Awkward Family Photos
11 Ways to Ruin a Photograph, written by Darcy Pattison.
Holidays mean family photos, right? This children’s book shows the extremes to which a kid can go to avoid those photos. The difference is that this girl has a good reason.
THE STORY: “11 Ways to Ruin a Photograph”
When her father goes soldiering for a year, a girl decides that without Dad at home, it’s not a family photo album. Though her beloved Nanny is in charge of the album that year, the girl makes sure that photographs of her never turn out well. It results in some awkward family photos! Photos are blurred, wind blows hair in her face. April rains bring umbrellas to hide behind. Halloween means a mask. This poignant, yet funny family story, expresses a child’s anger and grief for a Dad whose work takes him away for long periods of time. This story for kids is a tribute to the sacrifices made by military families and to those who care for children when a family needs support.
THIS STORY IS A WINNER!
In conjunction with “The Help” movie (www.thehelpmovie.com), TakePart.com (www.takepart.com/thehelp) recently sponsored three writing contests: a recipe contest, an inspirational story contest and a children’s story contest. TakePart is the digital division of Participant Media which aims to bolster a movie’s audience with a message of social change. THE HELP movie campaign emphasized the role of stories in people’s lives. After winning the contest, the story was made into a children’s book.
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THE AUTHOR: Darcy Pattison
Author Darcy Pattison
At ten years old, Darcy Pattison moved from New Mexico to Arkansas where she discovered the color green. Leaving behind the cowboy world of her childhood, she took root in the Ozark Mountains and began to write. Published in eight languages, recent books include a children’s nature book, PRAIRIE STORMS (prairiestorms.com), a fantasy novel, THE WAYFINDER (thewayfinder.com), and a novel revision workbook, NOVEL METAMORPHOSIS: Uncommon Ways to Revise (darcypattison.com/speaking). Darcy and her husband have three daughters, one son, three sons-in-law, one granddaughter, two grandsons and two calico cats.
4 Responses to Winner
I couldn’t make it through the story without crying–it was so sweet (I am in the military). Thank you for sharing this wonderful book, Darcy!
Best regards,
Michelle
Congratulations, Darcy! What a nice honor. Way to showcase your versatility as an author, too. You are an inspiration.
My daughter is in the military but she is in school right now. She will be leaving her children in the fall to go officer school. I hope she makes it through because she has never had to leave her children. She waited until there was not a chance of deportment before having children. I hope she can make it through the book.
Joann & Michelle:
As always stories of our military families are touching!
Darcy