Happy Halloween (and hurricane) Fun!

Halloween is just a couple of days away and most of us in southeastern Massachusetts are home riding out Hurricane Sandy, aka Frankenstorm!!

Here are a few fun web sites with some creative online activities for kids of all ages. Charge up that laptop and have fun!

Pumpkin Mania
Printable Halloween Masks
Jack-o-lantern Creator
Halloween Coloring Game
Jack-o-lanterns
Monsterband

Frightful Reading Fun for all Ages

Available online at Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.com!

Just a couple more weeks until Halloween! If you're looking for a spooky story to read at your Halloween celebration, here are a couple of books in my collection, one for the older kids and one for the younger ones:

For kids ages 8-12:
 A Hallowe'een Story by Margareta Pothier with pen and ink illustrations by ME! This book is available online only so order right away if you want it in time for Halloween...


Synopsis:  Billy wants to knock 'em dead at the town Halloween Parade. Instead of wearing a costume, he decides to bring some special guests that he happened to meet at his family's grave site. Things don't go exactly as planned, but it did turn out to be a Halloween Billy would never forget!

Order your copy today from Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, or Books-A-Million!


For the younger kids, ages 3-8:
Floyd and the Mysterious Night Time Noise by Kristine Daniels

Available online or in fine stores in Southeastern MA

Floyd and the Mysterious Night Time Noise is about a dog named Floyd who can’t get to sleep. The problem is a strange noise that keeps waking him up in the night. Floyd must find out just where that Mysterious Noise is coming from. With the help of his two canine companions, Tiny and Larue, Floyd bravely searches everywhere to find the noise. He is, as always, very determined, but is he successful? Floyd discovers that he is braver than he thought, and that sometimes the clues to a mystery are right under your nose...  Full color illustrations with funny and spooky scenes, not too scary for the really little folk!

Available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble online, Books-a-million, and locally at Partner's Village Store in Westport and Baker Books in their new New Bedford location!

As always, I'm happy to sign books for anyone in my neck of the woods. Send me an email at artgirlkris@comcast.net!

Happy Spooky Season!

The Hibernating House--coming in 2013

The leaves are turning here in southeastern, MA and I have been away from blogging with the start of school and finishing The Hibernating House by Sandy Leahy and Kathy Tarentino. I am pleased to announce the book is in the hands of the publisher and will be in print in both HARDCOVER and paperback very soon. I am expecting it to be released in the spring/summer season.  Very exciting!


I love this time of year! If you are in the mood for a spooky story (I love a good scary story or movie any time of year...), check out A Hallowe'een Story by the late Margareta Pothier. It is a ghost story that any kid would enjoy. I did the pen and ink illustrations for this book in the summer of 2011, and the book is available online only!

Available online at Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.com!

In A Hallowe'en Story, Billy wants to knock 'em dead at the town Halloween Parade. Instead of wearing a costume, he decides to bring some special guests that he happened to meet at his family's grave site. Things don't go exactly as planned, but it did turn out to be a Halloween Billy would never forget!


Order your copy today from Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, or Books-A-Million!


As always, I'm happy to sign books for anyone in my neck of the woods. Send me an email at artgirlkris@comcast.net!