BINGO BLOOPER!! SATURDAY BRUNCH WITH BINGO: PAULA DEEN-IT AIN'T ALL ABOUT THE COOKIN' GIVEAWAY

On January 30, I posted this giveaway.
It was to end on February 13, BUT...
I NEVER ENDED IT!
BUT I DID NOW...
GIVEAWAY ENDED 

OOPS! So what to do?

I decided to leave everyone's entries in and add one new entry chance and end it on Monday, May 2! 

If you already entered, you can enter one more time by just following the NEW "How To Enter" below. 

IF you didn't already enter, you still can-just enter as directed. 

I am SO sorry and promise to end it on time and get the book out to the winner promptly! A rather serious senior moment but at least it only took a few months for me to realize it! Sorry! Perhaps it really is time for old Bingo to retire!

"BRUNCH WITH BINGO DAY"
FOOD BOOK CHOICE IS.....

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PAULA DEEN:
IT AIN'T ALL ABOUT THE COOKIN'
BY PAULA DEEN
WITH SHERRY SUIB COHEN

ABOUT THE BOOK:

You may think you know the butter-loving, finger-licking, joke-cracking, queen of melt-in-your-mouth Southern cuisine. You may have even heard some version of her Cinderella story (a single mom with two teenage sons started a brown-bag lunch business with $200 and wound up with a thriving restaurant business, a fairy-tale second marriage, and wildly popular television shows), but you have never heard the intimate details of her often bumpy road to fame and fortune.

Courageously honest, downright inspiring, and just a little bit saucy, Paula shares the highs and the lows of her life in her inimitable charming and irreverent style. She talks about her childhood, the difficulty of her first marriage, and how the death of her beloved parents precipitated a debilitating agoraphobia that crippled her for years. But even when the going got tough, Paula never lost the good grace and sense of humor that would eventually help carry her to success and stardom.

Whether she's telling tales of good times or bad, Paula Deen speaks as frankly and intimately in this memoir as few women in the public eye have ever dared. Her story is proof that the good, old-fashioned American dream is alive and kicking, and there is still such a thing as a real-life happy ending.

FROM PAULA DEEN'S WEBSITE, PAULA WRITES, "In my new book, I talk openly about the good times and bad in my relationships with my sons Jamie and Bobby. I also recount my courtship and second marriage to "Shaggy Man" Michael Groover – and the difficulties we overcame to unite our families as one. I lay all my cards on the table to reveal my reluctant addiction to smoking and my weakness for salty language. Of course, no Paula Deen book would be complete without recipes, so I close each chapter with one of my favorites."

TO GO "BROWSE INSIDE THE BOOK" AT THE SIMON & SCHUSTER WEBSITE, GO HERE!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Paula Deen was born and raised in Albany, Georgia. She later moved to Savannah, where she and her two sons, Bobby and Jamie, started the Bag Lady catering company. The business took off and evolved into The Lady & Sons Restaurant, which is located in Savannah's historic district and specializes in Southern cooking, as well as Uncle Bubba's Seafood, which she co-owns with her brother. Paula is the author of Paula Deen's Savannah Style, Paula Deen's The Deen Family Cookbook, Paula Deen's Kitchen Wisdom and Recipe Journal, Christmas with Paula Deen, Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin', Paula Deen & Friends, The Lady & Sons Just Desserts, The Lady & Sons Too!, and The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook. She publishes a bimonthly magazine, Cooking with Paula Deen (Hoffman Media) and is a regular guest on QVC, where she sells her books and food products

Sherry Suib Cohen has written twenty-one books for major publishers and was a contributing editor at McCall's, Rosie, New Woman, and Lifetime magazines. She regularly writes for periodicals, including Parade, Family Circle, Redbook, Reader's Digest, and Ladies' Home Journal. Cohen is an award-winning member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and lives with her husband, Larry, in New York City. She makes a great soup.

