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=Author and Illustrator JD Holiday=
<CENTER>[[Image:JCOVERpicwiki.jpg|left|frame|''Janoose the Goose: A children’s picture book for ages three to eight.'']]</CENTER>
 
''MY TALK PAGE:''  **[http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:J._D._Holiday&action=edit&section=new Leave a NOTE]**  THANKS!
 
  
''MY WEB PAGE'': '''[[BookGardenPublishing.com]]'''
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<CENTER>[[Image:9780981861425.jpg|200px|left|The Great Snowball Escapade]]
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[[Image:The Spy Game Book Cover.jpg|200px|left|The Spy Game]]
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[[Image:JCOVERpicwiki.jpg|200px|left|Janoose the Goose: A children’s picture book for ages three to eight]]</CENTER>
  
''My Children's book'': '''[[Janoose the Goose]]'''
 
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''Reviewer, Mayra Calvani CALLS''
 
== Janoose The Goose ==
 
'cute,' 'engaging story,' and says, 'the colorful and attractive artwork
 
fits the story well,' 'A traditional style'
 
  
http://www.mayrassecretbookcase.blogspot.com/
 
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''''''KIDZLIT ONLINE'''''' and ''''''TWISTING PIXEL CALL'''''' ''Janoose The Goose'' one of Amazon.com's "Hot New Releases in CHILDREN'S Books:" [http://www.twistingpixel.com/gp/new-releases/books/11399]
 
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<CENTER>Watch Book Trailer for JANOOSE THE GOOSE below</CENTER>
 
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<CENTER>"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened."</CENTER>
 
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[[Image:JCOVERpicwiki.jpg|left|frame|''Janoose the Goose: A children’s picture book for ages three to eight.'']]
 
[[Image:JanChang.GIF|right|frame|''Jan'']]
 
  
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My interests are gardening, my family tree, writing stories for kids and self-publishing them. My sites has information for authors to self-publishing their own books, quotes including Jane Austen quotes, charities I like, and a list of search engines to list your own websites on, as well as my favorite places on the web and games to play, and fun sites for children.
 
  
In the 1990's, I began doing my family tree. I started by helping a friend to hers. I didn't think I could get very far with it because I only had a few names and places, and no dates.
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'''J.D. Holiday''' is the author and illustrator of four children’s books:  picture books, '''Janoose the Goose,'''  '''The Spy Game,''' and a chapter book for six to nine year olds, '''THE GREAT SNOWBALL ESCAPADE.'''
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JD has had a chapbook of her short stories called, Trespasses published in 1994 and she has had short stories printed in literary magazines and numerous articles about writing and publishing published. '''Find about  JD, her books and shows site:''' jdholiday.blogspot.com
  
We were at a church my friend found out about which was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Paxon Hollow Rd, Broomall, Pennsylvania. There the people took what little information I had and quickly found my grandfather's birth records and his parents names and dates with places! I was off and running. From the Latter Day Saints I had to do research at other churches, libraries and the N.J. Archives and in the end, thanks to the Latter Day Saints who got me started, I trace my family back to 1792 in Paterson, N.J.
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'''JD's Fan Page:'''
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https://www.facebook.com/BooksByJDHoliday?ref=hl
<CENTER>Watch The Book Trailer for JANOOSE THE GOOSE
 
<YouTube>-wksF9WIHhY</YouTube>
 
</CENTER>
 
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==MY LOVE==
 
  
After years of trying, I was tried of doing what all writers must do to get published.
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'''JD's OTHER PAGES HERE AT ABOUT US ARE:'''
  
FROM PICTURES TO PAGES Is there a picture book designer in you? by J.D. Holiday
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http://www.aboutus.org/Janoose_the_Goose
  
