**COVER REVEAL** TIME!!! And a TON of Easy Giveaways!

My hands are actually shaking a little as I begin this blog post and my heart is fluttering like a swarm of butterflies . . . I've got the go ahead from my wonderful publisher, Scholastic, to do a cover reveal today for my Spring, 2013 book, WHEN THE BUTTERFLIES CAME. (Hence, the very bad metaphor in the previous sentence.)

So what DO you call a group of butterflies? 

*raises hand*

Answer: A Flutter. Or a Rabble. Or a Kaleidoscope. 

Neat, huh?

Now Imagine a Dramatic Hollywood Drum Roll right about now . . .  TA DA!!! 

Isn't it simply STUNNING?!? I love the bright pastel colors! 

I love the Flutter/Rabble/Swarm/Kaleidoscope of all those butterflies just as they're described in my story. I'm so thrilled with this cover!  

Erin Maguire, artist extraordinaire has done it again! She is da bomb! 

                                            The first butterfly comes the day after the funeral. . . .

Praise for Circle of Secrets:

*** “Little’s rich, vivid prose and characterization create an intriguing universe in which realism and mysticism intertwine as the story’s secrets unravel.” — School Library Journal, starred review

“Readers will revel in the literary journey through a rare and unusual way of life.”

— Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

Praise for The Healing Spell:

“An incantational tale of Cajun magic and gators in the bayou and of the love and silence between mother and daughter.” — Richard Peck, Newbery Award–winning author of A Year Down Yonder

( ISBN 978-0-545-42513-1) $17.99 US / $19.99 CAN

Synopsis Cover Copy:

Everybody thinks Tara Doucet has the perfect life. But in reality, Tara’s life is anything but perfect: Her dear Grammy Claire has just passed away, her mother is depressed and distant, and she and her sister Riley can’t seem to agree on anything. But when mysterious and dazzling butterflies begin to follow her around after Grammy Claire’s funeral, Tara just knows in her heart that her grandmother has left her one final mystery to solve.

A strange butler shows up to take Tara and Riley to Grammy Claire’s house, where Tara finds a stack of keys and detailed letters from Grammy Claire herself. Note by note, Tara learns unexpected truths about her grandmother’s life. As the letters grow more ominous and the keys more difficult to decipher, Tara realizes that the secrets she must uncover could lead to mortal danger. And when Tara and Riley are swept away to the beautiful island of Chuuk to hear their grandmother’s will, Tara discovers the most shocking truth of all — one that will change her life forever.

From Kimberley Griffiths Little comes a magical, breathtaking mystery full of loss and love, family and faith.

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Now comes the fun part!!! 

RIGHT HERE ON THIS VERY BLOG is where you ENTER TO WIN!!! 

THERE WILL BE *NINE* WINNERS TOTAL!

THREE AUTOGRAPHED copies of THE HEALING SPELL!!

THREE AUTOGRAPHED copies of CIRCLE OF SECRETS!!

And if you are a blogger yourself with a following, I will be drawing names to give away THREE ARCS of WHEN THE BUTTERFLIES CAME when I get ARC's later this summer. 

DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THAT, EH? 

Enter below in this very nifty Rafflecopter Form 
(courtesy of the lovely Sheila Staley)  

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