tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249813142019-05-18T02:25:51.826-07:00Author of Books for Tween GirlsStephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.comBlogger715125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-22260077903108515622019-03-19T03:00:00.000-07:002019-03-19T03:00:00.312-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My author friend <a href="https://www.truditrueit.com/" target="_blank">Trudi Trueit</a> gets to go on so many adventures with her books. Her latest book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Explorer-Academy-Falcons-Trudi-Trueit/dp/1426333048" target="_blank">The Falcon's Feather</a>, is part of National Geographic Kids' <i>Explorer Academy</i> series. I know I would have loved these books when I was a kid, wouldn't you? Scroll down to read all about it and buy your copy!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Explorer-Academy-Falcons-Trudi-Trueit/dp/1426333048" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="304" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_Xmj0QK7bpI/XIcIa-jhUSI/AAAAAAAALpk/YZbKtr18lHwx873vqcKqj1idkDeVd54KACLcBGAs/s400/trudi1.jpeg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">It's an adventure of a lifetime when Cruz Coronado sets sail for the shores of Iceland and Norway aboard the Explorer Academy ship to continue his studies at sea. But, things take a turn while exploring the icy north, when he embarks on a dangerous mission to uncover the first piece of an important puzzle his mother left behind.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">In the exciting follow-up to The Nebula Secret in the 7-book Explorer Academy series, Cruz, Sailor, and Emmett, along with their new ally Bryndis, embark on their first globe-trotting mission aboard the ship Orion. Cruz jumps right back into school and starts using the latest technology in submersible underwater dives, but is soon reminded of the dangers of exploration when his equipment fails and he almost drowns. Determined to keep his eyes on the prize, Cruz sneaks away to try to find answers, but unknowingly lures his friends into bigger trouble. When a friend of Cruz's mom meets an untimely end, Cruz's luck really seems about to run out and the questions multiply. What does the message mean? Where will it lead? Who is following him? And why?&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">This captivating book is the sequel every Explorer Academy fan is waiting to read!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Explorer-Academy-Falcons-Trudi-Trueit/dp/1426333048" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781426333040" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p9DWDjJT0M0/XIcJwTOk0CI/AAAAAAAALpw/TQSDIGZD6lQy-KNkw0_YW4IML_j-ugWfQCLcBGAs/s1600/trudi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p9DWDjJT0M0/XIcJwTOk0CI/AAAAAAAALpw/TQSDIGZD6lQy-KNkw0_YW4IML_j-ugWfQCLcBGAs/s200/trudi.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Trudi Trueit writes the kinds of books she loved to read as a kid; stories packed with adventure, mystery, friendship, and hope; stories that reminds us to forge our own path and be our own hero! Her more than 100 titles include the EXPLORER ACADEMY series (National Geographic), MY TOP SECRET DARES &amp; DON'TS, THE SISTER SOLUTION, STEALING POPULAR, and THE SECRETS OF A LAB RAT series (all Aladdin). And yes, Trudi Trueit IS her real name.&nbsp;Learn more about her and her books at her website:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.truditrueit.com/">https://www.truditrueit.com/</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-26942935331457179832019-02-26T03:00:00.000-08:002019-02-26T05:11:09.318-08:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love when my author friends have new books out! Even better, when those author friends are so amazing and accomplished.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.marciatjones.com/" target="_blank">Marcia Thornton Jones</a> and <a href="https://www.debbiedadey.com/" target="_blank">Debbie Dadey</a> together authored the best-selling <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B00CKCWJZU/ref=dp_st_078579638X" target="_blank">Bailey School Kids</a> series, which now has multiple generations saying, "I grew up reading those!" Their latest collaboration is a book to help YOU write the children's book you've always wanted to write. Even if you've already written one, you'll definitely learn from this book. Scroll down to read all about <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Kids-Marcia-Thornton-Jones-ebook/dp/B07NJC39YH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=marcia+thornton+jones+and+debbie+dadey&amp;qid=1549891396&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr" target="_blank">Writing for Kids: The Ultimate Guide</a> and order your copy.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Kids-Marcia-Thornton-Jones-ebook/dp/B07NJC39YH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=marcia+thornton+jones+and+debbie+dadey&amp;qid=1549891396&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZM7ncu27HeA/XGmDFMwD8II/AAAAAAAALo4/DmffeVQPTSsbAtFs_X20qtAsMh7CbVEaQCLcBGAs/s400/writing.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">New from Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey, authors of the BAILEY SCHOOL KIDS series, this truly is the ultimate guide to getting started on your career of writing for children.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Regular people write children’s books all the time. Marcia Thornton Jones and Debbie Dadey should know. They did it! They’ve traditionally published 171 books with over 43 million copies in print! WRITING FOR KIDS is everything they wished they’d known when they first started writing over twenty-five years ago.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Each section of this book targets a specific stage of the writing process. The first section, GETTING STARTED, introduces types of markets and focuses on generating ideas that resonate with kids. PLANNING THE PERFECT BOOK, targets effective writing skills and options for shaping your ideas. DEVELOPING IDEAS explains how to complete and market your book, as well as promoting both your work and yourself as a writer.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Kids-Marcia-Thornton-Jones-ebook/dp/B07NJC39YH/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=marcia+thornton+jones+and+debbie+dadey&amp;qid=1549891396&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UTW6FfguTqI/XGmFYYBD6jI/AAAAAAAALpE/3APX3pxbg4Yv3lTRuuh3Nl3gtLnQDLs7ACLcBGAs/s1600/marcia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="256" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UTW6FfguTqI/XGmFYYBD6jI/AAAAAAAALpE/3APX3pxbg4Yv3lTRuuh3Nl3gtLnQDLs7ACLcBGAs/s200/marcia.jpg" width="187" /></a></div>Marcia Thornton Jones&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">has been an elementary school teacher of First and Third grades, Computer Lab, Writing and Reading, and Gifted &amp; Talented. She is the author of more than 131 titles, including the Bailey School Kids series and <i>Ratfink</i>. Read all about her books on her website:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.marciatjones.com/">http://www.marciatjones.com/</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--FLbIbc7SKw/XGmGLoJrdhI/AAAAAAAALpM/tN5xvzrDOa85s6x1-RPRFRnhTfRFg3j1wCLcBGAs/s1600/debbie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="186" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--FLbIbc7SKw/XGmGLoJrdhI/AAAAAAAALpM/tN5xvzrDOa85s6x1-RPRFRnhTfRFg3j1wCLcBGAs/s200/debbie.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Debbie Dadey is an award-winning children’s book author who has written more than 150 books. She is best known for her series The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, written with Marcia Thornton Jones. Debbie lives with her husband, three children, and three dogs in Sevierville, Tennessee. Learn more about Debbie on her website:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.debbiedadey.com/">https://www.debbiedadey.com/</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-52086834330747638922019-02-12T03:00:00.000-08:002019-03-11T18:14:49.624-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been reading <a href="http://jennylundquist.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Lundquist's</a> books since before I was even published...I think that makes me an official "fan!" Her latest book just screams summer. I think that's something we all could use a little of right now. Scroll down to read all about <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Carnival-Wishes-Dreams-Jenny-Lundquist-ebook/dp/B07GNT66FW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank">The Carnival of Wishes &amp; Dreams</a> and to buy your copy!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Carnival-Wishes-Dreams-Jenny-Lundquist-ebook/dp/B07GNT66FW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1075" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1szr5lcVAoo/XFJb9Q8OC1I/AAAAAAAALn8/L0LzxqbELukTH1BhfqwVqjPkZiZlrKl_ACLcBGAs/s320/carnival.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">The small town of Clarkville has seen better days. Ever since the Cohen factory burned down a few years ago, jobs are scarce and unemployment is high. But each year for one night the Carnival of Wishes and Dreams comes to town and everyone gets to indulge in a little wonder and delight. And for three girls who each receive notes asking them to meet the anonymous sender at midnight at the Ferris Wheel, it’s an evening that promises to be truly magical.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Audrey McKinley can’t believe someone would ask her to ride the Ferris Wheel. Everyone in town knows she’s afraid of heights; the last time she rode the Ferris Wheel it ended with her having a panic attack. But ever since her dad lost his job after the Cohen factory burned down he’s been working too little. The carnival gives him a chance for some seasonal work, and she plans to spend the evening checking up on him and making sure he does his job. Maybe she’ll face her fears tonight, after all.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Grace Chang isn’t supposed to go to the carnival. It’s too close to the burned remains of the old Cohen factory—the place where her firefighter father lost his life. And they always rode the Ferris Wheel together, so that’s also something Grace isn’t supposed to do. But since her mom just announced they’ll be moving away from Clarkville the day after the carnival, Grace is sick of only doing things she’s supposed to do. She’ll be at the carnival. And she is definitely riding that Ferris Wheel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Harlow Cohen is surprised anyone would want to ride the Ferris Wheel with her. Harlow used to be popular. But ever since her grandparents’ old factory burned down and so many people lost their jobs, many of the kids at school blame her—and her rich family—for their own parents’ worsening economic situations. Harlow can never resist a dare, but when a note arrives asking her to meet an anonymous person at the Ferris Wheel at midnight, she’s far from certain it will be a friend waiting for her.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Can these three girls put their differences aside long enough for their wishes to come true? And is it possible to save a friendship that once seemed lost for good?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Carnival-Wishes-Dreams-Jenny-Lundquist-ebook/dp/B07GNT66FW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534416918" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KFJXvWFRtr8/XFJdBzFCwkI/AAAAAAAALoE/I6K_CgTrYd4UMVejGdzMZYDtGy-tuwwCACEwYBhgL/s1600/jenny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KFJXvWFRtr8/XFJdBzFCwkI/AAAAAAAALoE/I6K_CgTrYd4UMVejGdzMZYDtGy-tuwwCACEwYBhgL/s200/jenny.jpg" width="161" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Jenny Lundquist is the author of The Charming Life of Izzy Malone, Seeing Cinderella, and Plastic Polly. She grew up in Huntington Beach, California, and earned a degree in Intercultural Studies at Biola University. Jenny has painted an orphanage in Mexico, taught English at a university in Russia, and hopes one day to write a book at a café in Paris. Jenny and her husband live in northern California with their two sons and Rambo, the world’s whiniest cat.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-14740503447721920592019-01-08T03:00:00.000-08:002019-01-30T18:21:22.834-08:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These Swirl books just jump off the shelves at you, and some of my favorite writer friends are writing them! That means I get to read them. The latest in this food-driven series is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Candy-Wishes-Swirl-Novel/dp/1510739262" target="_blank">Cotton Candy Wishes</a>, written by a writer whose books are always inspiring. Scroll down to read all about <i>Cotton Candy Wishes</i> and buy your copy!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Candy-Wishes-Swirl-Novel/dp/1510739262" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CbWf_TgSoZg/XCtnZXosxKI/AAAAAAAALnM/pdWFd9gr2hM-0LzemfL8utu-9GdaGp8OACLcBGAs/s400/cotton.