I recently finished painting watercolor pictures for one of my children’s picture books with the intent of designing the book myself. It was the goal that made me willing to conquer the challenge of learning the page layout software Indesign Creative Suite 3 or CS 3 by Adobe. I was comfortable using Adobe’s Photo Shop having made examples of pages for a previous picture book project. In fact, I designed most of the pages, which led to the realization that I could design my books if I had the right tool. Listening to other authors and self publishers, they seem to fall into two groups. Those that hired someone to do the designing and those who do it themselves. Indesign CS 3 cost about $750 US and came with a video workshop and once I registered the product I took the free offer for a one month trial to www.lynda.com to access Adobe’s library. I also bought Adobe Indesign CS 3 ClassRoom in a Book, with lesson files on CD that take you through the layout exercises. The internet was where I got most answers to my questions by researching on Google and elsewhere. Also, there are websites by Indesign professionals and internet groups that have a wealth of information. To get answers to hard to find questions I went to the www.adobe.com. These are all key to understanding the Indesign CS 3 software. Once I got the hang of it, and knew where things were, including what tools to use and how to use them, I could not believe how cool this software program was. For instance, to make a page in the book, I made a frame on a first layer, using File> Place, I added a picture, chose the text layer, made another frame and added the text. You can resize an object or picture right on the page, apply drop shadows, and ghost background images, and add gradients which is a gradual blending between colors. And there is another way to get pictures placed in a document and that is to open Adobe Bridge which is a separate tool that comes with Indesign. In Bridge you can look for files anywhere on your hard drive by opening Bridge right inside the Indesign workspace and view contents you need to bring into your document and then, just drag and drop the picture. If you have basic knowledge of art software such as Photo Shop or Corel Painter, like to learn, and don’t mind doing research you might be able to design your children’s picture books yourself. While you consider this as your option you should start by reading a few books on book design, especially picture book design. I found that looking at other children’s books got my imagination going. Before you start the design process you will need to decide where the book will be printed so you can get information from the printer on what their needs are.You will need to know the template sizes for the interior and book cover. There are margins, bleeds and gutter sizes to know and what settings should be on or off just to name a few. If this all sounds like it’s too much then don’t do it. Go another route to get your book designed and in print. There are plenty of good publishing services that have designing as part of their packages or you can hire a professional book designer. J.D. Holiday is the author of the children's picture book, [[Janoose the Goose]]. [http://www.amazon.com/Janoose-Goose-J-D-Holiday/dp/0981861407/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1 Order the book online at Amazon] and other on line bookstores for $10.00, plus shipping.
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http://www.aboutus.org/TheBookGarden.net is THE BOOK GARDEN AND Book Garden Publishing and Book Garden Radio: the home of author & artist JD Holiday
  
ISBN#978-0-9818614-0-1 visit http://www.bookgardenpublishing.com
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http://www.aboutus.org/User_talk:J._D._Holiday
  
=User page of J. D. Holiday=
 
<CENTER>[[Image:JCOVERpicwiki.jpg|left|frame|''Janoose the Goose: A children’s picture book for ages three to eight.'']]</CENTER>
 
''MY TALK PAGE:''  **[http://www.aboutus.org/index.php?title=User_talk:J._D._Holiday&action=edit&section=new Leave a NOTE]**  THANKS!
 
  
''MY WEB PAGE'': '''[[BookGardenPublishing.com]]'''
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'''Future books for Children:'''
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'''Janoose and The Fall Feather Fair'''
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For adults:  
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'''Short Stories and Other Imagining  For The Reading Spot'''  
  
''My Children's book'': '''[[Janoose the Goose]]'''
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'''JD'S BLOG''' JD's Writers Blog http://jdswritersblog.blogspot.com/
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'''Her website is''' '''The Book Garden'' jdholiday.blogspot.com
''Reviewer, Mayra Calvani CALLS''
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[[Image:JanChang.GIF|center|frame|''Jan'']]</CENTER>
== Janoose The Goose ==
 
'cute,' 'engaging story,' and says, 'the colorful and attractive artwork
 
fits the story well,' 'A traditional style'
 
  
http://www.mayrassecretbookcase.blogspot.com/
 
 
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''KIDZLIT ONLINE calls''
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<CENTER>[[Image:9780981861425.jpg|200px|left|The Great Snowball Escapade]]
'''Janoose The Goose'''
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[[Image:The Spy Game Book Cover.jpg|200px|left|The Spy Game]]
'one of [[Amazon.com]]'s, Hot New Releases in CHILDREN'S Books'
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[[Image:JCOVERpicwiki.jpg|200px|left|Janoose the Goose: A children’s picture book for ages three to eight]]</CENTER>
  
http://kidzlit.blogspot.com/
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'''J.D. Holiday's''' Children's book are: '''The Spy Game:''' Eddie would love to have a puppy to play with. A puppy would pull on a rope, catch a ball and lick your face. But his Uncle brings Eddie an older dog named after a famous spy. What can you do with an old dog? It probably could not learn new tricks, and the only thing this dog did was stare. It's what they find to do together that makes them the best of friends!
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<CENTER>Watch Book Trailer for JANOOSE THE GOOSE below</CENTER>
 
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[[Image:JCOVERpicwiki.jpg|left|frame|''Janoose the Goose: A children’s picture book for ages three to eight.'']]
 
