Adventures with Annabelle and Maisie by Julie Wenzlick are on virtual book tour. Thechildren's rhyming picture book ...
Adventures with Annabelle and Maisie by Julie Wenzlick are on virtual book tour.
Thechildren's rhyming picture book series stops at Readeropolis with an author guest post and an excerpt.
Be sure to enter for a chance to win the giveaway for a coloring book (3 winners) and follow the Silver Dagger book tour (for other dates see the link at the bottom of the post).
RHYME AND REASON | Guest Post by Julie Wenzlick
I have been inspired to rhyme since I was very young—and I still enjoy it! I always loved the rhythm of Dr. Seuss books and other rhyming tales, so I began writing poetry very early on. My mom encouraged me to write stories and poems, and she sent them around to various children’s magazines. I won some little contests with my poetry—one of the prizes was a baseball bat!
Whenever any friends or family member needed a verse for a special occasion, I was their go-to poet, armed with a precious rhyming dictionary given to me by my dad in 1962! I still find that particular dictionary to be the best rhyming dictionary I have come across.
Armed with my blue dictionary, I wrote many poems throughout elementary school. One of those poems later became one of my published books: One Hungry Dragon.
Though the plot changed a bit and the meter is now more perfect, I still credit my fourth-grade self for the idea.
Later, in a 7th grade creative writing class (1967 to be exact), I penned a rhymed story about Santa being put on a diet on Christmas Eve after Mrs. Claus noted he was bursting out of his red velvet suit. I drew my own illustrations, but unfortunately I never developed into a talented artist! I enjoy showing my young audiences the original version of Santa’s Dilemma: To Eat or Not to Eat. I encourage kids to keep a list of ideas and to save ALL of their writing assignments. You never know what ideas might come in handy over 50 years later!
It’s never too EARLY to start writing and certainly NEVER TOO LATE!
The
Day Annabelle Was Bitten By a Doodlebug
by
Julie Wenzlick
Genre:
Children's Rhyming Picture Book
When pre-schooler Annabelle awakens one morning, she has a strange urge to start doodling.
She calls for paper
and pen and begins doodling continuously, unable to stop—even for
meals! Her concerned parents take her to the doctor, who discovers a
doodlebug bite on her neck.
He assures them her
doodling urges will end when the bite fades away. Annabelle gets so
good at doodling she opens a shop to sell her work and even travels
the world to share her art.
Then one day the
bite fades and so do her uncontrollable urges.
The
Day Maisie and Annabelle Got the Giggles
by
Julie Wenzlick
Genre:
Children's Rhyming Picture Book
After sisters Annabelle and Maisie meet the gigglepuss outside on the trampoline, they suddenly can’t stop giggling. Their dad has a hard time believing they met a gigglepuss, calling it “mythical nonsense.” But as time passes and they giggle harder and harder, there’s no choice but to take them to the doctor, who provides an unpleasant but effective remedy. Wonder who else in the family will encounter that rascally gigglepuss?
The
Day Maisie Picked a Daisy
by
Julie Wenzlick
Genre:
Children's Rhyming Picture Book
When big sister Annabelle decides to go against Mom’s rules and take little sister Maisie Grace for a ride in her pink Barbie Corvette, she has no idea of the adventure that lies ahead! Join these wandering sisters as they explore Miss Millie’s garden and fail to obey the sign: Do NOT pick the Daisies! What will happen when Maisie unknowingly plucks one daisy from the garden?
Julie
Wenzlick is a retired English teacher who loves to rhyme. She began
writing poems and stories in second grade, and she loves to share her
books with elementary students in hopes of inspiring them to write
their own stories. Three of her books were inspired by her
granddaughters Annabelle and Maisie. She often gets the question from
her young audiences, "Did this REALLY happen?" Her book
"The Day Annabelle was Bitten by a Doodlebug" was chosen as
Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest Children's Book category for
2017. Julie, who also writes songs to go with her books, produced her
original full-length musical comedy "Singles File," in the
early 90s at three venues. You can find out more about her at
juliewenzlick.com.
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The Day Annabelle Was Bitten By a Doodlebug
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Best of luck with the books and book tour! I included the tour in the Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 edition of The BookTube Your Shelf Daily Reader: https://paper.li/Readeropolis/1517059010#/
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