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Is achieving the social status of your dreams really all that sweet?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Taylor wishes she were popular. It's not like she doesn't have any friends, but when she tries to throw a giant cotton candy–themed birthday bash, it ends up a huge flop—no one shows up.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">So when her dad gets a new job and they have to move, Taylor sees it as an opportunity to reinvent herself. As luck would have it, in the first week of her new school, she's partnered on a project with the queen bee of seventh grade herself, Elle. Soon, she's one of the popular crowd. She's even on her way to a date with the cutest boy in school! All her dreams are coming true!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But Taylor starts to learn that being with the in-crowd involves a lot of gossip and backstabbing—and she realizes that her favorite part of the day is actually hanging out with Colin, her nerdy math partner. However, Elle is not a fan of Colin—and ultimately, Taylor has to choose between them. Will she risk alienating Colin and his friends to maintain the social status she always wished for?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cotton-Candy-Wishes-Swirl-Novel/dp/1510739262" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781510739260" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-anjUjxUI_TM/XCtoDzRA4_I/AAAAAAAALnU/ejBouY2xwjgssFNjtT8I16nZPF8og7gYQCLcBGAs/s1600/kristina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-anjUjxUI_TM/XCtoDzRA4_I/AAAAAAAALnU/ejBouY2xwjgssFNjtT8I16nZPF8og7gYQCLcBGAs/s200/kristina.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Kristina Springer is the author of <i>Cici Reno #MiddleSchoolMatchmaker</i> (Sterling Children's); <i>My Fake Boyfriend Is Better Than Yours</i> (Macmillan/FSG), a Scholastic Book Club Bestseller and 2012 YALSA Quick Pick book; <i>The Espressologist</i> (Macmillan,/FSG), a 2010 Society of School Librarians International Honor Book and 2014 Illinois Reads Book that has been purchased for film by Michael Eisner's Vuguru; and <i>Just Your Average Princess</i> (Macmillan/FSG). She has a Masters in Writing from DePaul University and resides in a suburb of Chicago with her husband and children. Visit her at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kristinaspringer.com/">http://www.kristinaspringer.com/</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-3166302116836105872018-12-18T03:00:00.000-08:002018-12-18T03:00:03.080-08:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">President's Day and April Fool's Day are both just around the corner...and you have the chance to get two fun chapter books for the 6- to 9-year-olds in your life. Scroll down to read all about <a href="https://www.hillaryhomzie.com/" target="_blank">Hillary Homzie's</a> Ellie Mae on April Fool's Day and Ellie Mae on President's Day...and to buy your copies!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cxh-lR9DYAY/XAauvbzvfcI/AAAAAAAALmc/IGwKLfsytvoHwU0WjzsE_ZEuLKqXquzmgCLcBGAs/s1600/ellie2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cxh-lR9DYAY/XAauvbzvfcI/AAAAAAAALmc/IGwKLfsytvoHwU0WjzsE_ZEuLKqXquzmgCLcBGAs/s320/ellie2.jpeg" width="235" /></a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ellie-May-Presidents-Hillary-Homzie/dp/1580899285/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1543941593&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=hillary+homzie" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BznAr5MkGBs/XAaurrRkWEI/AAAAAAAALmY/xzbT0-OOyoAbuRJ0nKSiT2EXvUsliV6-QCLcBGAs/s320/ellie1.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurbs:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ellie-May-Presidents-Hillary-Homzie/dp/1580899285/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=1580899285&amp;pd_rd_r=df379a14-f7e3-11e8-8c6b-c9c03a4d03cf&amp;pd_rd_w=D5pKv&amp;pd_rd_wg=ydBRF&amp;pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_p=7d5d9c3c-5e01-44ac-97fd-261afd40b865&amp;pf_rd_r=AGFTTEB873HZK6MQFE6F&amp;pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_t=40701&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=AGFTTEB873HZK6MQFE6F" target="_blank">Ellie Mae on President's Day</a></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Just how far will Ellie May go to be chosen as class flag leader during the exciting week leading up to Presidents' Day?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Quirky and funny, second-grader Ellie May enjoys learning about US presidents. But she absolutely loves the idea of being class flag leader during the week before Presidents' Day. Tired of not being chosen to hold the flag, she makes it her mission to finally get picked. Along the way, Ellie May ends up karate chopping the class plant when she tries to determine whether George Washington actually chopped down that cherry tree. Next she takes apart the class pencil sharpener when she learns that Abraham Lincoln liked learning how gadgets work. Ellie May may not be perfect like Miss-Know-it-All Ava or calm like her best friend Lizzy, but she's good-hearted and eventually realizes that honesty and patience go a long way.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ellie-May-Presidents-Hillary-Homzie/dp/1580899285/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=1580899285&amp;pd_rd_r=df379a14-f7e3-11e8-8c6b-c9c03a4d03cf&amp;pd_rd_w=D5pKv&amp;pd_rd_wg=ydBRF&amp;pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_p=7d5d9c3c-5e01-44ac-97fd-261afd40b865&amp;pf_rd_r=AGFTTEB873HZK6MQFE6F&amp;pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_t=40701&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=AGFTTEB873HZK6MQFE6F" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781580899284" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ellie-May-April-Fools-Day/dp/1580898203/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=1580898203&amp;pd_rd_r=3e16d283-f7e3-11e8-bde8-1d7de20ec806&amp;pd_rd_w=rUKN2&amp;pd_rd_wg=fLke9&amp;pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_p=7d5d9c3c-5e01-44ac-97fd-261afd40b865&amp;pf_rd_r=3H27NVT5MZ2KJB8R3H9Z&amp;pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_t=40701&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=3H27NVT5MZ2KJB8R3H9Z" target="_blank"><b>Ellie Mae on April Fool's Day</b></a></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">How far will Ellie May go for a laugh--and a little revenge--when her class is allowed to celebrate April Fools' Day?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Quirky and funny second grader Ellie May can't believe her class is allowed to celebrate April Fools' Day--so long as it's done in good fun. She absolutely loves the idea of targeting a certain someone--the practically perfect Ava. Practicing on her parents and sisters, Ellie May begins to brainstorm harmless pranks. Soon enough, good intentions turn the classroom and her home upside-down when fake ants, trick tape, and hidden surprises don't go as planned. Ellie May may not be perfect like Miss-Know-it-All Ava, or calm and rational like her best friend Lizzy, but she's good-hearted and eventually realizes that the best trick is to make friends genuinely laugh--at no one's expense.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ellie-May-April-Fools-Day/dp/1580898203/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pd_rd_i=1580898203&amp;pd_rd_r=0843df5e-f7e4-11e8-a5c9-63a64bffbcd9&amp;pd_rd_w=pWPdd&amp;pd_rd_wg=aZzXI&amp;pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_p=7d5d9c3c-5e01-44ac-97fd-261afd40b865&amp;pf_rd_r=W75YY9D62DS9SRSE2YGW&amp;pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_t=40701&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=W75YY9D62DS9SRSE2YGW" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;<a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781580899291" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HJNE71ka3Dk/XAayC9rvEQI/AAAAAAAALmo/25WefPmuyUAPZJFUysX0MlEPQgci--vhwCLcBGAs/s1600/hillar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HJNE71ka3Dk/XAayC9rvEQI/AAAAAAAALmo/25WefPmuyUAPZJFUysX0MlEPQgci--vhwCLcBGAs/s200/hillar.jpg" width="142" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Hillary is the author of chapter books, including the new Ellie May series (Charlesbridge), as well as contemporary middle grade novels. Her novels set in middle school include Apple Pie Promises (Sky Pony Press), Pumpkin Spice Secrets, Queen of Likes (Simon &amp; Schuster/M!X), a PJOurWay selection https://pjourway.org/story-central/queen-of-likes, The Hot List (Simon &amp; Schuster/M!X) and Things Are Gonna Get Ugly (Simon &amp; Schuster/M!X. She is also the author of the humorous chapter book series, Alien Clones From Outer Space (Simon &amp; Schuster/Aladdin), a Children’s Book-of-the-Month selection and listed as one of the 30 recommended funny books for kids in The Children’s Literature Lover’s Book of Lists by Joanna Sullivan Ed.D. Suppertime Entertainment (the creators of the twice Emmy-nominated Todd World) and Telescreen (Lizzie McGuire) developed the books to become an animated television series.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">She lives in Napa, California, with her family. You can visit her website at&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.hillaryhomzie.com/" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">https://www.hillaryhomzie.com/</a><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-18254423410524661302018-12-11T03:00:00.000-08:002019-01-01T05:08:11.492-08:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you're looking for the perfect gift for the elementary school-aged child in your life, check out Jonathan Roth's <a href="http://beepandbob.com/" target="_blank">Beep and Bob series</a>. Today, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GNTLDTZ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i1" target="_blank">the latest book</a> in the series releases, and it has Beep and Bob cloning themselves during the school science fair! Scroll down to read all about it and buy your copy.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GNTLDTZ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i1" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="192" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BjdHTyGh6VE/W_rm8uVOrUI/AAAAAAAALl8/TZPg-didg6I39aJbkGoMllKUypxeLzYlgCLcBGAs/s400/double.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Beep and Bob accidentally clone themselves for the school science fair in this fourth book in the hilarious, action-packed Beep and Bob series!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">What’s twice as fun as Beep and Bob? Two Beeps and Bobs!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">While up too late working on his science fair project, Bob accidentally points a duplication ray at Beep. To his shock, another Beep appears! Beep decides the more, the better, so he points the ray at Bob and PRESTO: it’s Bob 2 (or Backwards Bob).</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">At first Bob thinks their clones are creepy, but it doesn’t take long to realize that having duplicates comes with perks: they can sleep in while their clones go to class!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Then the real Beep and Bob discover a hitch: the Beep and Bob clones are EVIL, and are planning to duplicate an EVIL Earth to rule! How will they possibly get themselves (and themselves!) out of this one?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GNTLDTZ/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">| <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781481488624" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FPp_7Iv0L5k/W_rn71GhsiI/AAAAAAAALmE/rZrnPNGkfRcDkj37jIAKXryyONl_qS2dACEwYBhgL/s1600/jonathan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FPp_7Iv0L5k/W_rn71GhsiI/AAAAAAAALmE/rZrnPNGkfRcDkj37jIAKXryyONl_qS2dACEwYBhgL/s200/jonathan.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Author-illustrator Jonathan Roth is a public elementary school art teacher in Maryland who likes reading, writing, drawing, cycling, and napping. Though he has never left Earth, he has met four of the astronauts who have gone to the moon. Beep and Bob is his first series. You can visit his website at&nbsp;<a href="http://beepandbob.com/">beepandbob.com</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-7321108638784069022018-11-06T03:00:00.000-08:002018-11-25T10:10:29.141-08:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Can there be any better way to learn history than through a beautiful picture book? My friend <a href="https://www.deeromito.com/" target="_blank">Dee Romito</a> brings a very important historical event to life in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pies-Nowhere-Georgia-Sustained-Montgomery/dp/1499807201" target="_blank">Pies from Nowhere: How Georgia Gilmore Sustained the Montgomery Bus Boycott</a>. Georgia Gilmore was an important figure in the Civil Rights movement, and now we get to see her story with Dee's beautiful prose and illustrator Laura Freeman's vivid illustrations. Scroll down to read all about this new picture book and to buy your&nbsp;own copy.