In October 2012, I had the opportunity to review the wonderful book, The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton by Angela Shelton.  Now Angela Shelton is back, with a new Tilda Pinkerton Book, Tilda Pinerton’s Magical Hats.  This installment is for younger children, K1-4.


Book Description:


Publisher: Quiet Owl Books  April 1, 2013)
Category: Children’s Literature/Fantasy/Magic
Tour Date: July- Early August, 2013
Available in: eBook and Print,  196  Pages, including a 344 Word Glossary
Illustrated by James Murry


Eleven-year-old Madison Mae and her younger brother, Albert, want to help save the family farm during troubled times. When a mysterious Magical Hat Shop appears by their grandpa’s red tractor mailbox, the children meet Tilda Pinkerton who presents them with one-of-a-kind hats, causing new ideas and talents to suddenly burst forth. As a flood of harm comes rushing towards the farm, Tilda Pinkerton teaches the children how they can accomplish much more than anyone ever imagined.


Increase your child’s vocabulary, self esteem and awareness of social issues, while they enjoy a great story!  Tilda Pinkeron’s Magical Hats does it all. Grades K1-4.


My Thoughts:


I do not have any children and my neice is 21 years old now, so I read this book for my own please and to give my honest review.  Wow, what a pleasure it was!  You do not have to have a child to enjoy it.

Madison Mae and her younger brother, Albert happen a woodchuck wearing a hat.  His name is Samuel P. Hoppbottom, “Sammy for short”.  He’s no ordinary woodchuck, he can talk.  He tells the children that the hat is bulletproof  helmet and that Tilda Pinkerton gave it to him to keep safe.  It turns out that Madison Mae’s and Albert’s grandfather shoots at him every chance he gets.


Sammy told the children that they should visit Tilda Pinkerton at her hat shop and she would give them each a magical hat.  I can’t tell any more at the risk of giving out spoilers.


IMO the Tidler Pinkerton series of books, so far are destined to become classics.  The writing is fresh and engaging, with a fun plot and wonderful characters.  Children will have so much fun while growing their vocabulary at the same time.  They will be having so much fun, they won’t even realize they are learning!  To make the book even more fun there are black and white illistrations for children to color in whatever colors they like! 



I highly recommend Tilda Pinkerton”s Magical Hats, Book One.  This is one for children to enjoy with adults or without.


5/5


I received this book for my honest review.


About Angela Shelton:


Angela Shelton is an author, actor, blogger and public speaker. She has been writing since she was eight years old. Her first novel was adapted into the movie Tumbleweeds. Angela won a regional Emmy award for her portrayal of Safe Side Superchick in The Safe Side video series created by Baby Einstein’s Julie Clark and America’s Most Wanted’s John Walsh. After living in Los Angeles for over a decade, Angela left the big city for a one-light country town to marry her first love and fulfill her dream of writing books in a barn house.


Find out how Angela has incorporated the character of Tilda Pinkerton into an entire line of book projects, each geared towards a different age group at www.MagicHatShop.com

Thanks to the author, Angela Shelton, I am giving away on copy of Tilda Pinkerton’s Magical Hats!  This giveaway is international.  If the winner is in the U.S. s/he will receive the book in print.  It’s a beautiful hardcover!  An international winner would receive the ebook.  Please use Rafflecopter to enter.

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