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Argyle Fox Spotlight

May 4, 2017 By Heather Leave a Comment

Argyle Fox by Marie Letourneau
Published by Tanglewood Publishing on March 14, 2017
Genres: Children's, Picture book
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Source: SoCal Public Relations
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Argyle Fox, with his signature style, wants to play outside on a springtime day, but the wind is wreaking havoc with his fun and games. As soon as he builds a card tower, climbs into a giant spider web, or takes up his pirate sword, here comes the wind: Woosh!

Mama Fox tells grumpy Argyle that if he thinks long enough, he will come up with something to do. Following his mother’s suggestion and inspired by her knitting, he works all the pieces of his day together and creates the perfect solution.

The story of Argyle teaches that failure is often a path to success and celebrates perseverance, creative thinking, and an old-fashioned springtime activity.

About the Author

Marie Letourneau is a full-time illustrator and graphic artist, with a BA in Fine Arts from Hofstra University’s New College on Long Island. Marie illustrated Is a Worry Worrying You? and The Tiptoe Guide to Tracking Fairies and was the author and illustrator for The Mice of Bistrot des Sept Frères. She and her family live in New York.

Biography

Marie Letourneau lives with her family on Long Island, NY. Born in Queens, NY, Marie’s family moved to Long Island when she was 5 years old. She grew up in Babylon Village – a quiet little town on the south shore of Long Island. She has been interested in illustrating books for as far back as she can remember. As child, she would make little books out of paper and staples and give them to family members as gifts. Marie studied fine arts at Hoftsra University’s New College where she earned her BFA. In 2006, her first book as both author and illustrator entitled, “The Mice of Bistrot des Sept Freres” (Tanglewood Books) won ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award, Bronze Medal. She has done design work for (and appeared on) The Nate Berkus Show, and The Revolution with fashion icon Tim Gunn. In 2014, Marie was a finalist in the Martha Stewart American Made Awards for her stationery shop Le French Circus, on Etsy. She loves animals, beets, roller skating and plays roller derby. Marie is married with two children, they have two dogs and a cat. Visit her website www.marieletourneau.com

The 12 Days Of Christmas: A Peek Through Picture Book

December 9, 2016 By Heather Leave a Comment

I received this book for free from Doubleday Books for Young Readers in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

The 12 Days Of Christmas: A Peek Through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup
Published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers on October 18, 2016
Genres: Children's, Picture book
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover
Source: Doubleday Books for Young Readers
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The twelve days of Christmas have never looked so fun! Turn page after page of this innovative picture book based on the classic carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” and watch as twelve days of gifts appear through clever peek-through holes on each page! Young children will especially love anticipating all the presents and seeing them arrive as if by magic. This interactive and lively book is sure to be a family favorite at Christmastime year after year.

The 12 Days Of Christmas A Peek Through Picture Book, is a creative, magical way to teach younger crowds the 12 Days Of Christmas Song. The elves on the front page have engaging, welcoming faces, and the silver Holly, and Snowflakes are sure to draw a child to the book. It has fun cut outs and sparkly pictures so your kids have a visionary perspective to what the items in the song are. The book encourages the readers to be productive, and go on an adventure with elf friends to learn the song.- M. age 13

Defenders of the Family Blog Tour

October 27, 2016 By Heather Leave a Comment

I received this book for free from Cedar Fort in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Defenders of the Family by Benjamin Hyrum White, Jay Fontano
Published by Cedar Fort on October 1, 2016
Genres: Children's, Picture book
Pages: 34
Format: Hardcover
Source: Cedar Fort
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Defenders of the Family, assemble! God’s magnificent plan for us rests upon the strength of the family. In this engaging children’s book, discover the roles and teachings needed to unite your family, from devoted parents to extended members, all centered on the power of the gospel. Help your children see their families as they can be: incredible, empowered, eternal followers of Jesus.

A picture book with comic book style illustrations, Defenders of the Family takes Family: A Proclamation to the World and breaks it into understandable verse for even the youngest reader. We used the hardback as a read aloud to reinforce principles such as enjoying activities together, work as a family, strong marriage and the eternal nature of gender. The target audience are children of the LDS faith, but all readers would enjoy the vibrant colors and timely message.

About the Author

Benjamin Hyrum White began an epic comic book collection as a boy and always cheered for the good guys like Spider-man. He developed his superpower of dancing and met his beautiful wife Keenan at BYU while part of the International Folk Dance Ensemble. They now live in Utah Valley with their five children where he teaches seminary. Ben enjoys dates with his wife, cheering on sports teams with his sons, and having dance parties in the driveway with his girls.

About the Illustrator

As a young boy, Jay Fontano loved to watch cartoons on TV and read comic strips in the newspaper. Now he works as an illustrator drawing funny pictures for t-shirts and illustrations for books. Jay and his wife have six children and a dog named Nacho. They live near the mountains in Utah and love to go camping and have fun together. He still watches cartoons and reads comic strips whenever he can.