GIVEAWAY

I HAVE ONE FASCINATING COPY  

OF THIS BOOK TO GIVE AWAY
MYSELF TO ONE LUCKY WINNER

--U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY

--NO P. O. BOXES

---INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

IN CASE YOU WIN!

--ALL COMMENTS MUST BE SEPARATE TO

COUNT AS MORE THAN ONE!

NEW HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY: COMMENT IF YOU ALREADY ENTERED BELOW WITH "I ALREADY ENTERED" ...AND I WILL CHECK DATES TO BE SURE PEOPLE DON'T GET EXTRA ENTRIES UNFAIRLY

+1 OTHER WAY TO ENTER: IF YOU DIDN'T ENTER BEFORE BUT WANT TO THIS TIME, PLEASE COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU READ ABOVE ABOUT PAULA DEEN OR THIS BOOK

GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, MAY 2...FOR SURE!

GOOD LUCK!

THE ROYAL WEDDING - A JOYOUS DAY AND A GIVEAWAY

LIFE

GIVEAWAY ENDED
THE ROYAL WEDDING

OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE MIDDLETON

ABOUT THE BOOK:

LIFE has covered all of the lavish royal weddings since even before Queen Elizabeth II wed in 1953, and of course the magazine documented in splendid, intimate detail the "wedding of the century," that of Prince Charles and Lady Diana, years later. Now LIFE celebrates the royal engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton.

• This book includes intimate pictures of William and Kate as they grew to be the splendid adults they are today.
• The best photographs of royal weddings that have already been, including those of Charles and Diana, Grace Kelly and Rainier of Monaco, Fergie and Andrew, and many others.
• A detailed look at the Middletons and the Windsors-the latter,
  royal family dating back to Queen Victoria.
• Photography from Buckingham Palace insiders, including
  pictures from Litchfield and Lord Snowdon.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

The editors at LIFE vigorously carry on the traditions of excellence in photography, in journalism, and in telling the story of our country and our world which began with LIFE magazine in 1936 by founding editor and publisher, Henry R. Luce. They have published books on a broad range of subjects, including New York Times bestsellers One Nation, LIFE Picture Puzzle and The American Journey of Barack Obama.

 
THE WEDDING DETAILS: 

The Royal Channel Live Stream:

The wedding of Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton will be available to watch on the Royal Channel Live Stream, accompanied by a live multi-media blog put together by St. James's Palace. To see all the information in details, that I have highlighted below, go to the official Royal Wedding website HERE.

The Service at Westminster Abbey:

The service will be held at Westminster Abbey. Click on this link to find out more about the musicians for the Royal wedding service.

Royal Wedding Procession Route:

The Royal Wedding procession will go past some of London's most famous landmarks. View the gallery by clicking on this link.

The Reception at Buckingham Palace:

The wedding reception will be held at Buckingham Palace and will be hosted by Her Majesty The Queen. Find out more about the Royal Wedding cakes that will be at the reception by clicking this link.

Royal Wedding Charitable Gift Fund:

Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton have set up a charitable gift fund for those who very generously may wish to donate to charity to help the couple celebrate their wedding. Click this link to find out more.

THE "ROYAL" GIVEAWAY 

I HAVE ONE COPY OF LIFE: THE ROYAL 

WEDDING OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND KATE

MIDDLETON TO GIVE AWAY MYSELF TO 

ONE VERY LUCKY WINNER!

 

--U.S. AND CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY
--NO P. O. BOXES, PLEASE
--INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS IN COMMENT
--ALL ENTRIES/COMMENTS MUST BE
SEPARATE IN ORDER TO COUNT
AS MORE THAN ONE ENTRY

HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY:COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE WATCHING (OR DID WATCH) THE ROYAL WEDDING, OR PARTS OF IT

+1 MORE ENTRY: BLOG OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND LEAVE A LINK I CAN FOLLOW IN THE ENTRY

+1 MORE ENTRY:COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU FIND INTERESTING WHEN YOU VISIT THE ROYAL WEDDING'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE HERE

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT IF YOU HAVE ENTERED ANY OTHER CURRENT GIVEAWAYS ON MY BLOG. FOR EACH YOU COMMENT ON SEPARATELY, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EXTRA ENTRY

GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, MAY 18

GOOD LUCK!

