The World's Only Plantasaurus Blooms in a Children's Book

"Clarence Blooms in Winter" Shows Children That Being Different Can Be
Wonderful

NORCROSS, Ga., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- With whimsical illustrations bursting
with color, and witty, yet lyrical, prose, "Clarence Blooms in Winter"
(published by AuthorHouse), the new children's book written by Adrienne
Anbinder and illustrated by Marian Pickman, is a 40-page storybook that tells
the tale of Clarence, the world's only plantasaurus, and his struggle to feel
accepted by all the other animals in the forest despite the fact that he looks
nothing like any of them.

His entire body covered with plants and flowers, Clarence changes with the
seasons. All the other creatures stare and point at him in wonder, but he
thinks they act this way because his nose is bigger than all the other noses
he has ever seen. Feeling dejected and lonely, he doesn't realize how much
beauty he brings into the world. He is unable to see past the nose on his
face. We follow Clarence from season to season, but it is in the barren winter
that Clarence finally "blooms."

"Clarence Blooms in Winter" is perfect reading for classrooms and bedtimes,
for children ages 3 to 93. In Clarence, Anbinder and Pickman have created a
fanciful character that is surely destined to have a long series of adventures
in many other wonderful books to come.

Author Adrienne Anbinder owned a greeting card company in the early '80s when
she began working with artist Marian Pickman. Currently the owner of an ad
agency in Atlanta, Adrienne Anbinder has written and served as the art
director for hundreds of ads over the course of her 20 years in advertising.
She has also raised two wonderful daughters and has two precocious grandsons.
"It's not easy to be different when you're a child," writes Ms. Anbinder, "and
yet every child is different. Those differences should be appreciated, but
they often make children feel inferior and, ultimately, lonely. I wanted to
write a book to help children delight in their uniqueness and in the
uniqueness of others."

Illustrator Marian Pickman, mother of two adult daughters and grandmother of
seven, has been a freelance graphic designer for more than 25 years. She has
designed children's toys, children's furnishings and greeting cards for
companies such as Russ Berrie, Inc. "When Adrienne and I began discussing the
idea for a plantasaurus," Ms. Pickman remembers, "I wondered, 'What on earth
would a plantasaurus look like?' We decided that he had to look totally
adorable and huggable, changing his gorgeous colors with the seasons. But we
also wanted him to look unique and somewhat peculiar. You've never seen a
character quite like Clarence."

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