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Bee-Wigged Blog Tour is right here!

riddleburger — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:09:01 +0000

Welcome to Day One of the Bee-Wigged Blog Tour!

Since I’m going first, I’ve decided to do a little synopsis of this smashing picture book. That’ll also give me a chance to show some of my favorite pictures from the book:

“Bee-Wigged”

by Cece Bell (my lovely wife & co-conspirator)

Jerry Bee just wants to be nice. But he’s such a big bee that he scares everybody.

But then he finds a wig…

Now he can be nice to people without scaring them, plus since he looks like a boy he gets to go to school. He’s so nice that everybody loves him…

But then … a gust of wind exposes him for what he is … a giant stinging insect!

Oh, Jerry! Everyone runs! I don’t want to spoil it! There’s a shocking twist! But a good one! In the end, the power of being nice prevails!

This book is or could be about many things:

Being nice
Positive energy
Fitting In / Accepting people who are different
Doing well in school
Sticking up for your friends
Bees/Wigs/Sudden gusts of wind

But it’s also simply a good story about a character you’ll root for.

Head back to Cece Bell’s page for rest of the blog tour schedule…

The Bee-Wigged Party

riddleburger — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:01:04 +0000

The party for Cece’s new book was great! I mean really great! It’s like the polar opposite of a lonely chain bookstore signing.

The first photos I’ve uploaded are here: http://cecebell.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/bee-wigged-party-was-great/ .

Steve Altis’s more comprehensive take on it is here: http://plasticpumpkins.blogspot.com/2008/11/bee-book-and-candy.html

(Note: Cupcake photos are especially worth a look. Cece made 153 Jerry Bee cupcakes!

There are several items of note for this blog:

1) Tiffany Trent, of Hallowmere fame, attended!

2) Steve Altis of Plastic Pumpkins fame attended! And he has his own take on it here: http://plasticpumpkins.blogspot.com/2008/11/bee-book-and-candy.html

3) Daisy of SWEET DAISY”S NASTY POEM FAME attended! AND… She wrote us a new poem! And it’s NASTY! But I’m saving it for a Poetry Friday.

4) Two of my co-authors were there: Michael Hemphill who wrote Stonewall Hinkleman with me was tuxedoed and the emcee for the many giveaways. Mary Hill who’s writing [TOP SECRET] with me was running the craft table for awhile.

5) Not only did I bask in reflected glory all day, but a few Qwikpicks were sold and hopefully some of my new Stonewall Hinkleman bookmarks were picked up.

Jerry Bee Mania Growing

riddleburger — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:06 +0000

Here’s one of the Jerry Bee buttons we’ll be giving out at the big Bee-Wigged Party. Don’t have an invitation? You’re invited! Click here.

We’re not so much focused on the Bee-Wigged book launch as on the book launch party right now. Saturday is the big day and there’s all kinds of great stuff on the program, including a combination raffle/spelling bee. Cece’s preparing for a monster baking day to make a truckload of bee-striped cupcakes. And I need to get in high gear to get some Stonewall promotional material together in time to add to the freebies.

If you can’t come, don’t fret. I’m planning to post the kiddie crafts online as best I can and, of course, you’ll be able to buy a copy of Bee-Wigged through any of the usual channels!