February 6, 2023 In Bob by Tracey Campbell Pearson, Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Children's Craft, Kid Lit Activity, Macmillan, Margaret Ferguson Books, Picture Book, Picture Book Art, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Uncategorized, Valentine Activity, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

Valentine Bob…and Wilbur…

Wilbur and Bob are back to help you get ready for Valentine’s Day!

Wilbur’s wearing his Bob crown. He replaced the yum-yum bugs with hearts for Valentine’s Day.

You can download the crown from the Fun Stuff section of my website.

I made Valentine Bob using press sheets from his book. You can make your own Valentine Bob! Just download the pattern in the Fun Section of my website. Have fun!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

tcp…Bob…and Wilbur

January 4, 2022 In Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Children's Craft, Humpty Dumpty, Kid Lit Activity, Picture Book, Picture Books, recent, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall…or your shelf!

Humpty Dumpty is just one of the Mother Goose characters in my picture book,

GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY.

He is also one of my “Shelfies”. My answer to social distancing.

*He can sit on your shelf too.

Download him. Print him. Cut him out and he’ll keep you company.

*Don’t worry if he falls! Help is on the way in my next post!

Until then….

Baby it’s cold outside!!!…Here are some warm clothes for Humpty Dumpty.

Save room on your shelf for his friends!

You can find Mother Goose in the previous post.

Honk-Honk!

For more activities for many of my books visit the FUN STUFF section on my website:

www.traceycampbellpearson.com

Have fun!…tcp

Girls and Boys Come Out To Play by Tracey Campbell Pearson

May 8, 2021 In Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Children's Craft, Farrar Straus Giroux, Kid Lit Activity, Macmillan, Picture Book, Picture Books, recent, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

A star for Mother Goose…a “shelfie” for you…

Honk-Honk! MG loves her star. Thank you, SLJ…

★ “Pearson’s pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations easily convey the exuberance of her characters be they human or animal. Her dynamic scenes are full of details that keep the story zipping along with the text. . . . this clever book will delight all readers.”—School Library Journal, Starred Review

Meet Mother Goose. MG for short.

She’s featured in my picture book,

GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY.

She is also one of my “Shelfies”. My answer to social distancing.

She can sit on your shelf too.

Download her. Print her. Cut her out and she will keep you company.

Save room on your shelf for her friends!

Look for more “shelfies” on future posts here on my blog and on my website.

Honk-Honk!

For more activities for many of my books visit the FUN STUFF section on my website:

www.traceycampbellpearson.com

Have fun!…tcp

April 22, 2021 In Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Girls and Boys Come Out to Play, Holiday House Books, Margaret Ferguson Books, Mother Goose, New Picture Book, Picture Book, Picture Books, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

Cover Reveal!! New Picture Book!! GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY

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It’s a book!

Mother Goose invites a group of children “up the ladder and down the wall”.

Who will they meet on the other side?

GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY

By Tracey Campbell Pearson

Published by

Margaret Ferguson Books,

Holiday House

ISBN 978-0-8324-4713-8

Available wherever books are sold!!!

I can send autographed bookplates to any indie bookstore!

Contact me: info@traceycampbellpearson.com

Thanks for supporting your local indie bookseller!

For information about the book, including summary, reviews, images and activities:

Girls and Boys Come Out to Play

Honk-Honk!…tcp

April 3, 2021 In Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Children's Craft, Farrar Straus Giroux, Kid Lit Activity, Macmillan, Picture Book, Picture Books, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

WILBUR and George….hop…hop…again.

I’m joining The Briar Patch Bookstore in Bangor, Maine this morning for a virtual story time.

It’s Easter weekend.

I’m reading my new book, Girls and Boys Come Out to Play, which features Mother Goose.

Wilbur said…Don’t forget George!

Just in case you need a rabbit for your basket..

Wilbur is our 100lb Bernese Mountain Dog.

He needed company when I’m busy at my drawing table.

Meet George the rabbit.

Cut him out.

Glue his front and back together.

Bend him at his feet and tell him to stand.

George’s vision is a little fuzzy. You can make him some glasses out of wire…

…and put them right over his nose.

Or if you would like…you can Color George.

Then, cut him out and glue him together.

Bend him at his feet and tell him to stand.

You can add glasses by drawing them…

any color…any shape!

Speaking of coloring…

…Here’s a bunny coloring page.

It’s made from the endpapers that I drew for TUCK-IN TIME…written by Carole Gerber.

…and paper bunny dolls!

Print and color!

