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November 13, 2020
Review: The Goose on the Roof
Book Title: The Goose on the Roof | Author: Sarah Sommer | Illustrator: Martina Terzi | Category: Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7) | Publisher: Sarah Sommer | Release date: October 2020 Book Description: When one little girl tries to solve a big problem involving a goose on her roof, she enlists the help of her animal friends. Despite her best efforts, things don’t go …
November 6, 2020
Guest Post: 5 Mantras to Get You Through Your First Few Books
There is so much to learn as a writer, but fortunately we can gain insight from those generous authors who have gone before us. Sarah Sommer, author of picture books Animals at the Office and The Goose on the Roof, shares her thoughts on writing and marketing. 5 Mantras to Get You Through Your First …
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Blog Tour + Giveaway: Animals at the Office
Book Title: Animals at the Office | Author: Sarah Sommer | Illustrator: Devan | Category: Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7) | Publisher: Sarah Sommer Release date: October 2020 Book Description: It’s Gator’s first day at his new office job, and he is surrounded by quirky personalities like the slow slug, the obedient dog, the aggressive hawk, and the chatty chicken. He is eager to …
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October 1, 2020
Guest Post: Behind the Stories by author Nancy McDonald
Where do story ideas come from? Sometimes they appear, fully-formed. Sometimes they nag you until you write them down. And sometimes they are waiting for you in a drawer…and you never look back. For my entire career, I’ve been a professional writer. I’ve penned everything from documentaries to live-action scripts to comic books. But I …
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Blog Tour + Giveaway: One Boy’s War
Book Title: One Boy’s War | Author: Nancy McDonald | Category: MG | Publisher: Iguana Books | Release date: April, 2020 Raves for Boy From Berlin by Nancy McDonald: “Inspired by a true story, Boy from Berlin shares a unique voice in the Holocaust. Highly recommended!” – Jennifer Roy, author of Yellow Star, winner of …
September 25, 2020
Blog Tour + Giveaway: Boy from Berlin
Book Title: Boy from Berlin | Author: Nancy McDonald | Category: MG | Publisher: Iguana Books | Release date: May 7, 2018 Book Description: Berlin, April 1938. One night, eight-year-old Käfer Avigdor uses his specialty toilet-paper roll binoculars to spy on his Mama and Aunt Charlotte. The whispered conversation he overhears alerts him to a danger he …
September 4, 2020
Booking Around the World – Yinka Shonibare, The British Library
Yinka Shonibare's installation of over 6,000 covered books is currently housed at the Tate Modern Museum in London.
August 7, 2020
Blog Tour + Giveaway: Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy
Title: Frankie and the Gift of Fantasy | Author: Ruth Ballard | Genre: MG | Publisher: WhipSmart Books | Release date: June 16, 2020 (ebook); October 1, 2020 (print) Book Description: Frankie Russo doesn’t brood about the past or worry about the future. He lives in the present moment, frolicking in a world of make-believe that drives his high-achieving parents crazy. They have lofty …
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Guest Post by Author Corinne Joy Brown
I’m always intrigued by the story behind the story or what it was that made an author write a particular book. In this behind-the-scenes guest post, author Corinne Joy Brown talks about the books that inspired her love of horses and the goal of writing Finding Home. A Message Hidden Between the Lines by Corinne …
Blog Tour + Giveaway: Finding Home
Title: Finding Home | Author: Corinne Joy Brown and Ginny McDonald Genre: MG | Publisher: Loose Cayuse Productions | Release date: June 2019 “Born in the flatlands of Rock Springs, Wyoming, newborn mustang Pahaska tells the heart-wrenching story of her separation from her mother and the wild horse herd she was born into. Captured by strangers, her entire world has disintegrated. Penned in …
Notes from a writer with wanderlust
When I was a kid, I read every story I could find about far away places, travel and transportation. In fact, my favorite book was The Little Yellow Bus" about a girl who took the bus to visit her gran
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