Ghost of the Chicken Coop Theater

Bailey was very excited this week to see the cover of book 5 in her series. The new book is called Ghost of the Chicken Coop Theater. The cover pictures the old chicken coop that she and her friends fix up to be a backyard theater, plus Noah, Fred, Justin and herself, plus naughty little Clover, and Sparrow's wheelchair.

I told her how my kids used to have plays and circuses in our backyard. My son used to make his own movies, which are very funny to watch now. The plays, movies, and circuses were very elaborate and clever and we were all involved. Grandparents had to make popcorn or costumes. Our collie got into the act by being a "lion." There were clowns and magicians, dancers and tumbling acts. Lots of fun.

Bailey said she and her friends have more plays planned, now that mean Li'l Bonbon has checked out of Keswick Inn. But you'll have to read the book when it comes out in order to find out what happens.

I'll be speaking in Atlanta about writing children's series on August 11. You can contact Noel Griese, at Anvil Publishers for more information. I will also be at Touch of Fusion in Mineral on August 25, at Cick-fil-A from 5 to 8 p.m. on Rt. 17 in Falmouth, Virginia, on August 14, and at the Orange County, Virginia, festival on September 8. See you then or somewhere.

Linda