“Wonder Boy” caps wonderful month as Sunbury Press bestseller for July

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Sunbury Press has released the bestsellers list for July. Lawrence Knorr’s baseball biography of Carl Scheib, Wonder Boy, took the top spot. The Gingerbread Man’s School Adventure by Sherri Maret was runner up.

SUNBURY PRESS – Bestsellers for July, 2016 (by Revenue)
Rank	Last Month	Title	Author	Category
1	7	Wonder Boy: The Story of Carl Scheib	Lawrence Knorr	Sports Biography
2	NEW	The Gingerbread Man’s School Adventure	Sherri Maret	Childrens
3	2	A Year of Change & Consequences	Mark Singel	Political Memoir
4	10	The B Team	Alan Mindell	Sports Fiction
5	1	Living in the Afterlife	Michele Livingston	Spirituality
6	—	The Savage Apostle	John Kachuba	Historical Fiction
7	NEW	Maybe Tomorrow	Mela Suśe Vigil Duran Carvalko	Memoir
8	—	The Penns’ Manor of Spread Eagle and the Grist Mills of the Mahantango Valley	Steve Troutman	History
9	NEW	Cast Iron Signs of Pennsylvania Towns and Other Landmarks	N Clair Clawser	History
10	20	Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, 2nd Ed.	Mike Campbell	History
11	24	Winter of the Metal People	Dennis Herrick	Historical Fiction
12	—	Dying for Vengeance	J M West	Thriller Fiction
13	26	Call Sign Dracula	Joe Fair	Vietnam Memoir
14	19	The Closer	Alan Mindell	Sports Fiction
15	30	The Ripper’s Haunts	Michael Hawley	History
16	13	Pit Bulls	Anthony Julian	History
17	—	There Is Something about Rough and Ready	Lawrence Knorr, et al	History
18	21	Raising Monarchs	Sue Fox McGovern	Nature
19	NEW	Keystone Corruption Continues	Brad Bumsted	History
20	4	Messages from Beyond	Michele Livingston	Spirituality
21	29	Hidden Dangers	Bob Stout	Geopolitics
22	3	Bitter Sweet	Catherine Jordan et al.	Short Stories
23	—	Murder in Tuxedo Park	William Lemanski	Thriller Fiction
24	—	Hour 30	Brandon Musgrave	Memoir
25	—	Adventures in Distant and Remote Places	William Lemanski	Memoir
26	22	That Night at Surigao	Ernie Marshall	History
27	25	OneWay: The Oracle	Robin McClellan & Ruth Watson	Metaphysical Fiction
28	—	The Politics of Prevailing	William Miller	Memoir
29	11	Jesus the Phoenician	Karim El Koussa	Religious History
30	—	The 10 Second Shift	Bill Foley	Self-Help
31	—	Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania	George P Donehoo	History
32	—	Mary Sachs: Merchant Princess	Barbara Trainin Blank	Biography
33	—	Keystone Tombstones Volume 1	Joe Farrell & Joe Farley	History
34	23	Choice of Enemies	M A Richards	Spy Thriller
35	—	Keystone Tombstones Civil War	Joe Farrell, Joe Farley & Lawrence Knorr	History
36	—	Lost in the Shadow of Fame	William Lemanski	History
37	—	The Cursed Man	Keith Rommel	Psycho Thriller
38	—	The Descendants of Johann Peter Klinger and Catharina Steinbruch	Max Klinger	Genealogy
39	—	Capital Murder	Chris Papst	Investigation
40	—	Howl of a Thousand Winds	Morris Workman	Thriller Fiction
41	8	The Keeper of the Crows	Kyle Alexander Romines	Thriller Fiction
42	—	Keep It Blue	Haley Dean	Literary Fiction
43	27	Dead of Autumn	Sherry Knowlton	Thriller Fiction
44	—	Flying Pants	Lola James	Childrens
45	—	General John Fulton Reynolds: His Biography, Words, and Relations	Lawrence Knorr, Michael Riley, & Diane Watson	History
46	—	The Hidden Legacy of World War II	Carol Schultz Vento	History
47	—	Rabid Philanderers, Inc.	Nancy Williams	Thriller Fiction
48	—	Bows, Bullets, and Bears	John L Moore	History
49	—	Between Good and Evil	R Michael Phillips	Detective Thriller
50	—	Fireproof Moth	Milo Thornberry	History

