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Thursday
04Mar2010

The FAT FIB Contest Results!

The winners have been chosen! Thanks to everyone for participating in the DOUG-DENNIS and the FAT FIB contest! Darren and I had a great time today reading all your fibs, you fantastic liars, you. 

Before I get to the winners, I want to mention that there were a few funny trends in the lies, which lead me to believe you are all constantly thinking about the follow:

  1. Chuck Norris
  2. JK Rowling
  3. Food

Seriously!

Also, after reading the fibs, Darren and I realized we couldn't stick strictly to our first, second and third place prizes. So we changed it up just a bit. There was actually a tie for the grand-prize, and we also liked a whole lot of them for third place, so we decided to a group of honorable mentions that all get BAH stickers. More winners!

And now, without further ado...

The GRAND PRIZE winners of a signed book and a partial manuscript critique are:

 

  • @DelilahSDawson for: "I don't make snow angels. I make snow narwhals."
  • @mistyprovencher for: "I did not eat the crayons. I just smile rainbows."

 

SECOND PLACE of a limited edition BAH poster and a query letter critique goes to:

 

  • @LiteraryMouse for: "Just below the Earth's crust is a thin layer of chocolate pudding. Geologists don't talk about it because they want to eat it themselves."

 

And a whole batch of HONORABLE MENTIONS who are getting BAH stickers:

 

  • @Donna_Earnhardt for: "I carved the faces on Mount Rushmore...with my toothbrush."
  • @KeimComley for: "My homework ate my dog."
  • @KCBooks for: "I did not eat brownies for breakfast."
  • @YolaRamunno for: "I don't know what I really look like because every mirror I look into shows me someone different."
  • @JaneLebak for: "Actually, Wednesday will be held on Thursday this Friday."

 

If you are one of the winners, please email me at: elana [at] johnsonliterary [dot] com. 

Congrats to everyone! And happy release day, DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB!

Monday
01Mar2010

DOUG-DENNIS and the FAT FIB Contest

At long last DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB by Darren Farrell will be released into the wild this week! It's a hilarious, wacky, and whimsical picture book, that introduces you to a compulsive little liar of a sheep named Doug-Dennis. The reviews have been great. Doug-Dennis has been likened to Homer Simpson, and Darren compared to Mo Willems and Jon Scieszka. You can't get much better than either of those! So I just know you'll fall in love with this book and its unlikely hero. So. We're running a brand-new kind of contest 'round these CJLA parts. A Twitter contest!

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Friday
08Jan2010

Happy Friday News

All kinds of clienty goodness today so I thought I'd do a little compilation for the blog.

First up, galleys arrived for Eli Stutz's debut PICKLE IMPOSSIBLE due out this June from Bloomsbury. It's way adorable, and I'm so excited for its release!

Then, we got a great first review for David Patneaude's EPITAPH ROAD, out even sooner than that (in March from Egmont). Booklist says: “Patneaude’s teen characters, intelligent and reasonable, question the wisdom of one group ever deciding the fate of another…a moving sense of loss blankets everything.” Congrats, Dave!

And finally, my favorite (and soon to be your favorite) lying sheep is now on Twitter! Go click over to HonestDoug to see the Friday fat fib. And then tell him he needs to start fibbing more regularly.

A pretty good end to our first week back at work, I'd say.

Happy weekend, everyone!

~Elana

Thursday
19Nov2009

Fantastic Infinity: Doug-Dennis Takes on Pre-School

Author/illustrator Darren Farrell took his debut picture book, Doug-Dennis and the Flyaway Fib (Dial, March 2010)out for its first spin in the classroom this week. The rest of what follows is Darren's report of Doug's unveiling, pictures included:

 

I successfully completed Doug reading number one yesterday at Woodside Preschool on the Upper West Side. The class was full of four year olds. They really liked the book, plus had some hilarious things to say.

Hilarious Thing One: "But his real name's not Dougy…"

This occurred as I read the very first page. I said, yes, that's right. His real name is Doug-Dennis, but I think some of his best friends like to call him Dougy.

Hilarious Thing Two: 

"I know a rhyme." 

"Well let's hear it."

"Liar. Liar. Pants on Fire."

To which I said… "Wow, that's a good one. Maybe in book two, Doug's pants will have to catch on fire." And they all laughed. Except for the one boy from Hilarious Thing One. He proceeded to make the most hilarious statement of all...

Hilarious Thing Three: "But Doug-Dennis isn't wearing pants."

Ah…kids!

The cherry on the day was an email from the teacher. Her hardest to please child, whom you might remember from hilarious comments one and three, came up to her on the playground and told her that he thinks the book is: "Fantastic Infinity."

Which is a phrase I will soon be stealing from him.