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Showing posts with label Chapter Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chapter Books. Show all posts

Monday, April 6, 2015

WOI Cover Reveal: LITTLE GREEN & ESPete by Arnold Rudnick



LITTLE GREEN – Little Green Frog wants to be special, and he hops out of the swamp, asking “Isn’t it possible?” he could be a goose, horse or kio. While the reader learns about animal groups, skills sounds and traits, Little Green learns it’s important to be himself.

Arnold Rudnick has a gift for creating fascinating stories to challenge children toward self-improvement and self-esteem. In LITTLE GREEN he introduces a little green frog (beautifully realized by illustrator Marcelo Goreman) who has big dreams to be special. 

ISBN: 0981587976
Publisher: Paraphrase, LLC

E.S. Pete: Sixth Grade Sense is about the perils of a paranormal preteen.
 
Pete knew there would be a lot more homework in Sixth Grade, but he didn't plan on the reading list including the minds of his teachers and classmates. Knowing what they think can be helpful sometimes, but it also gets complicated -- ESPecially when Pete thinks the substitute teacher is planning a big robbery.

Winner of the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards and Reader’s Favorite Book Awards

ISBN: 0981587909
Publisher: Paraphrase, LLC

About the Author: ARNOLD RUDNICK has written for many television shows, including THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR, STAR TREK: VOYAGER and THE NEW ADDAMS FAMILY.


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The World of Ink Network will be touring author Arnold Rudnick's newest children's picture book, Little Green and his middle grade chapter book, ESPete: Sixth Grade Sense in April/May 2015.
 

Friday, September 13, 2013

WOI Book Review: Hockey Agony by Donna McDine



 
Hockey Agony
Category: Chapbooks for Tweens
Author: Donna McDine http://www.donnamcdine.com
Artist: Julie Hammond http://www.juliehammondart.com
Paperback ISBN: 9781616333607; 161633360X
eBook ISBN: 9781616333614; 1616333618
Price: $9.95 paperback / $5.00 e-book

SYNOPSIS:
Peer Pressure and Honesty many times go hand-in-hand.  What is Larry to do when his teammate asks him to cheat when he is given the responsibility to run the clock during the big hockey game?  Outwardly, it may seem he will follow suit, but his conscious tells him otherwise at the moment of truth.

Overall Thoughts:
This is a fun quick read for 3rd to 6th grade readers. At first, I thought I was going to be sent a chapter book or novel, but actually this is a picture storybook. I’m sure you are wondering what is the difference between a picture storybook and a picture book. For starts the context of the story line. You do have vivid illustrations laced throughout the book, but story length is longer than a picture book and reminds me more of a short story one might find in a kid magazine such as CRICKET or Storyworks. 

The author keeps the story plot simple and introduces readers to the problem right away. Because this is a picture storybook, you don’t get defined, in-depth characters as the author doesn’t have the page count to develop them much beyond a picture book character. The story does move a bit faster than a chapter book, but the transitions are smooth and propel you into next scene with ease. 

Readers will relate to the simple problems of peer pressure and honesty. This is also a great book for boys or reluctant readers because of the short story style and sport setting.



The World of Ink Network will be touring the spell bounding ride of stories by award-winning children’s author, Donna McDine throughout September and October 2013.

The roller coaster action in each escapade will transport the reader into a specific time period. One never knows where they will end up, past or present.
 
You can find out more about Donna McDine, her books and World of Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/3tv4jgf

To learn more about the World of Ink Tours visit http://worldofinknetwork.com  


Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Crosley Speak Night Buddies Adventures Contest!

Calling all Night Buddies Adventurers! Author Sands Hetherington is writing his third book in the Night Buddies Adventures chapter book series for kids and would like your help in getting John and Crosley started on their next Adventure After Lights-Out. 

