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tick tick tick March 12, 2009

The countdown begins!

There are only a few more weeks until The Secret Circus has been released into the wild! I can hardly wait. I wanted to share some cool news with you guys about this little book...

First off, I'm going to be at the Clackamas Barnes and Noble tomorrow from 5pm-8pm signing bookplates for those that are ordering in advance. This is going to be a really fun event with over two dozen Oregon authors and illustrators who have books coming out this spring!

And secondly, a Kirkus review came out the other day! Excuse me for a second as I toot my own tuba...

"Somewhere, beneath the twinkling lights of Paris, there is a circus. It is a secret circus. Only the mice know where it is. Only the mice know when to go. When it is time, families don their best patchwork frocks and wide-brimmed hats. They climb into walnut-shell hot-air balloons or scurry in long lines, head to tail, as the Eiffel Tower stretches to point the way. Only the mice know how it’s hidden. Only the mice know what they’ll see there. Amid whiskered cannonball daredevils, tottering pyramids of tiny clowns and the bravest of all—the housecat tamer—Wright tells a sweet, lulling story. Her roly-poly mice are shaped like candy-drop kisses and the hush of the gentle, repetitive text whispers through the pages. The placement of opaque, black-outlined characters against gossamer-tinted painted-canvas backgrounds only heightens the surreal intimacy of the experience. It is, after all, a secret. A quiet, comforting debut, best shared snuggled close together." (Picture book. 2-6)

Yahooooza!

You can pre-order your very own copy today from any of these places, or ask your local bookseller to order it for you.