WHY THE OYSTER HAS THE PEARL Coloring Sheet

This coloring sheet is now online at www.johnettedowning.com . Click on Book Activities and then click on Why the Oyster Has the Pearl.

Today is Monday In Kentucky Book Cover Sneak Peek

Check out the book cover illustrated by Deborah Kadair for TODAY IS MONDAY IN KENTUCKY.

November 2011 Tour Schedule

November 4 at 11:00, Concert, New Orleans Jazz Park Visitors Center, New Orleans, LA
November 4 at 12:00-1:00, Book Signing, Tisket A Tasket Book Shop, Decatur, New Orleans, LA
November 5 from 10:00-12:00, Book Signing, Sam's Club, Kenner, LA
November 5 from 2:00-4:00, Book Signing, Sam's Club, Metairie, LA
November 11 at 1:00, Concert, Dularge Library, Dularge, LA
November 12 from 1-2, Book Reading/Signing, LeJouet, Metairie, LA
November 13 at 12:30 & 3:30, Concerts, Three Rivers Art Festival, Children's Stage, Downtown Covington, LA
November 16 from 1-2, Book Reading/Signing, Isidore Newman Book Fair, New Orleans, LA
November 19 at 10:00, Book Reading/Signing with Bethanne Hill for Oyster Book, Monty Stabler Gallery, Birmingham, AL
November 19 at 2:00, Concert/Book Signing, Avondale Library, Birmingham, AL
November 20-30, North Carolina

Why the Oyster Has the Pearl Reviewed in Acadiana Life

"In 'Why the Oyster Has the Pearl' we learn the oyster was Keeper of all the ocean's jewels, and gave some to whoever asked, but the greedy snake wanted them all, and in the end, got none while the oyster kept the pearl."

-Acadiana Life, "Gift Books Make Shopping Easy," November 2011