Lawrence Knorr’s “Wonder Boy: The Story of Carl Scheib – The Youngest Player in American League History” nabbed the top spot thanks to a well-attended event in Gratz, PA honoring the former Philadelphia Athletic. The event also received substantial media attention. Knorr also grabbed #17 with “There is Something about Rough and Ready,” #35 with “Keystone Tombstones Civil War” in tandem with Joe Farrell and Joe Farley, and #45 with “General John Reynolds.” Sherri Maret’s new childrens hardcover “The Gingerbread Man’s School Adventure” placed thanks to advance purchases. Mark Singel’s memoir “A Year of Change and Consequences” held strong at #3 due to media attention and planned events. Alan Mindell’s “The B Team” #4 and “The Closer” #14 continue to benefit from author events. Last month’s #1 by Michele Livingston – “Living in the Afterlife” – continued to sell well, holding at #5. Her “Messages from Beyond” nabbed the 20th spot.

The company debuted a top 50 bestseller list this month. History / Memoir / Biography / Genealogy titles took 25 of the positions. Thriller Fiction was the next most prevelant category.

The company released eight new titles in July:

SUNBURY PRESS – New Releases for July, 2016
The Gingerbread Man’s School Adventure	Sherri Maret	Childrens
Maybe Tomorrow	Mela Suśe Vigil Duran Carvalko	Memoir
Cast Iron Signs of Pennsylvania Towns and Other Landmarks	N Clair Clawser	History
Keystone Corruption Continues	Brad Bumsted	History
The Making of a Don	Charles Ursitti	Thriller Fiction
Franni and the Duke	Ann E Johnson	YA Fiction
Ice Canyon Monster	Keith Rommel	Climate Fiction
Taking Lady Gibraltar	Dick Schwirian	Historical Fiction

For more info: http://www.sunburypressstore.com/BESTSELLERS_c3.htm

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Former English teacher/ librarian releases second book for kids

Author Sherri Maret (right) on her visit to the Shippensburg Area Intermediate Unit. Illustrator Noelle Ziegler (Help Me!) is on the left. Librarian Beth Jones is in the cage.

NEWVILLE – Sherri Maret is a newly published author living her dream.

“I taught for 20 years as an English teacher and library media specialist in Chambersburg, Cumberland Valley, and Shippensburg school districts,” Maret said in a press release. “I loved teaching, but I wanted to write children’s books, too.”

In April 2016, Maret released her first book, “Help Me!”, about a lady who loves animals who flies to Africa for an amazing animal adventure. When it is time to go home, she decides she wants to take a baby animal home with her. The lady ends up having a very different kind of adventure that wasn’t at all what she had planned.

Maret’s new book, “The Gingerbread Man’s School Adventure,” will be released Aug. 1.  She said she wrote it primarily for the kindergarten teachers she worked with at James Burd Elementary School in Shippensburg. In it, a gingerbread man who fears he will be eaten by two children or their mother finds himself at an elementary school seeking help from many of the people who work there.

“Originally, it was to introduce kindergartners to elementary school, but then I decided to adjust it so it serves as a back-to-school book, too,” Maret said.

Maret’s latest book is illustrated by Emily McMichael, a 2015 graduate of Shippensburg Area Senior High School.

As an educator she knows teachers and librarians are busy, so she created multiple follow-up activities that are available on her website, www.sherrimaret.com.  “I spent so much time creating lessons and activities for my students when I taught.  I know how hard teachers/ librarians work, so I wanted to help them.”  Parents who homeschool their children might also find the activities helpful, she said.

“I wish I could draw but I don’t have the talent,” Maret said. “I was lucky to find two very talented students when I taught at the Shippensburg Area Senior High School.”

Noelle Zeigler,a 2016 SASHS graduate, illustrated “Help Me!” Emily McMichael, a 2015 SASHS graduate, illustrated “The Gingerbread Man’s School Adventure.”

“Noelle and I did eight school presentations on our publishing journey in Shippensburg. We had a great time.  I hope we get to do more,” Maret said.

The author also worked for the Chambersburg Area School District at Faust and Chambersburg Area Senior High schools from 1997 to 2003. “Sometimes I run into former CASD students, which is fun,” she said. “It doesn’t happen very often since I now live in Newville.”

Maret will have a reading at Grove Family Library, 101 Ragged Edge Road, Chambersburg, from 6-7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 5, and a book signing from 9:30-10:15 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6.

Her books may be purchased from the author, online through Sunbury Press or through major online/ traditional bookstores.

(from The Public Opinion July 21, 2016: http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/life/2016/07/21/former-english-teacher-librarian-releases-second-book-kids/87420566/)

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