I can’t even begin to say how excited I am. The more I worked on the art for this book, the more I fell in love with little Percy. It was the first picture book I illustrated, and I feel so blessed to be a part of its making. I worked with two wonderful women, Patricia Schetter, the author and Kandis Lighthall, the educational contributor from ABTA Publications and Products. My illustration group from Make Your Splashes – Make Your Marks was invaluable for critiques and points of illustration wisdom. And of course my wonderful Tim (The Forester Artist) is always encouraging. I just can’t stop smiling!
The ABTA Publications and Products children’s picture book, Percy Learns to Fly, has been awarded the 2013 Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award for outstanding contributions to children’s literature. A Gold Medal was awarded in Lifestyle: Motivation and Inspiration category.
Author: Patricia Schetter, M.A., B.C.B.A., Woodland, CA
Illustrator: Mary A Livingston (ME :D) Anderson, CA
Educational Contributor: Kandis Lighthall, Redding, CA
Percy Learns to Fly tells a heartwarming story by Patricia Schetter of fitting in while being different. Everyone can see Percy is different. He tries hard to fit in with his friends and do well in school. Join Percy in this heart-warming tale with moments of disappointment, excitement and joy as Percy Learns to Fly.
Includes an exceptional Teacher and Parent section with resources.
Hardback ISBN 978-0-9844660-1-6
Paperback ISBN 978-0-9844660-2-3
Here are a couple of websites with the book:
ABTA Publications and Products
also at
redtail.com (discount for the Red Tail site is code BLOG15 edit cart in checkout 😉 )
Yay, Mary!!! That’s wonderful!!!
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Thanks Laurie, 🙂
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Very cute. I’ll check out the website to see if Percy is the proper age group for my grandson.
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Congratulations! The book looks beautiful.
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🙂
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Congratulations, Mary. So that’s where you’ve been. I was wondering. I thought the Ugly Bird book was your first book.
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Ugly Birds finished 2 weeks after this one…I guess you could say my brushes were double dipping!
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Congratulations, Mary! What an honor!
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Thanks…I feel so honored to be a part of Percy’s journey.
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Congratulations! What great news!
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Bravo! Congratulations Mary. That Percy is such a cute little fella and I know Taylor will like this one too!
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Congratulations! I saw the steps you took and many more you must have done to get there. Hope “the gang” will hear the full story one day. Lucie 🙂
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The “gang” is awesome!
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Wonderful news Mary. Congratulations!
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That’s so great Mary, so glad we got to see you create Percy and your other characters,
congratulations.
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I am so happy for you Mary. This book just looks wonderful. And to include the teacher and parent extra resources, that’s invaluable in itself. Can hardly wait to read the whole book.
Congratulations again. Keep up the great work.
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Cause for celebration indeed Mary !
‘Percy Learns to Fly ‘ looks a really lovely book all round .
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Congratulations Mary!
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Mary – many congratulations!!! So excited to hear!
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Yay! For you and Percy!!! Well deserved!!
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Congratulations Mary!
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Congratulations Mary!
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Wonderful Mary! That is such great news!!
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Fantastic Mary. A wonderful book I am sure! 🙂
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This is such great news!! Congratulations!
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Congratulations bigtime!!!
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Oh, I just saw you announcing this on a children’s book facebook group page and I didn’t realize it was you! Well, congratulations!
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