I'm Featured Over at "There's a Book" Today!!

Okay, I am seriously, seriously blushing right now...I am featured today on my fave book blog, There's A Book! Each week, The1stDaughter has a feature called "When I Was Young", where she showcases a reader's experiences of literature as a child...and my interview is posted today.  Please check it out, along with the rest of her blog - excellent, excellent blog for anyone and everyone interested in children's literature!!!

Link:  When I Was Young - A Novel Idea

Clue #3 for Mystery Friend Friday:  Have you ever seen an umbrellaphant???

Book Review #9 - Who Will Haunt My House on Halloween? and Giveaway Winner!

Written by Jerry Pallotta

Illustrated by David Biedrzycki

Published by Scholastic, Inc.

Copyright 2007

"It's Halloween! I'm scared! I wonder who will haunt my house tonight?"

Summary:  A sweet little girl has an eventful night answering her door as the trick-or-treaters arrive...and she's receiving some scary visitors, such as werewolves, zombies, and witches! Yikes!

Mary Elizabeth's Musings:  This is definitely an enjoyable book to celebrate Halloween with your little, little ones! With easy prose to capture the attention of the very young, and stunning, colorful illustrations, you will find your children reaching for this book again and again for some frightful delights! The illustrations really make this book shine, due to their amazing, life-like images at the hand of David Biedrzycki.  I would recommend this book for ages 1 1/2 - 5 years old.

And now, for the winner of my giveaway of Avi's Murder at Midnight!!!!

Congrats to Christina, a mom who blogs at Just a Mom, Reading to My Kids!!! She is the winner! Please check out her blog - it's fantastic!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway...I will have another one very soon!

Finally, here is Clue #2 for Mystery Friend Friday:  Check the sky.  It's raining.  (In case you may or may not have noticed, my clues are a play on words associated with the mystery author or illustrator! Just an FYI!)

I'm off to do a little reading of my own now...

"What Are You Reading?" Monday Meme and Look Where I'm Featured Today!

Happy Monday! Today is "What Are You Reading?" linky time at One Person's Journey Through a World of Books.

Here's what I am reading now:

I bought this book on vacation last week, and I can't put it down!

I am also listening to the audio version of The Cricket in Times Square with my children during driving time - this is one of my all-time favorites!

These are some books that I've been reading to my children:

Check out Twelve Crafts Till Christmas where I was featured today! Yea! I am so excited - this is one of my seriously favorite blogs! Thank you, Elizabeth!

I will announce the winner of my giveaway tomorrow, so come back and check out who won!

Finally, here are some beginning clues for Mystery Friend Friday:  pigs, pizza, and noodles. 

New Meme - "A Bit of Me(Me)" from "There's A Book"

A Bit of Me(Me) at "There's A Book"

This meme was begun by The1stDaughter at the wonderful book blog, "There's a Book", as a way for us bloggers to get to know each other a little better on a more personal level.  Click on the link above to participate!

This Week's Question: Spring is here and summer is upon us. Tell us a bit about your favorite season and why.

This question is so much fun for me to answer - FALL!!! I LOVE FALL!! It is my absolute, totally, 100% favorite season!! I could write all day about my musings on this incredible season...so I'll just have to limit myself on the top five reasons on why I love fall!

1. The leaves changing color and falling to the ground.  Poetry in motion...literally.
2. Halloween.  I love decorating my home with tons of cute ghosts, goblins, and witches.  Just thinking about it right now is making me wish away the entire summer!
3. Halloween again.  I adore dressing up my sweet little children in costumes! I love hearing them talk about what they want to be for Halloween - so sweet!
4. Going to the pumpkin patch - one of my favorite activities for the entire year! We have a totally authentic, perfect pumpkin patch here in Louisburg, Kansas.  The visit is complete with a hayride and pulling the pumpkins straight from the vine.
5. Sitting back with my family and watching It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.  Really - does it get any better than that???

 

Giveaway Time Extended!

I haven't had very many entries in my giveaway of Murder at Midnight by Avi...(insert frown here), so I am extending it through Sunday, June 6, 2010, ending at 11:59 pm CST.  Please click here to read about the giveaway and to enter!!!

Best of luck to all...