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 Local children's book author signing 'The
Terrible Dreads' this weekend
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[AUG. 26, 2005]
Lincoln's newest published author, Nancy
Gooding, will have a book signing this Saturday during the Lincoln Art & Balloon
Festival. She will be hosted by Helen Rainforth at Abe's Carmelcorn Shoppe, 117
N. Kickapoo St. in downtown Lincoln, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Gooding will
personalize copies of her first children's book, "The Terrible Dreads."
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Gooding moved from Indiana in 1986 to join the Lincoln community as
manager of the local Sycamore store. She has been an active part of
the community since that time. Despite the fact that she comes
from a family of writers, she has just begun to enjoy writing
herself in the last 15 years. She is dedicating her first published
book to her deceased son, Michael, who was also interested in
writing and illustrating children's books with a moral.
She says that although she wrote the initial story in just over
30 minutes, the colorful, bright, happy illustrations supporting the
story took her over four months to complete.
Ryan Seggelke, a local graphic artist, formerly of Key Printing
in Lincoln, designed the attractive bright purple-and-yellow
hardback cover from one of Gooding's illustrations in the book. He
was also the exclusive graphics consultant on the book.
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 Gooding's great hope for the book is that it will graphically
illustrate to children that the things they "DREAD" need not
immobilize them. With God's help, they can choose to defeat "the
terrible dreads."
A set of "color me" pages has been included at the end of the
book to personalize it for each child. There is even a section where
the child can write down his or her own dreads -- the types of
things they personally fear.
Gooding plans a series of children's books about life
difficulties that kids face, with the main character being Flo, the
"star" of the new book.
Copies of "The Terrible Dreads" will be available to purchase the
day of the signing and will be available thereafter at Abe's
Carmelcorn Shoppe.
[News release]
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