ARE YOU LISTENING? ON THURSDAY! DEBBIE MACOMBER'S CHANGING HABITS AUDIO BOOK GIVEAWAY

WELCOME TO
BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S

"ARE YOU LISTENING? DAY"

I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS WEEK'S
"ARE YOU LISTENING? DAY"
AUDIO BOOK CHOICE IS.....

 GIVEAWAY ENDED
CHANGING HABITS
THE AUDIO BOOK 
 BY DEBBIE MACOMBER

ABOUT THE AUDIO BOOK:

They were sisters once.

In a more innocent time, three girls enter the convent. Angelina, Kathleen and Joanna come from very different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common — the desire to join a religious order.

Despite the seclusion of the convent house in Minneapolis, they're not immune to what's happening around them, and each sister faces an unexpected crisis of faith. Ultimately Angie, Kathleen and Joanna all leave the sisterhood, abandoning the convent for the exciting and confusing world outside.The world of choices to be made, of risks to be taken. Of men and romantic love.The world of ordinary women…

Debbie Macomber illuminates women's lives with truth and with compassion. In Changing Habits, she proves once again why she's one of the world's most popular writers of fiction for — and about — women.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

With more than 140 million copies of her books in print, Debbie Macomber is one of today's most popular authors. The #1 New York Times bestselling author is best known for her ability to create compelling characters and bring their stories to life in her books. Drawing on her own experiences and observations, Debbie writes heartwarming tales about small-town life, home and family, enduring friendships and women who knit. Every book features the delightful sense of humor for which readers around the world clamor. Not bad for a woman who is dyslexic and didn't learn to read until she was in the fifth grade. 

...Since I have written about so many books of Debbie Macomber's books and information on her life, I thought today, I would put in some information for those of you who are fans of knitting, like Debbie. 

In addition to her bestselling novels, "Debbie's world" includes knitting pattern booklets and from Leisure Arts and her own yarn store in Port Orchard, Washington. That store, A Good Yarn, was named after Debbie's first "knitting book" in her popular Blossom Street Series. Universal Yarn launched Debbie's own yarn line in August 2010 designed to complement her Blossom Street series. She her husband, Wayne, serve on the Guideposts National Advisory Cabinet.   

READ AN EXCERPT:

Kathleen waited in the cold rain of a Seattle winter as her brother placed her suitcase in the trunk of his car. She felt as awkward and disoriented as she probably looked, standing there in her unfashionable wool coat and clumsy black shoes. For the last ten years she'd been Sister Kathleen, high school teacher and part-time bookkeeper for St. Peter's parish in Minneapolis. Her identity had been defined by her vocation.

Now she was simply Kathleen.And all she'd managed to accumulate in her years of service was one flimsy suitcase and a wounded heart. She had no savings, no prospects and no home. For the first time in her life, she was completely on her own.

"I'll do whatever I can to help you," Sean said, opening the car door for her.

"You already have." Tears stung her eyes as her brother backed out of his driveway. She'd spent the last two months living at his house, a small brick bungalow in this quiet neighborhood. "I can't thank you enough," she whispered, not wanting him to hear the emotion in her voice.

"Mom and Dad want you to come home."

"I can't." How did a woman who was nearly thirty years old go home? She wasn't a teenager who'd been away at school, a girl who could easily slip back into her childhood life.

--To read the rest of this excerpt, visit Debbie Macomber's website HERE.

--To read the list of discussion questions for a great book club read, you can find them HERE. 

