Colleen Mitchell's Blog
August 12, 2012
Thistlewood Publishing sale
Thistlewood Publishing is offering a 15% sales discount and a free gift with every purchase.
Check it out at www.thistlewoodpublishing.com
Check it out at www.thistlewoodpublishing.com
January 22, 2012
Check out Amber and April on YouTube
The Amazing Adventure of Amber and April video trailer is on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n7gAvdb2JU&feature=youtu.be
The book is available at www.thistlewoodpublishing.com or from most online bookstores, including Amazon and Book Depository.
In NZ it is cheapest on Trade Me.
42 pages, fully illustrated.
January 11, 2012
Amber and April are here!
The Amazing Adventure of Amber and April is available worldwide RIGHT NOW from online bookstores including Amazon and Book Depository, or from www.thistlewoodpublishing.com. USD$9.95In New Zealand it is available on TradeMe for NZ$12
December 2, 2011
Isabelle's Locket giveaway has ended
Congratulations to Debbie of Masterton, NZ, who has won a copy of Isabelle's Locket on Goodreads Giveaways.A big thanks to everyone else who entered.
My next novel is due out in 2012 and I will host a new Zealand giveaway for that one too.
November 14, 2011
Isabelle's Locket Giveaway
I am hosting a giveaway of Isabelle's Locket on Goodreads.comOffer closes on December 2nd and is open to New Zealand residents only.Check it out on Goodreads
For a limited time Isabelle's Locket is also available within New Zealand on TradeMe for NZ$10.
The Amazing Adventure of Amber and April is coming soon!!
The wait is nearly over for the first book in the Pixie series.Karen and I have added a liberal peppering of illustrations to this delightful tale of courage and friendship as two little pixies face the dark and scary Tangled Wood to help their friend, a little bird called Fantail, reach Fairy Pool where her broken wing can be mended.
August 31, 2011
Amber and April are on their way!
The Amazing Adventure of Amber and April will be available late November.It is a heartwarming tale of two little pixies who refuse to abandon their injured friend.
Amber and April must travel through the dark and scary Tangled Wood to reach Fairy Pool, where Fantail's broken wing can be mended.
Only then can they return to Huggle Tree and see Mummy and Daddy again.
Delightfully illustrated, this book will teach young ones the importance of love, loyalty and minding their parents.
July 13, 2011
Do you love pixies?
The Amazing Adventure of Amber and April.
Written by Colleen Mitchell
Illustrated by Karen Anne Daly
Published by Thistlewood Publishing
Available November 2011
July 4, 2011
Unbroken promises
Unbroken Promises is a romance/adventure novel set in Levin, Foxton Shannon, NZ, around 1899.
When Blake strumbles across a family being abused by an overbearing and violent father named Walt, he can't just do nothing ... can he?
Helping this family sees Blake wongly branded as a criminal, and he finds himself on the run with four stolen children to care for.
Blake is a talented horse healer, but he must assume a new identity to protect the four children he now finds himself with. This presents a problem, for Blake has only six months to make his fortune and return to Foxton to claim the hand of his love, Sarah.
Sarah, daughter of the mayor of Foxton, has been promised by her father to Wilbur, son of the mayor of Levin, and the wedding plans have been made.
Meanwhile Blake's sister, Emily, finds herself employed by Wilbur and despite her best efforts to the contrary she cannot help but admire him.
When Blake and Wilbur meet, the futures of everyone will change forever, for Walt will not give up control over his family that easily and he now poses a threat to Emily that Blake cannot ignore.
Unbroken Promises is a tale of the pioneer spirit and a breed of people who never gave up ... no matter what!
Look for it later this year from Thistlewood Publishing.
When Blake strumbles across a family being abused by an overbearing and violent father named Walt, he can't just do nothing ... can he?
Helping this family sees Blake wongly branded as a criminal, and he finds himself on the run with four stolen children to care for.
Blake is a talented horse healer, but he must assume a new identity to protect the four children he now finds himself with. This presents a problem, for Blake has only six months to make his fortune and return to Foxton to claim the hand of his love, Sarah.
Sarah, daughter of the mayor of Foxton, has been promised by her father to Wilbur, son of the mayor of Levin, and the wedding plans have been made.
Meanwhile Blake's sister, Emily, finds herself employed by Wilbur and despite her best efforts to the contrary she cannot help but admire him.
When Blake and Wilbur meet, the futures of everyone will change forever, for Walt will not give up control over his family that easily and he now poses a threat to Emily that Blake cannot ignore.
Unbroken Promises is a tale of the pioneer spirit and a breed of people who never gave up ... no matter what!
Look for it later this year from Thistlewood Publishing.
June 19, 2011
The Amazing Adventure of Amber and April.
Amber and April are two little pixies who live with Mummy and Daddy in Huggle Tree, the best tree in Sunshine Forest.
One day Amber, April and their friend Fantail, (a small native New Zealand bird with a tail like a fan), travel to the other side of the forest to watch some people having a picnic.
April's curiosity gets the better of her, and so begins an adventure for the little pixies.
Aided by two friendly birds and two little flower sprites, the pixies must help Fantail return home when she is injured by a cat.
To help Fantail they must journey through the dark and scary Tangled Wood to find Fairy Pool.
A delightful tale of pixie children showing kindness to others, The Amazing Adventure of Amber and April has been tested on my four year old grand-daughter, Amber, and has received a 'read it again' rating many times over:)
Look for it this Christmas from Thistlewood Publishing.
One day Amber, April and their friend Fantail, (a small native New Zealand bird with a tail like a fan), travel to the other side of the forest to watch some people having a picnic.
April's curiosity gets the better of her, and so begins an adventure for the little pixies.
Aided by two friendly birds and two little flower sprites, the pixies must help Fantail return home when she is injured by a cat.
To help Fantail they must journey through the dark and scary Tangled Wood to find Fairy Pool.
A delightful tale of pixie children showing kindness to others, The Amazing Adventure of Amber and April has been tested on my four year old grand-daughter, Amber, and has received a 'read it again' rating many times over:)
Look for it this Christmas from Thistlewood Publishing.
