The Book Report: Review of Toby by Hazel Mitchell! http://jdswritersblog.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-book-report-review-of-toby-by-hazel.html

TOBY

by

Hazel Mitchell

Rescue dogs can be afraid and need time to adjust to their new home and family. Toby is a good example of how a dog can wriggle his way into the heart of a family using their cute personality. I'm impressed by the boy's hard work with Toby before his Dad can decide that maybe Toby isn't the right dog for them.

The boy learns responsibility as he works with Toby and we see his love for the dog, and his compassion that Toby needs to adjust. With the delightful and vivid illustrations, also done by the author, we see the bonding process that goes on between them.

Toby is a cute, engaging story about friendship and love that forms between a child and a dog. This book is well worth the addition to any child's, classroom or library shelf. 5 STARS!

Geordie And The Beam Of Light by JD Holiday
http://jdswritersblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/my-first-picture-for-picture-book-story.html

My First Picture For A Picture Book Story called, Geordie And The Beam Of Light
I was recently asked to join a group of talented children's authors both from the USA and

the UK to combine our Kids Lit stories into a collection to going to a charitable

organization for children. My story Geordie And The Beam Of Light.

Illustration o'clock: Tanglewood Tales (by Nathaniel Hawthorne) 1921, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett. Virginia illustrated only 3 titles for Penn Publishing Company, the third being Arabian Nights (which took her 3 yrs to complete), due to succumbing to tuberculosis.

Free: Download the whole book at archive.org: http://archive.org/details/tanglewoodtales00hawt

And check out the 50watts gallery. Her abilities astonish, and her vision rather makes my heart hurt. Look at the page with the bushes made of bubbles.

http://50watts.com/Tanglewood-Tales