Hey everyone I wanted all of you to be the first to see the cover of my new (and first) children's book.  I embarked on this publishing trail to enhance my programs - of course I now need a goat puppet to help me read the book!! It is soon to be released!!  I will keep all of you posted but just wanted you all to be the first to see the cover!!

That is awesome! A writer.

Should be a hard job, congratulation!

Congratulations on your book. Please let us know when and where it will be for sale. I would like this to add to the babies collection.
Will you be buying or making your goat puppet?

Billy D.

WOW!!! Congratulations!!!
Let me know when the book is out. I want to read the story in my classroom... translated of course 

Johan

Thanks guys!!  I am pretty excited!  I am not a puppet maker myself so I will be buying a goat puppet but I have not decided for sure how I want to use the goat puppet in my presentation of the book.  I was thinking about getting the cute little Folkmanis goat and having a child actually hold the puppet and make goat sounds throughout the book as we go along.  It is written from the perspective of the little girl not the goat - so I am not quite sure how I am going to incorporate it.  ANY ideas from all you brilliant people will be greatly appreciated!  BTW - the book is based on all TRUE events that occurred at our household while we owned a little pygmy goat named Cliff the Goat!

Here are some cute finger puppets you could make real easy and use with the book.
http://www.legendsandlore.com/after_goatpatterns.html

Billy D.

Awesome Lisa!  That's fantastic!  Congratulations. 

Julie

Nice job!



Ron G.

Vent! Magician! Puppeteer! Author! Illustrator!.....where does the talent end!!!!

Congrats on your new book.....thanks for sharing.

Daryl H

Actually the talent ended before you got to the Illustrator - I have no artistic talent.  A little girl in my church illustrated it for me - she was drawing during church one morning and I asked her mom if she thought she would be interested and she said yes! She is going to be at my book signing to sign books too!
All those other things that you listed Daryl (vent, magician, puppeteer, author) can be learned by anyone!
It has been a fun journey -( My second book will be coming out later this year - my husband and I wrote it together - waiting on the illustrations being done by a friend of my son's.)