Free e-book: Baby Brother Goes to the Hospital
For 24 hours only, the e-book version of Baby Brother Goes to the Hospital, one of books from The Adventures of Annie Mouse picture book series, will be available for free on Amazon Kindle. This 24 hour give-away will begin at midnight Pacific time on January 14th. Remember, you don’t need a Kindle to enjoy the kindle e-books. You can download the kindle app for pc, mac, ipad, etc. and enjoy the books in full color. You can also sync a book you have download to all of your devices.
Baby Brother Goes to the Hospital is best read WITH a child. It is especially helpful for opening up a discussion about what happens when one child in the family is hospitalized. It is also useful for helping children develop empathy for others, even if they don’t have this situation within their own family. This book can be used as bibliotherapy.
This book is also available in hardback and softcover versions through my website: www.anniemousebooks.com
Annie Mouse Meets a New Friend: Free e-Book Today Only!
Yesterday I gave away 641 copies of Annie Mouse’s Route 66 Adventure: A Photo Journal! I hope those of you who received a copy enjoy it and have hours of discussion with your children. I also hope that many of you also have a chance to make the Route 66 trip with your children. If you did download a copy and enjoyed it, I’d appreciate it if you would go back to the Amazon site and click “like” at the top of the page. Tags and reviews are also appreciated!
Today I am offering Annie Mouse Meets a New Friend as a free digital download through Amazon. Remember, you don’t have to own a Kindle device to enjoy a kindle download- simply download the kindle app for whatever device you have. The books can be enjoyed in full color on your pc or ipad/iphone.
http://www.amazon.com/Annie-Mouse-Friend-Adventures-ebook/dp/B0051GT7NE/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1
Enjoy!
Free Download of e-book: Annie Mouse’s Route 66 Adventure: A Photo Journal
Now is a great time to start planning your next Route 66 trip! If you’ll be doing the trip with young children, you’ll want to take Annie Mouse along.
Annie Mouse’s Route 66 Adventure will be available for a FREE download on Sunday, January 8, 2012 through Amazon Kindle. Now is a great time to check it out to see if you’d like to order the print version! This special is available for 24 hours only.
Also remember, if you’re a Kindle Prime member, any of the Annie Mouse Adventures can be downloaded for free. 
Happy New Year!
I wish you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2012! I don’t know about you, but I am happy to say good-bye to 2011. While it’s been an exciting year in so many ways, it certainly has had its challenges! It seems like with every joy, there has been an accompanying challenge. For instance, my oldest son got married in February, but the joy of welcoming a new daughter-in-law and grand daughter into the family was marred by my son’s deployment in August. He is currently serving in Afghanistan. I celebrated the release of Annie Mouse’s Route 66 Adventure: A Photo Journal, with my cross-country, Route 66 trip in May, but the trip was marred by the Joplin and El Reno tornadoes and Texas, New Mexico and Arizona wild fires. I arrived back home from the trip feeling more like I was experiencing post traumatic stress, rather than the usual post vacation exhaustion!
If you have had challenges in your life this year (and who hasn’t??!!), I hope you have scooped up the little ones in your life and have reassured them of how much you love them and that the stress you are feeling is not their fault. Children tend to think that everything is their fault. The holidays always seem to bring out the worst behaviors in young children. Their schedules are disrupted and we overstimulate them with all of the presents, candy, visitors and extended bed times. These things can cause stress for the entire family and parents may end up doing more yelling and punishing than usual. What a paradox! While we are lavishing them with toys and goodies (stuff) to show them how much we love them, we’re also yelling and screaming and even spanking! So, if you have been sending your children – your most precious gifts of all- mixed messages, please take time right now to tell them how thankful you are that they are in your life and that you love them! Take time to truly experience the joy that the smiles and giggles of a little one can bring into your life. Vow to read them a great bed time story, tuck them into bed and give them a hug and kiss every night in 2012!
May you experience many joys and fewer challenges in 2012!
Happy New Year!
Anne M. Slanina and Annie Mouse Books
Anne Mouse Books: American Made, Produced on a Printing Press
A fact that I don’t make known enough about my books is that they are not digitally produced. They are printed at a REAL, old-fashioned print shop on a printing press. I have the greatest respect and admiration for the owners and operators at Commercial Printing in New Castle, PA and also Mechling Book Bindery. As you are thinking about your purchases this holiday season, please do consider books printed in the USA. Also, keep in mind that there is free shipping through my web site and the Kindle versions are at specially reduced priced through the holiday season. Happy shopping!
Annie Mouse finger puppet craft
Enlarge page to full size and copy onto a stiff oaktag or postcard weight paper. Cut out and loop around the child’s finger to create an “Annie Mouse” finger puppet.
Enjoy!
Annie Mouse’s Route 66 Adventure in the news
Hi all!
I was interviewed for an article last week by the Slippery Rock University PR department. Below is the link to the article. Enjoy!
http://rockpride.sru.edu/2011/RP093011/salina2A.php
and please do check out my website at
Happy Reading!
