KC at The Deschutes County Fair
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Other Books From Guardian Angel Publishing
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Other Children's Picture Books Illustrated by KC Snider
The Magic Violin, Does Heaven Get Mail?, Alley Cat, Andy and the Albino Horse, Andy and Spirit Go to the Fair, Andy and Spirit in the Big Rescue, Andy and Spirit Meet the Rodeo Queen, The Adventures of Andy and Spirit, Book 1, The Christmas Angel, One Family's Christmas, RV Mouse, Preston the Not-So-Perfect Pig, Cartwheel Annie, Ruthie and the Hippo's Fat Behind, The Golden Pathway, A Short Tale About a Long Tail, Katie Didn't, A Star in the Night, Fredrico the Mouse Violinist, I Don't Want a Haircut, Baby Jesus is Missing, Monster Maddie, Stilts the Stork, What is that Thing?, The Milk Horse, Cowboy James, Get Your Manners Out of Your Pocket, God Loves You Whoever You Are. Coming Soon: The Town of Masquerade, Andy and Spirit in Search and Rescue.
About The Author
Mary Jean Kelso is an award-winning (Best Spot News 2008 Award from The Nevada Press Assoc. and Best Spot News 2009 from The National Press Association)) multi-genre' author who has written for many newspapers and magazines throughout her life besides writing Young Adult novels, Historical Romances for adults and Childrens Picture Books. She also worked as an Editor for pharmaceutical magazines and as a Customer Services Representative for a Raytheon Company. Mary Jean started writing as a young child when her father acquired what would, now, be called an antique typewriter and moved forward with newer and better equipment until electric typewriters came into being and got in on the beginning of word processors and computers. Because of the family history, which Mary Jean is deeply interested in, her adult novels have mostly been set in the time of Cowboys and Indians. She is the great-great-grandaughter of Catherine McCucheon Jennings who led the settlers on the Runaway Scrape after Mary Jean's great-great-grandfather, Gordon C. Jennings, was killed at the Alamo. Her great-grandfather, Samuel Jennings, was a Texas Ranger. Because of a generous supply of historical figures on both sides of her family, Mary Jean has felt it extremly valuable to introduce young people to history and geneaology. So, you will see this in historic settings in her books. She works hard to be true to factual places and happenings even though writing fiction. "If you know where you come from, perhaps you can figure out where you are going or why you are trying to get there," Mary Jean says. Mary Jean has just had six more contracts signed. Mary Jean has completed the fifth and sixth Andy books that follow Andy and Spirit in the Big Rescue and Andy and Spirit Meet the Rodeo Queen. The latest will be Andy and Spirit Go on a Day Count and Andy and Spirit in Search and Rescue and Andy and Spirit Ride a Train. She is now hard at work on number 8. The 4th in ithe Andy and Spirit series, Andy and Spirit Meet the Rodeo Queen, recently released. RV Mouse released in March 2010. Knowing that the Andy stories are appropriate for older children, Guardian Angel Publishing released the first four Andy books as a Tween book as The Adventures of Andy and Spirit, Book 1.
Cowboy James, the story about a little boy in Pee Wee Rodeo released in August 2011. It is Mary Jean's first hardcover book and is available in all formats.
The next adventue of Andy and Spirit -- Andy and Spirit in Search and Rescue is soon to be released. It is a story about a dog that has been dumped and needs rescued. Andy, Spirit and Tracy go in search of her and then must figure out why she keeps running back to where they found her. The exciting news about these the book is that it will also be available in both hardback and soft cover as well as a varitey of digital formats.
KC and Mary Jean hope you enjoy the stories and adventures Andy and Spirit have together. For a wonderful song about the two of them, look for "Heroes" by Janie Robinson. Listen to a preview at www.myspace.com/janiejazzgirl
Cowboy James, the story about a little boy in Pee Wee Rodeo released in August 2011. It is Mary Jean's first hardcover book and is available in all formats.
The next adventue of Andy and Spirit -- Andy and Spirit in Search and Rescue is soon to be released. It is a story about a dog that has been dumped and needs rescued. Andy, Spirit and Tracy go in search of her and then must figure out why she keeps running back to where they found her. The exciting news about these the book is that it will also be available in both hardback and soft cover as well as a varitey of digital formats.
