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Welcome to day 1 of the tour for Suzanne Marion

Meet Author Suzanne Marion-  What a great story this author came up with. Enjoy learning about Suzanne and follow her on the rest of her book/blog tour.




One day about two years ago my granddaughter Christina, who is now nine years old, called me with a dilemma of major proportions. She said, “Grandma, I don’t know which tutu to wear to my ballet class today. I have TONS of tutus in my closet.”

I said, “Christina, you mean you have too too many tutus?” At that point we dissolved in laughter, and an idea was born! I wrote a story for her about her problem, suggesting a solution, after due consideration. By a serendipitous twist of fate, the first violinist in my weekly chamber music group asked to read my latest tale. She then asked me if she could show it to her mother, and of course I said, “Of course.” Her mother turned out to be marvelous artist Marj Hales, who began to create gorgeous watercolors of little girls in ballet costumes of different shades. They were too beautiful to remain hidden, so the next step was to self-publish our book, ‘Too Too Many Tutus.’ It has been well-received, and we have enjoyed seeing little girls and their parents enjoying it.



Within a year it became apparent that the little boys of our acquaintance deserved a tale also. Not every little boy enjoys tales of tutus. My grandson Evan was at the time a fan of dragons, and his sister Margarita favored unicorns. The morality tale of Donner the Western Dragon and his best friend, Una the Unicorn, was written. Marj’s watercolors of dragons and unicorns are unparalleled, so we knew we had to publish this book also. Once again, the children enjoy it, and we are gratified.

Follow Suzanne on day 2 of her tour here:

http://kristibernard.wordpress.com/