“I'm
so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
~
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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A
Merry October From The Toymaker!
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"History
is a kind of introduction to more interesting people than
we can possibly meet in our restricted lives; let us not
neglect the opportunity." ~Dexter Perkins
Make
your own Ghostorian's Raven
at
Haunted Histories
Print
out this paper toy and make a flying friend to travel the globe
with you.From my new book with J. H. Everett, Haunted Histories:
Creepy Castles, Dark Dungeons, and Powerful Palaces.
Click
here to go to the THOR raven page
The
official book launch for Haunted Histories is coming
up Saturday at 11AM, October 27th, 2012 at Whale of a Tale
Bookshoppe in Irvine. If you are in Orange County please
come by for the booksigning. I'd love to meet you. We will have
bookmarks and buttons and all kinds of surprises.
Whale
of a Tale Bookshoppe - 4199 Campus Drive Irvine, CA 92612
Phone:
(949) 854-8288
Pre-order
your copy from Whale of a Tale, before the event!
Check
out the Haunted Histories website
to read Virgil's Journal. There are lots of other creepy and wonderful
things there like "Haunted
Histories" Digital Trivia Cards.
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“Start
telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll
always be better writers than you and there’ll always
be smarter writers than you. There will always be people
who are much better at doing this or doing that - but you
are the only you.” ~ Neil Gaiman
Hello
and Hello!
Oh
my gosh, things are busy here at the Toymaker's workshop.
I am spinning along on The Mysterious Math Carnival.
I working hard to get it finished as soon as can be!
Haunted
Histories is doing well the world around. Co-author
and illustrator J. H. Everett and I did a presentation last
Sunday at the Mission Viejo Readers Festival that was great
fun. We talked about "The Ghostorian Question"
which isn't "who did what", or "what happened",
but rather why did people do things they way they
did. That's what is interesting about history... not names,
dates and places, but asking the reasons why things happened
a certain way and making connections.
So
as the days grow shorter and turn cooler, I hope that you
can curl up with a good book, go for a brisk walk, drink
some cocoa, pop some popcorn and find time to make some
paper toys with someone special.
Best
thoughts,
http://www.thetoymaker.com/
"O terque quaterque beatum”
We are three or four times blessed.
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"Faerie
contains many things besides elves and fays, and besides
dwarfs, witches, trolls, giants, or dragons: it holds
the seas, the sun, the moon, the sky; and the earth, and
all things that are in it: tree and bird, water and stone,
wine and bread, and ourselves, mortal men, when we are
enchanted."
- J. R. R. Tolkien
A
Decent Sized Spooky Snack Box
And
many more Halloween toys...
Click
here to go to the Halloween Page...
(Computer Tip – If the new toys are not showing up on
your screen, try hitting the refresh button on the browser bar.
If that doesn’t work try emptying your cache.)
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Sewing
Experiments, Labyrinths, Pumpkins... and a Delicious Chocolate
Surprise, read it here...
http://thetoymakersjournal.blogspot.com/
And
do say hello on facebook! I’d love to hear from you!
"Autumn
is a second spring when every leaf is a flower."
- Albert Camus
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My
new book with J. H. Everett, Haunted Histories:
Creepy Castles, Dark Dungeons, and Powerful Palaces,
is in bookstores now the world around! Meet Ghostorian
Virgil Dante as he explores castles, dungeons and palaces
all over the world.
Now
on the Accelerated Reader List!
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“Education's
purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open
one." ~ Malcolm S. Forbes
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