  
GIVEAWAY

 I HAVE ONE ABRIDGED COPY OF DEBBIE'S

AUDIO BOOK OF CHANGING HABITS

 TO GIVE AWAY TO ONE LUCKY WINNER

 

--U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY
--NO P. O. BOXES
---INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
IN CASE YOU WIN!
--ALL COMMENTS MUST BE SEPARATE TO
COUNT AS MORE THAN ONE!

HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY: COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU FOUND INTERESTING ABOVE THAT MADE YOU WANT TO WIN CHANGING HABITS. 

+1 MORE ENTRY: BLOG OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND LEAVE A LINK THAT I CAN FOLLOW

+1 MORE ENTRY: VISIT DEBBIE MACOMBER'S WEBSITE HERE AND THEN COMMENT ON ONE OF HER BOOKS YOU HAVE READ, OR WOULD LIKE TO READ

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON WHETHER YOU ARE A GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT FOLLOWER. IF YOU AREN'T, YOU CAN JOIN IN THE LEFT COLUMN ABOVE. THIS IS JUST FOR GFC FOLLOWERS THIS TIME. 

GIVEAWAY ENDS AT

6 PM, EST, MAY 14

GOOD LUCK! 

WEDNESDAY MEANS WINNERS DAY!

WELCOME TO
BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S
"WEDNESDAY MEANS WINNERS DAY".
I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS 

"WEDNESDAY MEANS WINNERS DAY"...

 

THE WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED
BY EMAIL AND HAVE UNTIL NOON,
APRIL 29, TO REPLY WITH THE
INFORMATION OR A NEW WINNER
WILL HAVE TO BE CHOSEN!
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 CLINK

BY KELLY DiPUCCHIO

ILLUSTRATED BY MATTHEW MYERS

THANKS TO KELLY AND THE KIND

PEOPLE AT HARPER COLLINS, I HAVE

TWO COPIES OF THIS WONDERFUL

CHILDREN'S BOOK TO GIVE AWAY

THE WINNERS ARE:

#27 Laura H.
#40 lag123
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THE TRILOGY BY
 SHELLEY SHEPARD GRAY

 I HAVE ONE BRAND NEW HARDBACK SET 
THAT INCLUDES ALL 3 BOOKS THAT I AM 
PERSONALLY GIVING AWAY TO ONE WINNER

THAT WINNER IS:

#6 Sue Farrell

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PILLSBURY EASY AS PIE

140 SIMPLE RECIPES + 

1 READYMADE PIE CRUST = SWEET!

BY PILLSBURY EDITORS

I HAVE ONE BRAND NEW

HARD COPY, OF THIS COOKBOOK 

TO GIVE AWAY TO LUCKY READER! 

THE WINNER IS:

#105 Natalie A.

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LOVE YOU MORE

BY LISA GARDNER

I HAVE ONE NEW HARD BACK

COPY OF LOVE YOU MORE,

A CURRENT BEST SELLER, TO
GIVE AWAY TO A LUCKY READER

THE WINNER IS:
#37 CMash
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 I WOULD FIND 
A GIRL WALKING

BY KATHY KELLY

and DIANA MONTANE

THANKS TO ALEXANDRA AND THE GOOD FOLKS
AT BERKLEY AND PENGUIN PUBLISHING, I
HAVE TWO COPIES OF THIS CHILLING REAL
LIFE CRIME NOVEL TO GIVE AWAY. ALSO, I
HAVE TWO AUTOGRAPHED COPIES TO 
ADD TO THAT MYSELF FOR A TOTAL OF
FOUR LUCKY WINNERS THIS TIME!

THE 2 WINNERS OF THE AUTOGRAPHED COPIES ARE:

#119 (#10 PART 2) petite

#131(#22 PART 2) lag123

THE 2 WINNERS OF THE OTHER TWO COPIES ARE:

#104 Kitty Cardero
#4 Steve Capell

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SAVE ME

 BY LISA SCOTTOLINE

NARRATED BY CYNTHIA NIXON

THANKS TO STEPHANIE AND THE GOOD FOLKS

  AT MACMILLAN AUDIO BOOKS, I HAVE THREE

COPIES OF MY FAVORITE AUDIO BOOK
EVER TO GIVE AWAY! 