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pies-Nowhere-Georgia-Sustained-Montgomery/dp/1499807201" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="627" height="320" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MRYm9Mdt1MU/W84OOP8PGUI/AAAAAAAALks/B57ExhdSY_cmRa-t3LnG7NbZUVJtaas7ACLcBGAs/s320/pies.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">This stunning picture book looks into the life of Georgia Gilmore, a hidden figure of history who played a critical role in the civil rights movement and used her passion for baking to help the Montgomery Bus Boycott achieve its goal.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><i>Georgia decided to help the best way she knew how.&nbsp;</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><i>She worked together with a group of women and together they purchased the supplies they needed-bread, lettuce, and chickens. And off they went to cook.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><i>The women brought food to the mass meetings that followed at the church. They sold sandwiches. They sold dinners in their neighborhoods.</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><i>As the boycotters walked and walked, Georgia cooked and cooked.&nbsp;</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch Company in Montgomery, Alabama. When the bus boycotts broke out in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested, Georgia knew just what to do. She organized a group of women who cooked and baked to fund-raise for gas and cars to help sustain the boycott. Called the Club from Nowhere, Georgia was the only person who knew who baked and bought the food, and she said the money came from "nowhere" to anyone who asked. When Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for his role in the boycott, Georgia testified on his behalf, and her home became a meeting place for civil rights leaders. This picture book highlights a hidden figure of the civil rights movement who fueled the bus boycotts and demonstrated that one person can make a real change in her community and beyond. It also includes one of her delicious recipes for kids to try with the help of their parents!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pies-Nowhere-Georgia-Sustained-Montgomery/dp/1499807201" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pies-from-nowhere-dee-romito/1127922972" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Barnes &amp; Noble</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L3geU5X0ocA/W84PCgDuU7I/AAAAAAAALk0/t0Eg1ei_BVgMZTbTHXZ-Y7SRpR1TE08cgCLcBGAs/s1600/dee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="207" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L3geU5X0ocA/W84PCgDuU7I/AAAAAAAALk0/t0Eg1ei_BVgMZTbTHXZ-Y7SRpR1TE08cgCLcBGAs/s200/dee.jpg" width="165" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Dee Romito is an author and former elementary teacher. Her middle grade books include THE BFF BUCKET LIST, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, POSTCARDS FROM VENICE, and co-authored BEST. NIGHT. EVER. She blogs about writing at WriteforApples.com and is Co-Advisor of Buffalo-Niagara Children's Writers and Illustrators. While she does her best to be a grown-up most of the time, giggling with her BFFs is still one of her all-time favorite things. You can visit her website at <a href="http://deeromito.com/">DeeRomito.com</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-inaCo1Yvqfg/W84PabLleRI/AAAAAAAALlE/InFxWw-kxFAycvXzf5vBklAMlgdb4u72ACEwYBhgL/s1600/laura.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1129" height="173" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-inaCo1Yvqfg/W84PabLleRI/AAAAAAAALlE/InFxWw-kxFAycvXzf5vBklAMlgdb4u72ACEwYBhgL/s200/laura.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Originally from New York City, Laura Freeman lives in Atlanta with her husband and their two children. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts and began her career working for various editorial clients. She has illustrated over twenty children's books, including <i>Hidden Figures</i> written by Margot Lee Shetterly, the Nikki &amp; Deja series by Karen English and <i>Fancy Party Gowns</i> by Deborah Blumenthal. In addition to illustrating books and editorial content, her art can be found on a wide range of products, from dishes and textiles to greeting cards. Visit Laura's website at <a href="http://lfreemanart.com/">lfreemanart.com</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-81527882611360428822018-10-02T06:30:00.003-07:002018-10-22T10:33:30.320-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There's nothing as exciting as seeing your book on shelves for the first time--even if you're an acclaimed playwright. <a href="http://www.donzolidis.com/" target="_blank">Don&nbsp;Zolidis</a>&nbsp;has&nbsp;published 97 plays which have been produced over 10,500 times in 61 countries. But today is the day he gets his first book in print everywhere. And it looks like a must read! Scroll down to read all about&nbsp;<i>The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig (A Love Story)</i>.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Torments-Craig-Love-Story/dp/1368009611/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1538486588&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZzGFs6Ngm-U/W7NyEM2x8BI/AAAAAAAALkE/FHIpg1XP55Apz8Qok6OzRoLVBC8uHARtQCLcBGAs/s400/seventorments.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Janesville, Wisconsin (cold in the sense that there is no God)&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">1994.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">The worst thing that's ever happened to Craig is also the best: Amy. Amy and Craig never should've gotten together. Craig is an awkward, Dungeons &amp; Dragons-playing geek, and Amy is the beautiful, fiercely intelligent student-body president of their high school.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Yet somehow they did?until Amy dumped him. Then got back together with him. Then dumped him again. Then got back together with him again. Over and over and over.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Unfolding during their senior year, Amy and Craig's exhilarating, tumultuous relationship is a kaleidoscope of joy, pain, and laughter as an uncertain future-and adult responsibility-loom on the horizon.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Craig fights for his dream of escaping Janesville and finding his place at a quirky college, while Amy's quest to uncover her true self sometimes involves being Craig's girlfriend?and sometimes doesn't.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Seven heartbreaks. Seven joys.Told nonsequentially, acclaimed playwright Don Zolidis's debut novel is a brutally funny, bittersweet taste of the utterly unique and utterly universal experience of first love.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Torments-Craig-Love-Story/dp/1368009611/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1538486588&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781368009614" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dKLzeioYZC4/W7NywUTJ0aI/AAAAAAAALkM/3MFSTd_FkkYY0x1J1HOWzclZnLNmaeAEwCLcBGAs/s1600/don.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="401" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dKLzeioYZC4/W7NywUTJ0aI/AAAAAAAALkM/3MFSTd_FkkYY0x1J1HOWzclZnLNmaeAEwCLcBGAs/s200/don.jpg" width="132" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Don Zolidis grew up in Wisconsin, went to college in Minnesota, and is mostly known for being a really funny playwright. For the past five years, he's been the most-produced playwright in American schools. His more than one hundred published plays have been performed tens of thousands of times, and have appeared in sixty-four different countries. He currently splits his time between New York and Texas, and has two adorable boys who will someday read this book and have a lot of questions. He aspires to owning a dog. The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig is his first novel. He's hard at work on the next one. Visit Don <a href="http://www.donzolidis.com/" target="_blank">at&nbsp;http://www.donzolidis.com/</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-28650873793754370732018-09-26T03:00:00.000-07:002018-09-26T03:00:01.626-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">I'm so excited to welcome Sammy and Gregory to my blog today. Who are Sammy and Gregory? They are the fun main characters in <a href="https://elainekaye.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Elaine Kaye's</a> latest picture book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Halloween-Ride-Gregory-Green-Adventure-ebook/dp/B07GQQ2FKH" target="_blank">Halloween Ride: A Gregory Green Adventure</a>. Today, Sammy is interviewing Gregory about Halloween. Scroll down after the interview to read all about the book and buy your copy!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b> <b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">What’s your favorite holiday?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gregory:</span></b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Halloween! I love dressing up, getting LOTS and LOTS of candy, and scaring you.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Me?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gregory:</span></b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Yeah, you. You scare easily.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">So, do you. And let’s not get into all <i>that</i> again. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You looked really cool in your pirate costume. When can we hunt for treasure? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gregory:</span></b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We can go as soon as this interview is done!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Okay, it’s done!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gregory:</span></b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">No, Elaine Kaye wouldn’t be happy with us if we quit now.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Right. And we should make the author happy. Okay, so when we saw the broom and got on it, did you think you’d have to fly it yourself? You’re many years away from getting your learner’s permit, and there wasn’t even a steering wheel!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gregory:</span></b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I didn’t think it would be too hard.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Well, it’s a good thing it could fly on its own. *snickers*<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gregory:</span></b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hey!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*Sammy laughs harder*<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We all know you love pea soup. Do you really think that was pea soup in the witch’s pot?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*Gregory shivers* <b><span style="color: #538135; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Gregory:</span></b><span style="color: #538135; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span>I sure hope not!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It smelled like pea soup.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gregory:</span></b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And looked like pea soup.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sammy:</span></b><span style="color: #4472c4; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Until she added her secret ingredient.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">*Both boys stick out their tongues in disgust*<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Gregory:</span></b><span style="color: #538135; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">That’s one soup I’ll never try!</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><b><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">NEW RELEASE:</span></b></span></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk523835392;"></span> <br /><div align="center" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pku25qi2yh4/W47fbjzP1VI/AAAAAAAAH98/OL9RTAA8-XcUb2Or7tGgJGmPjbm8xrC7ACLcBGAs/s1600/Halloween%2BRide%2BCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1143" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pku25qi2yh4/W47fbjzP1VI/AAAAAAAAH98/OL9RTAA8-XcUb2Or7tGgJGmPjbm8xrC7ACLcBGAs/s400/Halloween%2BRide%2BCover.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">BLURB:</span></b><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> One Halloween night, Gregory and his teddy bear Sammy go trick-or-treating, hoping for lots and lots of candy. 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She first created Gregory Green after her son, who loved her homemade pea soup.</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Kaye has worked as a library assistant and teacher's assistant in elementary schools in the Sunshine State. She currently lives in Florida, but she has called Michigan; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Okinawa, Japan home.</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10.0pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">She is a grandmother of three boys.