Now for a little fun! 🙂 I haven’t had a giveaway in over two years, but they really are a blast. This time I’m giving away a $25 Amazon gift card and a signed copy of the book I illustrated—Tie My Shoe.
I never would have guessed that I would become a published illustrator! I had hired an editor to help me with my first novel. “Can you draw?” she asked me in an email. “You seem like the artistic type.”
And that’s how it started. It seemed like an interesting challenge, and I sent her a drawing to see if she would like to hire me…we wrote up a contract…I started illustrating.
There were times when I really wasn’t sure if I could do the project. I spent about four hours on each drawing—planning, sketching, doing a digital drawing, and digitally colouring—but, I’m so glad that I kept at it.
Here is an excerpt from the book description: “Tie My Shoe is a whimsical look at a day in the life of a kindergarten class. Rhymes and colorful illustrations make it an ideal book for children ages three to six.”
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Purchase print and digital copies at Amazon.com here.
Purchase print copies at Create Space here.
Only the Kindle edition is available at Amazon.ca (sorry!) Purchase here.
So here are the rules for the contest:
*Winners will be selected by random draw. All entries must be submitted into the Rafflecopter widget by midnight, January 31, 2014 Pacific Time.
*You can get entries by posting a comment on this blog post, being a subscriber or subscribing to my blog, sharing the link to this post on : facebook, twitter, your own blog, and online forums.
*You can receive entries for purchasing Tie My Shoe (print or digital.)
*You can also receive entries for reviewing Tie My Shoe on either Amazon.com or Amazon.ca. (No purchase necessary, see note below)
Happy Contesting!
Click on the link to enter:
A rafflecopter giveaway
Notes:
-You can receive a free PDF copy of the book in exchange for an Amazon review by contacting me and requesting a copy at: cherishingblog@gmail.com
-The book will be signed by the illustrator (me.) Although I would love to have it signed by the author as well, the fact that we live in different countries makes it difficult.
-Copies of books(Tie My Shoe) purchased before the start of this contest count towards contest entries.
-The rafflecopter widget only allows for one entry per day for a book purchase. If you purchased more than one copy you will need to enter those copies on separate days.
Yay a give a way 🙂 Great book! You did a fantastic job Rachel!
Looks like a cute story! Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the chance to win, love giveaways!
Well… count me in! I would love to win a copy of your book! 🙂
so cute, perfect for my little nephew
Fun! Thanks for the chance to win!
looks like a fun book for the kids
thank you for the giveaway!
thank you!
Thanks for the giveaway!
Looks good! Thanks for the giveaway
I have some kindergarteners in my family and I know this book would be a big help to them. Congratulations on the book.
Looks like a cute book and the fact that it has rhymes and as well as your colorful illustrations makes it even better.
I’ll bet my 4-year old would enjoy this! How cute!
Thanks…looks like a good book!
What a great looking book and fun giveaway
Congratulations on being a published illustrator! Thanks for the giveaway
This would be a great book for kids who need to learn the alphabet and to tie their shoes. The writing and the pictures are spectacular. I wish I had this book when I was a kid.
Congratulations! This is so exciting!
Wish I had some artistic ability…Even my stick figures are lame.
Congrats on the book!
Great giveaway Id love the chance to win!
good luck 🙂
I admire your perseverance! Congrats on your book!
thanks for the giveaway
thanks for the giveaway
I’m looking forward to reading this book with my son!
thank you for the chance
Congratulations on your book! Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the giveaway!
this is great Thanks!!
Sounds like you must be good at what you do! Keep at it and maybe you could write too. My cousin use to write books of poems. Once he mastered his goal, he quit. I still believe he could have done great things.
The book looks great! Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for a great giveaway!
Well done – that’s so exciting for you!
looks very cute! congrats!
Looks like a cute book to read with my daughter. Thanks for the giveaway.
I wanted to thank you for the awesome work you have done for me and this book. (I was a tad fussy so Rachel gets extra kudos for dealing with my mini–okay my not so mini–panic attacks!) Something is working because we sold three more books this month! Not to promote my own book, but this also makes a wonderful idea for a baby shower. All babies need their own books. The idea of the Bow Bug came from when my oldest was 9 months old. We read Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things that Go book and she could find the Gold Bug hiding in each page before I could–seriously I was being beat by a 9 month old baby. Thank you again Rachel for everything.
Hugs, Shann! Thank you for including me on this project! 🙂
Congratulations on the book and thanks for the giveaway.
cool giveaway
Congrats on your book!
Congrats on the book! It sounds really cute! I Know my niece would love this!
Thanks for the chance to win, I love giveaways!
This would be a wonderful book for my grandson! Congratulations on being a published illustrator!
Thank you for all the lovely comments, you guys!
❤ Rachel
Thanks for the giveaway and congrats on becoming a published illustrator, I think thats kind of cool.
Thank you!
Thank you for the giveaway!
This looks like something my nephew would love!
awesome,thanks for the giveaway.
sounds like a great book!
this looks like a great book for my niece
Thanks for the chance to win!
cant wait to check out this book!
stephanie ann
Thanks for the chance to win this
Looks like a cute story. Thanks for the giveaway.
So cute! It’d be great for my daughter!
My grandson love books, and he is just learning how to tie his shoes.
I would love to win! Thanks for the giveaway!
I’d love this!
Looks like a great book!
I would love to win this GC and book.
looks like a wonderful book
This sounds like a book I’d enjoy reading with my niece.
Congrats on becoming an illustrator! That’s awesome! Looks like a cute book that my niece would love!
Congratulations on becoming an illustrator! That’s awesome! Looks like a cute book that my niece would love!
Looks cute. Thanks!
This would be a great book for my kiddo, thanks!
Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
Cute book. Looks like it would be great for beginning readers!
That would be so exciting to see your name on the cover, congrats.
Thanks for the post! This looks like a great book 🙂
Sounds really good.
This sounds like a great book! Terrific review, can’t wait to read it!
My 4 yr old would love this book!
What a cute book! Thanks for the giveaway!
What an awesome journey you have been on! I have always hoped to be a writer and have had one poem published but I hope to publish a novel one day. You are in inspiration!
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This sounds like a great book to help my daughter with tiring her shoes thank you,
Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
Congrats on the book release!
Looks like a cute book. Thanks for the giveaway.
Thanks for doing this giveaway! This would be a great gift for my public schooled kindergarten nephew.
What a great books for kids. Amazing!
Great giveaway!
Parents and children will both like this book – appears to be a good book.
Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
thanks for the chance to win
sounds like a good book:)
That book looks super cute….thank you for the giveaway.
Thanks for the giveaway!!!
I love Amazon and love to read!
Congratulations on your work!
would like to win
amanda hoffman
I am homeschooling my Kindergartner. This sounds like a fun book!
This looks like a great book. CONGRATS!!!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
Great giveaway!
this woud be a great book for my little boy thank you for the chance
Congrats! This looks so cute. I would love it for my granddaugghter
Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
I’d love to both write and illustrate a children’s book, it’s great that you were able to put your talent to good use thanks to that editor’s question! (Where can I find an editor like that?) 😉
Looks like a great book; congratulations! Thanks for the giveaway! mary987 (at) hotmail (dot) com