By: DarcieMae on 11/5/09
Author reading:

At 12:00pm ET, (9:00am PT), Monday, November 23, 2009, go to this website:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsread and listen to Maine author & illustrator, Darcie Mae, read live from her children’s book titled:

Mother Mouse Tells Mice Kids A Thanksgiving Story (ISBN# 978-1-936046-30-0).

Children’s author, Darcie Mae is a featured guest on Authors Read radio show where she will be reading from her newest Mother Mouse book which is the third book in the series. Gather the family for a special time together while listening to the author read from her published work, or follow along to the archived show with your own copy of Mother Mouse Tells Mice Kids A Thanksgiving Story for an enjoyable heartwarming tale whenever it is convenient for you. This story has two valuable lessons: Be thankful for what you have, a little or lots, and share with other folks any extras you’ve got. The archived show will be found at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/AuthorsRead/2009/11/23/Darcie-Mae--Mother-Mouse-Tells-a-Thanksgiving-Tale

Pick up a copy of the book at www.amazon.com www.barnesandnoble.com www.pagesofwonder.com at many other places on the web, or have your favorite book store order a copy for you.

Visit Darcie Mae’s website at: http://sammyandrobert.tripod.com There will be a link you can click on to this archived show as well as her other readings.

　

By: billmiller on 8/22/09
The article in the Friday Oped page that quoted Bill Cosby made the good day I was having an outstanding day.

By: DarcieMae on 7/7/09
Another positive review of Mother Mouse: Book 2. This time in Missouri.
Here is a link to and a copy of the article that appeared in Missouri about one of my children’s books:
Darcie Mae Fortin
Pen name: Darcie Mae
Maine
thepeablys@tds.net
http://sammyandrobert.tripod.com

Article of interest:
http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/staff1246580169

Editors, Joplin Independent
Missouri

Here's a trio of books to read to youngsters staff Updated: 2009-07-02 18:16:09 Research is showing that children who have been read to at an early age are better prepared to succeed in school. Reading aloud to children helps stimulate brain development as well as to provide an opportunity to strengthen family ties. We introduce you to three books that may be read to very young children or that may be texts for developing young readers.

Author: Darcie Mae
Mirror Publishing (Milwaukee, Feb. 2009)
40 pages, $8.95 at amazon.com
Darcie Mae Fortin, whose pen name is "Darcie Mae" is a children's book author from Solon, Maine who often may be seen in a first or second grade classroom sharing her stories. Her second book in verse stars Mother Mouse who teaches mice children about opposites and then about modes of transportation, the latter done in a jaunty repetitive style. That Mother Mouse expects the full attention of her audience is seen in the author's description of her: "Mother Mouse teaches things with the stories she tells. She always speaks softly. She never has to yell."
What also may get the attention of Darcie Mae's young listeners are the illustrations she provides. The pictures and the words that accompany them are very colorful. Children may identify with them as if they had come from crayons in their own hands.
All the mice children return home after being rewarded with cookies. The children who have heard Mother Mouse's story are rewarded by having had their creativity stimulated.

By: DarcieMae on 4/23/09
Review in Maryland paper of Mother Mouse: Book 2:
Here's your review. It will be in the Maryland Picket News issue dated for April 26, 2009.

It's Only Ink!
Mother Mouse

Mother Mouse: Book 2 was a fun book to read. In the second Mother Mouse book,
told in rhyme, there are two stories. The first teaches opposites. The second
teaches ways of transportation.
This story is similar to the children's tale about the woman who swallowed the
fly. She goes on to swallow more things. After each thing she swallows you repeat
all that she previously swallowed. As Mother Mouse describes each way of
transportation you repeat all that she has described previously. These stories
are like the first Mother Mouse stories. They are fun, rhyming, entertaining, and
educational. Parents, caretakers of children, teachers, and children themselves
will enjoy reading and sharing the Mother Mouse stories. (Mirror Publishing)
Darcie Mae’s illustrations are colorful, fun, and appealing to children.
Mother Mouse: Book 1 was published in 2008 and features stories about manners,
measurements, and shapes.
You can pick up a copy of the book at a number of locations:
Pagesofwonder.com, Amazon.com, and BarnesandNoble.com.
Find out more about Mother Mouse by visiting the author & illustrator’s website at:
http://sammyandrobert.tripod.com .

Mother Mouse Book 2 by Darcie Mae
Publisher: Mirror Publishing, www.pagesofwonder.com
Release: February 2009
ISNB: 978-0-9822560-7-7
Price: $8.99
Read aloud: 3-7
Read alone: 8 & up
Format: Softcover, Chapter, 40 pages


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Jennifer Leese
Editor, Picket News
PH- 301-766-7097
FAX- 301-766-7099
Editor@picketnews.com

By: DarcieMae on 3/4/09
Press Release:

Children’s Book:

Mother Mouse: Book 2

By: Darcie Mae

40 pages

ISBN# 978-0-9822560-7-7

Mirror Publishing: Milwaukee, Wisconsin www.pagesofwonder.com

Author’s Website: http://sammyandrobert.tripod.com

In this second book in the series, Mother Mouse: Book 2, there are two stories. The stories are written in the same fun, rhyming way as in her other books. These stories are longer and there are more illustrations. The first story: Mother Mouse Teaches Opposites explains what opposite means and gives many examples while telling a fun story. The second story: Mother Mouse Teaches ways Of Transportation is a super fun story. It is written in the same way as the story about a woman who swallows a fly, and continues to go on swallowing more things. After each thing is swallowed she repeats all she swallowed before it. After Mother Mouse describes a new way of transportation she repeats all the ones she has said before. Children will be repeating with the reader.

Look not only for her Mother Mouse children’s books, but her Sammy & Robert books as well.

Mother Mouse (Book 1) ISBN# 978-0-9817521-8-1

3 stories that teach manners, measurements, & shapes.

Sammy & Robert (Book 1) ISBN# 1-60474-811-7

1 story that teaches you can be different, how this should not matter, and

though different you still can be best friends.

Sammy & Robert’s Animal Adventures (Book 2) ISBN# 1-60703-987-7

2 stories. One teaches about some farm animals, their sounds, babies, and

pens. The other about a zoo with mammals and about herbivores,

carnivores, & omnivores.

All books are available on the web at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, wholesalers, and on many other websites. You can also have your favorite book store order the books for you.

Email author at sammyandrobertbooks@yahoo.com to request autographed copies.