KC and Mary Jean hope you enjoy the stories and adventures Andy and Spirit have together. For a wonderful song about the two of them, look for "Heroes" by Janie Robinson. Listen to a preview at www.myspace.com/janiejazzgirl
About The Illustrator
- KC Snider
- KC is an honors graduate of The Eugene School for Art. Her love of the western life and of wildlife has been developed since her youth, with her natural talent for drawing and color exhibited since she was ten years old. Originally specializing in Western Art, KC now has a collection of oil paintings, lithographs, and pencil drawings that include portraits of the All-American Cowboy and Cowgirl and their lifestyles of days gone by. KC had planned to become an illustrator when she was in art school, but when circumstances intervened, she turned to fine art as an outlet to express herself. However, KC has always considered her work to be a form of illustration because even her paintings “tell a story.” In 2007, KC illustrated two children’s books, The Christmas Angel, with author Mary Jean Kelso and The Magic Violin, with Mayra Calvani. Both books are published by Guardian Angel Publishing and are also available as an e-Book. She has now finished illustrations for the first book in a series about an albino horse named “Spirit” and the special children who get to know her. Andy and the Albino Horse was published in April 2008 by Guardian Angel Publishing, Inc.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Thank you, Mayra, for a wonderful review...
A Review By Mayra Calvani:
One Family's Christmas
By Mary Jean Kelso
Guardian Angel Publishing
http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/
Illustrated by K.C. Snider
eBook ISBN: 978-1-935137-34-4
PRINT ISBN: 978-1-935137-05-4
Children's picture book
4-8 year olds
Author's website: http://www.authorsden.com/maryjeankelso
Artist's website: http://www.kcsniderart.com/
One Family's Christmas is a sequel to Kelso's earlier picture book, A Christmas Angel, also illustrated by Oregon-based artist K.C. Snider.
Once again, it is Christmas time in Oregon and the children are preparing to decorate their Christmas tree. Guided by their father, they venture into the mysterious attic to look for beautiful ornaments. They find a delicate red glass ball, as well as garland and tinsel. Then they discover a lovely yet old porcelain angel dressed in white velvet, its gown a bit yellowish from age. This is the same angel from Kelso's first book, an angel that has been in their family for generations. Their father decides it's all right to put the ornament on top of their tree this year. After all, "treasures don't mean much if you can't enjoy them once in a while." Soon they cut their tree, then later decorate it as the youngsters learn more about their ancestors and family history.
The story has a quiet, calming tone, perfect for those holiday nights of reading by the fireplace. K.C. Snider's illustrations, soft and warm, with pastel greens and reds and golds, bring an atmosphere of melancholy and old-fashioned feel to the merriment of the season. Though only 24 pages, the book has a lot of text. At the end of the book, there's a special section about genealogy and how kids may find out about their family history, as well as internet resources, a pedigree-chart and family record sheet. This is one of those Christmas books you'll want to keep on your permanent Christmas bookshelf, one to be read again and again at every holiday season.
One Family's Christmas
By Mary Jean Kelso
Guardian Angel Publishing
http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/
Illustrated by K.C. Snider
eBook ISBN: 978-1-935137-34-4
PRINT ISBN: 978-1-935137-05-4
Children's picture book
4-8 year olds
Author's website: http://www.authorsden.com/maryjeankelso
Artist's website: http://www.kcsniderart.com/
One Family's Christmas is a sequel to Kelso's earlier picture book, A Christmas Angel, also illustrated by Oregon-based artist K.C. Snider.
Once again, it is Christmas time in Oregon and the children are preparing to decorate their Christmas tree. Guided by their father, they venture into the mysterious attic to look for beautiful ornaments. They find a delicate red glass ball, as well as garland and tinsel. Then they discover a lovely yet old porcelain angel dressed in white velvet, its gown a bit yellowish from age. This is the same angel from Kelso's first book, an angel that has been in their family for generations. Their father decides it's all right to put the ornament on top of their tree this year. After all, "treasures don't mean much if you can't enjoy them once in a while." Soon they cut their tree, then later decorate it as the youngsters learn more about their ancestors and family history.
The story has a quiet, calming tone, perfect for those holiday nights of reading by the fireplace. K.C. Snider's illustrations, soft and warm, with pastel greens and reds and golds, bring an atmosphere of melancholy and old-fashioned feel to the merriment of the season. Though only 24 pages, the book has a lot of text. At the end of the book, there's a special section about genealogy and how kids may find out about their family history, as well as internet resources, a pedigree-chart and family record sheet. This is one of those Christmas books you'll want to keep on your permanent Christmas bookshelf, one to be read again and again at every holiday season.
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