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 10pt; text-align: left;"><u><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="https://elainekaye.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Website</a></span></u><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> / <u><span style="color: #0563c1; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16488350.Elaine_Kaye" target="_blank">Goodreads</a></span></u> / <u><span style="color: #0563c1; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Elaine-Kaye/e/B06X42CV9R" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></u> / <u><span style="color: #0563c1; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/elainekayeauthor/" target="_blank">Instagram</a></span></u> / <u><span style="color: #0563c1; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElaineKayeAuthor/" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">GIVEAWAY:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/76132e029/" target="_blank">Enter here</a> to win a signed paperback copy of Pea Soup Disaster, a hand-stitched bookmark, and a pea pod key chain!&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Open to all from September 16</span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">, 2018 – October 1</span><span style="font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">, 2018!</span></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ixy8CXT4CWw/W47hU4eieRI/AAAAAAAAH-g/sJ7JBqClfFIvwL6EFA2BSrKYyEBj-HFLACLcBGAs/s1600/Giveaway%2BImage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ixy8CXT4CWw/W47hU4eieRI/AAAAAAAAH-g/sJ7JBqClfFIvwL6EFA2BSrKYyEBj-HFLACLcBGAs/s400/Giveaway%2BImage.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="rcptr" data-raflid="76132e029" data-template="" data-theme="classic" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/76132e029/" id="rcwidget_pjfoizae" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a> <script src="https://widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-57387226712144957022018-09-18T03:00:00.000-07:002018-10-02T06:22:51.961-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rachele is my publishing sister times three. We have the same agent, same publisher, and same editor! So the fact that I love all her books is a bonus. Today she has a new book out that I can't wait to download to my Kindle. Scroll down to read all about <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Night-Stage-Lights-mix-ebook/dp/B07CL5ZVY5/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537192334&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=friday+night+stage+lights" target="_blank">Friday Night Stage Lights</a> and buy your copy!&nbsp;</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Night-Stage-Lights-mix-ebook/dp/B07CL5ZVY5/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537192334&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=friday+night+stage+lights" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="335" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Bw3kkYWSLI/W5-yEaQ9h9I/AAAAAAAALjc/mnMbpvMY6bAtBrHrgUaEvQvdPVPDoJ96ACLcBGAs/s400/fnsl.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><i>The Cutting Edge</i> meets <i>Step Up</i> in this hilarious M!X novel where the worlds of football and ballet collide.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Brooklyn Gartner eats, sleeps, and breathes ballet. But after her mom gets remarried and moves them to Texas, everything changes. Thanks to her star football player stepbrother, her family is football obsessed. And thanks to a new conditioning program, the middle school football team starts to take classes at her dance studio—the only place Brooklyn felt like she belonged.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">She has a chance to escape if she can get into her dream high school, The Texas School of the Arts, where she’ll be able to pursue her passion for dance. Brooklyn just has to get through the big All-City showcase first, where a ton of scouts will be there, including one from TSOTA.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But when Brooklyn’s dance partner gets injured, she has to turn to an unexpected ally—Logan, a boy on the middle school football team—to help her get through the showcase. With some fancy footwork, teamwork and a little understanding, can Brooklyn make her mark, and dance her way onto a bigger stage?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Friday-Night-Stage-Lights-mix-ebook/dp/B07CL5ZVY5/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1537192334&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=friday+night+stage+lights" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534404588" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oYuuGDpoX5o/W5-zUKqo_RI/AAAAAAAALjo/bJYPanH96bMiHvlN6i4w5cWLSh0gqlJnwCLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-09-17%2Bat%2B8.59.27%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="736" height="171" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oYuuGDpoX5o/W5-zUKqo_RI/AAAAAAAALjo/bJYPanH96bMiHvlN6i4w5cWLSh0gqlJnwCLcBGAs/s200/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-09-17%2Bat%2B8.59.27%2BAM.png" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">One of Rachele Alpine’s first jobs was at a library, but it didn’t last long, because all she did was hide in the third-floor stacks and read. Now she’s a little more careful about when and where she indulges her reading habit. Rachele is a high school English teacher by day, a wife and mother by night, and a writer during any time she can find in between. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio where she writes middle grade and young adult novels. Visit her at <a href="http://rachelealpine.com/">RacheleAlpine.com</a>.&nbsp;</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-20441809262323737572018-09-15T03:00:00.000-07:002018-09-17T06:51:06.780-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's been a busy month for this author, who released&nbsp;<a href="http://stephie5741.blogspot.com/2018/09/introducing-twelve-days-of-christmas-in.html" target="_blank">The Twelve Days of Christmas in Tennessee</a> on September 4th. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tuba-Christmas-Helen-L-Wilbur/dp/1585363847" target="_blank">A Tuba Christmas</a> is another holiday-themed picture book and the illustrations are beautiful. Scroll down to read all about it and buy your copy.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tuba-Christmas-Helen-L-Wilbur/dp/1585363847" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="411" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iPI14F9MY88/W5wC0TiE3sI/AAAAAAAALjI/BVYJPGkUAE8mlC4S1PyysutG_eBBWV8YwCLcBGAs/s400/atuba.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">With a family that loves music as much as hers does, it was only a matter of time before it was Ava's turn to pick out an instrument. Her mother plays the piano, her father plays the violin, and one brother plays the cello while the other plays the clarinet. As soon as Ava selects an instrument, she will be able to join them as they practice for the annual holiday concert. And her family has definite ideas on what instrument Ava should select, from the piano to the flute to the violin. But Ava isn't interested in any of them. Ava wants to play the tuba. And she gets her wish. But playing the tuba isn't as easy as it seems. And there is no place for a tuba in the annual concert. But with the encouragement of her music teacher, Ava finds a place for her and her tuba in a special holiday celebration.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tuba-Christmas-Helen-L-Wilbur/dp/1585363847" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781585363841" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LF3NcjX2Y3U/W5wDpfz2otI/AAAAAAAALjQ/3A5p0si2x-UKa_Q1b6AgkJAeDXAKbp_8ACLcBGAs/s1600/helen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="160" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LF3NcjX2Y3U/W5wDpfz2otI/AAAAAAAALjQ/3A5p0si2x-UKa_Q1b6AgkJAeDXAKbp_8ACLcBGAs/s200/helen.jpg" width="120" /></a><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Helen loves to write for kids. Her books for children’s publisher Sleeping Bear Press include M is for Meow: A Cat Alphabet, Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet, Lily’s The Victory Garden and Little New York, E is for Eiffel Tower: A France Alphabet, F is for Friendship: A Quilt Alphabet, T is for Twin Cities: A Minneapolis/St. Paul Alphabet, Finnegan and Fox: The Ten Foot Cop and B is for Beacon: A Great Lakes Lighthouse Alphabet. Helen L. Wilbur has been a librarian, run a catering business, acted, taught school, and worked in the electronic side of the publishing world. She has a B.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago and an M. L. S. from Columbia University. Visit Helen's website at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.helenwilbur.com/">http://www.helenwilbur.com/</a>.&nbsp;</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPohhxRGE10/W4tENQ3JkxI/AAAAAAAALis/pBKbNq4Sys0gVIuxga4cenyEuzrixY53QCLcBGAs/s1600/mary2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPohhxRGE10/W4tENQ3JkxI/AAAAAAAALis/pBKbNq4Sys0gVIuxga4cenyEuzrixY53QCLcBGAs/s200/mary2.jpg" width="152" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Mary Reaves Uhles has illustrated several books, including The Little Kids’ Table by Mary Ann Riehle, A Tuba Christmas by Helen Wilbur, and the poetry collection Kooky Crumbs by Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis. A graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, Mary lives with her family in Nashville, TN. Visit Mary's website at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.maryuhles.com/">maryuhles.com/</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-13266406840078005872018-09-04T03:00:00.000-07:002018-09-14T11:46:27.001-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Usually when I profile a book on this blog, it's because of the author. In this case, though, I'm highlighting a new release by a very talented illustrator. <a href="https://www.maryuhles.com/" target="_blank">Mary Uhles</a> is a fellow Middle Tennessean who has a very impressive portfolio of work...and her latest book, written by <a href="https://alicefayeduncan.com/" target="_blank">Alice Faye Duncan</a>, reminds us that the most wonderful time of the year is on the way! Scroll down to read all about it and get your copy.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Days-Christmas-Tennessee-America/dp/145492859X" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="260" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f0LhjKUu1tw/W4tDEocugnI/AAAAAAAALic/QL-EUkU5H6sPuPMdoJZ8F-FC_GdKOxd_gCLcBGAs/s400/mary.jpg" width="392" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">The Volunteer state is GREAT! When Carly visits her cousin Teddy in Tennessee for Christmas, she discovers how amazing it is. She hikes the Great Smoky Mountains, dances to bluegrass music, tastes Nashville’s famous hot chicken, and meets more than one Elvis Presley. Every day, Teddy gives her a special Tennessee gift, from 12 rockers rocking and 11 eagles nesting to a mockingbird in a tulip poplar tree.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Days-Christmas-Tennessee-America/dp/145492859X" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781454928591" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m693TJbKSPY/W4tD00dbGXI/AAAAAAAALik/l-9Hmve8TTQOmr25RAbmutQqb8zc_yoeACLcBGAs/s1600/alice.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m693TJbKSPY/W4tD00dbGXI/AAAAAAAALik/l-9Hmve8TTQOmr25RAbmutQqb8zc_yoeACLcBGAs/s200/alice.jpeg" width="133" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Alice Faye Duncan graduated from library school at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK). She is a native Tennessean who works as a librarian in Memphis and has written multiple children’s books including Honey Baby Sugar Child and Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop. Learn more about Alice Faye online at <a href="http://alicefayeduncan.com/">alicefayeduncan.com</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPohhxRGE10/W4tENQ3JkxI/AAAAAAAALis/pBKbNq4Sys0gVIuxga4cenyEuzrixY53QCLcBGAs/s1600/mary2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZPohhxRGE10/W4tENQ3JkxI/AAAAAAAALis/pBKbNq4Sys0gVIuxga4cenyEuzrixY53QCLcBGAs/s200/mary2.jpg" width="152" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Mary Reaves Uhles has illustrated several books, including The Little Kids’ Table by Mary Ann Riehle, A Tuba Christmas by Helen Wilbur, and the poetry collection Kooky Crumbs by Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis. A graduate of Ringling College of Art and Design, Mary lives with her family in Nashville, TN. Visit Mary's website at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.maryuhles.com/">maryuhles.com/</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-43569434038341104132018-08-28T05:20:00.000-07:002018-09-01T18:50:10.891-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.kristintubb.com/" target="_blank">Kristin O'Donnell Tubb</a> was the first author to make me feel welcome among my local SCBWI chapter members, so I'll always have a special place in my heart for her. I couldn't think of anyone more deserving for the honor of writing the true story of a young girl who grew up in the New York Public Library. And it's no surprise that the book is getting a LOTTTTT of buzz! Today is the day you can <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Collector-York-Public-Library-ebook/dp/B078X24Y12/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank">get your own copy</a>. Scroll down to read all about it and click to buy!