Announcing a Deal! New SUPER HAPPY PARTY BEARS by Marcie Colleen!

I'm so pleased to announce that Marcie Colleen will be writing the next four SUPER HAPPY PARTY BEARS books, for a total of eight.  The first SHPB books came out this fall -- GNAWING AROUND and KNOCK KNOCK ON WOOD -- and are jumping off shelves everywhere!

To the Super Happy Party Bears, everything is a good thing. Their entire attitude can be summed up in one word: YAY! They love doughnuts, dancing, and above all else—a good party. Not so for the rest of the animals living in the Grumpy Woods. They find the bears terribly annoying.

In GNAWING AROUND, when a few beavers come to town, the Grumpy Woods are even grumpier than usual. These beavers are drying up their river with their dam . . . the beavers are ruining everything! They must leave—it is decreed! But the Super Happy Party Bears just love the beavers! As the Grumpy Woods scheme to unwelcome them, the Super Happy Party Bears throw them a housewarming party that will prove dancing can always save the day.

In KNOCK, KNOCK, the Grumpy Woods dislike Wallace Woodpecker only slightly less than the Super Happy Party Bears. They find his pecking preposterously loud, but the bears think Wallace is beating a nice rhythm--it's great for early-morning dancercise! The bears convince Wallace he has great skills to offer the woods, and they give him ideas for unsolicited handy work. Instead of endearing him to the neighbors, it annoys them even more. Can the bears really help this noisy neighbor?

Congratulations to Marcie Colleen and Steve James for this new deal!