Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won over 100 awards for her rhyming and poetry books, and is also the author of numerous published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children.
Sherrill has been called “a modern day Dr. Seuss” by GTMA Review. “I love to teach, and this book teaches children how to be kind. I am retired and spend six months of the year with my husband of 60 years, traveling from coast to coast and sharing books along the way. I grew up in The Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., where my father was the manager. I’m the original Eloise!”
2022 - National Indie Excellence Finalist – The Golden Rule Coloring Book 2022 – FAPA President’s Award – TBD – The Golden Rule Coloring Book 2022 – Maincrest Media Winner – My Little Angel Coloring Book 2022 – Indie Book Awards – Finalist – The Golden Rule Coloring Book 2022 – Book Excellence Awards – Winner – Coloring Book – The Golden Rule Coloring Book 2022 - Feathered Quill Book Awards – Finalist – Poetry – The Golden Rule Coloring Book 2021 – Royal Dragonfly – H.M. – Children’s Activity Books – The Golden Rule Coloring Book 2021 - FAPA President’s Award – Gold – Children General - Peter and the Whimper-Whineys Coloring Book 2021 - Purple Dragonfly – H.M. Children’s Activity Book – Peter and the Whimper-Whineys Coloring Book 2021 - Reader Views Reviewers Choice – Gold Medal – Classics – Peter and the Whimper-Whineys 2021 – Book Excellence Awards – Winner – Coloring Book – Peter and the Whimper-Whineys Coloring Book 2020 – Top Shelf Magazine – Finalist – Children’s Picture Book – David’s ADHD 2020 – Royal Dragonfly – H.M. – Children’s Activity Books – Peter and the Whimper-Whineys Coloring Book 2020 – Readers Favorite – HM – Children’s Concept – David’s ADHD 2020 – Purple Dragonfly – 1st Place – School Issues – David’s ADHD 2020 – Purple Dragonfly HM – Special Needs – David’s ADHD 2020 – FAPA President’s Award – Gold Medal – David’s ADHD 2020 – eLit eBook Awards – Bronze – David’s ADHD 2020 – Story Monsters Approved Winner – David’s ADHD 2020 – Reader Views Reviewers Choice - Barefoot Librarian Specialty Award – David’s ADHD 2020 – Reader Views Reviewers Choice – 2nd Place – Early Readers – David’s ADHD 2020 – Book Excellence Awards – Gold Medal – Children’s 4-8 – David’s ADHD 2020 – Feathered Quill Book Awards – Silver Medal – Poetry – David’s ADHD 2020 – Feathered Quill Book Awards – Silver Medal – Children’s Early Reader – David’s ADHD 2019 – TopShelf – Winner – A Dime is a Sign 2019 – Pinnacle Achievement Award – David’s ADHD 2019 – Royal Dragonfly Awards – H.M. – A Dime is a Sign 2019 – New Apple Summer eBook Awards – Official Selection – A Dime is a Sign 2019 – Readers Favorite Awards – Finalist – A Dime is a Sign 2019 – Global eBook Awards – Silver – A Dime is a Sign 2019 - FAPA President’s Book Awards - Bronze Medal - A Dime is a Sign 2019 - Book Excellence Awards - Finalist - A Dime is a Sign 2019 – Reader Views Literary Awards – Silver – A Dime is a Sign 2019 – New Apple Book Awards – Gold – A Penny for Your Thoughts 2019 – New Apple Book Awards – Official Selection – My Little Angel 2019 – Feathered Quill Book Awards – Bronze Medal – A Dime is a Sign 2018 – Pinnacle Achievement Award – A Dime is a Sign 2018 – Royal Dragonfly – H.M. – A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 – IAN Book of the Year – Finalist - My Little Angel 2018 - Reader Views Literary Awards - Gold Medal - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 - Reader Views Literary Awards - Specialty Award for Poetry - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 - Los Angeles Book Festival - Winner - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 - eLit Book Awards - Gold Medal - The Golden Rule 2018 - eLit Book Awards - Gold Medal - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 - Book Excellence Awards - Gold - My Little Angel 2018 - FAPA President’s Award - Silver - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 - Global eBook Awards - Bronze - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 - Global eBook Awards - Gold - My Little Angel 2018 - New Apple Summer eBook Awards - Gold - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 - Top Shelf Awards - Winner - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 - Feathered Quill Book Awards - Gold Medal - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2018 - Feathered Quill Book Awards - Bronze Medal - My Little Angel 2017 - Pinnacle Achievement Award - A Penny for Your Thoughts 2017 - Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice - Silver - The Golden Rule 2016 - Book Excellence Award - Gold Medal - The Golden Rule 2016 - Readers’ Favorite Award Finalist - The Golden Rule 2016 - Global eBook Gold Medal - Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My! 2016 - FAPA President’s Award - Bronze Medal - Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My! 2016 - Children’s Literary Classics Silver Medal - The Golden Rule 2016 - Mom’s Choice Awards - Silver - The Golden Rule 2016 - Children’s Literary Classics Seal of Approval - The Golden Rule 2016 - Pinnacle Achievement Award for The Golden Rule! 2016 - Reader Views Reviewers Choice - H.M. - Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My 2015 - Reader’s Favorite H.M. - Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My! 2015 - Global eBook Bronze Medal - My Fingerpaint Masterpiece 2015 - Children’s Literary Classics Seal of Approval - My Fingerpaint Masterpiece 2015 – National Indie Excellence Finalist – My Fingerpaint Masterpiece 2015 – Next Generation Indie Awards Finalist – My Fingerpaint Masterpiece – Picturebook 2015 – Next Generation Indie Awards Finalist – My Fingerpaint Masterpiece – Children 2015 – NABE Pinnacle Achievement Award – Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My! 2015 – Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice H.M. – My Fingerpaint Masterpiece 2014 – CLIPPA Awards WINNER K-2 – Manner-Man 2014 – KART Awards Winner – Manner-Man 2014 – Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal WINNER – My Fingerpaint Masterpiece 2014 – Readers’ Favorite Illustrations Award – My Fingerpaint Masterpiece 2014 – Global eBook Silver Medal – Manner-Man 2014 – National Indie Excellence Finalist – Manner-Man 2014 – NABE Pinnacle Achievement Award – My Fingerpaint Masterpiece 2014 – Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice – WINNER – Manner-Man 2014 – Rebecca’s Reads Choice Awards – H.M. – Manner-Man 2014 – Los Angeles Book Festival – WINNER – Manner-Man 2014 – London Book Fair H.M – Manner-Man 2013 – Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal – Manner-Man 2013 – NABE Pinnacle Achievement Award – Manner-Man 2013 – Dan Poynter’s Global eBook Silver Medal – Gimme-Jimmy 2013 – Indie Excellence Finalist – Gimme-Jimmy 2013 – Reader Views Reviewers Choice 3rd Place – Gimme-Jimmy 2012 – Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal – Gimme-Jimmy 2012 – Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist – The Magic Word 2012 – Dan Poynter’s Global eBook 3rd Place – The Magic Word 2012 – International Book Awards Finalist – The Magic Word 2012 – NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award – Gimme-Jimmy 2012 – Reader Views Reviewers Choice 2nd Place – The Magic Word 2011 – NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award – The Magic Word 2011 – The USA “Best Books 2011” Finalist – Peter and the Whimper-Whineys 2011 – Readers’ Favorite Bronze Medal – Peter and the Whimper-Whineys 2011 – Readers’ Favorite Silver Medal – Santa’s Birthday Gift 2011 – Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal WINNER – The Magic Word 2011 – Indie Excellence Finalist – Santa’s Birthday GiftAward-Winning Author
You will love the lively characters in Sherrill’s books, such as "Peter, the rabbit who meets the Whimper-Whineys.