“Annie Mouse”
New book review for Annie Mouse Meets a New Friend
Check out the review from sunflower productions:
Annie Mouse’s Adventures Also Available as e-books
Aside from all of the retail outlets where my books are found, four of my titles are available on Amazon as Kindle e-books:
Baby Brother Goes to the Hospital
Annie Mouse Meets a New Friend
Where the Rainbow Touches Ground
Annie Mouse’s Route 66 Adventure: a Photo Journal
Since Kindle e-books are in black and white when they are downloaded on the Kindle device, many people avoid children’s picture books. I know I did until I learned more. What many people don’t realize is that Kindle books aren’t limited to being enjoyed on a Kindle; you can download a Kindle app for your pc, mac, ipad, etc. and the books will be displayed in full color. For reading at home to your children, a real book is always the desired format. But, if you are stuck in an airport, doctor’s office or any place with an unexpected delay and your children are getting “antsy” it’s wonderful to have picture books readily available. Instead of playing games with them on your smartphone, download a picture book and read to them!! The e-books are also great for teachers. You can download a book on your laptop and project it to your class so that all can see and enjoy as you share. If all the children can see, there’s a better chance that they will all be attentive. I enjoy projecting my books when I do an author visit; the children are so much more engaged when they could all see the pictures. The other neat thing is that you can sync each book that you download on any of your other devices. So, if you’ve been reluctant to try a children’s picture book on the e-book format, download one of the Annie Mouse Adventures and see what you think. Annie Mouse Meets a New Friend is only .99 for a limited time- so not much of a dollar investment to try it out.
If you’re a Social Studies teacher, give Annie Mouse’s Route 66 Adventure: A Photo Journal a try. It’s filled with actual photographs from all over the country. Since some of the photos can be difficult to see when showing the book to a group, the e-book projected makes it a perfect choice for a classroom.
Whatever format of book you choose, keep reading to and with children!
Where to find “Annie Mouse’s Route 66 Adventure” along the Route
Even though you can purchase the book directly from my web site (www.anniemousebooks.com), if you’re traveling the route, please make your purchase from one of the following Route 66 businesses who are carrying my Route 66 book. You’ll be glad you stopped in as each of these places offers a unique experience not to be missed.
The Joliet (IL) Historical Museum & Visitor’s Center
Gardner (IL) Chronicle Antiques
Home Again Antiques at Old City Hall Shoppes, Pontiac, IL
Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup Gift Shop, Shirley, IL
Gunmar Mast Trading Post, Atlanta, IL
Henry’s Rabbit Ranch, Staunton, IL
Fanning Outpost, Cuba, MO
Route 66 Antique Mall, Phillipsburg, MO
The Munger Moss Motel, Lebanon, MO
Mr. C’s Route Post, Lebanon, MO
Mule Trading Post, Rolla, MO
Gary Turner’s Gay Parita Sinclair Station, Paris Springs, MO
Goad’s Antiques, Carthage, MO
Bradbury Bishop Deli, Webb City, MO
Hastings, Joplin, MO
Nelson’s Old Riverton Store (Eisler’s), Riverton, KS
Afton Station and Packard Museum, Afton, OK
Waylan’s Ku Ku Burger, Miami, OK
Totem Pole Park Gift Shop, Foyil, OK
The Round Barn, Arcadia, OK
POPS, Arcadia, OK
Cherokee Trading Post, El Reno, OK
Oklahoma Route 66 Museum, Clinton, OK
Country Dove, Elk City, OK
The Devil’s Rope Museum, McLean, TX
Alanreed Travel Center, Alanreed, TX
Groom, TX Grocery Store
The Big Texan Gift Shop, Amarillo, TX
The Midpoint Cafe Gift Shop, Adrian, TX
Route 66 Motel, Tucumcari, NM
Tee Pee Curios, Tucumcari, NM
Timeless Treasures, Tucumcari, NM
The Silver Moon Restaurant & Gift Shop, Santa Rosa, NM
El Rancho Motel Gift Shop, Gallup, NM
Painted Desert Indian Center, Holbrook, AZ
Stewarts Rock Shop, Holbrook, AZ
Jack Rabbit Trading Post, Joseph City, AZ
Meteor Crater Gift Shop, Flagstaff, AZ
Route 66 Mini Market, Flagstaff, AZ
Golden Aspen Toy & Candy Shop, Flagstaff, AZ
Roadkill Cafe/General Store, Seligman, AZ
Hackberry General Store, Hackberry, AZ
Powerhouse Visitor Center, Kingman, AZ
Don’s Books 4 Less, Kingman, AZ
The Stone Cottage, Kingman, AZ
Cool Springs Station, Oatman HWY, AZ
And off the route:
Amazon (e-book version)
Lake Havisu (AZ) Visitor’s Center
Country Cottage, Rootstown, OH
Hastings, Fayetteville, AR
Sawmill Theatre Craft Market, Cooksburg, PA (Cook Forest)
Butler Art Center, Downtown Butler, PA
Warren County Historical Society, Warren, PA
Nature’s Cabin, Tidioute, PA
Ring Around A Rosy, Warren, PA
Taylor’s Farm Market, Harrisville, PA
Butler Institute of American Art Gift Shop, Youngstown, OH
Slippery Rock University Book Store, Slippery Rock, PA
Tattered Corner Book Store, Meadville, PA
Bottlebrush Gallery, Harmony, PA
