the Words of the Week from the Muhlenberg School District with their permission. They have a wonderful Word of the Week program.
===========Are you ready for the free printables? Visit Kid Lit Printables to find these free printables:


CHARITABLE free printable bookWord of the Week Instruction CubeWord of the Week Blank Page Now tell us, how will you use the word charitable this week? Have you seen it used anywhere? Is your school using these words? What fun activities do you have for the word? I want to know and so do my friends - please share your creations and let us know if you are using our printables - that makes us happy!



If you and/or your family completes an activity, we would love to see a picture of it, or hear all about it. You may do this in the comments below; on our Facebook page; on Twitter (use the hashtag #kidlitwow); pinterest; Google+ - truly, anywhere you want to tell the world with gusto!
“Word of the Week with free printables.” (Click to Tweet) 
As always, thank you for reading and sharing,
Katrina von Cat the Master of Wisdom and Knowledge ( & Stanley, too!)
=============================Follow Stanley and Katrina on Twitter  * Join Stanley and Katrina on Facebook 
Click here to find out how you may purchase our fun book now!
Check out our current offers/giveaways.
Learn how you may Skype with our author.