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Lost fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm found in the attic of an antebellum home in
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Midwest Book Review
Children's Bookwatch: July 2008
The Fantasy/SciFi Shelf
First published as a serial story in the newspapers, "Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale" is now compiled into the form of a novel for children and young adults. An original and captivating tale, "Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale" follows the relationship between Julie, her grandmother, and a chest she's forbidden to open. Highly recommended for community library young adult fiction collections.
Read a book review by One Book Two Book
Listen to an Interview with Chris Bridges News-JournalOnline in Datona Beach Florida http://www.nieworld.com/special/julie/author_interview.htm
Read an article written by Cheryl Walker in the Union Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080301/news_lz1mc1granny.html
Read an article by Christina Macone- Greene in the North County Voice
http://www.thenorthcountyvoice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=874&Itemid=10005
Janie's 1st book Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale is one of the Top Ten for Historical Fiction on Writers to Believe In.
http://www.writerstobelievein.com/HistoricalFiction.php
Janie's
Calendar of Events
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th North County Authors & Poets (NCAP) Book Extravaganza Saturday, April 26, 2008 (10 AM - 5 PM) Escondido Public Library, 239 S. Kalmia St., Escondido, (760) 839-4684 Talk/SigningApril 30th WEDNESDAY 6pm-6:00pm Barnes & Noble Oceanside. Teacher appreciation talk, reading, signing. Oceanside Barnes & Noble, 2615 Vista Way, Oceanside, CA 92054
September 30th, 2007
See Janie Lancaster's Presentation at the
Building Believable Characters
on the Wild Animal Stage
( Time 3:05 to 3:35 )
Book Signing at Martha's Booth
Time 11:30am to 2:00pm & 3:35 to 4:00
The Orange County Children's Book Festival is Saturday and Sunday the 30th on the campus of
October 2007 Events
October 10th 12:00pm to 3:00pm/Lecture and Book Signing
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October13th 11:00 to 1:00/Presentation for Kids and Book Signing (
October 20th 9:30am to 2:00pm/Presentatoin for Kids and Book Signing
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October 22nd 2:30 to 3:30/Presentation for Kids and Book Signing
(North Wildwood, NJ/
October 27th Time TBA
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More To Come
Please contact Janie for more information on any of the events above.
Email Janie
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Janet Elaine Smith, Marketing Director for Star Publish
Email Address: marketingstarpublish@yahoo.com
Website: http://starpublishllc.com
Star Publish LLC Releases Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale by Janie Lancaster
Star Publish announces the release of Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale by Janie Lancaster. It is available for purchase at your local bookstore or at online stores such as Amazon.com and BN.com. In Julie’s story, you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza, and meet Cordelia Grimm, great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm.
Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale is the first children's book that Star Publish has published. “I was not planning to accept children's books,” Star Publish owner Kristie Leigh Maguire states, “but Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale was too good to pass up. I had to have it for my company. Another first for Star Publish is the fact that Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale is being serialized in newspapers across the country through the Newspapers in Education programs where children read newspapers in classrooms.”
According to Anna McCartney, Erie Times-News Newspaper in Education and Literacy Projects Coordinator, “The response received when we published the serial story, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale on our NIE Extra-Extra! Read All About It! literacy page was phenomenal. The story was an excellent choice to help us reach our goal of bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world. It helped us foster communication with educators, students and their families and the entire community.”
Janie Lancaster grew up in
and a teenage granddaughter. She now lives in southern
husband Don, her blue eyed childhood sweetheart. After working as a sign
language interpreter for the last fifteen years and a college professor for seven she
has set out on a course to fulfill her childhood dream to publish her written works.
In 1997 at the Wildacres Children's Book Writers Workshop in
Janie was picked “the most determined to be a writer.” She has gone to numerous
conferences sponsored by The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators,
The San Diego Book Awards Association and The
Guild. At this time she has written three children's novels, fifteen picture books and numerous poems.
For further information, go to http://starpublishllc.com or http://www.janielancaster.com/
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Attention: Features Editor
Creative Writing Gave Voice to a Silenced Child and Gave Birth to a
Middle Grade Novel
Please visit Janie's web site to see how her creative writing put together her Humpty Dumpty childhood pieces and take a look at her work of fiction -- a new middle grade novel that ignites a sense of wonder in its readers.
In the Charles Dickens tradition, Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale was printed first as a serial story in newspapers.
Reviews:
"The suspense surrounding Julie's discovery of the fairy tale--found buried in an old travel chest in her Grandmother's attic -- takes readers on an eventful and fascinating journey through time." Cora Niver, NIE coordinator for The Times Herald
"I love it. It is unique and fascinating and the students will love it too." Millie Jedrosko, a school teacher in
Description: In Julie's story you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza and meet me, Cordelia Grimm, great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm.
Author: The book of Julie was inspired by Janie's deep love for her grandmother and by her fond memories of fairy tales--fairy tales that gave Janie hope and strength to keep her going through a difficult childhood.
(Free teacher's lesson plans online at:)
Contact Janie for more information or for an interview.
ISBN: 13: 978-1-932993-60-8
(Paperback)
Price $10.95 # Pages 116
Distributed by:
Ingram
Baker and Taylor
Available in bookstores and on-line at:
Barnesandnobles.com & Amazon.com
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Announcement
Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale on the Bestselling Hot New Releases for Children's Literature and Stories on Amazon.
January 9, 2007 # 20
January 16, 2007 # 12
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Will this book become a movie or a Broadway Play?
Stay tuned.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Janie Lancaster 760-743-7572
Email Address: janielbl@aol.com
Website: www.janielancaster.com
Children's Author Moves to San Marcos
We live in a troubled world. Today's kids need a way out, something to hang their hopes on. Something that makes them believe in dreams and even in fairy tales.
Janie Lancaster's delightful book, "Julie & The Lost Fairy Tale," is doing just that for its readers. The story has also been serialized in newspapers across the country through the Newspapers in Education programs where Janie’s story has had rave reviews by teachers and newspapers alike. http://janielancaster.com/Juliebook.html
Janie was picked one of the top ten for Writers to Believe In on November 2007 and January 2008. http://www.writerstobelievein.com/HistoricalFiction.php
January 2007 this book hit # 12 on Amazon's Hot New Releases for the Children's Literature & Stories Category.
In Julie's story, you come across a mysterious travel chest, a lost fairy tale, Miss Eagle Eyes, an editor with a squirrel and kindred spirits. You travel back in time, go to an Extravaganza and meet Cordelia Grimm, great, great granddaughter of one of the Brothers Grimm.
Janie Lancaster will be available to visit classrooms to help motivate kids to write their own stories. Free teacher's lesson plans are also available with her book. The lesson plans support 2nd through 6th grade curriculum.
Janie will also give power point lectures for teachers and groups on Opening the Mind Through Creative Writing. She will use some of her written works as well as sharing some of her research on awakening the right side of the brain. the creative side.
For further information, go to: www.janielancaster.com or http://starpublishllc.com
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