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December 23, 2014

CHRISTMAS 'LILLY' by Kathy Johnson






CHRISTMAS 'LILY'
Starlette Universe
Book Two
by
Kathy Johnson
Illustrated
by
Captain Cartoon
Product Details
This book is full of Christmas quips - 'Piction' and 'Pun"- manship!

INTRO
(FROM AMAZON)

Award-winning STARLETTE UNIVERSE author
teams with Bat Boy creator to ‘pun’ CHRISTMAS LILLY

Christmas Lilly, the second book in the Starlette Universe Lil’ Lilly series, arrives just in time for Christmas, as Lilly celebrates the holidays, while fighting Evil Eva, who is intent on destroying Christmas. Award-winning author and prolific punster Kathy Johnson starts Lilly’s holiday story with Lilly eagerly awaiting Santa’s arrival:

“I heard roof-tapping
And knew Santa was here -
Especially when Skylar said:
‘Lilly, it’s ‘RAIN’, dear.’”

Pre-schoolers, middle-graders and the young at heart will delight in Lil’Lilly’s Christmas adventures. For Lilly, Christmas is all about “Believe! Believe! Believe!”, and her message is spread through puns (100 puns in a 32 page book), rhyme (which suggests a reading experience akin to Dr. Suess) and word play (‘Starlette-isms’ permeate the text).

‘Piction’, a genre of fiction created by Starlette Universe, makes for an engaging storyline as Kathy Johnson uses text to interface with pictures in telling her tale. A Readers’ Favorite reviewer, commenting on this new genre in reference to another Starlette Universe book, gave that book a five-star rating and stated: “The author and illustrator present this as Piction – a novel, a comic book and fiction. It is truly a new-age version of a comic book, but better.”

Readers familiar with Starlette Universe will enjoy Lilly’s journey to make Christmas a meaningful experience. Lil’ Lilly takes on current Christmas controversies such as: The ‘gender’bread ‘person’, ‘cross’ing Christ out of Christmas, the ‘No’tivity ‘Seen’, and Frosty the Snowman/Jesus symbolism. Lilly and her nemesis, Eva, fit nicely into the global plot of the Starlette Universe middle-grade book series and continue the good vs. evil theme so characteristic of Starlette Universe.

This book combines fantastic illustrations by Dick Kulpa a/k/a Captain Cartoon, who successfully turned the six Starlettes into America’s Sweet ‘arts’ with his distinctive artwork. Kulpa is former publisher of Cracked Magazine, creator of Bat Boy (centerpiece of “Bat Boy the Musical’) and a thrice-syndicated newspaper comic strip cartoonist for Tribune Media Services and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Kathy Johnson is an attorney and mother of Miss Vermont 1999 and Miss Vermont USA 2001. Starlette Universe appeared in Pageantry Magazine for eight years. STARLETTE UNIVERSE – Book 2: Eva from Eville recently received a five-star review from Readers’ Favorite and also garnered a perfect 5-star Mini-Critique. That book, together with Lil’ Lilly’s first book, What a Babe, are both Mom’s Choice Award winners. MEDIA CONTACT: Kathy Johnson Phone: (561) 953-5280 E-mail: starletteuniverse@aol.com

Product Details

  • File Size: 16917 KB
  • Print Length: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Starlette Universe; 1 edition (December 17, 2014)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00R5B5X4K
REVIEW
 25 DAYS  before Christmas.  This book is a rendition through puns based on themes having to do with Christmas.   Some are not so good like the green pig says, "My 'Sow'vation!" Most young people will have a lot of laughter from the silliness of the puns with the captions to match.

The pictures are bright a filled with color.  Surrounded by text.  Lily is a cute little blond=headed girl and most of  the scenes of Christmas, from the Nativity to Santa and the Christmas tree and gift stockings hanging on the mantle.  A silly book of puns that children will laugh and laugh.   This is a book that will entertain and educate all in one.  

I received a complimentary copy of Christmas Lilly from the author Kathy Johnson for my view of the book.  No other compensation took place.  

I would give this book 4 STARS.





 IT'S THE BOOK OF 100 PUNS! FUN! PUN!  FUN!




 CHRISTMAS IS TOTALLY AWESOME - AND WE SARLETTES MAKE IT BLOSSOM!






links
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