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OUR FRIEND HEDGEHOG Blog Tour and Giveaway

May 7, 2020 By Heather 1 Comment



I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the OUR FRIEND HEDGEHOG by Lauren Castillo Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

About the Book:
Title: OUR FRIEND HEDGEHOG: The Story of Us
Author: Lauren Castillo
Pub. Date: May 5, 2020
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Formats: Hardcover, eBook
Pages: 122
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, ibooks, Kobo, TBD, Bookshop.org

From a Caldecott Honor-winning artist comes a cozy classic-in-the-making about finding your friends and sticking together through thick and thin.

“Our Friend Hedgehog feels like a modern-day Winnie the Pooh . It’s so warm and full of joy and love. It’s got classic written all over it.” –Victoria Jamieson, Newbery Honor-winning author of Roller Girl

Sometimes you make a friend,
and it feels like you have known that friend your entire life. . . .

Hedgehog lives on a teeny-tiny island with only her stuffed dog, Mutty, for company. When a great storm carries Mutty away, she embarks on a quest to find her friend. Following the trail of clues Mutty left behind, brave Hedgehog meets a wiggly Mole, a wordy Owl, a curmudgeonly Beaver, a scatterbrained Hen and Chicks, and a girl who’s new to the neighborhood, Annika May. With bravery and teamwork, there’s nothing that can stop these seven from finding Mutty, but along the way they discover something even more important: each other.

The first book in a new series from Caldecott Honor winner Lauren Castillo, Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us has the feel of a timeless classic, introducing an unforgettable cast of characters who will star in many more adventures to come.



Review: What an adorable book! Reminiscent of Beatrix Potter and A. A. Milne, the characters are lovable. Illustrations are beautiful and the setting is whimsical. This is a treasure for children. We loved it!

About Lauren:

Lauren studied illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. She is the author and illustrator of the 2015 Caldecott Honor winning book, Nana in the City, as well as The Troublemaker and Melvin and the Boy. Lauren has also illustrated several critically acclaimed picture books, including Kirkus Prize finalist Imagine by Juan Felipe Herrera, Twenty Yawns by Jane Smiley, and Yard Sale by Eve Bunting. She currently draws and dreams in Harrisburg, PA.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will win a finished copy of OUR FRIEND HEDGEHOG, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:
Week One:
5/1/2020
BookHounds YA
Excerpt

Week Two:
5/4/2020
La libreria di Beppe
Spotlight
5/5/2020
Reading Connects Us
Review
5/6/2020
100 Pages A Day
Review
5/7/2020
Little Red Reads
Review
5/8/2020
Daily Waffle
Excerpt

Week Three:
5/11/2020
Hurn Publications
Review
5/12/2020
Locks, Hooks and Books
Review
5/13/2020
Beagles & Books
Review
5/14/2020
Log Cabin Library
Excerpt
5/15/2020
YA Book Nerd
Review

Week Four:
5/18/2020
Adventures in Literature
Review
5/19/2020
❧Defining Ways❧
Review
5/20/2020
Two Chicks on Books
Interview
5/21/2020
Lifestyle of Me
Review
5/22/2020
Cindy’s Love of Books
Review

Week Five:
5/25/2020
A Dream Within A Dream
Excerpt
5/26/2020
Do You Dog-ear?
Review
5/27/2020
Such A Novel Idea
Review
5/28/2020
Sometimes Leelynn Reads
Review
5/29/2020
Twirling Book Princess
Excerpt

The Monster Hypothesis Blog Tour and Giveaway

December 11, 2019 By Heather Leave a Comment

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

Title: THE MONSTER HYPOTHESIS

Author: Romily Bernard

Pub. Date: December 10, 2019

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion

Pages: 304

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD

Welcome to Bohring-home to 453 people, 2,053 alligators, and one monster curse.

Correction: home to 454 people, now that Kick Winter is living in the swamp Hollows with her Grandma Missouri, the town (fake) psychic. Bohring is anything but boring for Kick who has already blown a hole through the kitchen floor, befriended a chicken-eating gator, and discovered that the town’s hundred-year curse is upon them.

It’s the Bohring curse and all the kids are about to become monsters-or so the legend goes. People are worried-except for Kick. She knows there’s a scientific explanation for everything, especially curses and monsters. But Kick is the new kid in school and she’s determined to make a name for herself . . . by pretending to be psychic.

According to her calculations: one teeny-tiny life + (fake) psychic skills = popularity. But when kids start disappearing and glowing creatures start showing up, Kick’s theory quickly evaporates in a puff of foul-smelling swamp gas. Can Kick use her (real) science smarts to prove the curse is a hoax? Or is it just-maybe-sort of-somehow possible the curse is here?

Author Romily Bernard weaves a fast-paced middle-grade mystery filled with humor and scientific intrigue, set in a perfectly eerie Southern town.

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From page on the Monster Hypothesis had me transported to the deep South with alligators, magic and home cooked grits. I typically take a while to engage with middle grade characters and themes, but this time I was invested from the beginning. I love that the author chose such colorful family members and names, as well as interesting side characters like the three sister who introduce themselves to Kit on the first day of school. The reader can feel as if they are in the Hollows, and walking the mile to and from class. Kit is witty and independent, smart with science and willing to break silly rules to prove her hypotheses. There was so much I enjoyed about this book, that I truly can’t wait for more! Thank you Disney Hyperion and Rockstar Book Tours for the chance to read this gem.

About Romily:

Romily Bernard graduated from Georgia State University with a literature degree. Since then, she’s worked as a riding instructor, cell-phone salesperson, personal assistant, horse groomer and exercise rider, accounting assistant, and, during a very dark time, customer service representative. . . . She’s also, of course, now a YA novelist.

So don’t let anyone tell you a BA degree will keep you unemployed.

Romily currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and Find Me is her debut novel. It placed first in the 2011 YA Unpublished Maggie Awards (given by Georgia Romance Writers) and won the Golden Heart Award for YA Romance from the Romance Writers of America in 2012.

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Giveaway Details:

3 winners will receive a hardcover of THE MONSTER HYPOTHESIS, US only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

12/2/2019 Popthebutterfly Reads Review
12/3/2019 Mythical Books Excerpt
12/4/2019 Sometimes Leelynn Reads Review
12/5/2019 Lifestyle of Me Review
12/6/2019 BookHounds Excerpt

Week Two:

12/9/2019 Ogitchida Kwe’s Book Blog Review
12/10/2019 For the Love of KidLit Excerpt
12/11/2019 Little Red Reads Review
12/12/2019 Life Within The Pages Review
12/13/2019 Book Briefs Review

Week Three:

12/16/2019 Adventures Thru Wonderland Review
12/17/2019 BookishRealmReviews Review
12/18/2019 fictitious.fox Review
12/19/2019 Paper safari Review
12/20/2019 Nay’s Pink Bookshelf Review

Week Four:

12/23/2019 She Just Loves Books Review
12/24/2019 Hurn Publications Review
12/25/2019 Two Chicks on Books Excerpt
12/26/2019 Character Madness Excerpt
12/27/2019 Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers Excerpt

Week Five:

12/30/2019 Two Points of Interest Review
12/31/2019 Fyrekatz Blog Review
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