Happy Birthday, Wilbur!!!

Hey Diddle, Diddle.

The cat and the fiddle.

The cow jumped over….

…Wilbur!

Wilbur is 8 years old today!

Happy Birthday to one swell pup!!!

You can have a cow jumping over you too!

Mother Goose Day is May 1st

woof! moo! honk!

"Girls and Boys Come Out to Play" by Tracey Campbell Pearson Crown activity

My Hey Diddle Crown is just

one of the activities on my website. Explore. Have fun!

 

Girls and Boys Come Out to Play is available from your indie bookseller.

www.traceycampbellpearson.com

Keep reading!

Woof-woof…Wilbur

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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
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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

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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

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Hey Diddle….Wilbur!!!

Hey Diddle, Diddle.

The cat and the fiddle.

The cow jumped over….

…Wilbur!

Wilbur here…Do you like my crown?

I had fun at my first Virtual Story Time with TCP.

Thanks to Michele and Kristen at Phoenix Books in Essex, VT for hosting.

Thanks to all who joined us virtually in her studio.

She read.

She drew pictures.

She shared pictures.

Kids drew pictures and shared them from home.

Me…I sat on the floor of her studio and watched…

…I did not bark.

I did not beg for cookies.

I did not get into her trash.*

…Zoom-Zoom.

*Disclaimer: I did find part of a bagel in someone else’s trash on the way to her studio. It was delicious!

She said I was a good boy.

So, I’m invited to her next Virtual Story Time!!!

And you’re invited too!

Saturday, April 3, 2021 10:00 ET

The Briar Patch Bookshop, Bangor, ME

https://briarpatchbooks.square.site

 

Girls and Boys Come Out and…..Celebrate!

You too can have a cow jumping over you…

"Girls and Boys Come Out to Play" by Tracey Campbell Pearson Crown activity

My Hey Diddle Crown is just

one of the activities on her website. Explore. Have fun!

She’ll post future virtual EVENTS on her BLOG on her WEBSITE.

And MORE ACTIVITES as we get close to our book birthday!!

 

*APRIL 13,2021 GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY BOOK BIRTHDAY!

 

WHEN BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS  ARE SOLD!!

YOU CAN  PRE-ORDER!!

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING YOUR INDIE BOOKSELLER!

Let her know your favorite indie bookseller and she’ll send them autographed bookplates when you purchase a book.

*If you can’t wait until April 13th, you can get an autographed book, early by attending her event at The Briar Patch

Honk-Honk!…tcp

Contact her through the contact section on her website:

www.traceycampbellpearson.com

Keep reading!

Have fun…woof-woof…Wilbur

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Girls and Boys Come Out and READ!!!

Girls and Boys Come Out and…..Celebrate!

Saturday, March 27th 11:00 ET

I’m joining my local indie bookseller, Phoenix Books in Essex, VT from my studio for a Virtual Story Time!

It will be the first public reading of my new book Girls and Boys Come Out to Play.

I’ll read, draw and share my process…while celebrating all things Mother Goose!

I’ll be signing their in store copies of my books. Let them know if you want one personalized.

You can register through their website. Here’s a link:

https://www.phoenixbooks.biz/event/story-time-tracey-campbell-pearson

 

In honor of Mother Goose…to celebrate my new book…and just because it’s fun…I’ve put new activities on my website. Here’s a link:

Girls and Boys Come Out to Play

 

Flying Mother Goose..

…one of the activities on my website. Explore. Have fun!

I’ll post future virtual events on my blog on my website.

THESE ARE HAPPENING SOON!

Saturday, March 27, 2021 11:00 ET Phoenix Books, Essex, VT.

https://www.phoenixbooks.biz

Saturday, April 3, 2021 10:00 ET The Briar Patch Bookshop, Bangor, ME

https://briarpatchbooks.square.site

*APRIL 13,2021 GIRLS AND BOYS COME OUT TO PLAY BOOK BIRTHDAY!

WHEN BOOKS WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS  ARE SOLD…

WHERE YOU CAN ALSO PRE-ORDER!!

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING YOUR INDIE BOOKSELLER!

Let me know your favorite indie bookseller, I’m happy to send them autographed bookplates when you purchase a book.

*If you can’t wait until April 13th, you can get an autographed book, early by attending one of the above events.

Honk-Honk!…tcp

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Mother Goose lands in bookstores…Soon!

 

“While letting the traditional phrases work their magic, Pearson captures the spirit of the nonsense in lively ink drawings with watercolor washes. . . .  With plenty of intriguing characters and visual details to discover, here’s a lively interpretation of a classic nursery rhyme.”Booklist

 

My new book, Girls and Boys Come Out to Play will be available at your local indie bookstore

or wherever books are sold on

April 13th!!!

Mother Goose wants you to know that early copies will be available when you attend one of my virtual book events.

Join us for some silliness…reading…drawing…and fun!

 

SIGN UP AT:

PHOENIX BOOKS, ESSEX,VT

Saturday, March 27th 11:00-12:30

https://www.phoenixbooks.biz

(802) 872-7111

 

BRIAR PATCH BOOKSHOP, BANGOR, MAINE

Saturday, April 3rd 10:00 am

https://bookshop.org/shop/briarpatchbooks

(207) 941-0255

 

Hope to see there!…HONK! HONK!…

 

…Thank you, Margaret Ferguson! Thank you to everyone at Holiday House Books!

Thank you, Phoenix Books , Briar Patch Bookshop and All Indie Booksellers!

…It takes a team to make a book!!

 

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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 by Tracey Campbell Pearson

Elephant’s Story

written and illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson

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

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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 by Tracey Campbell Pearson

Elephant’s Story

written and illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson

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

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NOTES FROM MOTHER GOOSE…

Look what’s New for Spring 2021…

It’s my book…honk…honk!

Girls and Boys Come Out to Play published by Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House.

Thank you, Margaret Ferguson! Thank you, Holiday House!

Where would a goose be without you?

Just a peek. More to come…

Honk-honk…MG

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