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ABCs and 123s for Boys Blog Tour

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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the ABCs AND 123s FOR BOYS by Tom McLaughlin Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About the Book:

Title: ABCs AND 123s FOR BOYS
Author: Tom McLaughlin
Pub. Date: July 30, 2020
Publisher: McLaughlin Media Group
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Pages: 48
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, TBD
Free to read with Kindle Unlimited!

Join the ABC fun with ALEX the Alligator to ZACK the Zebra.

Learning is easy when you’re having fun. Kids will laugh and learn when you read this adorable Alphabet and Counting book. Kids will love the fun scenes, rhymes, and characters.

Each letter features a different boy’s name. So, jump onboard with PETE the Pirate and 25 lovable characters that bounce, waterski, and zipline across the alphabet. Plus, kids will find 10 fun counting pages! It’s 48 pages of engaging learning for ages 0-5.

GET 2 BOOKS IN 1 …
• Kids will learn the ABCs and letter sounds
• They’ll love finding and counting frogs and fireflies

Plus, they’ll say “Read it Again!” when you personalize the story with their name at the end!

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About Tom McLaughlin:

Tom McLaughlin has been writing for years, creating advertising for items ranging from toys and ice cream to enormous construction equipment. Working for a book publishing company, he also promoted New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling books, authors, and illustrators.

Raising three energetic kids, zigzagging cross country on family vacations, and growing up in a typically crazy Catholic family have given Tom years of writing material.

The McLaughlin clan currently lives in a 100-year-old bungalow in the Midwest. When Tom’s not renovating or writing, he’s piloting the crew on another adventure. Or he’s simply in the backyard battling the dandelions and crabgrass. ABCs and 123s for Boys is his first book.

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Giveaway Details:

2 winners will receive a finished copy of ABCs AND 123s FOR BOYS, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:
7/24/2020
Twirling Book Princess
Excerpt
7/24/2020
mehsi_hime
Instagram Stop
7/25/2020
alwaysjoart
Review
7/25/2020
Jaime’s World
Excerpt
7/26/2020
Jotted by Jena
Review
7/27/2020
Rajiv’s Reviews
Review
7/27/2020
Rajiv’s Reviews
Instagram Stop
7/28/2020
fictitious.fox
Review/Instagram Stop
7/29/2020
Hurn Publications
Review
7/29/2020
Hurn Publications
Instagram Stop
7/30/2020
She Just Loves Books
Review
7/30/2020
shejustlovesbooks
Instagram Stop
7/31/2020
Miss Elizabeth
Review
8/1/2020
rainbowrdrgrl
Review/Instagram Stop
8/1/2020
Jazzy Book Reviews
Review
8/1/2020
pixiestyxmunchkin
Instagram Stop
8/2/2020
Two Chicks on Books
Interview
8/2/2020
JaimeRockstarBookTours
Instagram Stop
8/3/2020
Little Red Reads
Review
8/3/2020
Little Red Reads
Instagram Stop
8/4/2020
BookHounds YA
Interview
8/4/2020
Bookhounds
Instagram Stop
8/5/2020
The Try Everything/jenifer_reads
Excerpt
8/5/2020
jenifer_reads
Instagram Stop
8/6/2020
Two Points of Interest
Review

The Amelia Six

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The Amelia Six

Hardcover –

272 pages

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

To be released: June 30, 2020

by Kristin L. Gray

Amazon

“A cozy whodunit that cheerfully affirms girls’ and women’s contributions to aerospace.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Comparisons with Nancy Drew and Sammy Keyes come to mind, but this satisfying mystery seems more like the works of Ellen Raskin, E.L. Konigsburg, and Gennifer Choldenko.” —School Library Connection
“A wonderful tribute to [Amelia Earhart] who herself came to embody mystery.” —Booklist

Amelia Earhart’s famous aviator goggles go missing and eleven-year-old Millie has to find them before the night is over in this girl-powered middle grade whodunit.

Eleven-year-old Amelia Ashford—Millie to her friends (if she had any, that is)—doesn’t realize just how much adventure awaits her when she’s given the opportunity of a lifetime: to spend the night in Amelia Earhart’s childhood home with five other girls. Make that five strangers. But Millie’s mom is a pilot like the famous Amelia, and Millie would love to have something to write to her about…if only she had her address.

