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Children's Fiction Price slashed to only $1.28 / 77p-1 week only

Posted by Fiona Holt on Sunday, February 23, 2014, In : 'SMART READS' Tips 
'What do you do in a Drawing Room?' (The story of a young boy's adventures in a fantasy world of Art) is now only $1.28 / 77p.


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For all those budding little ballerinas... Junior Edgar Degas is published

Posted by Fiona Holt on Saturday, July 20, 2013, In : 'SMART READS' Tips 
It's here and it's in US English---British English coming soon..ish. (Next job is to get Junior Leonardo da Vinci into US English.)

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E0IGI8G

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Online Colour Slide Shows For All Books

Posted by Fiona Holt on Sunday, June 30, 2013, In : 'SMART READS' Tips 
All 'SMART READS for Kids' and 'QUICK READS for Kids' books now have an accompanying online colour slide show containing all their paintings and illustrations.  So greyscale Kindle users now get to see the paintings in colour without having to buy a colour Kindle.  This also means teachers can put any image from any of the books up on their smart boards in class.
A login and password for each slide show is given at the back of the book.  (If you bought your copy before the upgrade then simply ...
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'QUICK READS for Kids' is Launched

Posted by Fiona Holt on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, In : 'SMART READS' Tips 
Children are not idots!  They know when they're being educated and sometimes they just want to read a book for fun. So each of the 'SMART READS for Kids' Information books now has a sister book in the new 'QUICK READS for Kids' series.  In the latter, all the educational vocab, glossary, maths and history has been stripped out and the word count has been massively reduced.  Each book still covers the key facts, retains the interesting stories and bizarre anecdotes and has the cartoon characte...
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Check out this guy's website for some fantastic digital art

Posted by Fiona Holt on Sunday, June 23, 2013, In : Discover It 
This one's called The Reader's Path but there's loads more...

http://www.morjers-art.de/pic93.html

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Junior Leonardo da Vinci is published

Posted by Fiona Holt on Friday, May 17, 2013, In : 'SMART READS' Tips 
It's here.  Inspire young minds with this great, fun book introducing children to da Vinci's life, art, science and inventions.  With secret mirror writing and a spot of dragon hunting there's plenty to hold children's attention along the way.


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FREE Activities on the 'SMART READS for Kids' Web Pages

Posted by Fiona Holt on Sunday, March 31, 2013, In : 'SMART READS' Tips 
The 'SMART READS for Kids' web pages have had a major overhaul. There are now lots of free children's activities and worksheets to accompany the books, a comprehensive book list so that you can easily find the retail format you're looking for and a parents and teachers resources page explaining the ethos behind the books.

http://theportraitplace.co.uk/smart-reads-for-kids.php

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Can’t Wait To Get Down To The RA Manet Exhibition!

Posted by Fiona Holt on Friday, January 25, 2013, In : Discover It 
Manet revolutionised portraiture at the end of the 19th Century by refusing to conform to the traditional method of modelling facial form.  Until he came along a portrait artist would cast a strong light upon their sitter (thus also creating strong shade) and then laboriously mix their skin tone, half tone, highlights, shadow edge, shadows and deep shadows (see the egg demo below that I give to my portrait classes).  This creates drama, which I personally love, but I’m still glad Manet came...

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FREE Quality Children's Educational Fiction

Posted by Fiona Holt on Sunday, January 20, 2013, In : 'SMART READS' Tips 
My educational storybook for kids 'What Do You Do In A Drawing Room?' will be free to download on Amazon Kindle on Thursday 24th and Friday 25th January, 2013.  Some of the world's most famous works of Art are woven into this fast-moving adventure novel that kids will love.  Enjoy!
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