Author and Illustrator J.D. Holiday

http://jdholiday.blogspot.com
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About JD Holidayhttp://jdholiday.blogspot.com

JD Holiday is the author and illustrator of the children's books: JANOOSE THE GOOSE, its sequel Janoose And The Fall Feather Fair and the chapter book for 6 to 9 year olds, THE GREAT SNOWBALL ESCAPADE And STORIES AND IMAGININGS FOR THE READING SPOT. Her site is:
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For Children:

The Great Snowball Escapade, written and illustrated by JD Holiday

The Spy Game

For adults:
Stories and Imaginings For The Reading Spot

Future books by JD Holiday

Janoose and The Fall Feather Fair

http://jdholiday.blogspot.com/p/a-collection-of-short-stories-for-adult_4.html
I'm the author, illustrator and book designer of the children's picture book Janoose The Goose, its sequel, Janoose AND THE FALL FEATHER FAIR, and the chapter book for 6 to 9 years old, The Great Snowball Escapade; Simple Things, a Christian Christmas middle-grade novel; plus Stories and Imaginings For The Reading Spot. I live
in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania, USA and I'm a member of The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. ~

I love writing. In the 6th grade I wrote my first story. I can't remember much about it only that it was a rainy afternoon and fun. Is seemed to be a one time thing. In high school I read 'To Kill a Mockingbird' a book I love. I remember thinking how I wished Tom Robinson, an innocent man, had not died and if I wrote a story like that it would end happily for my characters. Of course, along the way of learning the craft of writing it would be my characters who in their magical way lead me to how their stories should end.

I started writing in my thirties when a friend asked me to help her write a book which I did. We never were able to publish that book, but I began to write my own stories after that.

I've had a few short stories published in a Chapbook called, Trespasses (1994) and in a literary magazine. I've had an agent, and I've had editors interested in my stories but no published books. Today, fortunately, it is becoming easier for writers to make it happen for themselves. The story Janoose the Goose is a story I had thought about writing for many years. In the 1980's I wrote the first draft, which was a nursing rhyme. By the 1990's I had begun to think that the old type of nursing rhyme where the fox is out to eat the members of the barnyard was not what I wanted children reading my books to have to think about. If you know this story, you might wonder how I developed the plot line. One day I was shopping for pillows, and being allergic to feathers I sought the alternative. Suddenly I realized the farm community, especially those who wore feathers, had another reason to be afraid of the fox. And Janoose had every reason to chase the fox away.
~ JD Holiday

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