“The Tiptoe Guide” Winners!

Thanks to all the children who participated in Ammi-Joan Paquette’s THE TIPTOE GUIDE cover contest! We asked you to draw the cover of what you imagined could be the next book in the series, and we received some very creative entries. Since they were all so good, we randomly selected a winner. So…

Congratulations, Annika, age 9!

Annika wins a signed copy of THE TIPTOE GUIDE TO TRACKING MERMAIDS! And who knows, maybe sometime soon we’ll see a TIPTOE GUIDE TO TRACKING PEGASUSES! (PEGASI? PEGASU? Just what *is* the plural?!)

And here are the runners up…

Grace, age 9!

Katie, age 5! (With my personal favorite, MONSTERS!)

Lili, age 4! (Wow, nice lettering, Lili!)

And Molly, age 9, with a very colorful entry!

Thanks to all the kids who entered! It’s so much fun to see your creativity at work.

I promise to have more cover contests soon, including one for my upcoming book, THE MONSTORE!

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April 17, 2012 at 1:44 pm

Ammi-Joan Paquette

I LOVE all these entries! What amazingly talented artists!!

April 17, 2012 at 1:46 pm

Tara Lazar

Aren’t they great? I’m so impressed!

April 17, 2012 at 1:54 pm

Sharon K Mayhew

Tara, these are so much fun to see. 🙂 Congratulations to the winner and to all the kiddos who entered!

April 17, 2012 at 2:19 pm

Julie Hedlund

Sorry! My daughter’s name is Molly and she is 9. She’s also home with a migraine today, so seeing her picture on the blog just made her day!

April 17, 2012 at 3:32 pm

Cathy Ballou Mealey

Yay! Congrats Annika!

Grace is certain that having her artwork published on a blog is the first steppingstone to having paparazzi chase her. Look out world!

April 17, 2012 at 8:13 pm

Ellen L. Ramsey

Wow! What beautiful, imaginative art–and what wonderful ideas for the next Tiptoe Guide!

April 17, 2012 at 8:51 pm

Penny Morrison

Annika is jumping and squealing with excitement. Thank you so much, Tara!

She is actually 10 (I feel dishonest if I let you think she’s 9) but she’s young for her age as she has Asperger’s. For a child who feels like she’s bad at everything (e.g. She’s in yr 5 but reading at yr 1 level) it is a huge boost to win something.

I hope that isn’t too much info, but I want you to know how much it means to her (and me).

Thanks for posting up a few pictures, they’re great! I wonder if a few other authors are dreaming of having an author/illustrator partnership with their child in the future like I am.

April 17, 2012 at 9:16 pm

I am so happy that Annika is so happy! Hooray. She really is a terrific artist!

April 17, 2012 at 11:12 pm

Margaret Greanias

Congrats to Annika! Thanks for the fun contest, Tara. Katie really enjoyed drawing the picture and seeing it posted online!

April 17, 2012 at 11:29 pm

Daisy Carter

What gorgeous pictures! Congrats to Annika, Grace, Katie, Lili, and Molly!

April 18, 2012 at 1:17 am

Annika wants to put a message here: ‘Thank you for letting me win! I thought I might maybe be a runner-upper, but I did not expect to win first place. I really enjoyed running. Thanks for running the competition. Love Annika.’

April 18, 2012 at 8:49 am

Annika, thank you so much for your message. I am so glad you are happy!

April 18, 2012 at 9:39 pm

Brenda