[[Image:JanChang.GIF|right|frame|''Jan'']]
 
  
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'''The Great Snowball Escapade,''' a chapter book: Wilhemena Brooks' cousin, Bud Dunphry come to live with her family. Wil, as she likes to be called, finds her pink pencil sharpener is missing after Christmas. Wil knows Bud has it! Who else would have taken it? Bud doesn't like girls! In fact, Bud doesn't like anybody. Wil tries to ignore him but he pulls her friend's hair, taken over games, and when Bud is in trouble he making his "you're going to get it" face at her. After a snowstorm closes school, Wil and her friends go sled riding. Bud shows up and starts a snowball fight which lands Wil in her room for the rest of the day for fighting. When her pencil sharpener is found, Right where she left it, Wil decides she has to try harder to understand her cousin and stay out of trouble. Her mother told her to be nice to Bud and to treat him like she would like to be treated. If Wil treats Bud nicely does that change anything for her?
My interests are gardening, my family tree, writing stories for kids and self-publishing them. My sites has information for authors to self-publishing their own books, quotes including Jane Austen quotes, charities I like, and a list of search engines to list your own websites on, as well as my favorite places on the web and games to play, and fun sites for children.
 
  
In the 1990's, I began doing my family tree. I started by helping a friend to hers. I didn't think I could get very far with it because I only had a few names and places, and no dates.
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'''Janoose the Goose:''' In the story, Janoose the Goose is visiting her cousin, Molly the Duck on the farm. Janoose likes the barnyard very much but she must go home because there are no job openings there. When her flight home arrives, the fox has begun a crime spree, and Janoose is the only one who can stop him.
  
We were at a church my friend found out about which was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Paxon Hollow Rd, Broomall, Pennsylvania. There the people took what little information I had and quickly found my grandfather's birth records and his parents names and dates with places! I was off and running. From the Latter Day Saints I had to do research at other churches, libraries and the N.J. Archives and in the end, thanks to the Latter Day Saints who got me started, I trace my family back to 1792 in Paterson, N.J.
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<CENTER>Watch The Book Trailer for JANOOSE THE GOOSE
 
<YouTube>-wksF9WIHhY</YouTube>
 
</CENTER>
 
 
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==MY LOVE==
 
 
After years of trying, I was tried of doing what all writers must do to get published.
 
 
FROM PICTURES TO PAGES Is there a picture book designer in you? by J.D. Holiday
 
 
I recently finished painting watercolor pictures for one of my children’s picture books with the intent of designing the book myself. It was the goal that made me willing to conquer the challenge of learning the page layout software Indesign Creative Suite 3 or CS 3 by Adobe. I was comfortable using Adobe’s Photo Shop having made examples of pages for a previous picture book project. In fact, I designed most of the pages, which led to the realization that I could design my books if I had the right tool. Listening to other authors and self publishers, they seem to fall into two groups. Those that hired someone to do the designing and those who do it themselves. Indesign CS 3 cost about $750 US and came with a video workshop and once I registered the product I took the free offer for a one month trial to www.lynda.com to access Adobe’s library. I also bought Adobe Indesign CS 3 ClassRoom in a Book, with lesson files on CD that take you through the layout exercises. The internet was where I got most answers to my questions by researching on Google and elsewhere. Also, there are websites by Indesign professionals and internet groups that have a wealth of information. To get answers to hard to find questions I went to the www.adobe.com. These are all key to understanding the Indesign CS 3 software. Once I got the hang of it, and knew where things were, including what tools to use and how to use them, I could not believe how cool this software program was. For instance, to make a page in the book, I made a frame on a first layer, using File> Place, I added a picture, chose the text layer, made another frame and added the text. You can resize an object or picture right on the page, apply drop shadows, and ghost background images, and add gradients which is a gradual blending between colors. And there is another way to get pictures placed in a document and that is to open Adobe Bridge which is a separate tool that comes with Indesign. In Bridge you can look for files anywhere on your hard drive by opening Bridge right inside the Indesign workspace and view contents you need to bring into your document and then, just drag and drop the picture. If you have basic knowledge of art software such as Photo Shop or Corel Painter, like to learn, and don’t mind doing research you might be able to design your children’s picture books yourself. While you consider this as your option you should start by reading a few books on book design, especially picture book design. I found that looking at other children’s books got my imagination going. Before you start the design process you will need to decide where the book will be printed so you can get information from the printer on what their needs are.You will need to know the template sizes for the interior and book cover. There are margins, bleeds and gutter sizes to know and what settings should be on or off just to name a few. If this all sounds like it’s too much then don’t do it. Go another route to get your book designed and in print. There are plenty of good publishing services that have designing as part of their packages or you can hire a professional book designer. J.D. Holiday is the author of the children's picture book, [[Janoose the Goose]]. [http://www.amazon.com/Janoose-Goose-J-D-Holiday/dp/0981861407/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1 Order the book online at Amazon] and other on line bookstores for $10.00, plus shipping.
 