THE THREE WINNERS ARE:

#5 debbie
#31 DarcyO
#9 bermudaonion
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1 MIX 100 MUFFINS

BY SUSANNA TEE

I HAVE ONE BRAND NEW  
HARD COPY, OF THIS COOKBOOK
TO GIVE AWAY TO LUCKY READER!

THE WINNER IS:

#86 Linda Kish

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 RETURN TO SENDER

BY FERN MICHAELS 

I HAVE ONE BRAND NEW COPY OF

THIS EXCITING FERN MICHAELS BOOK

TO GIVE AWAY TO ONE WINNER

THE WINNER IS:

#53 Carol N Wong

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INNOCENT IN DEATH BY J. D. ROBB - A GIVEAWAY

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INNOCENT IN DEATH

BY NORA ROBERTS WRITING AS

J. D. ROBB

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher—and uncovers some extraordinary surprises. If this is your first "IN DEATH" series book and you want to catch up to the story "so far", visit J. D. Robb's website HERE to read but I caution you about spoilers. Or perhaps, you'd like to know more about Eve Dallas, the woman behind the badge. If so, go to another part of Robb's website HERE.

From Amazon.com's Editorial Review by Publishers Weekly, INNOCENT IN DEATH is described this way: Once again Lt. Eve Dallas shows why she's "New York City's top murder cop" in Roberts's 24th thriller under her Robb pseudonym set half a century into the future (after 2006's Born in Death). Dallas tries to close a case at the exclusive Sarah Child Academy, where two bright 10-year-old girls discover the body of Craig Foster, a popular history teacher who proves to have been poisoned by ricin-laced cocoa. Dallas wonders if another staff member or a parent might be involved, but after the prime suspect, a promiscuous teacher who's been harassing another employee, turns up dead, the investigation takes a shocking turn. Besides a provocative puzzler, Robb provides an intense relationship update on Dallas and Roarke, her Irish power broker hubby, whose dark past—in the form of a crooked ex-girlfriend—returns to cause trouble. This prolific author, a recent Quills romance winner, is still at the top of her game. 
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

J.D. Robb is the pseudonym for a number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 170 novels, including the futuristic suspense In Death series. There are more than 300 million copies of her books in print.  

With a phenomenal career full of bestsellers, Nora Roberts was ready for a new writing challenge. As her agent put it, like Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, and caffeine-free Pepsi, a pseudonym offered her the opportunity to reach a new and different group of readers. The first futuristic suspense J. D. Robb book, Naked in Death, was published in paperback in 1995, and readers were immediately drawn to Eve Dallas, a tough cop with a dark past, and her even more mysterious love interest, Roarke.

The series quickly gained attention, great reviews, and devoted readers. Since the debut of Loyalty in Death (the ninth In Death book) on Halloween 1999 on the New York Times bestseller list, every J. D. Robb title has been a New York Times bestseller. While fans had their suspicions, it wasn’t until the twelfth book in the series, Betrayal in Death (2001), that the publisher fully revealed that J. D. Robb was a pseudonym for bestselling powerhouse Nora Roberts. Unmasked, Nora Roberts fans who hadn’t yet picked up one of the Robb books were quickly playing catch-up.

Robb’s peers in the mystery world are fans as well, with accolades for the In Death series from such blockbuster authors as Stephen King, Jonathan Kellerman, Dennis Lehane, Kathy Reichs, Lisa Scottoline, Janet Evanovich, David Baldacci, Harlan Coben, Robert B. Parker, Ridley Pearson, Linda Fairstein, and Andrew Gross.

The In Death books are perpetual bestsellers, and frequently share the bestseller list with other Nora Roberts novels. J. D. Robb publishes two hardcover In Death books per year, with the occasional stand-alone original In Death story featured in an anthology.