Once at Amelia’s house in Atchison, Kansas, Millie stumbles upon a display of Amelia’s famous flight goggles. She can’t believe her good luck, since they’re about to be relocated to a fancy museum in Washington, DC. But her luck changes quickly when the goggles disappear, and Millie was the last to see them. Soon, fingers are pointing in all directions, and someone falls strangely ill. Suddenly, a fun night of scavenger hunts and sweets takes a nosedive and the girls aren’t sure who to trust. With a blizzard raging outside and a house full of suspects, the girls have no choice but to band together. It’s up to the Amelia Six to find the culprit and return the goggles to their rightful place. Or the next body to collapse could be one of theirs.

About the Author

Kristin L. Gray is the author of Vilonia Beebe Takes Charge (which Publishers Weekly called a “sensitive and uplifting coming-of-age journey”) and The Amelia Six. Kristin loves to read, walk her dogs, and eat cake for breakfast. Her fourth-grade self would never believe she has five children, two dogs, one fish, a bearded dragon, and a shy gecko. She lives in northwest Arkansas. To learn more about Kristin, or to send her a cake, visit her online at KristinLGray.com.

Quintessence Blog Tour and Giveaway

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I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the QUINTESSENCE by Jess Redman Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About the Book:

Title: QUINTESSENCE
Author: Jess Redman
Pub. Date: July 28, 2020
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Audiobook
Pages: 384
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

Three months ago, twelve-year-old Alma moved to the town of Four Points. Her panic attacks started a week later, and they haven’t stopped—even though she told her parents that they did. Every day she feels less and less like herself.

Then Alma meets the ShopKeeper in the town’s junk shop, The Fifth Point. The ShopKeeper gives her a telescope and this message:
Find the Elements.
Grow the Light.
Save the Starling.
That night, Alma watches as a star—a star that looks like a child—falls from the sky and into her backyard. Alma knows what it’s like to be lost and afraid, to long for home, and with the help of some unlikely new friends from the Astronomy Club, she sets out on a quest that will take a little bit of astronomy, a little bit of alchemy, and her whole self.

QUINTESSENCE is a stunning story of friendship, self-discovery, interconnectedness, and the inexplicable elements that make you you.

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Review: Quintessence is a coming of age tale. Alma and her family have relocated to a new town and she is out of place. Something in her being is missing. She feels drawn to a tower in town owned by an old bearded man and wander in one day. Accepting his repurposed astronomy tool may be the key to rediscovering who she is. Exploring anxiety, PTSD and navigating junior high in a new town, Quintessence wraps up a transformation of inner light in a whimsical tale of science.

About Jess:

Jess Redman is a therapist and author of books for young readers with FSG/Macmillan. Her first book, THE MIRACULOUS, was a Bank Street Best Children’s Book of 2019, an Amazon Best Book of 2019, and was called “layered, engaging, and emotionally true” in a Kirkus starred review. Her second book, QUINTESSENCE, releases on July 28th.  The book was featured in OwlCrate Jr.’s subscription box and was described as “a fanciful adventure with a rich emotional core and a fairy tale” by Publishers Weekly. Her third book, THE ADVENTURE IS NOW, is scheduled for publication in May 2021. Redman currently lives in Florida with her husband, two young children, an old cat named SoulPie, and a fish named Annie.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a finished copy of QUINTESSENCE, US Only.

a Rafflecopter giveaway


Tour Schedule:
Week One:
7/27/2020
Little Red Reads
Review
7/27/2020
BookHounds YA
Interview
7/28/2020
Nerdophiles
Review
7/28/2020
The Try Everything
Review
7/29/2020
Hurn Publications
Review
7/29/2020
Jotted by Jena
Review
7/30/2020
Rajiv’s Reviews
Review
7/30/2020
onemused
Review
7/31/2020
Do You Dog-ear?
Review
7/31/2020
She Just Loves Books
Review

Week Two:
8/3/2020
PopTheButterfly
Review
8/3/2020
TheReadingCornerforAll
Review
8/4/2020
Here’s to Happy Endings
Review
8/4/2020
Twirling Book Princess
Excerpt
8/5/2020
Book-o-Craze
Review
8/5/2020
Wonder Struck
Review
8/6/2020
notinjersey
Review
8/6/2020
Two Chicks on Books
Interview
8/7/2020
Two Points of Interest
Review
8/7/2020
Kait Plus Books
Excerpt