Crosley is looking for new words to add to his expansive vocabulary and he needs your help. Just come up with a new expression and its meaning for Crosley Speak! See the list of Uncommon Words for inspiration. And who knows? The winning words could end up in Book Three of the Night Buddies Adventures series. Excelsior! 

In order to be eligible you will need to . . . 

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Do you need some help with ideas on what Crosley Speak is? Check out this list of words to get your brain gears turning.


If you haven’t discovered the Night Buddies Adventures series of chapter books yet, that’s okay! Let us tell you a bit about them and you can join us on this exciting “program”—that’s Night Buddies speak for adventure.
The first book in the Night Buddies Adventures series, Night Buddies and the Pineapple Cheesecake Scare, is about the nighttime adventures of a young boy named John, who is not ready to go to sleep, and his friend, a bright red crocodile named Crosley who turns up under John’s bed. 
They sneak out of John’s house using Crosley’s “I-ain’t-here-doodad” which makes them invisible to John’s parents. Then they embark on an adventure chasing down enemies and cleaning up one mess after another as they solve the earthshaking mystery: who stole all the pineapple cheesecakes from the only factory in the world that makes them! 

Night Buddies, Impostors, and One Far-Out Flying Machine, the second book in the Night Buddies Adventures series, has a ton of mischief going on all over the Borough, done by a red crocodile and causing confusion and hard feelings everywhere. It’s up to John to help prove Crosley isn’t the red crocodile behind this madness. 

Make friends and enter to win some fabulous prizes! 



Winner #1 will receive a $25 Amazon gift card and signed copies of both titles in these Adventures After Lights-Out escapades.
Winner #2 will receive signed copies of both titles in these Adventures After Light-Out escapades.
Winner #3 will receive a copy of Night Buddies, Impostors, and One Far-Out Flying Machine.
Winner #4 will receive a copy of Night Buddies and the Pineapple Cheesecake Scare.
Winner #5 will receive eBooks of both titles in these Adventures After Lights-Out escapades.

Want to let all your friends know how to join the Night Buddies Adventures? All you have to do is post the Book Lovers Blog Hop below to your blog. Promote the Book Lovers Hop and the Night Buddies Adventures contest on any social network. Tweet it once a day, share it on Facebook and then follow back others who leave you a comment. By joining the Book Lovers Blog Hop, you are automatically entered in the Night Buddies Adventures contest!

Hop Rules:
  1. Follow the Top link of the hop! Hop Host: Families Matter
  2. Grab the button for the hop and place it in a post, sidebar or on a blog hop page and let us know where it is in the comments section below. This will help the hop grow and gain new followers for all of us. It's a Win-Win for everyone!
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Please play nice and follow our simple rules! Make sure to FOLLOW AT LEAST ONE PERSON and as many other blogs as you'd like to have more follow back. This is what makes the Book Lovers Blog Hop so successful. If you're not willing to Follow, please don't link up.

Remember, you must to leave a comment here with your new Crosley Word to enter the contest and win of the FIVE fabulous prizes!

Book Lovers Blog Hop is Open…
Saturday March 2nd at 12am MST!




If you want to become a World of Ink Host and do a review or interview, shoot me an email: vsgrenier@gmail.com

Please make sure you Follow the Top Link of Hop if you want to link up!

Note: You can use all or parts of this post for your post about the Book Lovers Blog Hop.

The Night Buddies Adventures series of chapter books is juvenile fiction (much like the Captain Underpants series) for ages 7 and up.

Places where the Nights Buddies books are available for sale:
Amazon.com, BN.com, and in all fine bookstores.
(Dune Buggy Press titles are distributed by Delphi Distribution and are set up with wholesalers Ingram and Baker & Taylor.)

You can find out more about Author Sands Hetherington, Illustrator Jessica Love, and the Night Buddies series World of Ink Author/Book Tour at http://tinyurl.com/bysdkbv

Follow the Night Buddies at:
Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/nightbuddies
Twitter: @Night_Buddies
Publisher Website: www.dunebuggypress.com