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July 2005
Bald is Beautiful! Two Books Help Kids Deal with Hairloss and Gain Self-Acceptance
July 2005
Bella & Gizmo's Adventure and Bella Gets a New Sweater are meant to guide and
inspire children who undergo chemotherapy, children with Alopecia Areata,
Totalis, or Universalis lose their hair and instantly feel different.
Some
children feel outcast, some feel depressed and some learn to accept and move on.
Ms. Pliszka will be available for a Booksigning and Art Contest August 6, 2005
at 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, Mayfair Mall, in Wauwatosa,
Wisconsin.
Children of all ages may enter the art contest to draw the next character to join Bella, Gizmo and Lucy in the third story.
Barnes and Noble Mayfair will be exhibiting the drawings in the store so customers will be able to cast their votes for their favorite drawing. The winner's character will appear in the third book.
The second place winner will receive a $20 gift
certificate from Barnes & Noble. The third place winner will receive a $15 gift
certificate from Barnes & Noble. All the children participating in the art
contest will receive a prize from Aurora Behavioral Health Services.
Author, Jodi Pliszka, who has Alopecia Universalis herself, will read both books
to the children who attend the booksigning, one the first hour, and the other
the second hour of the booksigning.
She will be answering questions about the
stories, the characters and her own experience with hairloss and how it led to
writing and illustrating these inspirational books.
The children's drawings entered in the contest will be displayed in the Barnes
and Noble store for one week, and the winners will be announced at the
Nightengale Press Workshop for new authors on August 13, 2005, also hosted by
Barnes and Noble at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
A portion of the net
proceeds from this event will also be donated to the Vince Lombardi Charitable
Funds.
Ms. Pliszka's books are both available at the Mayfair Barnes & Noble, and online
at the Nightengale Press Bookstore at www.nightengalepress.biz,.
Ms. Pliszka's
website will be launched in time for her signing, at
www.jodipliszka.npauthors.com and the books will also be available from the
National Alopecia Areata Foundation website www.naaf.com in the coming months.
Be sure to come to the Booksigning and Art Contest on August 6, 2005 from 1:00
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, Mayfair Mall 2500 N. Mayfair Road,
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 53226 (414)-475-6070
Bella and Gizmo's Adventures, ISBN 1-933449-03-9, $18.95US, Bella Gets a New
Sweater ISBN 1-933499-04-7 $18.95US and online at http://www.nightengalepress.com/,
on http://www.amazon.com/