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Dec 13

2

Review & Riveaway: The Christmas Cats Chase Christmas Rats by Constance Corcoran Wilson

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on December 2, 2013
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Today it is my pleasure to kick off the Tour for the adorable, The Christmas Cats Chase Christmas Rats by Constance Corcoran Wilson

Book Description:

Publisher: Quad City Books (October 22, 2013)
Genres: Children’s Picture Book, Christmas
Tour Dates: December, 2013
Available in: Print and ebook 32 pages, with Illustrations
The Christmas Cats Chase Christmas Rats is a Seuss-ical tale for young children which builds upon the moral of the first ChristmasCats book to once again teach children a valuable life lesson.
In this second Christmas Cats adventure the lesson to be learned is:  In life, always keep an open mind.  Don’t accept stereotypes as true or let the unfounded opinions of others prevent you from finding out the truth for yourself. We all need to act without prejudice and learn to accept each other as individuals.
The Christmas Cats learn that rats, too, should be judged as individuals. Another message: all of us should try to help others.
Written for the author’s four-year-old granddaughters, Ava and Elise Wilson, with the assistance of talented professional illustrator Gary McCloskey, The Christmas Cats continue to have adventures while attired in their familiar silly hats from Book One (The Christmas Cats in Silly Hats).
Learning to accept others in a non-judgmental, open-minded fashion is a lesson we all must learn. If children can internalize this behavior while young, learning to help others and to do good works, the world will be a better place.
My Thoughts:

Christmas isn’t my thing but occasionally I will read a short story or children’s Christmas related book.
The Christmas Cats Chase Christmas Rats is such an adorable and fun book.  I wish I had children to share it with because this book must be shared.  The illustrations by award winning artist, Gary McKluskey pop with color and are gorgeous!  The writing and pictures pair together seamlessly to tell a fun story with a moral on making judgement on others based on stereotypes.  This is actually book two of a series but both can stand alone.  The first book is The Christmas Cats in Silly Hats.
I highly recommend this picture book for children ages 3 and up and their parents!  If you are looking for a great Christmas gift for children, you just found it!
5/5
I received the ebook version of this book for my honest opinion.
Buy The Christmas Cats Chase Christmas Rats here:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Quad City (if you order here, you also get book 1 free and both are signed by the author)
About Constance Corcoran Wilson:

CONSTANCE WILSON graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in English and Journalism, but she began writing for her hometown
(Independence, Iowa) newspaper at the age of 10 and was Editor-in-Chief of her high school newspaper. She continued her education, including a Ferner/Hearst Journalism Scholarship and a Freshman Merit Scholarship at Iowa, and then at Berkeley, WIU, NIU and the University of Chicago. Connie holds a Masters (+30) in English, Journalism and Education. Her career path led to teaching 7th and 8th grade language arts (Silvis, Illinois) and teaching writing at 6 IA/IL colleges or universities, including a class teaching film at Black Hawk Junior College. She then established the second Sylvan Learning Center in the state of Iowa and a Prometric Testing site, in conjunction with ETS of Princeton, NJ. She has taught writing and literature classes at all 6 IA/ILQuad City colleges.
“Constance (aka Connie) was Midwest Writing Center Writer of the Year, Content Producer of the Year for Yahoo, and Illinois Women’s Press Association Silver Feather Award winner (Chicago chapter.) She was named one of the “10 Most Creative Teachers in America” in a TAB Scholastic Books competition. Her Sylvan Learning Center (#3301) in Bettendorf, Iowa, was named Best Business of the Year by the Bettendorf Chamber of Commerce that year and the free reading program for poor kids she established was the largest scholarship program of its kind among a 900-member chain, for which she was personally awarded a Bi-State Literacy Award by then sitting First Lady Barbara Bush in 1993.
Constance lives in East Moline, Illinois with husband Craig and in Chicago, Illinois, where her son, Scott and daughter-in-law Jessica and their four-year-old twins Elise and Ava reside. Her daughter, Stacey, a graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, recently returned from a year spent living and working in Australia and now lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee.
Connies Website: www.WeeklyWilson.com
Christmas Cats Website: http://www.thexmascats.com/

See an Interview with Connie:

Thanks to the author, Constance Corcoran Wilson, I am giving away one copy of The Christmas Cats Chase Christmas Rats!  This giveaway is open internationally.  Resident of the U.S. is elidgable for print or ebook.  International resident will receive ebook.

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Oct 13

23

Review: Journey To Jazzland by Gia Volterra De Saulnier

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on October 23, 2013
Posted in Book Tours • Books Read in 2013 • Children's Books  | 4 Comments

Welcome to my tour stop for the Journey to Jazzland Tour stop.

Book Description:

Genre: Children’s Book

Publisher: Flying Turtle Publishing

Release Date: July 1, 2013



Join Windy Flute, Spitz Trumpet and their friends as they travel to a legendary place where music is joyous, creative and free.


My Thoughts:

Journey to Jazzland is a delightful picture book.  I think it would be a great story for parents and children together for a entertaining way for children to learn about music and musical instruments.  It is well written, entertaining and includes vibrant amazing illustrations  This book is one children are sure to cherish!  Highly recommended!

5/5

I received the ebook version for my honest review.

Read an Excerpt:

One day during an orchestra rehearsal, Windy Flute was playing a piece of music and her mind started to wander. Over and over, she had practiced this piece and played this piece. Feeling bored, she felt that she wanted to be a little different.

Then something special happened. She began to hear notes that weren’t on the page of sheet music on her stand! When she started playing what she heard, Windy realized these new notes made her feel better. The harmonies and the melodies were the same, but the music moved differently. Before she could figure things out, she was interrupted by a stern voice.

 “Excuse me, Ms. Flute, do you mind playing with the rest of us? Where do you think you are — Jazzland?” said Mr. Conductor, scowling down at her.

After the rehearsal, Mr. Conductor gave Windy a severe look and stomped off the stage.

Windy turned to her friends in the woodwind section. “What’s Jazzland?” she asked. She was still thinking about the good feelings she got from playing different notes.

“It’s a myth,” said Mr. Bassoon.

“That’s right,” said Mr. Oboe, “It’s a legend. It doesn’t really exist.”

 “I think it exists,” said Spitz Trumpet.


About the Author:


Born and raised in Fairhaven, Massachusetts and attended University of Lowell (now University of Massachusetts, Lowell). It was there that I learned to love jazz. I have been performing jazz and other kinds of music for over 20 years, throughout the New England area. I live in North Reading, Massachusetts with my husband Richard, and my son Charlie.



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Jul 13

2

Review & Giveaway: Tilda Pinkertin’s Magical Hats by Angela Shelton

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on July 2, 2013
Posted in Book Tours • Books Read in 2013 • Children's Books • My Past Giveaways  | 10 Comments

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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