Autumn Stories

If you read my other blog, you'll have read the notice that my new children's book, Autumn Stories, is now available.   I am delighted with it, which of course only makes sense as I wrote it :).

However, I am delighted with it beyond the fact that I wrote it.  Having read many, many picture books to my children when they were little, I was pleased to discover as I read the story aloud to myself the moment it came in the house, that it is a good read loud.  I had, of course, read it numerous time from my computer screen.  Holding the actual book in my hand made the experience different.

I can't quite believe how sweet the little needle-felted animals look.

They come alive for me.

The text lends itself to easy reading out-loud bringing a sense of of comfort and safety.  I carried it with me to the natural foods store the day it arrived.  As well as showing some of the staff who have become friends over the years, I met someone who had been in my baby and me classes 5 years ago.  Her two-year-old son was delighted with the photos and wanted to keep the book.  He'll get one soon, his mother promised him.

Reviews: 
“I love the vivid colors of the pictures as contrasted to the softness of the figures in them. It almost feels three-dimensional. I also love the way the simple story draws the young child into a world of fantasy that is actually based on pure, real, joyful emotion and sharing. My nine-year-old son enjoyed it, so it’s not just for tiny children.”
Kelly Green,  A Matter of Conscience

Two pages into this book, I became aware of how mesmerized I felt by the way Marty has woven her storytelling with her delightful photos.

In a sea of over-the-top children's books where more is less, her book captivates children (and the big people reading with them) through a purity of intention and love.  The result is a book that's an invitation to simplicity, to the heart, to relationship.
Lu Hanessian, Let the Baby Drive

The book is available from my website (I ship worldwide) and at amazon.com, amazon.ca and soon from amazon.uk as well as.   It is a print on demand book, so if it says it is not available, it will be as whatever brand of amazon orders it from the printer.


Happy November!  A time to "Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, we must all get fat and furry!"

Marty

Coming next - some of my favourite Christmas books.