Mortimer is the best squire in Sir Emberly's troops, but his liege refuses to recommend him for promotion to knighthood. When Mortimer demands to prove his Knight-worthiness, Sir Emberly charges him with an impossible task-- finding a wonder in five days. With the help of his faithful mare, a scatterbrained wizard, a frog prince and a very special vegetable, Mortimer creates his own wonder-- the first dragon to ever breathe fire! How much trouble could one fire-breathing creature cause anyway? Mortimer certainly discovers and learns along the way that being a knight is more than being talented with a sword.
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Jennifer Carson lives in New Hampshire with her husband, four sons and many four legged friends. She grew up on a steady diet of Muppet movies, and renaissance faires and would occasionally be caught reading under the blankets with a flashlight. Besides telling tales, and being an editor for Faerie Magazine, Jennifer likes to create fantasy creatures and characters and publishes her own sewing patterns. Her artwork and patterns can be seen online at thedragoncharmer.com. To Find A Wonder is her first published work of fiction. More about Jennifer and To Find A Wonder at http://www.findawonder.com.
Jennifer is giving away a copy of To Find A Wonder to one lucky commenter. To enter the contest, you need to leave a question or comment for Jennifer. Then to finish your entry, you must either leave your email address in your comment or send a message to contests.bookblog@gmail.com. The winner will be chosen on Thursday, August 12.
13 comments:
I would love to have this book for my daughter - she loves to draw and read any stories with dragons.
This looks like a great story! What age group is it aimed at?
meredithfl at gmail dot com
Bunny, if you want to enter the contest, please send me a message to admin.bookblog@gmail.com so I would have a way to contact you if you are chosen as the winner.
Thanks!
Jen
Hi Jennifer! Your book sounds wonderful, and I can't wait to read it, whenever I get the chance. My question for you is, where and how do you get inspiration to write? I find that many writers have many different motivations, whether it be a certain person or goal, so I want to know what yours is :)
Have a fantastic week!
Stephanie
2love.stephanie@gmail.com
Hi Meredith!
To Find A Wonder is a great family read aloud, but for alone reading the age range is 8-13. Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Stephanie!
For To Find A Wonder, my inspiration was a question from my, at the time, 7 year old--"How did dragons get their fire breath?" It started as a picture book and grew and grew and grew!
Usually the inspiration to write will start with a seed of an idea from some kind of information I've come aross, but then it grows into some vital thing I want to discuss. The vital thing is never there at the beginning. It is only in rewriting that I find the theme of the book and expand on it. In Wonder it was learning the value of friendship and humbleness.
The current manuscript I'm working on is all about working together for the greater good, and was again inspired by a shorter picture book piece that wasn't meant to be a picture book.
I could talk about inspiration for a long time, so I'll stop there, but you should check out my blog for more on the subject = )
www.jennifercarson.wordpress.com
HI JEN!
THE BOOK SOUNDS AWESOME!!
FORGOT MY ADDY! DUHHHHHHHHH LOL
linda_bass@sbcglobal.net
hotcha12
this sounds wonderful! i want to win this for my godkids! thank you for the opportunity....
k_sunshine1977 at yahoo dot com
I myself love anything with dragons but I'd love this for my niece's kids (she has 7) lol.
catslady5(at)aol.com
Hi Jennifer! I was wondering what your favorite musical is. :)
misusedinnocence@aol.com
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to support Jennifer and to enter the contest. Our winner is k_sunshine. Please watch your inbox for a message from admin.bookblog@gmail.com with instructions on how to claim your prize. Congrats!
Jen
Misusedinnocence--
My favorite musical is White Christmas!
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