Sherrill's Books
MY LITTLE ANGEL COLORING BOOK
Does your child have a Guardian Angel? Share a day in the life of a little girl whose tiny guardian angel named Angela sits on her shoulder to keep the child safe and guide her through the day. Her activities include getting ready for school, crossing the street, being polite and kind to friends, learning her lessons, fastening her seatbelt while traveling, being aware of stranger-danger, praying for her pets, and reminding her constantly that she is loved. More Information
The Golden Rule Coloring Book
What if you treated others the way you'd like to be treated? If everyone did that, what kind of world could there be? Please join the children's quest to discover how to follow the Golden Rule and to share it with others. This coloring book version of Sherrill S. Cannon's best-selling children's story, The Golden Rule, allows kids to enjoy reading in rhyme, as well as illustrating their own version of how children can help us be kind to each other. ISBN-13 : 978-1682353387- $9.97 More Information
Peter & The Whimper-Whineys Coloring Book
Newly Released: Peter and the Whimper-Whineys Coloring Book - Stop Whining, Whiners, Interactive Coloring, Children’s Manners. This coloring book version of the best-selling “whine-stopper” children’s story was designed for kids to enjoy reading the rhyming, as well as being able to illustrate their own version of Peter’s nocturnal adventure into the woods.Just read all whining text in a whining voice, and your children will understand how annoying whining can be! ISBN 978-1-952269-68-4 - $9.95 More Information
David's ADHD
Does your child have ADHD (Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)? Meet David, one of award-winning author Sherrill S. Cannon’s “Classroom of Kids,” who manages his ADHD with the help of classmates. David discovers ways to cope with his hyperactive brain, while learning how to calm and soothe his ADHD. Solutions include setting daily schedules and following simple rules that regulate behavior. His teachers and therapists encourage using the computer for academic advancement, and to establish a pattern for study as well as for occasional recreation. David not only learns self-control and communication skills, but is able to fit into the classroom and make friends. Once again social values are emphasized in the author’s latest illustrated children’s story, and classroom friends from previous books are featured. In fact, David has been part of the class for a long time! More Information
A Dime Is a Sign: Poems of Love and Loss (Feelings Into Words)
A psychic medium once said that if you find a random dime, it is a sign that someone that you have loved and lost is thinking of you. Sherrill S. Cannon's second book of poetry contains messages written through the years in poetic form that put feelings into words. As a teacher, many of her poems helped counsel troubled teens and friends. There are three sections in the book: Heads, Spinning, and Tails ... (Love & Loss: Coin Toss?). The variety of lyrical poetry forms include free verse, blank verse, haiku, and sonnets, while some are just playing with words! Hopefully, this is also a book of healing. A Dime is a Sign Through Time If you find a dime, You will know that I'm Sending thoughts of love Through the veil of time. Ten cents with a silver shine, A sense sent you to help remind That someone who left you behind Is always living in your mind. Sending love and vibes, Felt as psychic sighs ... The ones that you miss, Send you a kiss ... More Information
A Penny for Your Thoughts: Poems of Love and Loss (Feelings Into Words)
Have you ever loved, been loved, been confused about love, or suffered from loss of love? All these feelings have been captured and shared in the words of heartfelt poems, compiled over many years by a former teacher and award-winning author. Sherrill S. Cannon now shares her thoughts in this book of feelings. "As a teacher, I used poetry to help counsel many troubled teens and friends, and have continued this pattern throughout the years." More Information
Peter and the Whimper-Whineys
No one likes a whiner! Finally, a children’s book to help parents cope with whining and complaining children. Peter is “a very small rabbit who did nothing but whine.” And of course, no one wants to be around anyone who is always whining, so Peter is not a very popular rabbit. More Information
Mice & Spiders & Webs…Oh My!
Is your child a good listener? Rosemary is a little girl who is worried about returning to school after her teacher warns the class that they would soon have some mice, spiders, and webs in the classroom. Could Rosemary have misunderstood something? More Information
Santa’s Birthday Gift
With Christmas around the corner, it is easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of shopping to catch the best deals of the year, but have you ever stopped to ponder how Christmas is about both Santa and Jesus? Author Sherrill S. Cannon has the answer. More Information
The Magic Word
What should a child do when no one wants to come to her birthday party, and she fears she has no friends? Elisabeth needs to learn The Magic Word and to use it every day. It’s a word that everyone needs to use! More Information
Gimme-Jimmy
Her wonderful new book, Gimme-Jimmy, begins: “James Alexander’s nickname was Jim, but nobody would be friends with him. No one wanted to play with Jimmy, for Jim Alexander always said, ‘Gimme.’ ” More Information
Manner-Man
Manner-Man arrives, shouting “To the Rescue”, helping children learn about sharing and warning about not ‘hitting with words.’ He teaches that if someone starts pushing, just shout out “not nice!” Meet the children who form the Manner-Man team and find out how to join! More Information
My Fingerpaint Masterpiece
Have you ever seen a “work of art” worth millions, which looks like something your child just brought home from school? The dual perspective of “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder” and just a little bit of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is evident in this clever artwork story of a child who paints a fingerpaint print in class and then loses it in the wind on the way home. More Information
The Golden Rule
What if you treated others the way you’d like to be treated? What if everyone did that? What kind of world could there be? Robert and Kait decide to look for the golden ruler that their Mom has told them about, only to find out that she meant RULE instead of ruler. More Information