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Those Who Light Our Paths

If you haven't entered my Christmas giveaway (5 winners total), do join in! Check out My Biggest Ebook Giveaway .


Enjoy this round of Pinterest pictures and quotes! This is Dr. Goodall promoting global education in Taiwan.
And of course, so many of our paths have been lighted by ... stories.

Photo manipulation by artist Caras Ionut.
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Christmas Giveaway (5 Winners Total)

I'm running an Ebook Giveaway for Christmas! Some of these picture books and middle-grade novels have been featured on this blog. Some of those in the Young Adult/Adult section I have read and think are pretty good. Then there are those written by my wonderful fellow-writers whom I want to share some cheers with. Click on the covers to go to their Amazon page and read what the books are about!


Details:
* This worldwide giveaway runs till 24th December 2014.
* There will be 5 winners.
* I...

Fireflies

A middle-grade story (for age 9-12) about friendships and stepping out bravely into the world.
"You don't like your life," Hannah simply stated. "You're not happy."

"Is it my fault that my parents fight all the time?" Gabriel growled.

Hannah shook her head. "Of course not, but you're choosing to ignore it and it's not making you happy. Maybe you should try something else."

"I can't fix my parents' problems."

"But you can fix yours," Hannah said. "And I think you know how."

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The Boy Who Waited & the Girl Who Worked Hard

Two wordless picture books. Two types of attitude.

Spoilers ahead!


About The Boy and the Airplane:


A boy receives a gift from someone who walks away before we can question who he is. The boy loves the red airplane and plays with it. He swerves it around and throws it in the air. In a particular throw, the airplane lands on a rooftop. The boy fetches a ladder and tries his best to retrieve his toy. He fails. As he sits under a tree feeling this loss, something drops in fr...

Happy Halloween

Have a good one, you spooktacular folks ~


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Kiki's Delivery Service

A Hayao Miyazaki production from 1989.

For those not so thrilled by gore and low cackles piercing through dense darkness, here's a warm animation about a young witch named Kiki for the young ones this Halloween.


Storyline
Kiki has turned thirteen. It is a tradition for witch-apprentices to leave home at that age to go through a year of independent training. Kiki is an excitable, adventurous girl who doesn't have very strong witchy powers yet. Accompanied by her black cat, Jiji, she carries...

You Didn't Fall Apart

Another round of Pinterest pictures and quotes. Here we go! The caption for this picture on Pinterest says 'Little Kids Reading to Shelter Cats.' :)
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Breathing Room

A middle-grade novel about a girl battling tuberculosis in 1940.

"When I knew Father wasn't looking, I opened my hand. The damp handkerchief unfolded just enough so I could see the streaks of blood across it. It wasn't the first time I'd coughed up blood. But I'd never told anybody, not even Abe. I was too afraid. Did this blood mean I was going to die?"


Thirteen-year-old Evvy Hoffmeister is a patient at Loon Lake Sanatorium, a hospital that specifically treats patients with tuber...

Stars

Hi guys,

Just want to clarify something before this week's beautiful, starry post. Please stay with me!

Not long ago, a reader wrote to me and apologized for not being able to buy all the lovely books I've featured on this blog and she was sorry she couldn't help me with their sales. (I was quite touched. How nice of her to feel obliged to help me!) I've already written back and here's my clarification in case some of you also think the same: There's no need be sorry at all! I read many books....

On Bookshops, Work-Space & Andy Warhol

Another round of Pinterest inspirations ~ this time, on bookshops, work-space and some advice from Andy Warhol.


Let's take a stroll first, shall we?

The Old Butcher's Bookshop, Paris Book Cart Along the Seine, Paris In Wales. Would love to visit this one! In Belgium A quaint shop in Amsterdam In San Francisco In Colorado In Istanbul No idea where, just some place fabulous.

Ready to do some work? Write a little, sketch a few pages, make...