Date: Monday, November 5
Blog: Poe's Deadly Daughters
Topic: The Tale of the Talking Animals. Susan writes about the challenges and pleasures of including talking animals in The Cottage Tales.
Drawing: You may enter this drawing any time between Nov. 5 and noon on Nov. 8, when we'll draw three winners. Your name will be automatically entered for the grand prize drawing.
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- Dortha H. of Gettysburg, PA
- Kathy L. of Ignacio, CO
- Christine N. of Oshawa, ON Canada
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Date: Tuesday, November 6
Blog: The Page 69 Test. To find out what the "Page 69 test" is all about, go here.
Topic: Page 69 in The Tale of Hawthorn House. Read the page and Susan's comments to see what mysteries it holds.
Drawing: You may enter this drawing any time between Nov. 6 and noon on Nov. 9, when we'll draw three winners. Your name will be automatically entered for the grand prize drawing.
| 11/6 The Page 69 Test Winners: |
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- Sherry M. of Carrollton, TX
- Cathy M. of Ogden, UT
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Date: Wednesday, November 7
Blog: Storybook Woods
Topic: The Bunny Books: The Further Adventures of Miss Beatrix Potter. Did you know that Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit was turned down by so many publishers that she gave up and published it on her own? For the story behind "the bunny books," read Susan's post.
Drawing: You may enter this drawing any time between Nov. 7 and noon on Nov. 10, when we'll draw three winners. Your name will be automatically entered for the grand prize drawing.
| 11/7 Storybook Woods Winners: |
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- Denise M. of Damascus, MD
- Kristy N. of Wichita, KS
- Doris D. of Austin, TX
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Date: Thursday, November 8
Blog: Mysterious Musings
Topic: With mystery author and blogger Julia Buckley, Susan chats about how she became interested in Beatrix Potter as a character—oh, and there's more about those talking animals, plus Susan's thoughts on life in the country.
Drawing: You may enter this drawing any time between Nov. 8 and noon on Nov. 11, when we'll draw three winners. Your name will be automatically entered for the grand prize drawing.
| 11/8 Mysterious Musings Winners: |
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- Ellen B. of Algonquin, IL
- Rita R. of Reno, NV
- Paulette S. of Riverside, MO
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Date: Friday, November 9
Blog: Fairiebees
Topic: Miss Potter's Doll House. Did you know that Miss Potter had a doll house? In this post, Susan will tell you about it, and what the doll house tells us about Beatrix Potter's interest in interior furnishings.
Drawing: You may enter this drawing any time between Nov. 9 and noon on Nov. 12, when we'll draw three winners. Your name will be automatically entered for the grand prize drawing.
| 11/9 Fairiebees Winners: |
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- Karla S. of Texarkana, TX
- Jerrie A. of Conley, GA
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Date: Monday, November 12
Blog: Nature Woman
Topic: Beatrix Potter's Lake District. Visit with Susan as she shares some of her photos of the Lake District, taken on her visits there.
Drawing: You may enter this drawing any time between Nov. 12 and noon on Nov. 15, when we'll draw three winners. Your name will be automatically entered for the grand prize drawing.
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- Ardath W. of Raleigh, NC
- Larry D. of Grand Ledge, MI
- Lena S. of Juneau, AK
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Date: Tuesday, November 13
Blog: Book of Days
Topic: Susan chats with homeschoolers Barb and Josh Wright about the fun of learning through fiction.
Drawing: You may enter this drawing any time between Nov. 13 and noon 4pm on Nov. 16, when we'll draw three winners. Your name will be automatically entered for the grand prize drawing.
| 11/13 Book of Days Winners: |
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- Sue S. of Anderson, SC
- Sheila E. of Chapel Hill, TN
- Carol M. of Monroeville, PA
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Date: Wednesday, November 14
Blog: Blog Book Tours
Topic: Susan and Dani Greer chat about the wide range of Beatrix Potter's art. You might also check out Dani's SockQueen blog to see a picture of the hat Susan knitted with Herdwick wool. Cool!
Drawing: You may enter this drawing any time between Nov. 14 and noon on Nov. 17, when we'll draw three winners. Your name will be automatically entered for the grand prize drawing.
| 11/14 Blog Book Tours Winners: |
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- Beth P. of Lincoln, NE
- Dale L. of Fort Worth, TX
- Carol H. of Bonita Springs, FL
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Date: Thursday, November 15
Blog: Straightfromhel
Topic: Susan posts about the narrator of the Cottage Tales, whose distinctive voice and "old-fashioned" narrative interventions makes this series unique.
Drawing: You may enter this drawing any time between Nov. 15 and noon on Nov. 18, when we'll draw three winners. Your name will be automatically entered for the grand prize drawing.
| 11/15 Straightfromhel Winners: |
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- Pat F. of Austin, TX
- Cathy S. of Frederick, MD
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Date: Wednesday, November 21
Blog: Blog Book Tours
Topic: Susan and Dani Greer chat about the experience of doing a blog tour. If you're an author thinking of developing your own tour, you'll want to check this out!
A foundling baby girl has turned up on the doorstep of Miss Potter's Hill Top farmhouse! Whose baby is she? Why was she left at Hill Top? Who left her? What will happen to her? And there's another mystery at Hill Top. Miss Potter's latest best-selling book, The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck, has made the story of Jemima's misadventure with the fox common knowledge in the village of Near Sawrey—to Jemima's great embarrassment. (How would you like the whole world to know that you were so foolish as to lay your eggs in a fox's back parlor?) But now Jemima herself has disappeared. Where has she gone? What's she up to? Can there be any truth to the rumor that there is some sort of relationship between Jemima and the fox?
These and other mysteries abound in the light-hearted fourth book of Susan Wittig Albert's delightfully collectible series, The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter.
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