Miss Jane was very, very sad because she thought she was Miss Plain Jane.  But when Charlie and his friends came down in Charlie’s balloon, they showed Miss Plain Jane that she was NOT a nobody---she was a somebody!  Miss Plain Jane was no longer sad---she was HAPPY!  And then Charlie gave Miss Jane a love cake, and Miss Jane gave some to the Big Bad Bug and he got happy, too.

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Dorinda Clifton uses her unique combination of fanciful writing skills and distinctly off-beat artistic gifts to create a series of coloring books that are delighting children and parents. 

The stories, with their rhymes, rhythms, and repetitions, come from plays Dorinda wrote to help teach English to Czech theater students in Prague. She used her drawing skills to get across the meaning of the words in the stories.

Dorinda did pre-publication readings in public libraries to get feedback about the Color Me Crazy books from children and parents. This is what the kids said about Dorinda’s books: 

            “It’s a cool book.  Fun to read out loud.”  --- Brad, age 8
            “I colored the book and the envelope and sent it to my grandmother.” --- Harry, age 5
            “It’s like the pictures are asking you to color them.” --- Sue, aged 11.

A mom who saw the books at the 2006 Wordstock Bookfair in Portland, OR, laughed and said, “This is NOT Dick and Jane!”

The books are high quality, printed on heavy paper stock that takes all kinds of color including watercolor. Tucked inside each book, securely tied with ribbon, is a large envelope.  The book can be mailed in the envelope to a child as a gift, or the child can color the book and then use the envelope to mail the book to someone.