Hello again!
What a fabulous booksigning Kristy had at Hooray for Books yesterday in Alexandria, Virginia!
Anne Marie, Kelly, Kristy, Kathy, me and Sara.
It was a lovely gathering of friends old and new, marked by screams of delight, lots of hugs, and homemade brownies ☺.
"Theatre is the art of saying yes." ~ from Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes.
Blue Angels in delta formation, MC Base, Hawai’i, 2007.
"Off we go into the wild blue yonder
Climbing high into the sun . . . "
Yes, yes, yes!!
At this very moment, we’re flying high and soaring to new heights, because today is official pub day for Operation Yes, by the one and only Sara Lewis Holmes!
OPERATION YES by Sara Lewis Holmes
(Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009), Ages 9-12, 256 pp.
*adjusts goggles and does happy dance in flight suit*
Yes, that Sara — whose first novel, Letters from Rapunzel, impressed me so much back in 2007, that I simply had to write and tell her, even though I’m usually much too shy to contact perfect strangers. That led to me reading her amazing blog, Read*Write*Believe, where she sometimes features her exquisite poetry. *swoon* Such talent! I was so inspired by what she was doing that I summoned up the courage to start my own blog. Since she encouraged and supported me from day one, you can see why I am especially thrilled to be able to celebrate her second middle grade novel right here on alphabet soup.
photo by amber in norfolk.
♥ Don’t miss the August Carnival of Children’s Literature, hosted by Sarah at In Need of Chocolate. She’s arranged all the posts according to a Back-to-School subject theme. Click through for a delicious variety of reviews (children’s/YA books), thoughts about writing/publishing and more.
♥ Elvis’s Banana Pudding is the perfect way to top off the month. Cakespy.com has a delicious post with the recipe and a little Elvis trivia.
♥ Booksigning Alert: Kristy Dempsey will be signing her new picture book, Me with You, at Hooray for Books! in Alexandria, Virginia, this Sunday, September 6th, at 2 p.m.! You may remember we celebrated this book’s release with a Soup of the Day post. Now I’m looking forward to meeting Kristy in person. Hope to see you there!
by Lucien Levy-Dhurmer (1896),
rosewithoutathorn84’s photostream.
Take a deep breath, my friends, for today you must be brave.
It’s confession time.
Have you ever hidden food you really love (like chocolate) so no one else would eat it?
Even worse, have you ever “cheated” on your S.O. with fine pastry?
ants illo by lisa.loo77.
So, writers crave reubens and grilled cheese, while Paddington lives for marmalade (never mind that a sandwich stored under his hat for weeks could be misshapen, soggy and covered with fur).
Harriet the Spy favored tomato sandwiches, Wimpy scrounged hamburgers, and of course, Elvis noshed on peanut butter, banana and bacon.
Jama's Alphabet Soup 