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Hello everyone! Today I just want to talk about kids books - not just 'cause I've written one that will hopefully see print some day, but also because I've had the great honor of meeting a wonderfully clever and sassy kids' book author while down here in South Carolina this winter.
Peggy Gifford has written a couple of great books based on an impossibly precocious procrastinator (a trait I, myself share and am going to get to work on curing - maybe starting tomorrow) by the name of Moxy Maxwell.
The books - Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little, and Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank You Notes - are hilarious! They are written in a very relaxed voice that you can just "hear." I love the chapters such as: "Wherein Moxy's Mother Says No..." or words to that effect - and the entire chapter is as follows - and I carefully quote:
"No."
The next chapter gets a little more detailed - but I'll leave you in suspense...
The books flow, kids will love them (actually, they already do), and I recommend that if you have kids anywhere from 8 years old and up, they will just fall in love with Moxy. And so will you. Peggy is a brilliant writer, and I'm not just saying that because we're pals.
While there are already a couple of Moxy Maxwell books out there, as I understand it, there are more in the works. Which is a good thing, because they're addictive, kind of like the Harry Potter books.
One of the great things I love about Moxy is her never ending and ever growing list of "Possible Career Paths." Of course I'm a little partial, but I think that Moxie ought to add "Internet Marketing Entrepreneur" to this list! (You knew I'd have to put a plug in for my own passion, didn't you!?)
So, visit Peggy's site - and tell her I said Hello!