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Collector-York-Public-Library-ebook/dp/B078X24Y12/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1043" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b_F46BqvGH4/W4U8zGwwK7I/AAAAAAAALiA/m3GRAip2XZ4Kla3wJAtJVLYi7GLIzEJ8ACLcBGAs/s400/kristin1.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">In the tradition of E. L. Konisburg, this middle-grade mystery adventure is inspired by the real life of Viviani Joffre Fedeler, born and raised in the New York Public Library.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Eleven-year-old Viviani Fedeler has spent her whole life in the New York Public Library. She knows every room by heart, except the ones her father keeps locked. When Viviani becomes convinced that the library is haunted, new girl Merit Mubarak makes fun of her. So Viviani decides to play a harmless little prank, roping her older brothers and best friend Eva to help out.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But what begins as a joke quickly gets out of hand, and soon Viviani and her friends have to solve two big mysteries: Is the Library truly haunted? And what happened to the expensive new stamp collection? It's up to Viviani, Eva, and Merit (reluctantly) to find out.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Collector-York-Public-Library-ebook/dp/B078X24Y12/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781250143808" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lQyv15PJwG8/W4U9V3IYxNI/AAAAAAAALiI/cOkJ8Jiwc3cgg0mA6CbEGpbGeNbu03rzgCLcBGAs/s1600/kristin2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lQyv15PJwG8/W4U9V3IYxNI/AAAAAAAALiI/cOkJ8Jiwc3cgg0mA6CbEGpbGeNbu03rzgCLcBGAs/s200/kristin2.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Kristin O'Donnell Tubb is the author of <i>Autumn Winifred Oliver Does Things Different, Selling Hope, </i>and <i>The 13th Sign</i>. She lives in Tennessee with her family. Visit her</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">&nbsp;website: <a href="http://www.kristintubb.com/">www.kristintubb.com</a>.&nbsp;</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-77662453067261318162018-08-21T05:00:00.000-07:002018-08-28T05:10:55.490-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you have kids and Amazon Prime, you may have heard of the popular streaming series <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Just-Add-Magic-Season-1/dp/B00RSGJ0DW" target="_blank">Just Add Magic</a>. It's based <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Just-Add-Magic-Cindy-Callaghan-ebook/dp/B003UYUOO0/ref=pd_cp_351_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_p=fcaa6d12-8b2b-4ad7-b277-864b2da79f6e&amp;pf_rd_r=AS08XP0W055WPRRG32ES&amp;pd_rd_wg=AuBxu&amp;pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_t=40701&amp;pd_rd_w=QicjE&amp;pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pd_rd_r=bb24df89-9a5a-11e8-8719-f5a2c5be41ea&amp;pd_rd_i=B003UYUOO0&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=AS08XP0W055WPRRG32ES" target="_blank">on a book</a> written by the very talented <a href="https://cindycallaghan.com/" target="_blank">Cindy Callaghan</a>. Now there's a Book 2 in the series, and it releases today! Scroll down to read all about it and buy your copy.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Potion-Problems-Just-Magic-Book-ebook/dp/B078M5GCJK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="336" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ns0oFhNfX_Q/W2nCT5Cn_jI/AAAAAAAALhI/oYJJw44BjmAb4REKknJEISjrJ8ymHKuhQCLcBGAs/s400/cindy1.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Kelly Quinn and her friends must figure out a way to save a beloved local store and find their infamous Secret Recipe Book, which has gone missing in this sequel to Just Add Magic (the inspiration for the family-friendly TV series)!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Kelly Quinn and her best friends, Darbie and Hannah, are having the worst day ever! Their Secret Recipe Book accidentally gets included in frenemy, Charlotte’s used book drive. Not good.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">As if that’s not enough, the girls find out that their cooking program is on the chopping block at school, thanks to big budget cuts.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Kelly &amp; Company decide to take matters into their own hands and apply for famous TV chef Felice Foudini’s Recipe Challenge. The prize? $10,000 and webisodes on Felice’s site. With the Book and the special ingredients from their beloved mentor, Senora Perez’s, store LaCucina, the girls are sure to win.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But when they turn to Senora Perez, for help, they discover La Cucina is in danger of closing!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Then Kelly gets a mysterious delivery—a package with the missing Secret Recipe Book with a note: “From KE.” KE is one of the Book’s authors, but who is KE exactly?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">It’s up to Kelly, Darbie, and Hannah to get to the bottom of the mystery, save the cooking program, and help Senora P. keep her store!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Just-Add-Magic-Cindy-Callaghan-ebook/dp/B003UYUOO0/ref=pd_cp_351_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_p=fcaa6d12-8b2b-4ad7-b277-864b2da79f6e&amp;pf_rd_r=AS08XP0W055WPRRG32ES&amp;pd_rd_wg=AuBxu&amp;pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pf_rd_t=40701&amp;pd_rd_w=QicjE&amp;pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&amp;pd_rd_r=bb24df89-9a5a-11e8-8719-f5a2c5be41ea&amp;pd_rd_i=B003UYUOO0&amp;psc=1&amp;refRID=AS08XP0W055WPRRG32ES" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534417410" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-35limV0uKZY/W2nDLsXD5KI/AAAAAAAALhQ/1c1ARSgBEEUJDK25Q9k7p1xC-lyDccLsACLcBGAs/s1600/cindy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-35limV0uKZY/W2nDLsXD5KI/AAAAAAAALhQ/1c1ARSgBEEUJDK25Q9k7p1xC-lyDccLsACLcBGAs/s200/cindy2.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Cindy Callaghan is both an award-winning writer and business professional.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Her writing niche is ‘tween girls. Few other writers today match Cindy’s prowess in this genre. “I just ‘get’ them,” she says. “Somewhere inside me, I think maybe I still am one.”&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Her books: JUST ADD MAGIC (2010), LOST IN LONDON (2013), LUCKY ME (2014)/LOST IN IRELAND (2016), LOST IN PARIS (2015), LOST IN ROME (2015), LOST IN HOLLYWOOD (2016), the award-winning</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">&nbsp;SYDNEY MACKENZIE KNOCKS ‘EM DEAD (2017), JUST ADD MAGIC 2: POTION PROBLEMS (2018) and SALTWATER SUMMER SECRETS (2019) magically capture the tween voice and experience.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Cindy holds an MA and </span>MBA,<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"> and has over twenty years of business experience. The Delawarian (by way of Los Angeles (USC)) is a Jersey girl at heart. She lives in </span>Wilmington,<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"> and escapes to her PA mountain retreat whenever time will allow.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Visit her at&nbsp;</span><a href="https://cindycallaghan.com/" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">https://cindycallaghan.com</a><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-38236240915289917862018-07-03T03:00:00.000-07:002018-08-07T08:58:49.605-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been eagerly awaiting today's book release since I heard there were going to be more books in the <i>Mrs. Smith's Spy School for Girls</i> series. <a href="http://bethmcmullenbooks.com/" target="_blank">Beth McMullen</a> made <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mrs-Smiths-Spy-School-Girls-ebook/dp/B01LZ1PQYQ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1530103394&amp;sr=1-2" target="_blank">book #1 in this series</a> SO fun! Scroll down to read all about Beth's new book and make sure you buy a copy!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Power-Play-Smiths-School-Girls-ebook/dp/B075RSFDXY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QgXVpSiYfpA/WzOF24QkcoI/AAAAAAAALgA/8GJ6yBEuJjEvZxXk91ErA3ks-K_-a9QKwCLcBGAs/s400/powerplay.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Abby and the rest of her friends go international as they embark on their first “official” Center mission in this second book in the Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls series.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">After discovering the truth about her spy school/boarding school—and her super-spy mom—Abby Hunter is ready for her next adventure, but what’s about to happen is something she never would have guessed…</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Everyone at The Smith School is obsessed with Monster Mayhem, the latest reality video game craze. But when Drexel Caine, the mastermind behind the game is suddenly kidnapped, it becomes clear that the kidnappers are playing for more than just special badges.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">After Drexel’s son—who is Abby’s friend, Toby—receives a cryptic message, Abby and her friends discover the kidnapping is part of a bigger scheme that could take down The Center for good.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">With the help of Abby’s frenemy (and reluctant mentor), Veronica Brooks, the group tackles their first official Center Mission. They tangle with the world’s most notorious hacker, get in trouble for the possible theft of the Mona Lisa, and prepare for the ultimate showdown in London. But not before they have to contend with one more hurdle: the agonizing Smith School Spring Formal. Along the way, they discover they are much stronger as a team they can ever be alone.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">And with a little luck, they might just save the world.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Power-Play-Smiths-School-Girls-ebook/dp/B075RSFDXY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781481490238" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dlKiLxcPiqA/WzOHU2TQYsI/AAAAAAAALgM/35UnNRBrVAkEx4TNXebLlfcKw7UkdVlnQCLcBGAs/s1600/beth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dlKiLxcPiqA/WzOHU2TQYsI/AAAAAAAALgM/35UnNRBrVAkEx4TNXebLlfcKw7UkdVlnQCLcBGAs/s200/beth.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Beth McMullen is the author of the Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls series and several adult mysteries. Her books have heroes and bad guys, action and messy situations. An avid reader, she once missed her subway stop and rode the train all the way to Brooklyn because the book she was reading was that good. She lives in Northern California with her family, two cats and a parakeet named Zeus, who is sick of the cats eyeballing him like he’s dinner.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Visit her at <a href="http://bethmcmullenbooks.com/">BethMcMullenBooks.com</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-5102041785834904392018-06-19T03:00:00.000-07:002018-06-27T05:39:13.445-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://barbaradeebooks.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Dee</a> has been gaining attention for her important middle-grade books, including <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Star-Crossed-Barbara-Dee-ebook/dp/B01GD9CJ6Y/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1529169091&amp;sr=1-2" target="_blank">Star-Crossed</a>, which introduced us to a lovable character with a same-sex crush. Her latest book takes on the all-too-important issue of eating disorders--an issue that's made its way to the tween age group.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everything-I-Know-About-You-ebook/dp/B078MBPCXJ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1529169091&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="314" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pM3QiI98834/WyVEJi5hl4I/AAAAAAAALfc/u558wyEbPtwmB4540XXFtSiYmLmC2IZIQCLcBGAs/s400/everything.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Misfit Tally is forced to room with queen bee Ava on the seventh grade field trip to Washington, DC, and discovers several surprising things about her roommate—including the possibility of an eating disorder—in this timely new novel from the author of Star-Crossed and Halfway Normal.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">During a class trip to DC, twelve-year-old Tally and her best friends, Sonnet and Caleb (a.k.a. Spider) are less than thrilled when they are assigned roommates and are paired with kids who are essentially their sworn enemies. For Tally, rooming with “clonegirl” Ava Seely feels like punishment, rather than potential for fun.