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January 20, 2023
Book Review + Giveaway: Blooming Rose Blasts Off!
Title: BLOOMING ROSE BLASTS OFF! | Author: Lauren Piland | Illustrator: Kristen Humphrey | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Mascot Books | Release Date: January 2023 Book Description: Rose loves to write, draw, and play―but what happens when she has to face a project she’s never done before?! With encouragement from her best friend, Brady, and some brainstorming with Dad, does Rose’s rocket launcher project turn out …
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January 12, 2023
Book Review + Giveaway: Dog Park
Title: Dog Park | Author: Kathryn Kazoleas | Genre: Chapter Book | Publisher: Kathryn Kazoleas | Release Date: May 2021 | ISBN: 9781777426118 Publisher’s Book Summary: Gibson the Labradoodle is about to begin her first day of training to become a dog park ambassador, something she has been dreaming about her entire life. Dog park ambassadors hold a very high honor …
December 15, 2022
Book Tour + Giveaway: Needles the Forgotten Christmas Tree
Title: Needles, the Forgotten Christmas Tree | Author: Richard Wagner | Illustrator: Sydni Kruger | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Mascot Books | Release Date: March 2023 ***** MOM’S CHOICE GOLD AWARD WINNER ***** Book Description: The world is not always perfect. A scraggly little tree named Needles must endure taunts, criticism, and setbacks to realize his goal of becoming a beautiful Christmas tree. This …
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December 2, 2022
Book Review + Giveaway: Armadas in the Mist
Title: Armadas in the Mist (Empire of the House of Thorns Series, Book Three | Author: Christian Klaver | Genre: YA Fiction | Publisher: CamCat Books | Release Date: November 2022 Book Description: The Black Shuck’s forces gather just beyond the mist . . . Captain Justice Kasric knows how complicated family can be. The escalating Human-Faerie war has scattered and wounded her siblings …
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December 1, 2022
Book Review + Giveaway: Shadows Over London
Title: Shadows Over London (Empire of the House of Thorns series – Book One) | Author: by Christian Klaver | Genre: YA Fiction | Publisher: CamCat Books | Release Date: May 2021 Book Description: The Faerie have come to take London, and only one girl stands in their way. Justice isn’t your average fifteen-year-old girl. She’s an irrepressible scoundrel, and she always has a plan. …
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November 18, 2022
Guest Post: Humor in Writing by Carole P. Roman
Humor in its various forms is something so many writers strive to master. So I’m excited to welcome Carole P. Roman, author of over 70 books including Giggles Galore: Jokes, Riddles, and Fun Facts for Kids of All Ages, to share her thoughts on the merits of humor and how to add it into stories. …
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Book Spotlight: Giggles Galore + Grady Whill and The Templeton Codex
Title: Giggles Galore Jokes, Riddles and Fun Facts for Kids of all Ages | Author: Carole P. Roman | Genre: Children’s Fiction | Publisher: Chelshire | Release Date: August 2022 Book Description: What’s more fun than a rainy afternoon? A rainy afternoon with Giggles Galore!Treat yourself and your child to this fun-filled book of jokes, riddles, and exciting bits of information. Entertain your friends …
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November 8, 2022
Book Review + Giveaway: Tell the Truth, Dragon!
Title: Tell the Truth, Dragon! | Author: Bianca Schulze | Illustrator: Samara Hardy | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Clever Publishing | Release Date: November 2022 | ISBN: 9781954738034 Publisher’s Book Summary: Acknowledging and owning up to a mistake is a very difficult task for children—and it’s not always easy for adults, either! In this most recent installment of the …
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October 27, 2022
Book Activity: My Name Is Not Ed Tug
Title: My Name Is Not Ed Tug | Author & Illustrator: Amy Nielander | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: West Margin Press | Release Date: October 11, 2022 | ISBN: 9781513134871 Book Description: Edimorwhitimormiligimmus Tug has a very special name that is all his own. But his teacher thinks it’s too long and hard to say. One day she shortens it …
September 16, 2022
Book Review + Giveaway: Squashed
Title: Squashed | Author & Illustrator: Meghan Tosi | Genre: Graphic Novel | Publisher: Dooney Press | Release Date: 2022 Book Description: Aah! Dude! It moved! Can the mysterious shuddering pumpkin the three kids found in the forest be alive? They’re going to find out when they lift it from its resting place and carry it home. But what happens if …
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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