There are more activities for many of my books.

Just visit the FUN STUFF section on my website:

www.traceycampbellpearson.com

Have fun!…tcp

February 12, 2021 In Bob by Tracey Campbell Pearson, Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Children's Craft, Kid Lit Activity, Macmillan, Margaret Ferguson Books, Picture Book, Picture Book Art, recent, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Uncategorized, Valentine Activity, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

Valentine Bob…and Wilbur…

Happy Valentine’s Day from Wilbur and Bob!

Wilbur’s wearing his Bob crown. He replaced the yum-yum bugs with hearts for Valentine’s Day.

You can download the crown from the Fun Stuff section of my website.

I made Valentine Bob using press sheets from his book. You can make your own Valentine Bob! Just download the pattern in the Fun Section of my website. Have fun!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

tcp…Bob…and Wilbur

December 25, 2020 In Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Common Core, Elephant, Elephant's Alphabet, Elephant's Story, Farrar Straus Giroux, Macmillan, Margaret Ferguson Books, Picture Book, Picture Book Art, Picture Books, recent, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Uncategorized, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

Peace. Love. Books. Elephants.

Elephant Alphabet…Elephant Words…Gracie is thinking of words for the new year…

Think of a word…or your name…or the name of a friend.

Print Elephant’s Alphabet and color and cut out your words.

Glue or tape them to a piece of paper.

Make a word. Make a herd. Share them with a friend.

Have fun!…tcp

Elephant’s Story

written and illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson

Published by Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux (BYR)
Hardcover ISBN 9780374399139

December 15, 2020 In Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Common Core, Elephant, Elephant's Story, Farrar Straus Giroux, Macmillan, Margaret Ferguson Books, Picture Book, Picture Book Art, Picture Books, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Uncategorized, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

It’s a Bird…Its’ a Plane…It’s Gracie and Elephant!

“Elephants do fly,” says Gracie.

You can make one of your own or make a herd.

The pattern is below. Print it in color or color it yourself. You choose.

Don’t forget to make them a little. book. You can fill it with your own story.

Gracie and Elephant love stories.

Read to your elephant.

Have fun!…tcp

Elephant’s Story

written and illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson

Published by Margaret Ferguson Books, Farrar Straus Giroux (BYR)
Hardcover ISBN 9780374399139

April 10, 2020 In Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Children's Craft, Farrar Straus Giroux, Kid Lit Activity, Macmillan, Picture Book, Picture Books, recent, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

WILBUR and George….hop…hop…

My studio is getting crowded.

Wilbur is our 100lb Bernese Mountain Dog.

He needed company when I’m busy at my drawing table.

Meet George the rabbit.

Cut him out.

Glue his front and back together.

Bend him at his feet and tell him to stand.

George’s vision is a little fuzzy. You can make him some glasses out of wire…

…and put them right over his nose.

Or if you would like…you can Color George.

Then, cut him out and glue him together.

Bend him at his feet and tell him to stand.

You can add glasses by drawing them…

any color…any shape!

Speaking of coloring…

…Here’s a bunny coloring page.

It’s made from the endpapers that I drew for TUCK-IN TIME…written by Carole Gerber.

…and paper bunny dolls!

Print and color!

There are more activities for many of my books.

Just visit the FUN STUFF section on my website:

www.traceycampbellpearson.com

Have fun!…tcp

March 27, 2020 In Author School Vist, Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Children's Craft, Common Core, Kid Lit Activity, Picture Book, Picture Books, recent, School Visit, Storytime Activity, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Vermont Authors By Tracey Campbell Pearson

READING TO WILBUR…WOOF!

What is a pup to do when the library is closed? Wilbur is looking for a reading buddy.

If you would like to be Wilbur’s reading buddy you can print him and cut him out.

…OR print Wilbur without color get out your crayons, colored pencils, markers…whatever you have.

Color him any color or lots of colors. Give him polka dots.

Cut him out after you have colored him.

Make him a little book. Fill it with a little story.

Tell him to sit. (If he doesn’t listen, fold him and make him sit on his bottom.)

Then read Wilbur your little book.

If he asks for more, you can make him another little book.

You can read him your favorite book. A book off your shelf or from under your bed.

Read to him anywhere.

On the floor.

In a chair.

Under your bed.

In your closet.

Where is your favorite place to read?

Wilbur would love to meet your Wilbur.

If you would like to share…Take a picture of your Wilbur in your favorite place to read and have your mom or dad send it to me and I’ll be sure he sees it.

email: info@traceycampbellpearson.com