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Indie and Proud presents: Virginia Wright Author

11/13/2014

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*******COMMENT FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A PAPERBACK COPY*******

Wild Animal Sounds

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Virginia Wright, the author of wonderful Children’s books, such as Buzzzzzzzz What Honeybees Do, The Prince and the Dragon: A Fairy Tale, and The Christmas Secret has done it again with her magnificent interactive book, titled: Wild Animal Sounds. Available on Amazon for Pre-Order. Release November 27th.

Wild Animal Sounds is an interactive picture book, cleverly designed with simple text and a phrased paragraph pattern to help teach children sounds. Not only is this a great learning experience for your pre-schooler, it also provides an ideal opportunity for parents and caregivers to bond with their child in a fun yet educational way. Relive your childhood by taking an imaginary tour of the jungle! Rawr, Gr-aaaaa-ah, G-r-r-r-r-r, like a bear, MMM-ow and Psshhh, like the tallest of giraffes before hunkering down and howling like a coyote: Rup-rup-rup-aroo.

While introducing your child to some of the most popular animals in the wild and the funny sounds they make, Wild Animal Sounds will help them develop a sound, word, and picture association.

Wild Animal Sounds is a perfect fit for children who are just learning to talk.

My connection with the author:
Steampunk Alice

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I had asked Virginia if she was interested in doing some illustrations for a Steampunk novella I was working on. She happily agreed and not only illustrated the front cover entirely, her illustrations adorn many of the pages of the book. They made my little story come alive. Working hand and hand with Virginia was a blessing. She is a perfectionist and would sometimes keep me waiting for days, until she had an image, perfect to her liking. This is the reason I cherish Steampunk Alice.


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I hope Virginia Wright doesn’t mind me telling you this. Because of the fact that both of us lost sisters too early in life, we have adopted each other as official, yet virtual siblings. This is why we support each other the way we do. That’s what siblings are for.

 

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More about the Author:
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VIRGINIA WRIGHT (b. 1958) as Virginia Brown, in Belfast, Maine, was raised in the coastal Belfast area throughout her childhood and into her teen years. Virginia is author and illustrator of three children’s books– Crying Bear: Yes, Bears Cry Sometimes, too, The Princess and the Castle, and The Prince and the Dragon. Virginia is also the author of an educational, Nonfiction book: Buzzzzzzzz What Honeybees Do. The Christmas Secret, deemed a Christmas Classic, ( my personal favorite) before her latest, Wild Animal Sounds.

Virginia Wright’s work is published in several publications, and she considers herself first published, in 1981, when a regional Maine publication–Washington County Magazine, paid her for one of her writings—Faith.



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She also has professional writings and articles in the following publications:

Soundings, an Anthology by the Poetry Fellowship of Maine.

Cincinnati.com (Cincinnati Enquirer)

Boston.com (The Boston Globe)

Barnesville-Enterprise.com (Barnesville Enterprise)

WSJ.com (The Wall Street Journal)

Yahoo.com
FOOD
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Virginia is a self-proclaimed Foodie, with a Certificate in Family Nutrition; and she enjoys writing articles about food, health, and nutrition. She is an Ezine Articles Expert Author, with 15 earned achievements and a few of her article titles to include:

How To Eat Fat and Get Healthy

Choosing a Diet - Atkins Diet: Medical Community Less Skeptical

Learn How to Figure Number of Carbohydrates in Foods.

Virginia says lately, she has found her love of words in children’s writing; though she has been known to write in other genres and currently is working on a regional cookbook, Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook.

Virginia has received a number of awards and achievements for her writing, and recently won “The Indie of the Day Award,” for her children’s book, The Christmas Secret.

She presently lives in the beautiful state of Maine- where she continues to write. When she isn’t watering her herb and flower gardens, canning, or cooking, her time is spent as a freelance writer, with her fingers on the keyboard, typing away, doing what she enjoys doing most, writing…

Check her out at her BLOG
20 Comments
Erin Curtin
11/12/2014 09:34:24 pm

My god daughter and her sister would love this!

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Virginia Wright link
11/13/2014 12:08:25 am

Good luck to all those who comment. The paperback copy of Wild Animal Sounds will be autographed and shipped in December after the release.

