'Spiders
spinning webs of red, black bats flying about my head.
The
pumpkin grew legs and danced about, the skeleton
shook and was heard to shout.
shook and was heard to shout.
Whatever
you promise be sure to do and write
what you see in the colour blue'
what you see in the colour blue'
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If
you haven’t yet heard of Loss De Plott and her magical adventures in ‘The
Colour Red’ and now the fabulous Halloween adventure, ‘The Colour Blue’ then
you and your children really are missing out on some wonderful tales which will
take you all on a journey into the wonderful world of dreams.
I
met author Stephan J Myers through Twitter and found myself intrigued by the
almost cryptic tweets that would pop up into my Twitter feed. I knew I needed
to find out more about this curious character called Loss De Plott (whose name I
have to admit appealed to the slightly insane side of me. I often feel like I’ve
lost the plot !).
So,
I popped across to Amazon and purchased Loss De Plott; The Colour Red and Loss
De Plott – A fable for grown-ups who believe it is never too late to change. The
latter I will share with you in another post but today I’m eager to share a
little more about Loss De Plott; The Colour Blue, a Halloween tale where you’ll
find the strangest things happen in the world of dreams.
Stephan
writes using beautiful rhyme. Belle and I have read and re-read The Colour Red
and The Colour Blue together and each time we get something new from each book.
Intertwined into the story’s rhyme are stunning pictures drawn by Stephan
himself and illustrator Nicholas Smith. Belle and Tink were kindly sent signed
copies of 2 of the book illustrations from The Colour Red from Stephan and they
absolutely adore them.
In
The Colour Blue we meet new characters all placed into the magic of
Halloween and brought to life in this beautiful second offering from Stephan. We
meet the boy in blue, dancing pumpkins and the funkiest looking witch I've ever seen ! It really
is a must read.
I
remember as a child being enthralled by magical adventures and Stephan’s books
would have been a welcome addition to my book collection when I was small.
With
The Colour Red and The Colour Blue we come to understand that the rules change when
we dream and what’s possible in the dream world is indeed very different to
that of our everyday existence. We also find out the importance of not breaking
the dream rules and keeping our promises too.
The
Colour Red begins the adventures and introduces us to Loss and her first journey
into the world of dreams, where she meets dancing snowmen and the man in the
hat of red. In this book she is also given an important piece of advice by her
grandmother;
“Now
promise me Loss,” her grandmother said, “you will
never draw anything in the colour red.
never draw anything in the colour red.
And
whatever you draw must come from your dreams, where the
things that you see are not what they seem.”
things that you see are not what they seem.”
I could
happily carry on writing about these fabulous children’s tales but I wouldn’t
wish to spoil what will be a special time spent reading with your own children.
Instead I’m really pleased to be able to offer 3 lucky readers the chance to
win a set of Stephan’s books, The Colour Red and The Colour Blue for a
Halloween competition giveaway.
All
you need to do to be in with a chance of winning is click on the Rafflecopter
link below and follow the simple instructions. The competition will run for 2
weeks after which 3 lucky winners will be announced on my FB page, Twitter and
here on the blog.
Good
Luck my Lovelies and make sure you never lose sight of the magic within your
dreams xxx
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Stephan
has two further books soon to be published which are ‘The Colour Gold’ furthering
the Tales of Loss De Plott and ‘The Prayer’.
If
you’d like more information on Stephan and his work you can pop across to his
website, give
him a Like on his Facebook page or follow him on Twitter.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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Terms & Conditions: This
competition runs from 12.00am on Monday 14th October until 12.00am on Monday
28th October 2013 and is open to readers Worldwide. The 3 winners will be
announced on the blog, ‘The Mad Mummy Musings' Facebook page & Twitter
within 48 hours of the competition end time. Each of the 3 winners will win a
copy of the children's books, The Colour Red and The Colour Blue. Winners will
need to email their name and address to info@charlotte-hughes.co.uk so that
their prize can be sent out to them. No cash alternative given.
Disclaimer:
I was kindly given a Kindle copy of The Colour Blue to read for this
competition giveaway.
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