tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21631104226382955902009-06-03T13:13:20.166-07:00by Donna J. Shepherd, Illustrated by Kevin Scott CollierDonna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-65781247656368257112010-05-30T10:30:00.000-07:002008-12-09T06:33:45.710-08:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SEA6rSz-kII/AAAAAAAAAa8/fWCBx4nOsYs/s1600-h/8_inches_.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206225684698927234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SEA6rSz-kII/AAAAAAAAAa8/fWCBx4nOsYs/s400/8_inches_.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><strong><em><span style="color:#330033;">Coloring pages! Puzzles! Ever wonder how Kevin illustrates Topsy Tales?</span></em> Click </strong></span><a href="http://www.topsytales.blogspot.com/"><span target="new" style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><strong>HERE!</strong></span> </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-6578124765636825711?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-84990668153695205212010-05-29T10:22:00.000-07:002009-05-23T14:14:43.339-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SEAcTSz-kHI/AAAAAAAAAa0/wbcimQrqzxY/s1600-h/dottytale_.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206192287033233522" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SEAcTSz-kHI/AAAAAAAAAa0/wbcimQrqzxY/s400/dottytale_.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><em><strong>Dotty's Topsy Tale</strong></em>, written by <a href="http://donnajshepherd.com/default.aspx" target="new">Donna J. Shepherd</a>, illustrated by <a href="http://kevinscottcollier.com/" target="new">Kevin Scott Collier</a>, the long awaited print sequel to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Topsy-Turvy-Land-Donna-Shepherd/dp/0967815967/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1198247486&amp;sr=8-1" target="new"><strong><em>Topsy Turvy Land</em></strong></a><strong><em>,</em></strong> introduces a purple baby hippo named Violet into the inspirational series to explore the topic of discrimination. Kevin created 14 fun, colorful illustrations for the book.<br />_______ </div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><iframe style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 240px" marginheight="0" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=devotionalbyd-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=1935137557&amp;fc1=000000&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=0000FF&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=FFFFFF&amp;f=ifr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Dotty is up on the publisher's website! Click <a href="http://www.guardianangelpublishing.com/dottys-topsytale.htm" target="new">HERE</a> for more information. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Dotty's Topsy Tale - a Littlest Angel Book</div><div align="center">Author: Donna J. Shepherd <a href="http://www.donnajshepherd.com/">http://www.donnajshepherd.com/</a></div><div align="center">Illustrator: Kevin Scott Collier <a href="http://www.kevinscottcollier.com/">http://www.kevinscottcollier.com/</a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Print ISBN 13: 978-1-935137-55-9; eBook ISBN 13: 978-1-935137-65-5<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><center><strong>New! Book Trailer for Dotty!</strong><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qvuhYycWMcM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qvuhYycWMcM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><center></center><center></center></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-8499066815369520521?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-79358565434303414862009-05-22T16:23:00.000-07:002009-05-23T14:15:35.340-07:00This is SO cool. Kevin did a video where he draws Dotty for us. She looks sweet as always. Thanks, Kevin, for giving us a behind-the-scenes look at how you work. Fun!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MwI7LA85mCA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MwI7LA85mCA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-7935856543430341486?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-9477302401246522852009-05-19T08:27:00.000-07:002009-05-23T14:16:03.645-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SMqPGsY2yhI/AAAAAAAAA2o/bGtUhjKJyMU/s1600-h/DOTTY+TITLE+coloring+page+4.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245162061183765010" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SMqPGsY2yhI/AAAAAAAAA2o/bGtUhjKJyMU/s400/DOTTY+TITLE+coloring+page+4.JPG" /></a> <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#330099;">Aren't they precious?</span></strong> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-947730240124652285?