Bleed, A Bad Guy
Age/Description: He is 48. He has no hair. He is strong, with a raspy voice and a black eye. He wears a smock, a loose-fitting shirt, and has a dirty old bandage around his hand. He never takes it off. He wears shades so no one can see his eye, but one lens is cracked due to Punch, when they were fighting over a corn dog.
Favorite Color: Maroon, dark as blood.
Claim to Fame: He kidnapped Princess Willow.
Razor, Bad Guy
Age/Description: He is 30. He has black hair and is a hunchback. He is dangerous (his hands are razor blades!) and loves a good fight. He wears no gloves because of his claw-like hands. He wears a trenchcoat with the collar turned up to cover his mouth. He has a black fedora that covers his eyes. He’s kind of creepy.
Favorite Color: Gray, the color of razor blades.
Claim to Fame: He set the throne room on fire with his claws.
Cobra, Bad Guy
Age/Description: He is only 21. He has a shaved head, is strong, and has a cobra tattoo on his face. He wears a jumpsuit so his body moves freely, but not something too tight.
Favorite Color: Midnight blue because he strikes at night.
Claim to Fame: He can squeeze the life out of things. He was raised by cobras.
Punch, Bad Guy
Age/Description: He is 51 and has white and gray hair. He is bulky and strong and has a mechanical arm. His sleeves are ripped like he’s really strong. He wears jeans and steel-toed boots. He also wears suspenders to hold his pants up.
Favorite Color: White, because it reminds him of sheep when he tries to sleep.
Claim to Fame: He is the Evil Wizard’s muscle man.
Age/Description: Princess Willow is twelve years old. She is sweet, skinny, gentle, smart when needed, and an animal lover.
Favorite Color: Pink-girls like pink, don’t they?
Claim to Fame: She helps Otto to save the day.
For such ‘little’ guy, he sure has a big impact on the story. And I love snickerdoodles, too.
Royal Chef/Rat
Age/Description: He is 52. He has little whiskers with crumbs of cheese on them. He has a bad overbite, a twitchy nose, and wears fuzzy slippers.
Favorite Colors: Brown and white, duh!
Claim to Fame: He got fired by the king, turned into a rat by Pip, and saved the Spell Book from the Evil Wizard. King Mike hired him back to be the Royal Chef as a reward. He makes the best snickerdoodles!
Matthew Schilling, the author of The Magic Quest, plans to donate 10% of the proceeds from the sales of his book to the Easter Seals Central California Autism Intervention Program.
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Meet another pivotal character in the soon-to-be-released book, The Magic Quest, by Matthew Schilling.
Mrs. Quiet, Librarian
Age/Description: She is very quiet. She likes to say that “A lady never tells her age.”
Favorite Color: Beige, because it is a quiet color.
Claim to Fame: She helps Otto figure out what happened to the spell book once it got on the library shelves.
Mr. Crowly/Crow, an opportunist
Check out another character from The Magic Quest, by Matthew Schilling. Coming Soon!!
Age/Description: He was the Evil Wizard’s tailor until he made a mistake on a black cape, and the Evil Wizard turned him into a crow.
Favorite Color: Black
Claim to Fame: He snatches the spell picture from Otto’s hands. He will work with whoever it seems can benefit him, be they good or evil.
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The Wonderful World of Apps was created using Prezi. I showed it to the middle school teachers at Century Community Charter School in Inglewood last Friday. Watch for my free eBook about apps for middle school teachers and kids. Coming soon with a subscription to my blog.
*The video under Self-Help Skills was my little nod to all the teachers at CCCS who have toddlers.
**Special Thanks to Waterfield Designs, Securita PortaVault, Diane Owens (author of Swept Up), Joan Brennan (Reading Focus Cards), Lady Myers Wordsmithing, Pat Mortazzavi (Sissy’s Sweet Treats Toffee), Pocket SLP, Sprout Labs, 3D Literacy, Alligator Apps, iHomeEducator, Mobile Education, Spinlight Studios, Red Jumper, Nessy, SoSH, Wrinkled Pants Software, Storyist, Game Collage, Nosy Crow, iLuvDrawing, Kidoodle, DoReMi, iLearn Solar System HD, and Vito Technology for donating products and apps for the teachers at Century Community Charter School. Everything was oohed and aahed over and very much appreciated!!
Follow this link to an enjoyable interview with my favorite author, Jane Yolen. And if you haven’t read Touch Magic or Sister Emily’s Lightship, you are missing two real treats about her writing life.
My grandson, age 3, is right in the middle of the target audience for Nosy Crow’s newest app, Bizzy Bear on the Farm*. And let me tell you, they know their audience!! He was enthralled from the minute we started reading the book. The charming illustrations, engaging dialogue, cool sound effects, and fun activities on each page are just right for the 2-4 age group. My grandson especially liked ‘driving’ the tractor over hill and dale to the barn, and ‘riding’ the horse along the trail. And after ‘picking’ the apples off the tree, he wanted to go pick some apples himself. My personal favorite was helping Bizzy Bear corral the hopping sheep. And my darling grandson just loved to open the gate and let them all out again!
If you want more of Bizzy Bear, check out the original board books here.
Bizzy Bear on the Farm is available in the iTunes store for $3.99.
*disclaimer: I received a copy from the developer in order to review the app.