Beautiful Blue Eyes Review and Giveaway

Beautiful Blue Eyes

Sourcebooks Jabberwocky; ISBN: 978-1-4022-5639-4; HC $15.99

About the Author:

Marianne Richmond turned a personal tragedy into a motivational vehicle, becoming an award-winning author and selling over a million books in the process.

Her career was launched by accident; she was diagnosed with a brain tumor (thankfully benign), the cause of numerous epileptic seizures through her childhood. During her five-week recovery period, Marianne created hand-painted thank you cards for her many well-wishers. With Jim’s, her new boyfriend, and friend’s encouragement, she decided to launch her own greeting card business, Marianne Richmond Studios, Inc.  As distribution for her cards increased, she decided to try her hand at writing a book, honoring her biggest fan, her now-husband Jim, with The Gift of an Angel.

Beginning with her first book in 1997, Gift of An Angel, writer and artist Marianne has touched the lives of millions over the past decade through her line of greeting cards and gift books. Since then she has become a recognized creator of numerous books that celebrate milestones in life, memorable journeys, and relationships.  Marianne currently lives in Minneapolis, MN with her even-keeled husband, Jim, their four kids, and their senior citizen Border Collie, Clay. Find out more at her website www.mariannerichmond.com

I already adore Marianne Richmond, I own another one of her books "If I Could Keep You Little".  The new book does not disappoint it shows blue-eyed children the wonder of their uniqueness.

“I watched, and I waited

as your eyes chose their hue,

deciding in time 

on their beautiful blue.

Blue as a butterfly

or the sparkling sea.

Blue as the bluebird

who sings in her tree.”

I have blue eyes, hubby has dark brown eyes, son has light brown eyes and my daughter hazel, so we just about cover the gamete of eye colors.  My kids loved this story, it was the perfect bedtime story!  I can not wait to look for her other book Beautiful Brown Eyes!  If you have a blue eyed or brown eyed child, these books would be great to pick up and put in the Easter basket!

Beautiful Blue Eyes genuinely captures the relationship between parent and child and all of the emotions it entails, from laughter to tears.

Win it:

Thanks to the great people at Sourcebook 1 winner (in the U.S. only) will win a copy of "Beautiful Blue Eyes"

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Giveaway will end at 5pm on April 14, 2011

 Disclaimer:  I  received the above mentioned book  to facilitate this review.    All opinions are my own, information on book was provided by company.  I was not compensated in any other way.  For my full disclosure policy please click here