Thirty books and fifteen years later, there is no end in sight for the ever-popular In Death series.

PRAISE FOR J. D. ROBB'S IN DEATH SERIES:

“It’s Law & Order: SVU—in the future.” —Entertainment Weekly on Born in Death

“Sexy…A perfect balance of suspense, futuristic police procedural and steamy romance.” —Publishers Weekly

“Edgy and Raw.” —Booklist

“There are simply no accolades lavish enough to praise this series justly.”
—The State, Columbia, SC

“A fast-paced, superbly crafted story that is an amazing—and possibly unique—combination of topnotch suspense, futuristic detection, and intensely romantic sensuality.” —Library Journal

GIVEAWAY 

I HAVE ONE BRAND NEW,HARD

BACK COPY OF THIS EXCITING
  J. D. ROBB BOOK TO GIVE AWAY!

    
--U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY

--NO P. O. BOXES, PLEASE
--INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS IN COMMENT
--ALL ENTRIES/COMMENTS MUST BE
SEPARATE IN ORDER TO COUNT
AS MORE THAN ONE ENTRY

HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY: COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU FOUND INTERESTING ABOUT INNOCENT IN DEATH ABOVE THAT WOULD MAKE YOU WANT TO WIN THIS BOOK

 

+1 MORE ENTRY: BLOG OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND LEAVE A LINK I CAN FOLLOW IN THE ENTRY

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON A FAVORITE MYSTERY BOOK OR MOVIE THAT YOU LIKE WHICH IS PART OF A SERIES.

+1 MORE ENTRY: GO TO J. D. ROBB'S WEBSITE HERE. THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING SITE. AFTER CHECKING IT OUT, FIND ONE OF THE BOOKS J. D. ROBB HAS WRITTEN AND COMMENT ON IT HERE

GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, MAY 13!
  GOOD LUCK!

PROFESSOR BINGO PRESENTS: ANGELINA BALLERINA FOUR BOOK SET GIVEAWAY

WELCOME TO BOOKIN' WITH BINGO'S

"PROFESSOR BINGO  PRESENTS DAY" 
I'M EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS TUESDAY'S
"PROFESSOR BINGO PRESENTS DAY" IS...

 AN ANGELINA BALLERINA FOUR BOOK SET

GIVEAWAY ENDED
BY KATHARINE HOLABIRD

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Katharine Holabird’s first children’s book, Angelina Ballerina, was published in 1983. The famous dancing mouseling will celebrate her 25th anniversary in 2008, and some special events are being planned…

Katharine Holabird grew up in an artistic household in Chicago, the second of four daughters. As a child, she lived in an imaginary world of fairy tales, princesses, and ballerinas, and loved to perform and dance with her sisters.
 
Annual invitations to attend the ballet with her grandmother made a deep impression.
“As a young child I was thrilled by Cinderella, Swan Lake, and The Nutcracker," Katharine remembers. Katharine was an avid reader who loved fantasy and tales of heroic animals. "I also loved the secret world of books," says Katharine, "and was delighted to discover I could create characters of my own."

After graduating from the Francis Parker School in Chicago, Katharine attended Bennington College in Vermont. She received a B.A. in Literature from Bennington in 1969, and then worked as a literary editor at the college for a year. The following year she went to Italy, where she became a free-lance journalist. In 1974, Katharine married and moved with her husband, Michael Haggiag, to London, England. In London, Katharine continued to write and also worked as a nursery school teacher until the birth of her first daughter, Tara, in 1976. Another daughter, Alexandra, was born in 1979, and a son, Adam, was born in 1983.

Katharine was already the mother of young children when she created Angelina Ballerina in 1983. “Tara and Alexandra loved to dress up and dance around the house together, just as I loved dancing with my sisters when we were children. My daughters were passionate about pink tutus and ballet lessons, and I was struck by all the daily drama of their lives, both in and out of ballet class. The courage and determination it takes to be a small performer impressed me, as did all the emotional upheavals that take place behind the scenes. Although he was a boy, my son Adam loved to copy his sisters in a comical way, and was brilliant at play-acting. Adam was the inspiration for Angelina’s adorable little cousin, Henry.”