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-35377875291598874062009-05-18T11:50:00.000-07:002009-05-18T11:51:50.704-07:00Visit <strong><em><a href="http://www.topsyturvyland.com/">Topsy Turvy Land</a></em></strong> to print out a hidden picture puzzle to solve and then color from Liz Ball, Hidden Pictures Publishing. <a href="http://www.topsyturvyland.com/">Click HERE! </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-3537787529159887406?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-75219949615505373162009-05-17T21:32:00.000-07:002009-05-23T14:16:39.808-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/R3yBma4l8MI/AAAAAAAAARo/uVFZflmPSSc/s1600-h/Dotty%27s_bath_.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151134570856706242" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/R3yBma4l8MI/AAAAAAAAARo/uVFZflmPSSc/s400/Dotty%27s_bath_.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><p>Isn't Dotty cute? She's doing one of her favorite things - playing in water. <a href="http://kevinscottcollier.com/" target="new">Kevin Scott Collier</a>, the illustrator of <em><strong>Dotty's Topsy Tale</strong></em> drew this. Have fun! </p><p><em><span style="font-size:85%;">*Click on the picture, then print! It will print out full size ready to be colored. If that doesn't work with your printer, right click on the picture, and then 'save picture as...' and then you can print it out using your photo program.</span></em></p><p></p><p>_______</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-7521994961550537316?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-33520024087606142222009-02-16T08:55:00.001-08:002009-02-16T08:55:51.157-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SZmYDfeojRI/AAAAAAAABM0/dSfj45egSas/s1600-h/St.+Patrick%27s+Day+Hidden+Picture+Puzzle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303437221962485010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SZmYDfeojRI/AAAAAAAABM0/dSfj45egSas/s400/St.+Patrick%27s+Day+Hidden+Picture+Puzzle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/R5OpjK4l8ZI/AAAAAAAAATg/JbMotP4eZ7g/s1600-h/Valentine+Hidden+Picture+Puzzle.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">A special treat! A <strong>hidden picture puzzle</strong> for <strong>St. Patrick's Day</strong> by </span><a href="http://hidden-pictures.com/" target="new"><span style="font-size:130%;">Liz Ball</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. To order books with her hidden picture puzzles or other books (like <em>Topsy Turvy Land</em>!) from Hidden Pictures Publishing, click </span><a href="http://hiddenpicturepuzzles.com/order/" target="new"><span style="font-size:130%;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. Enjoy!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>*Click on the picture, then print! It will print out full size ready to be colored. If that doesn't work with your printer, right click on the picture, and then 'save picture as...' and then you can print it out using your photo program.</em><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><strong>Would you like to know more about St. Patrick? Click <a href="http://www.history.com/content/stpatricksday/who-was-st.-patrick" target=new>HERE </a>to visit History.com to read all about him.</strong></span> </div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-3352002408760614222?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-71683150384895564102009-01-19T09:29:00.001-08:002009-01-19T09:29:59.683-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/R5OpjK4l8ZI/AAAAAAAAATg/JbMotP4eZ7g/s1600-h/Valentine+Hidden+Picture+Puzzle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5157652419951587730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/R5OpjK4l8ZI/AAAAAAAAATg/JbMotP4eZ7g/s400/Valentine+Hidden+Picture+Puzzle.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">A special treat! A <strong>hidden picture puzzle</strong> for <strong>Valentine's Day</strong> by </span><a href="http://hidden-pictures.com/" target="new"><span style="font-size:130%;">Liz Ball</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. To order books with her hidden picture puzzles or other books (like <em>Topsy Turvy Land</em>!) from Hidden Pictures Publishing, click </span><a href="http://hiddenpicturepuzzles.com/order/" target="new"><span style="font-size:130%;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">. Enjoy!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>*Click on the picture, then print! It will print out full size ready to be colored. If that doesn't work with your printer, right click on the picture, and then 'save picture as...' and then you can print it out using your photo program.</em><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-7168315038489556410?