Thank you, Dennis, for such a wonderful blog post. I do not mind you telling about the loss of both our sisters and "that" is how we came to the adoption of each other as virtual siblings. :-) I learned long ago with Author Launa McNeilly, another adopted sibling of mine, that blood running through one's veins does not necessarily necessitate a sibling type relationship. Extremely grateful for the sibling relationships, it helps fill the heart where there was once a hole.

I chuckled about the part that I am a perfectionist, I consider myself a "slight" perfectionist. :-) While I am an author, it is true, I do illustrate. I believe no matter how good someone might find one of my illustrations, I will always see one more tweak that I could do to make it better. Hmmm... Maybe I am a perfectionist???

-Virginia

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VIRGINIA L WRIGHT link
11/13/2014 12:10:20 am

Erin,

Thank you for stopping by Author Dennis Higgins blog, and commenting. Good luck!

-Virginia Wright

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Lorraine Carey link
11/13/2014 04:11:09 am

Virginia sounds like a multi-talented lady.I’m going to promo her book of Wild Animal Sounds. As an educator I will pass the word to my teacher friends who teach early primary. A big shout out to this lady!

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VIRGINIA WRIGHT link
11/13/2014 12:56:46 pm

Lorraine,

Thank you for your kind words. Buzzzzzzzz What Honeybees Do is a non-fiction educational book that I have also written, for older aged children.

Best,
-Virginia

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Rhonda Patton link
11/13/2014 04:19:22 am

There are many things I love about hosting Author events and that is learning more about the talented writers/illustrators. Being that said I found this blog a great help in knowing more about Virginia. She is an extremely nice person with much talent and I am grateful being a friend.

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Virginia Wright link
11/13/2014 01:11:26 pm

Thank you, Rhonda. You are an inspiration with all the writing you do. And all the while, hosting Author events too....you are multi talented yourself! And I am grateful being your friend. :-)

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Viv Drewa
11/13/2014 09:15:50 am

I think your art is amazing Virginia! Very, very beautiful. I see why Dennis asked you to illustrate his book.

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Virginia Wright link
11/13/2014 12:59:51 pm

Thank you, Viv. I am so happy to hear that you think my art is amazing!!!

-Virginia

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Dennis Higgins link
11/13/2014 08:27:21 pm

Thanks to all who have commented so far.

Virginia, dear virtual talented sister. Thanks for allowing me to share.

Winner will be announced by release date, which happens to be Thanksgiving day, here in America.

Love to you all, Dennis

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Ingrid Hall link
11/14/2014 08:20:03 pm

This is a brilliant feature! I will copy and paste the first part into my blog with a link through for readers to read the rest. Much love to two of my favourite indie authors! xx

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Virginia Wright link
11/15/2014 02:32:21 pm

Thank you, Ingrid. I really appreciate the support.
Love and Big Hugs, -Virginia

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Diana Ryan
11/15/2014 10:46:13 pm

Hi Jinnie looks like a great book. I love the colorful cover with the cute animals. Best wishes for the sale of you new book.

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VIRGINIA WRIGHT link
11/16/2014 01:13:42 am

Hi Diana,
Thanks for stopping by Author Dennis Higgins, blog. I am glad you love the cover!!! Thanks for commenting.
-Jinnie
http://www.amazon.com/author/virginiawright

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Anne Nelson
11/17/2014 10:24:47 pm

This so fascinating to read how 2 amazing people came together in the crazy world of books. Thanks so much for sharing!

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Virginia Wright link
11/19/2014 03:23:22 pm

Hi Anne, Thanks for stopping by Dennis Higgins blog. And thanks for putting me in the "amazing people" category along with Dennis. I feel honored. :-) -Virginia

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karenvwrites link
11/18/2014 03:13:36 am

Looks like they are cute reads. My grand son would love this . He is 4

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VIRGINIA WRIGHT link
11/19/2014 03:27:45 pm

The Prince and the Dragon, Crying Bear, The Princess and the Castle, and Wild Animal Sounds would be age appropriate for your grandson. The Christmas Secret is as much for adults as children. Thanks for stopping by Dennis's blog. -Virginia

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Dennis Higgins
11/26/2014 08:46:05 pm

The winner of Virginia Wright's marvelous book, Wild Animal Sounds is Anne Nelson. Because of all the great responses, she was picked by an electronic randomizer. Congratulations Anne. Please contact me either on Facebook or my email: [email protected]. The book will come directly from Virginia.

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Virginia Wright link
12/3/2014 11:38:48 pm

Thank you, Dennis!
Congratulations, Anne!

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