Hilda mcGilda
The Witch Who Was Too Pretty
Story by Michele Verhoosky
Illustrated by Lois Ebbert
ISBN: 978-0-9826344-6-2
40 Pages. $18.00 Hardback
The book will be available on Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, as well as other online book sellers.
You may also order the book at your local book store.
Visit Hilda at her own Website, to learn more. http://hildamcgilda.com/
Michele Verhoosky-Author
Hilda mcGilda
The Witch Who Was Too Pretty
Michele Verhoosky(author), affectionately known as “Grammy,” is a member of both The Dramatists Guild and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her coming-of-age plays have been produced off-off Broadway, earning a rave review in The New York Times. She lives with her husband, “Grumpy,” and their loquacious Corgi, Gizmo, in North Carolina when not flying off to share more giggles with her grandchildren.
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Lois Ebbert- Illustrator
Lois Ebbert(illustrator) is a graduate of Ithaca College. She pursued a career in music education before returning to her first love of drawing and painting. Her colorful watercolors have been shown in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and are in several private collections. She and her husband, Marty, share their home with their nineteen-year-old cat, Ariel, who was the artist model for Spook. She is the giggling grammy of eight.
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Take a Sneak-Peak inside two of the pages from this beautiful book.
The Story was written by Michele Verhoosky and the Illustrations were done in Watercolor by Lois Ebbert.
Hilda mcGilda
The Witch Who Was Too Pretty
Hilda mcGilda
The Witch Who Was Too Pretty
Welcome to the wonderful, whimsical world of Hilda McGilda, where the ordinary turns extraordinary--every day. Hilda is not your run-of-the-mill heroine. Why among Dover Glen it was known she’d been a witch fifty years—multiplied then by ten! “Who cares how long it’s been, dear Spook?” she asked her black cat as she thumbed through her book. “I’ve only reached spell 3003! There’s still so much to learn, I’m sure you’ll agree.”
Concocted by The Giggling Grammys, this zany picture storybook will delight young and old alike, especially those who enjoy tales of enchantment and fantasy. It revels in the joys of magic, friendship, and the freedom to be your authentic self while telling the tale of what happens when a spell goes horridly awry. Not only does poor Hilda become prettier and prettier, she loses her powers completely. Can Belinda, Zelda, and Bitsy save Hilda from being doomed to live a life with mortals? And what does perfume have to do with all this anyway?
Concocted by The Giggling Grammys, this zany picture storybook will delight young and old alike, especially those who enjoy tales of enchantment and fantasy. It revels in the joys of magic, friendship, and the freedom to be your authentic self while telling the tale of what happens when a spell goes horridly awry. Not only does poor Hilda become prettier and prettier, she loses her powers completely. Can Belinda, Zelda, and Bitsy save Hilda from being doomed to live a life with mortals? And what does perfume have to do with all this anyway?
Meet Ariel, the artist's model for SpookLois was inspired to model Hilda's cat, Spook, after her own nineteen-years-old cat, Ariel. Spook's comical expressions and antics are whimsical interpretations of Ariel, who delights in lapping up the cream when she and Lois drink their morning cups of coffee together.
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THE POWER of FRIENDSHIP, KINDRED SPIRITS, and PPPCCCJJJ PPPCCCJJJ, a slogan coined by one of Lois' daughters, stands for: "Paint-Paint-Paint, Color-Color-Color = Joy-Joy-Joy. It perfectly captures the joie de vivre Michele and Lois, affectionately known as The Giggling Grammys, both embrace, share, and strive to express everyday.
"Art brought us together, and we became instant friends. And through art we realized we were kindred spirits. That's why teaming up to work on HILDA McGILDA was such a joyful labor of love. It never, ever felt like `work' to us. Instead it was always a wondrous sense of play."
Lois lives part-time in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and Michele lives in North Carolina but is often called away to help out with family and visit with grandchildren. "We would just work on HILDA via email during our times of separation," Michele explains.
"When Lois' terrific illustrations started flying over the wires it was better than Christmas morning! She'd be up at her end, I'd be down at mine--my graphic artist son, Jason, would be up in Massachusetts, and the rest of our various kids scattered up and down the Eastern seaboard--and we'd all just be laughing out loud with sheer delight as we watched HILDA unfold.
Our husbands always knew when we were online with each other by the giggles erupting from our designated office space (oftentimes the kitchen table), and that's how we earned the moniker, `The Giggling Grammys.'
We wanted to capture and convey that power of friendship and the magical joys of creativity through HILDA McGILDA."
"Art brought us together, and we became instant friends. And through art we realized we were kindred spirits. That's why teaming up to work on HILDA McGILDA was such a joyful labor of love. It never, ever felt like `work' to us. Instead it was always a wondrous sense of play."
Lois lives part-time in Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and Michele lives in North Carolina but is often called away to help out with family and visit with grandchildren. "We would just work on HILDA via email during our times of separation," Michele explains.
"When Lois' terrific illustrations started flying over the wires it was better than Christmas morning! She'd be up at her end, I'd be down at mine--my graphic artist son, Jason, would be up in Massachusetts, and the rest of our various kids scattered up and down the Eastern seaboard--and we'd all just be laughing out loud with sheer delight as we watched HILDA unfold.
Our husbands always knew when we were online with each other by the giggles erupting from our designated office space (oftentimes the kitchen table), and that's how we earned the moniker, `The Giggling Grammys.'
We wanted to capture and convey that power of friendship and the magical joys of creativity through HILDA McGILDA."
'Manic Monets'"One of our favorite photos is this one of us holding up our 'Monet' that we created solely through the magic of finger-painting. That's right, finger-painting and squirt-guns! It was from one of the workshops we led for Lockwood Folly Artists, which we billed as, 'Manic Monets.' We wanted to unleash everyone's latent artistic talent by encouraging their inner child to come out and play!"
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