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But the trip is full of surprises. Despite a pact to stick together as much as they can, Sonnet pulls away, and spider befriends Marco, the boy who tormented him last year. And Marco just might “like” Tally—what’s that about?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But the uneasy peace in Ava and Tally’s room is quickly upended when Tally begins to suspect something is off about Ava. She has a weird notebook full of random numbers, and doesn’t seem to eat anything during meals. When Tally confronts Ava, Ava threatens to share an embarrassing picture of Tally with the class if Tally says anything to anyone about her suspicions. But will Tally endanger more than her pride by keeping her secret?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">This is one class trip full of lessons Tally will never forget: how to stay true to yourself, how to love yourself and embrace your flaws, and how being a good friend can actually mean telling a secret you promised to keep…</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everything-I-Know-About-You-ebook/dp/B078MBPCXJ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1529169091&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534405073" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Sa_OClvQng/WyVFuz5leqI/AAAAAAAALfs/StduDnKu_qcgWoBXChibA06NrffsEtLQgCLcBGAs/s1600/barbara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="680" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Sa_OClvQng/WyVFuz5leqI/AAAAAAAALfs/StduDnKu_qcgWoBXChibA06NrffsEtLQgCLcBGAs/s200/barbara.jpg" width="132" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Barbara Dee is the author of <i>Everything I Know About You</i>, <i>Halfway Normal</i> (2018 CBC Notable Book, Junior Library Guild selection, YALSA Booklist “Surviving Middle School,” starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal), <i>Star-Crossed</i> (2018 ALA Rainbow List Top Ten, 2018 CBC Notable Book, 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist, 2017 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best List, King County Public Library Best of 2017, 2018), and six other middle grade novels. Barbara is one of the founders and directors of the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival. She lives with her family, including a naughty cat named Luna and a sweet rescue hound named Ripley, in Westchester County, New York.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Learn more about Barbara Dee at <a href="http://barbaradeebooks.com/" target="_blank">BarbaraDeeBooks.com</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-82300315819670012772018-06-05T03:00:00.000-07:002018-06-16T10:06:40.418-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Who doesn't love mermaids? I've been very lucky to sit next to <a href="https://www.debbiedadey.com/" target="_blank">Debbie Dadey</a> at book events — children's eyes light up at the mere mention of her Mermaid Tales series. Today, Debbie celebrates the launch of book #18 in the series. Scroll down to read all about this fun new book.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Chase-Mermaid-Tales-Book-ebook/dp/B075RVDJLL/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="235" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AIbSxXXQ6C4/Ww6X3U3__8I/AAAAAAAALe8/tj2tB6l7RhAU2pkYxbUEGsl8Zz14tdb1QCLcBGAs/s400/fairy.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">With the help of her fintastic friends, Echo investigates whether or not fairies really DO exist in this sparkling Mermaid Tales adventure.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Echo is excited when her Aunt Crabella and Uncle Leopold visit, especially since Aunt Crabella always has amazing stories about all of her many ocean travels. But when Aunt Crabella tells Echo about the Hairy Fairy—a fairy that visits mermaids while they sleep and purposely tangles their hair—Echo is all set to catch the fairy in the act.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Shelly and Kiki tell Echo that fairies aren’t real, but Aunt Crabella says she believes they are. And what’s the harm in believing? When Echo can’t seem to catch the Hairy Fairy, she becomes determined to figure out if fairies really do exist! She teams up with Shelly and Kiki and makes “Fairy Juice” (via a recipe from Rocky Ridge) in order to go on a fairy hunt on Trident City’s majestic Sperm Whale Mountain.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But what will they find on their fairy hunt? Will all of Echo’s magical fairy dreams come true?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Chase-Mermaid-Tales-Book-ebook/dp/B075RVDJLL/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781481487115" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tLFQ-RfJuX0/Ww6YyAdSbpI/AAAAAAAALfE/n27AdjQV3z04LsGa4Kfv5Cw6tTs3ELh6wCLcBGAs/s1600/debbie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1063" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tLFQ-RfJuX0/Ww6YyAdSbpI/AAAAAAAALfE/n27AdjQV3z04LsGa4Kfv5Cw6tTs3ELh6wCLcBGAs/s200/debbie.jpg" width="132" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Debbie Dadey is an award-winning children’s book author who has written more than 150 books. She is best known for her series The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids, written with Marcia Thornton Jones. Debbie lives with her husband, three children, and three dogs in Sevierville, Tennessee.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Learn more about Debbie at <a href="http://debbiedadey.com/">DebbieDadey.com</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-50681534982049655142018-05-29T03:00:00.000-07:002018-05-29T18:48:04.415-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Writing buddies can feel like the best of friends, even when you've never met in person. That's how I feel about&nbsp;<a href="https://www.deeromito.com/" target="_blank">Dee Romito</a>, one of my coauthors on Best. Night. Ever. Dee has a new book out today that is going on my Kindle PRONTO. You'll take one look at the cover and see why! Be sure to scroll down to read all about it.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Postcards-Venice-mix-Dee-Romito-ebook/dp/B075RQY1YH/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="318" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ui2_qObREro/WwCoGtL3SbI/AAAAAAAALeQ/c0MKHV2ex6QuvREBHloRTVbtavZ6jOhIACLcBGAs/s400/postcards.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Twelve-year-old Skyler is in for a summer of adventure in Venice, Italy, as she pursues a dream opportunity in this hilarious MIX novel that’s a companion to The BFF Bucket List.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Skyler is about to go on the biggest adventure of her life. Her mother has been relocated to Venice, Italy, and there is the possibility it could be a permanent move. While there, Skyler will be blogging and writing about the city as part of an informal internship that could lead to bigger things for her if all goes well.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">One of her fellow interns, Logan is cool, cute, and Australian. But the other intern, Zara, isn’t quite as&nbsp;nice,&nbsp;and seems determined to sabotage all of Skyler’s suggestions. And with a big assignment coming up, Skyler is stumped as to what to write about.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Skyler wishes she has someone to talk to, but the first person who comes to mind isn’t even on the same continent: her BFF, Ella. Skyler knows that Ella would probably have to solution to a lot of her problems, especially the writer’s block, but they didn’t leave on the best of terms after a bucket list went a little awry. Thanks to technology, Skyler&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ella slowly begin to talk like old times.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But when one of Skyler’s blog posts gets replaced with one she never intended anyone to see, she isn’t sure if she can ever belong anywhere. With the help of some Italian magic and her oldest friend, can Skyler learn to love her new city?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Postcards-Venice-mix-Dee-Romito-ebook/dp/B075RQY1YH/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534403376" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xl6jIaoLHJQ/WwCo7tBzEmI/AAAAAAAALeY/5cD2Rl-l3Kk97hg7loLaIVCVKVVY-51MACLcBGAs/s1600/dee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xl6jIaoLHJQ/WwCo7tBzEmI/AAAAAAAALeY/5cD2Rl-l3Kk97hg7loLaIVCVKVVY-51MACLcBGAs/s200/dee.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Dee Romito is an author and former elementary teacher. Her middle grade books include THE BFF BUCKET LIST, NO PLACE LIKE HOME, and co-authored BEST. NIGHT. EVER. She blogs about writing at&nbsp;<a href="http://writeforapples.com/">WriteforApples.com</a>&nbsp;and is Co-Advisor of Buffalo-Niagara Children’s Writers and Illustrators. While she does her best to be a grown-up most of the time, giggling with her BFFs is still one of her all-time favorite things. You can visit her website at&nbsp;<a href="http://deeromito.com/">DeeRomito.com</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Learn more about Dee at&nbsp;<a href="http://deeromito.com/">deeromito.com</a>.</span></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-81881167612308660292018-05-22T03:00:00.000-07:002018-05-22T03:00:02.452-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have a new goal in life: to share a release day with one of my local writing friends. How cool would it be to share a launch party with another author? That's exactly what <a href="https://jessicayoungbooks.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Jessica Young</a> and <a href="http://www.susaneaddy.com/" target="_blank">Susan Eaddy</a> did this past weekend.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here I am with Susan, Jessica, and Jessica's illustrator,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Daniel Wiseman, at Sunday's book launch.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GGWo9RiXZio/WwHrcImBJ4I/AAAAAAAALeo/UdLTBwVJtZ8DVtBEHtchETPAdd1hsPBigCLcBGAs/s1600/parnassus1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GGWo9RiXZio/WwHrcImBJ4I/AAAAAAAALeo/UdLTBwVJtZ8DVtBEHtchETPAdd1hsPBigCLcBGAs/s400/parnassus1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">And today is the big book birthday! Be sure you scroll down to read about all three of these great new books!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XZZz71ofo10/Wv8pt_t0tXI/AAAAAAAALdY/tcoLZgTpodsflmm01_7zr7ovwS-0PSfkQCLcBGAs/s1600/play.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="703" height="201" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XZZz71ofo10/Wv8pt_t0tXI/AAAAAAAALdY/tcoLZgTpodsflmm01_7zr7ovwS-0PSfkQCLcBGAs/s400/play.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Play This Book:</b>&nbsp;To start our show we need a band--maybe you can lend a hand!&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">There are lots of ways little hands can make music. Each page of this interactive book invites readers to strum the guitar, slide the trombone, crash the cymbals, and more--no instruments required! With a delightful rhyming text and engaging illustrations, this book is full of instruments waiting to share their sounds. The only thing this band needs is YOU! Just use your imagination, turn the pages, and Play This Book!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Play-This-Book-Jessica-Young-ebook/dp/B07CRV5P9F/ref=la_B00HOFEDZC_1_2?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526671864&amp;sr=1-2&amp;refinements=p_82%3AB00HOFEDZC" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781681195063" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Pet This Book: </b>Hello, friend! It's time to play! We're taking care of pets today.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">There are lots of ways little hands can care for animals. Each page of this book invites readers to pet the cat, wash the puppy, brush the horse's mane, and more--no animals required! With a delightful rhyming text and engaging illustrations, this book is full of pets who can't wait to play. The only thing they need is YOU! Just use your imagination, turn the pages, and Pet This Book!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pet-This-Book-Jessica-Young-ebook/dp/B07CRQN3LQ/ref=la_B00HOFEDZC_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526671864&amp;sr=1-1&amp;refinements=p_82%3AB00HOFEDZC" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781681195070" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s-OjVOaIgA8/Wv8q5bN-7jI/AAAAAAAALdk/7pKPKx9oiJYOtmz8A0-hgca5sKxvZgGLwCLcBGAs/s1600/jessica.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="251" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s-OjVOaIgA8/Wv8q5bN-7jI/AAAAAAAALdk/7pKPKx9oiJYOtmz8A0-hgca5sKxvZgGLwCLcBGAs/s1600/jessica.jpeg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Jessica Young grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The same things make her happy now as when she was a kid: dancing, painting, music, digging in the dirt, picnics, reading, and writing. She lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee. When she was little, she wanted to be a tap-dancing flight attendant/veterinarian, but she's changed her mind!