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-30353119015814231702008-11-28T08:27:00.000-08:002008-11-28T08:31:08.317-08:00<center><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/STAYIHPrwDI/AAAAAAAABIA/w1BG3NJJ1po/s1600-h/Christmas+Hidden+Picture+Puzzle+Lion+2008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273741691313700914" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/STAYIHPrwDI/AAAAAAAABIA/w1BG3NJJ1po/s400/Christmas+Hidden+Picture+Puzzle+Lion+2008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#003300;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#003300;">A special treat! A hidden picture puzzle by </span><a href="http://hidden-pictures.com/" target="new"><span style="color:#003300;">Liz Ball</span></a><span style="color:#003300;">. To order books with her hidden picture puzzles or <em>Topsy Turvy Land</em>, click </span><a href="http://hiddenpicturespublishing.blogspot.com/" target="new"><span style="color:#003300;">HERE</span></a><span style="color:#003300;">. Enjoy!</span></strong></span><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#660000;">*Click on picture to print out full size ready to be colored, or right click on the picture, and then 'save picture as...' and then you can print it out using your photo program.</span></em></center><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-3035311901581423170?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-72104407128672037632008-10-07T07:04:00.000-07:002008-10-07T07:05:21.150-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SOtrRh11flI/AAAAAAAABBE/4s6TEZ7hVTE/s1600-h/ChizzyPumpkinheadGray.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254411339143937618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uK2xJPcrKmA/SOtrRh11flI/AAAAAAAABBE/4s6TEZ7hVTE/s400/ChizzyPumpkinheadGray.JPG" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="color:#003333;"> Where's Chizzy? Dotty sure looks scared, doesn't she? </span></strong></div><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:85%;color:#330033;"><em>*Click on the picture, then print! It will print out full size ready to be colored. If that doesn't work with your printer, right click on the picture, and then 'save picture as...' and then you can print it out using your photo program.</em></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#003333;"></p><div align="center"><br /></div></span></strong><div align="center"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-7210440712867203763?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16101584349756490950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2163110422638295590.post-44087355638187442312008-02-05T18:45:00.000-08:002008-08-27T09:54:32.265-07:00Joyce Anthony interviewed me for her <strong>Books and Authors</strong> blog. Hop on over and leave a comment!<br /><br /><a href="http://joyceanthony.tripod.com/blog/index.blog/1834202/meet-dottie-and-author-donna-shepherd/" target="new"><strong><span style="color:#330033;">Books and Authors Interview w/Donna</span></strong></a><br /><br /><br />These are a few of the blogs who are caught up in Dottymania!<br /><br /><a href="http://blogger.andlifemoreabundantly.org/2008/08/featured-childrens-book-dottys-topsy.html" target="new">Kimberly's Book and Author Picks</a><br /><br /><a href="http://thebookviews.blogspot.com/2008/07/dottymania-and-book-views.html" target="new">The Book Views: ReViews, PreViews and InterViews</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ericanewton.blogspot.com/2008/07/all-of-us-here-has-dottymania.html" target="new">My Writing Experience</a><br /><br /><a href="http://introducingtheculpeppers.blogspot.com/2008/07/guess-who-got-dottymania-chloe.html" target="new">The Culpepper Family</a><br /><br /><a href="http://lwpteasers.blogspot.com/2008/07/dottymania-has-hit-teasers-blog.html" target="new">LWP Teasers</a><br /><br /><a href="http://lacreshahayes.blogspot.com/2008/07/dottymania-of-course-i-want-in.html" target="new">Lacresha's Soapbox</a><br /><br /><a href="http://alittlebitofchildrenslit.blogspot.com/search?q=dotty" target="new">A Little Bit of Children's Lit</a><br /><br /><a href="http://debbietodd.blogspot.com/2008/07/im-dottymaniac.html" target="new">Debbie's Daily Doings</a><br /><br /><a href="http://comfortandsupport.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html" target="new">Comfort and Support</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger.andlifemoreabundantly.org/2008/08/featured-childrens-book-dottys-topsy.html" target="new">And Life More Abundantly</a><br /><br /><a href="http://here-it-is.tripod.com/kritterwriter/index.blog/1836940/dottys-topsy-tale/" target=new>kritter kapers<br /></a><br />Thanks, everyone!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2163110422638295590-4408735563818744231?l=dottystopsytale.blogspot.com'/></div>Donna J. 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