To This Very Day... 

Children's Picture Book Series

Cyril T. Centipede Looks For New Shoes	Very Little Venus And The Very Friendly Fly

           To This Very Day... Children's Picture Books is a series of eight (and counting!) wonderfully enchanting children's picture books written by Dawn Williams, a mother of four adult children and a grandmother, an award-winning author, and founder of SunriseHouse Publishers. (www.sunrisehousepublishers.com) 

An imaginative story-teller, Williams also holds a Master's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California (USC). She is the only child of the late, famous musician/entertainer Ted Lewis, known by many as "The Jazz King," "The High-Hatted Tragedian of Song," and "The Medicine Man For Your Blues." With his trademark battered top hat, clarinet and twirling cane, Lewis was a major influence in the early days of jazz music and was renown for his famous question, "Is everybody happy?" Lewis died in 1971, at age 81.

In 2005, Williams wrote and published a book about her celebrated father in Me And My Father's Shadow: A Daughter's Quest And Biography Of Ted Lewis "The Jazz King" (SunriseHouse Publishers). The book recently won the Irwin Award as "Entertainment Book of the Year" by the Book Publicists Association of Southern California. (See Ted Lewis Book)     

A critically acclaimed author, Williams' forté appears to be in writing children's books. Her tales spark wonder and excitement, while providing simple yet poignant lessons about life.

Illustrator Joey Chou is a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. (www.joeyart.com) His colorfully playful yet ingenious character designs with their vibrant pastel shadings, bring to life the episodes of each story in vivid detail.          

The Williams-Chou match-up makes for some great reading and imaginative viewing for youngsters with their parents at family time, bed time or any time!

To This Very Day... Children Picture Books Series includes Cyril T. Centipede Looks For New Shoes and Very Little Venus And The Very Friendly Fly. Each published book has a "Coming Soon" page at the very end of the book which announces the name of the book to follow. Remaining books in the series that will become available as the illustrations are completed are Betsy B's Big Blue Bouncing Bubble, Matthew M. Mouse: "First Mouse On The Moon," Mrs. Rabbit And The Pie That Disappeared, How Hooper The Hyena Lost His Laugh, Winston J. Worm Looks For A New Name, and Delilah D. Duck Flies North For The Winter. 

Read what others have to say about To This Very Day... Children's Picture Books...

"Cyril T. Centipede Looks For New Shoes, and other To This Very Day... books, could be the best Children's Picture Book Series since Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        - Hallie Whelen, Long Beach, CA - elementary school teacher for over 40 years.

To This Very Day... Children's Picture Book Series, may be ordered through Amazon.com at  www.amazon.com , Barnes & Noble Booksellers at www.barnesandnoble.com , Borders Books at www.bordersstores.com  or e-mail the author at dawn@interworld.net  or write to SunriseHouse Publishers, P.O. Box 327, Seal Beach, CA 90740. 

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