 
ISBN#978-0-9818614-0-1 visit http://www.bookgardenpublishing.com
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 20:55, 28 August 2016

Author and Illustrator JD Holiday

The Great Snowball Escapade
The Spy Game
Janoose the Goose: A children’s picture book for ages three to eight



J.D. Holiday is the author and illustrator of four children’s books: picture books, Janoose the Goose, The Spy Game, and a chapter book for six to nine year olds, THE GREAT SNOWBALL ESCAPADE. JD has had a chapbook of her short stories called, Trespasses published in 1994 and she has had short stories printed in literary magazines and numerous articles about writing and publishing published. Find about JD, her books and shows site: jdholiday.blogspot.com

JD's Fan Page: https://www.facebook.com/BooksByJDHoliday?ref=hl


JD's OTHER PAGES HERE AT ABOUT US ARE:

http://www.aboutus.org/Janoose_the_Goose

http://www.aboutus.org/TheBookGarden.net is THE BOOK GARDEN AND Book Garden Publishing and Book Garden Radio: the home of author & artist JD Holiday

http://www.aboutus.org/User_talk:J._D._Holiday


Future books for Children: Janoose and The Fall Feather Fair For adults: Short Stories and Other Imagining For The Reading Spot

JD'S BLOG JD's Writers Blog http://jdswritersblog.blogspot.com/

'Her website is The Book Garden jdholiday.blogspot.com

Jan

The Great Snowball Escapade
The Spy Game
Janoose the Goose: A children’s picture book for ages three to eight

J.D. Holiday's Children's book are: The Spy Game: Eddie would love to have a puppy to play with. A puppy would pull on a rope, catch a ball and lick your face. But his Uncle brings Eddie an older dog named after a famous spy. What can you do with an old dog? It probably could not learn new tricks, and the only thing this dog did was stare. It's what they find to do together that makes them the best of friends!

The Great Snowball Escapade, a chapter book: Wilhemena Brooks' cousin, Bud Dunphry come to live with her family. Wil, as she likes to be called, finds her pink pencil sharpener is missing after Christmas. Wil knows Bud has it! Who else would have taken it? Bud doesn't like girls! In fact, Bud doesn't like anybody. Wil tries to ignore him but he pulls her friend's hair, taken over games, and when Bud is in trouble he making his "you're going to get it" face at her. After a snowstorm closes school, Wil and her friends go sled riding. Bud shows up and starts a snowball fight which lands Wil in her room for the rest of the day for fighting. When her pencil sharpener is found, Right where she left it, Wil decides she has to try harder to understand her cousin and stay out of trouble. Her mother told her to be nice to Bud and to treat him like she would like to be treated. If Wil treats Bud nicely does that change anything for her?

Janoose the Goose: In the story, Janoose the Goose is visiting her cousin, Molly the Duck on the farm. Janoose likes the barnyard very much but she must go home because there are no job openings there. When her flight home arrives, the fox has begun a crime spree, and Janoose is the only one who can stop him.

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