Katharine wrote the first draft of ‘Angelina Ballerina’ at the kitchen table with her daughters twirling around her. “I thought about all the young children who are thrilled by performing and dancing, just like my daughters, and sat down to write about a small star with enormous dreams. Before long, the impulsive and highly emotional character of Angelina leapt onto the page.”

Along with her passion for the limelight, Angelina's feisty character is familiar to many children, Katharine believes, “Angelina is highly sensitive like many young children. She easily loses her temper and bursts into tears, and then she struggles to get over it and apologize.”

“Nobody is perfect,” Katharine continues, “Children are familiar with Angelina’s outbursts and emotional upheavals because they experience exactly the same feelings themselves. But no matter how hard Angelina may struggle with her conscience, they know she’ll always try to do the right thing in the end.”

ABOUT THE BOOKS:

ANGELINA AND THE RAG DOLL

Angelina decides she’s much too grown-up for the babyish rag doll her grandfather gave her, so she gives it away—and then has second thoughts. In the meantime, Miss Lilly has picked her to help teach the beginners’ ballet class. Here’s a sweet, funny story about the real meaning of growing up, starring everyone’s favorite mouseling.

ANGELINA'S SPECIAL WEEK (WITH POSTER AND STICKERS)

Readers follow Angelina’s busy week in this sweet book. Then they can keep track of their own busy schedules with a pullout days-of-the-week poster and stickers.

ANGELINA'S LUCKY PENNY

Angelina just can’t seem to get her steps right while rehearsing for a big audition. Worst of all, Priscilla Pinkpaws is spot-on—and she won’t stop bragging about it. Angelina’s determined to perfect her moves in time for the audition until she stumbles upon a lucky penny that seems to change her fortunes. Can Angelina rely on luck instead of hard work to land the part? 

ANGELINA'S HALLOWEEN (Save until Halloween?)

Trick-or-treat with Angelina Ballerina! For Halloween, Angelina and her friend Alice make glorious firefly costumes—complete with delicate wings and tiaras. Angelina’s little sister, Polly, wants to be a pretty firefly too. But Angelina thinks she’s too little. Polly settles for dressing up as a ghost, and on Halloween night, gives Angelina a surprise scare!

GIVEAWAY

I HAVE ONE BRAND NEW PAPERBACK SET 
THAT INCLUDES ALL 4 BOOKS THAT I AM 
PERSONALLY GIVING AWAY

 

--U.S. AND CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY
--NO P. O. BOXES, PLEASE
--INCLUDE EMAIL ADDRESS IN COMMENT
--ALL ENTRIES/COMMENTS MUST BE
SEPARATE IN ORDER TO COUNT
AS MORE THAN ONE ENTRY

HOW TO ENTER:

+1 ENTRY: COMMENT ON WHICH OF THE FOUR BOOKS ABOVE YOU THINK YOU (OR YOUR LITTLE ONE) WOULD LIKE THE BEST IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE OR EVEN AFTER YOU HAD READ THEM ALL

+1 MORE ENTRY: BLOG OR TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY AND LEAVE A LINK I CAN FOLLOW IN THE ENTRY

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT ON SOMETHING YOU FIND INTERESTING WHEN YOU VISIT AUTHOR KATHARINE HOLABIRD'S WEBSITE HERE

+1 MORE ENTRY: COMMENT IF YOU FOLLOW MY BLOG AND TELL HOW. IF YOU FOLLOW MORE THAN ONE WAY, YOU MAY COMMENT ON EACH WAY SEPARATELY FOR DIFFERENT ENTRIES.

GIVEAWAY ENDS AT
6 PM, EST, MAY 13

GOOD LUCK!