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Jessica's award-winning debut picture book, MY BLUE IS HAPPY (2013, Candlewick Press) is a 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title and was included on the 2014 Bank Street College of Education Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adults, the Texas Library Association's 2014 2×2 Reading List, the Ontario Library Association’s Best Bets 2013 and 2015 Forest of Reading Blue Spruce list, the 2016-2017 Volunteer State Book Award list, the 2016 Ladybug Award list, and the Library of Congress/Center for the Book’s 52 Great Reads list. She is also the author of SPY GUY THE NOT-SO-SECRET AGENT (2015, Harcourt Children’s Books), the FINLEY FLOWERS chapter book series (2015, Capstone Young Readers), the HAGGIS AND TANK UNLEASHED early chapter book series (2016, Scholastic Branches), and the upcoming PLAY THIS BOOK and PET THIS BOOK (Bloomsbury, 2018). When she's not writing, Jessica loves doing school visits and sharing her books and writing process with students.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBPhWBeGyEM/Wv8sNCgMyZI/AAAAAAAALd4/JiEIOwOHYWMQQjOI6DVkYo-_nHAAmvXeQCLcBGAs/s1600/poppy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="329" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dBPhWBeGyEM/Wv8sNCgMyZI/AAAAAAAALd4/JiEIOwOHYWMQQjOI6DVkYo-_nHAAmvXeQCLcBGAs/s400/poppy.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Poppy, the little rabbit with a big personality, has a BIG problem--new baby twins!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Poppy is thrilled when her grandmother comes to help with the new babies. But when the twins keep GeeGee too busy to play, Poppy's jealousy spirals out of control. After some thinking time, Poppy finds a way to use her talent and creativity to welcome both her grandmother and her little sisters. An honest and heartwarming look at sibling rivalry, and readers will identify with Poppy as she struggles with sibling rivalry--and cheer when her big heart helps her overcome her negative feelings.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Poppys-Best-Babies-Susan-Eaddy-ebook/dp/B0776LF5N2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1526672190&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=susan+eaddy" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781580897709" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gbLQIjiVu0w/Wv8saBF90PI/AAAAAAAALd8/E1qdFuWnqHstJ7_snQkcFYUUOfgBRE5qwCLcBGAs/s1600/susan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="481" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gbLQIjiVu0w/Wv8saBF90PI/AAAAAAAALd8/E1qdFuWnqHstJ7_snQkcFYUUOfgBRE5qwCLcBGAs/s200/susan.jpg" width="178" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Susan Eaddy begins her job every day with clean hands. Within 15 minutes those hands are bright green, or purple, or whatever! Susan works in her attic studio playing with clay and writing picture books. She was an Art Director for fifteen years, during which time she won international 3D illustration awards and a Grammy nomination.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Her clay illustrated books include Papa Fish’s Lullaby by Patricia Hubbell, My Love for You is the Sun, by Julie Hedlund and three First Looks at Vehicles published with the Smithsonian Institution.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">She is the author of Poppy’s Best Paper, published with Charlesbridge. Poppy’s Best Babies will be released in 2018. She loves to travel and has used the opportunity to do school visits anywhere in the world from Taiwan to Alabama to Hong Kong to Brazil.</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-78252297402059017282018-04-03T03:00:00.000-07:002018-05-18T12:15:41.619-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've always wanted to be the adventurous, "jump out of a plane" sort of person. SO not me, even as a teenager. But Tracy Barrett's new book includes a main character who works at a drop zone. If I can't live those adventures, at least I can read about them!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Freefall-Summer-Tracy-Barrett-ebook/dp/B073PB9MJ8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nP7V6Ynx1ks/WrRgng3L_FI/AAAAAAAALcM/FXQJ65HBTcA-FQAiKksOvEup4YhwOC0nwCLcBGAs/s400/freefall.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Fans of Sarah Dessen and Gayle Forman's emotionally-charged novels will laugh and cry with Clancy Edwards as she learns about taking chances and letting go during one unforgettable summer at her family's skydiving drop zone.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Sixteen-year-old Clancy Edwards has always been "the good girl." Ever since her beautiful, daring mother died in a skydiving accident, Clancy's father has watched her like a hawk. Between her dad's rules and her boyfriend's protectiveness, she's longing for an escape.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Then Clancy meets Denny, a college freshman and new skydiving student at the drop zone where she works. Clancy lets him think she's the same age. But the lies snowball over the summer and suddenly Clancy isn't the person she wants to be. If only making choices were as simple as taking a leap out of a plane. Before Clancy can make things right, one last act of rebellion threatens her chance to do so--maybe forever.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Freefall-Summer-Tracy-Barrett-ebook/dp/B073PB9MJ8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781580898010" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y6U-OugjWss/WrRh3wIlSiI/AAAAAAAALcY/0YOi52ZAHfEZYuSlRKaALEY-ul8Yd8ZkwCLcBGAs/s1600/tracy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y6U-OugjWss/WrRh3wIlSiI/AAAAAAAALcY/0YOi52ZAHfEZYuSlRKaALEY-ul8Yd8ZkwCLcBGAs/s200/tracy.jpg" width="188" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Tracy Barrett has written more than twenty books for children and young adults. She’s much too interested in too many things to stick to one genre, and has published nonfiction as well as historical fiction, mysteries, fantasy, time travel, myth and fairy-tale retellings, and contemporary realistic novels. She knows more about ancient Greece and Rome and the European Middle Ages than anyone really needs to know, can read lots of dead languages, and used to jump out of airplanes.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Tracy grew up near New York City, and went to college in New England and graduate school in California. She majored in Classics and earned a Ph.D. in Medieval Italian. She was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study medieval women writers and won the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Grant in 2005. She taught Italian and other subjects at Vanderbilt University for almost thirty years. She lives in Tennessee with her 6’7” husband (also a former skydiver), a rescue cat, and two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Author Links:</b></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tracybarrett.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TracyBarrettAuthor/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/writingtracy" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-24643356709755826662018-03-13T03:00:00.000-07:002018-03-22T18:57:41.306-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I've been eagerly awaiting the release of this fun new series by Jonathan Roth. It's always exciting to watch a debut author when that first book comes out, especially when it's as adorable as this one. Scroll down to read all about it and buy your copy!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--UYbY2pg9_g/WpoDRk5GjQI/AAAAAAAALbg/xynQWYN5RGMOzGx2RGz1poDLm9Eo86GKQCLcBGAs/s1600/toomuchspace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="318" height="400" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--UYbY2pg9_g/WpoDRk5GjQI/AAAAAAAALbg/xynQWYN5RGMOzGx2RGz1poDLm9Eo86GKQCLcBGAs/s400/toomuchspace.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Meet space-school attendee Bob and his alien bestie Beep in this start to an outrageously funny and action-packed chapter book series that’s great for “kids who love funny stories but may be too young for books like ­<i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</i>” (School Library Journal) from debut author Jonathan Roth!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Astro Elementary is a school near Saturn attended by the bravest, brightest, most elite kids in the galaxy…and Bob. Bob never wanted to go to fourth grade in dark, dangerous space. He even tried to fail the admissions test by bubbling in “C” for every answer—and turned out to be the only kid on Earth to get a perfect score!</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Bob feels he couldn’t be more misplaced at his school—until he meets Beep. Beep is an alien from the planet Orth who was kicked off his home world for being too small. The instant Bob finds him, Beep adopts Bob as his new mother. Soon Bob can’t turn around without bumping into Beep’s squishy little body. Together, they make the perfect team. And Bob logs their adventures on his space blog, or SPLOG, with Beep providing the illustrations.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">In their first adventure, Bob is humiliated on a field trip to Pluto when his tongue gets stuck to the ice. Not even Beep can keep Bob from becoming the laughing stock of the school. Bob has to find a way to completely change his personality, just in time for their next treacherous field trip—to the gaping mouth of a super massive black hole!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/148148852X?tag=simonsayscom" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781481488525" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uBVVNScTXoY/WpoEP7-qlII/AAAAAAAALbs/bd_Rzn9a1bsH9i0DsLinnozfaSUmSXWhwCLcBGAs/s1600/jonathan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uBVVNScTXoY/WpoEP7-qlII/AAAAAAAALbs/bd_Rzn9a1bsH9i0DsLinnozfaSUmSXWhwCLcBGAs/s200/jonathan.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Author-illustrator Jonathan Roth is a public elementary school art teacher in Maryland who likes reading, writing, drawing, cycling, and napping. Though he has never left Earth, he has met four of the astronauts who have gone to the moon. Beep and Bob is his first series.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Author Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="http://beepandbob.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/JonathanRothBooks" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/JRothwrites" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-81281282573199166652018-02-13T03:00:00.000-08:002018-03-02T18:03:05.112-08:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm a sucker for a good mystery, especially one involving tween girls who get to swap time periods! This book has both, which is what makes me <i>so</i> excited to read it!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Swap-Kristine-Asselin/dp/1481478710" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="331" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gaSQoOpsOZw/WnY7Cf415_I/AAAAAAAALZc/s-VLMsCEd2w7vN1RHMjfDqN7EvONWOmoQCLcBGAs/s400/swap.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><i>Freaky Friday</i> meets <i>Downton Abbey</i> in this middle-grade mystery that features a modern-day twelve-year-old switching bodies with a Gilded Age heiress in order to solve a famous art heist.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Hannah Jordan lives in a museum…well, sort of. She is the daughter of the caretaker for mansion-turned-museum The Elms in Newport, Rhode Island. Hannah’s captivated by stories of The Elms’s original occupants, especially Maggie Dunlap, the tween heiress subject of a painting that went missing during a legendary art heist in 1905.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But when a mysterious mirror allows Hannah and Maggie to switch places in time, suddenly Hannah is racing to stop the heist from happening, while Maggie gets an introduction to iPhones, soccer (which girls can play!), and freedoms like exploring without supervision. Not to mention the best invention of all: sweatpants (so long, corsets!).</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">As the hours tick off to the art heist, something’s not adding up. Can the girls work together against time—and across it—to set things right? Or will their temporary swap become a permanent trade?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Swap-Kristine-Asselin-ebook/dp/B074ZJKMSR/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781481478717" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uSxbkITO7GU/WnY8EUy_FoI/AAAAAAAALZk/Xghc8_Ksx4gCPyAUcXF_Mrn3Fs_A7vpsgCLcBGAs/s1600/kristine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="250" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uSxbkITO7GU/WnY8EUy_FoI/AAAAAAAALZk/Xghc8_Ksx4gCPyAUcXF_Mrn3Fs_A7vpsgCLcBGAs/s200/kristine.