A Whole School of Royal Peepers!

This Canadian school loved Princess Peepers SO much, they gathered all their royalty who wear glasses for a pic with one of their favorite books! It brought tears to my eyes to see all of them. In fact, the one boy who is holding the book JUST got a pair of glasses a few days ago and wasn't sure if it was "cool". But now he knows it's the coolest thing in school!

Thank you, librarians and teachers, for bringing this book to your students and helping them with their self esteem. I feel honored to see their bright faces and especially, their royal peepers!

What a Beautiful Princess!

I opened my email today to find this lovely lady! And one of her favorite books. ;-D Isn't she cute? She's the daughter of my very talented blog designer.

I'll be adding her beautiful picture to Princess Peepers' Glamour Gallery!

Looking at this little princess reminded me of when I was about her age. I used to wear glasses that looked almost exactly like those. I remember my mother clipping on a black eye patch and I was always trying to see around it. Since I'd get teased so much, I gave up wearing it. My bad eye isn't correctable now and I only truly see out of my left eye. I guess I had amblyopia. There's a blog about this disorder with many pics of the beautiful children and their amazing patches! Long gone are the days of the black plastic clip on patches!

If your child is struggling with "lazy eye"and their patch, you can get many ideas on how to cope. Just pop on over to Adventures in Amblyopia.

If you have a picture of your child with their patch, I'd love to add them to the Peepers Glamour Gallery. All are welcome!

Multiplying Menace Divides!

I was so excited to find a fat envelope in my mailbox the other day. It was the sketches for my newest picture book, Multiplying Menace Divides! Wayne Geehan, my illustrator, imagined my diva witch exactly as I envisioned! And his visual humor talent never ceases to amaze me. This book is full of hilarious details. I can't wait to share!



Here's a sneak peak at the proposed title page--it isn't the book cover, just the inside page:



If you're familiar with my other book, Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin, maybe you'll be able to figure out who has been turned into a frog in this picture! Tee hee!


This book outlines division, taking the concept visually at the fractional level so kids can really "see" division and how things are divided into groups. It was one of the hardest books I've ever written and I thank my mighty mathy editor for helping me get it just right! (Thanks, Randi!!)


I can't wait until its release--next Spring! Put it on your list. It will make a great teacher gift for an end of the year thank you. Or if your children are having a hard time with math, these math adventures really do help. Check out the math adventure library on my publisher's website:

Charlesbridge math adventures

Found a Friend's book today!

I love shopping at my local indie bookstore. They always have the best books in stock and today was no exception. Look what I found? One of my very special friend's book, Me With You, by Kristy Dempsey.

The story is a child's journey with her grandfather and how she is different from him but how they can share each other's special moments. I dare you not to get teared up by the ending! This would be a perfect book to give any child as a special gift!

And my daughter found another special book...she wanted it in the picture, too. ;-) If she looks like she's not smiling, it's because she just had a cavity filled and her lips weren't working. It was her idea to go to the bookstore. I wasn't going to say anything to the store owner about Princess Peepers, but she proudly went up to the counter and bragged. It's nice to have an instant fan around. Tee hee!

Pretty Pretty Princess!

Here's another pretty Princess Peepers! I love getting pictures of princesses wearing glasses! If you'd like me to post your pretty princess, just send me a jpeg of your little darling and I'll post her right here as well as on my Glamour Gallery on my website. Here's a link to that page: Princess Peepers Glamour Gallery. You may email me at pam@pamcalvert.com

I must have your permission to post so don't forget to let me know!

I also love getting fan letters. Recently, a mother told me that her child received an award for reading from her librarian. Since she's the only kindergartener who wears glasses, they decided to put a dedication to her in a Princess Peepers book in the library. It was a special honor for the little girl and I feel honored to know about her!

New Blog Design!!!

Thank you to Becky Bilby of Busy Mama Blog Design for creating this fabulous blog-revamp. And boy, did it need revamping!

If you want Becky to custom design a blog for you, just hop on over to her site and see what she can do! She has an amazing portfolio and will do whatever your style is! I just happened to want big princessy designs in a nod to Princess Peepers and my other fairytales.

Click on my name to go to her website!

Little Girls, Big Smiles!

I'm amazed every time I open my mail and see a sweet face who is wearing glasses and loves being Princess Peepers. Here's a few of them! Aren't they cute?

Recently, I was told about a beautiful story where a poor family came into an independent bookstore and the daughter was wearing glasses. She immediately went to Princess Peepers and wanted it. Unfortunately, the family could not afford the book. So, the gracious owners gave her the book! Two weeks later, the family came back to the store. The little girl was cradling the book as she always does. The family wanted to thank them. It's her very favorite!

Of course, we're sending that store a copy! And I'm very thankful that the book means that much to some little girls' self esteem. 8-D

Happy Spring!

Pam 8-D