Hapenny Giveaway Winners!

The Hapenny Giveaway winners have been announced!

The Library Faerie you might win!

The Winners
Not only did the faeries give away fifteen signed copies of Hapenny Magick to elementary school librarians, public librarians, and teachers (grades 1-3), but one random applicant was be chosen by the fairies to receive a (quite magical) Library Fairy*!  Truly?  Yes, truly.

Book Winners
Calais Free Library (Calais, ME)
Melrose Elementary Library (Placentia, CA)
Shining Rivers Waldorf School (Saint Louis, MO)
Myers Elementary School (Dallas, OR)
Lakewood Elementary (Phenix City, AL)
Founders Hall (McKeesport, PA)
Denison Library (Cleveland, OH)
Canisteo-Greenwood Central School (Canisteo, NY)
Skyview Elementary (Yukon, OK)
Shiver School (Pelham, GA)
Clay Springs Public Library (Clay Springs, AZ)
Saint Bonaventure Media Center (Thoreau, NM)
Thornwood Elementary School (Houston, TX)
Livonia Public Schools (Livonia, MI)

Library Fairy Winner
Cople Elementary School (Hague, VA)

Fairies & Hapennies Need Readers: A Giveaway for Librarians & Educators

Win this Library Fairy created by author & creature maker Jennifer Carson!

Where would Fairies and Hapennies be without librarians and teachers to read them into existence?

FAIRIES & HAPENNIES:
A Giveaway for Librarians & Educators (Grades 1-3)

Author and creature maker Jennifer Carson went into the land of stories as a child and never came out.  She spends her days weaving stories and stitching the marvels that appear in them.

The Chapter Book
Jennifer Carson’s (a.ka. The Dragon Charmer) latest chapter book, Hapenny Magick is the sweet, suspenseful, oft giggle-worthy fantasy for ages 7+,  (illustrated quite wonderfully by P.A. Lewis).

“A charming book, perfect for a read-aloud or to read sitting in the crook of a favorite tree…a warm, cheery story with just the right amount of thrilling scenes.”  –Angela J. Reynolds, Head of Youth Services, Annapolis Valley Regional Library

The Giveaway
Not only is Jennifer giving away a dozen signed copies of Hapenny Magick to elementary school librarians, public librarians, and teachers (grades 1-3), but one random applicant will be chosen by the fairies to receive the above (quite magical) Library Fairy*!  Truly?  Yes, truly.

Enter all those that read aloud to rooms full of imaginative creatures or place such books in readers’ hands. (Your email nor address will be saved, but only used for the purpose of this giveaway).

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*The Library Fairy is 6″ tall and made from hand dyed wool with hand dyed yarn and fiber/ribbon hair. His book is permanently attached, as are his ultra-suede pants. Face and feet are needle sculpted, eyes are needle felted with hand dyed roving.

Hapenny Magick, audio book sneak “listen”

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I have been dying to share this news with you all and now I finally can! Hapenny Magick is going to be a wonderful audiobook narrated by Simon Brooks, a local (to me!) professional storyteller.Please visit his website and take a listen to some of his other wonderful audio stories!

Simon has graciously decided that I could share the rough cut versions of some of my favorite chapters with all of you guys.

 

If you have the book, follow along! If not, you can get a copy here or here.

This is the first sneak “listen” to chapter one! Stay tuned for more!Hapenny Magick Chapter 1

Also, May 31 is the last day to enter the Goodreads giveaway. Find out more information here.

Children’s Book Week Giveaway

In honor of Children’s Books week Pugalicious Press is doing a giveaway for Hapenny Magick! You can also sign up for the Goodreads giveaway for Hapenny Magick too! The Goodreads giveaway ends on June 1st. The Pugalicious giveaway ends sooner! Don’t miss out =0) And check out the awesome reviews on Goodreads and Amazon!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Hapenny Magick

by Jennifer Carson

Giveaway ends June 01, 2012.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

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Reads for Tweens, Find Out What Your Kids are Reading!

Reads 4 Tweens offers book reviews aimed at the adults who care about the books that kids aged 8 to 12 (give or take a few years) might be reading. While there’s no reason kids shouldn’t explore the site, the reviews are full of spoilers—they’re intended to inform about content, not explicitly persuade anyone to read the book.

It’s also intended to provide a place where parents, grandparents, teachers, librarians, and anyone else who cares can talk about the issues that arise with young readers.

I love this site because we had a hard time with finding appropriate content for our precocious reader when he was younger. This site clues parents in to the content of the books that their children are reading and makes recommendations for books they might enjoy.

See what she had to say about Hapenny Magick.

Interviewed by Erin Whalen about my love for children’s books and fantasy

This winter ,shortly after Hapenny Magick was released, I was interviewed in Rhode Island by artist Erin Whalen in her studio/store called The Story Emporium. Here is the interview for your watching pleasure!

Children’s Author Show, Radio Interview

Don’t miss a great interview with me  airing on April 9 & 10 talking about the making of Hapenny Magick! Follow this link, and let me know what you think!

New Hapenny Newly Borns, Pattern coming soon!

Meet Priscilla Peony Longhill. She is the newest, newly born Hapenny in the Wedge. She is assembled quite like a Waldorf doll, but with some Dragon Charmer twists! Her eyes are made from wool felt with needle felted pupils and hair. Fingers, toes, and belly button are sculpted. She is thread jointed but could also be safety lock jointed. Her sewing pattern will be out soon!

Hapenny Book Party tomorrow! Come eat Hapenny Cakes!

World Read Aloud Day, March 7th!

World Read Aloud Day is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. World Read Aloud Day motivates children, teens, and adults worldwide to celebrate the power of words, especially those words that are shared from one person to another, and creates a community of readers advocating for every child’s right to a safe education and access to books and technology.”            ~from the LitWorld website

A bunch of children’s writers got together last year to read aloud to classrooms over Skype, and I am happy to be a part of this great group this year! If you’d like to schedule a Skype session with me to read to your classroom or library on March 7th send me an email! If you’d like to see all the other great writers who are  participating you can find the list here. The site only lists To Find A Wonder, but I would be happy to read from either Wonder or Hapenny Magick.

Thank you to Kate Messner, author extraordinaire, for putting this together!