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Kristine Asselin is the author of several works of children’s nonfiction as well as the YA novel <i>Any Way You Slice It</i>. She loves being a Girl Scout leader and volunteering with the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She is a sucker for a good love song (preferably from the 80s), and can’t resist an invitation for Chinese food or ice cream (but not at the same time). She lives in Central Massachusetts with her teen daughter and husband, and spends part of everyday looking for a TARDIS to steal or borrow. You can find Kris online at <a href="http://kristineasselin.com/">KristineAsselin.com</a>.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Author Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.kristineasselin.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kristinecarlsonasselin" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/KristineAsselin" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Twitter</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/krisasselin/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/krisasselin/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6FvjBbFGfYM/WnY8SBFngEI/AAAAAAAALZs/ElIv3ZuAOiEJpYc12vmXWPl3Ao4KfZVLwCLcBGAs/s1600/jen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6FvjBbFGfYM/WnY8SBFngEI/AAAAAAAALZs/ElIv3ZuAOiEJpYc12vmXWPl3Ao4KfZVLwCLcBGAs/s200/jen.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Jen Malone is a former Hollywood publicist who once spent a year traveling the world solo, met her husband on the highway (literally), and went into labor with her identical twins while on a rock star’s tour bus. These days she saves the drama for her books. Jen is also the author of the middle grade novels At Your Service and The Art of the Swap, coauthor of the You’re Invited series, and wrote the YA novels Map to the Stars and Wanderlost. You can visit her online at <a href="http://jenmalonewrites.com/">JenMaloneWrites.com</a>.</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Author Links:</b></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jenmalonewrites.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/jenmalonewrites" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Twitter</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jenmalonewrites/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Instagram</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jsmalone" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Facebook</a></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-79605046238788416412018-02-09T03:00:00.000-08:002018-02-09T03:00:04.378-08:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are some people who just make this world a better place. Phyllis Bourne is one of those people. I recommend surrounding yourself with positive, happy, giving people like her! And today she has a new book out that has the best cover I've seen in a while!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Feud-Phyllis-Bourne-ebook/dp/B079LVB7K5/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1517929090&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=feud+phyllis+bourne" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1001" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y66vDL5xcec/Wnr8A-5x7dI/AAAAAAAALag/Ln-Zxkp5C3IskzPGRcgsJKn3U7o7pqr6wCLcBGAs/s400/feud.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">An inherited house that comes complete with a tall, dark and sexy neighbor – it’s a romance no-brainer, right?</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Until Alexandra Bridges learns of the hundred-year old family feud that makes the hunk next door her sworn enemy for life.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">The man has a body that makes Alex want to make love, not war. But there is an additional quarter million-dollar inheritance at stake. She’ll have to run him out of the neighborhood to become the legendary feud’s sole survivor – if he doesn’t run her out first.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Feud-Phyllis-Bourne-ebook/dp/B079LVB7K5/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1517929090&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=feud+phyllis+bourne" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n4VH1LBZXXk/Wnr8zmScWgI/AAAAAAAALao/DX6vqTpWCFYasmICKLyRFGMvi0bOwv9sQCLcBGAs/s1600/phyllis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n4VH1LBZXXk/Wnr8zmScWgI/AAAAAAAALao/DX6vqTpWCFYasmICKLyRFGMvi0bOwv9sQCLcBGAs/s200/phyllis.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">A former newspaper crime reporter, Phyllis Bourne writes to feed a growing lipstick addiction. A nominee for Romance Writer's of America's 2016 RITA® award and a two-time Golden Heart finalist, she has also been nominated for an RT BOOKReviews Reviewer's Choice Award and won Georgia Romance Writer's prestigious Maggie Award of Excellence.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">When she's not at the computer, Phyllis can be found at a cosmetics counter spending the grocery money. She lives in Nashville with an understanding husband, who in one kiss can discern the difference between a department store and drug store lip gloss.&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Check her out at <a href="http://www.phyllisbourne.com/">www.phyllisbourne.com</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/phyllisbournebooks">www.facebook.com/phyllisbournebooks</a>.</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Author Links:</b></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.phyllisbourne.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PhyllisBourneBooks/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/phyllisbourne" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Twitter</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/phyllisbourne/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Instagram</a></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-44408350770912790242018-02-06T06:09:00.003-08:002018-03-22T19:10:30.257-07:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I grew up reading charming fantasy books, so I still have a special place in my heart for them. Today marks the debut of a book that is sure to become a favorite of every tween who reads it.</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Marabel-Book-Fate-Tracy-Barrett/dp/0316433993" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="318" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YWfP8jHTDY8/Wnm2eA9k8nI/AAAAAAAALZ8/qNJ_mYFHeVc-HyvQmlJFjzxhtKraOSJbwCLcBGAs/s400/marabel.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Free-spirited Marabel must defy expectations to rescue her brother--and their kingdom--in this charming, action-packed, and magical story perfect for fans of Ella Enchanted and Dealing with Dragons.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">In Magikos, life is dictated by the Book of Fate's ancient predictions, including the birth of a royal Chosen One who will save the realm. Princess Marabel has grown up in the shadow of her twin brother, Marco, who everyone assumes is the true Chosen One. While Marco is adored and given every opportunity, Marabel is overlooked and has to practice her sword fighting in secret.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">But on the night of their thirteenth birthday, Marco is kidnapped by an evil queen, and Marabel runs to his rescue. Outside the castle walls for the first time, accompanied by her best friend and a very smug unicorn, Marabel embarks on a daring mission that brings her face-to-face with fairies, trolls, giants--and the possibility that all is not as it seems in Magikos.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Marabel-Book-Fate-Tracy-Barrett/dp/0316433993" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316433990" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Br6ehFC6Isg/Wnm23cVoe-I/AAAAAAAALaA/W4tOHnMtNyABl5FaR3i5wEl-YSRXp_ZfACLcBGAs/s1600/tracy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="349" data-original-width="330" height="200" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Br6ehFC6Isg/Wnm23cVoe-I/AAAAAAAALaA/W4tOHnMtNyABl5FaR3i5wEl-YSRXp_ZfACLcBGAs/s200/tracy.jpg" width="188" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Tracy Barrett has written more than twenty books for children and young adults. She’s much too interested in too many things to stick to one genre, and has published nonfiction as well as historical fiction, mysteries, fantasy, time travel, myth and fairy-tale retellings, and contemporary realistic novels. She knows more about ancient Greece and Rome and the European Middle Ages than anyone really needs to know, can read lots of dead languages, and used to jump out of airplanes.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br />Tracy grew up near New York City, and went to college in New England and graduate school in California. She majored in Classics and earned a Ph.D. in Medieval Italian. She was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study medieval women writers and won the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Work-in-Progress Grant in 2005. She taught Italian and other subjects at Vanderbilt University for almost thirty years. She lives in Tennessee with her 6’7” husband (also a former skydiver), a rescue cat, and two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Author Links:</b></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tracybarrett.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TracyBarrettAuthor/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/writingtracy" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24981314.post-87938788504636997792018-01-16T03:00:00.000-08:002018-02-06T06:04:27.917-08:00<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sorry I've been quiet lately--I've been busy writing, writing, writing! Today I come out of hiding to celebrate a fun new book release. I can't wait to dive into this one!</span><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZR5CZ1/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f4MgA82x6aQ/WlN3cYbxAtI/AAAAAAAALYM/X0UiE_eJk3ce3zT9evUHlteo9asClIcbwCLcBGAs/s400/singlike.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blurb:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">In the tradition of Pitch Perfect, two best friends battle it out for a capella group supremacy in this hilarious M!X novel.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Wylie Tennyson and Jada Emmett have been best friends forever. They have done everything together for so long that when Jada decides to try out for their middle school’s spring musical production, it was only natural for Wylie to audition as well. After all, how fun would it be to be in the chorus together? The only problem is that Jada has her sights set on much more than the chorus—she’s going after one of the lead parts, and wants Wylie to step aside to give her a better shot.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Taking a cue from her new favorite television show, Non-Instrumental, Wylie decides to start her middle school’s very first a cappella group. She wants to show Jada that it’s much better to be part of a team’s success than it is to stand under the spotlight alone. This is a great idea, in theory, until Wylie has trouble actually recruiting anyone to join her group. And it doesn’t help when Jada decides to form her own…</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span> </span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Can Jada and Wylie find a way to fix things before their battle for vocal supremacy destroys their forever friendship for good?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Buy Links:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074ZR5CZ1/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1" target="_blank">Amazon</a>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781481471565" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">IndieBound</a></div></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bio:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CiHwmZIvFDA/WlN4VAdQp2I/AAAAAAAALYU/686WL9PIfPoJelEhKfzlo_IC3FYFUubAwCLcBGAs/s1600/allison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CiHwmZIvFDA/WlN4VAdQp2I/AAAAAAAALYU/686WL9PIfPoJelEhKfzlo_IC3FYFUubAwCLcBGAs/s1600/allison.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">Allison Gutknecht is the author of the Mandy Berr series, beginning with <i>Don't Wear Polka-Dot Underwear with White Pants (and Other Lessons I've Learned)</i>. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, she earned her master's degree in Children's Media and Literature from NYU. Allison grew up in Voorhees, NJ, and now lives in New York City with her rambunctious toy poodle, Gypsy, and her literate cat, Folly.</span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><b>Author Links:</b></span></div><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;"><a href="http://allisongutknecht.com/" target="_blank">Website</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AllisonGutknechtAuthor" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Facebook</a>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , sans-serif;">|&nbsp;</span><a href="https://twitter.com/AllisonPolkaDot" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Twitter</a></div></div></div></div>Stephanie Farishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10461865229341760836noreply@blogger.com12