Eppy's Creations

My fledgling book! 

The mice of Swiss Hollow ae staving!  Only Gasgeil and the hollow's bravest mouse can save them.  That is...if they can make it past the razor sharp beak of a cunning seagull and escape the jaws of the fierce water dragon that guards an island made of cheese.

 The illustrations for this book are copyrighted by Linnette Rodriguez.

www.freewebs.com/gasgeilsbravery is the website devoted to solely to Gasgeil.  Stop by to see how it was made!  It is a very indepth look at the many steps I went through to create the 32 page full color picture book!  I have also uploaded the template that I made for the bookmark so you can print and cut it out to color along with a few of the pages from the book. 

You may buy the book through Xlibris.com:   www.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=36891 

Or contact me via email Christy@eppyscreations.com  .  I also plan to have it listed w/Amazon.com and a few other online retailers soon.

This is from the American Author's Association!  I am very pleased to say that I am a member w/them.  I am very grateful for the honor of having them review my book and the outstanding review both Linnette and I received.

You can either read it here or you can read it where it originated (http://americanauthorsassociation.com/Book%20Review-Gasgeil’s%20Bravery-%20Condoleo.htm ).

Title:  Gasgeil’s Bravery

Author:  Christy Condoleo

Publisher:  Xlibris

Reviewer: W. H. McDonald, Jr. – AAA Founder

Excellent Children’s Tale!

If you are looking for a book for your children to read, or to have read to them, that has some good principled messages and is still entertaining, then I recommend “Gasgeil’s Bravery.” Children’s author Christy Condoleo is at her very best with this colorfully illustrated story book for younger children. Linnette Rodriguez does a splendid job capturing the story with her artwork. The two of them produce a real classy book for young children.

This book rates on my children’s book scale - FIVE TEDDY BEARS! It gets my personal recommendation. It has also been nominated for one of the American Authors Association 2008 annual book awards for children’s books. It is really that good!

The beginnings of "Gasgeil".  My own attempt at their boat.  It was with a sumi set I think.

I was invited to do a book signing at Cape Carteret's 50th anniversary so I thought to make it fun...

Seven foot long, 3 inches tall--made from paper mache (flour, water, and I think some Elmer's glue), magazines, foam (horns, spikes, teeth), loads of paint & tape, brown paper, empty paper towel roll, and the ribs of a cardboard box!  Can't remember how long he took to make but I do remember the aftermess!  Still, he drew a lot of smiles and curious glances from the children and parents which is what I was aiming for.  Pretty good for one of my wild ideas, huh?  I get some doozies! 

If you'd like to see before and after pics, I have a detailed blog here: http://chriscondoleo.wordpress.com/ .