#ReleaseBlitz: An Adventure in Canada by @Anita_C_Young @RABTBookTours

Children’s Book

Date Published: August 18, 2020

Publisher: MacLaren-Cochrane Publishing

Come on a tour of Canada with our inquisitive explorer as he travels to each province and territory to see animals in their natural habitat.

#BookBlitz: Sneasy the Greasy Babysits Abigail by Michelle Birsong and Robin Birdsong @RABTBookTours @BookBuzznet

Children's Book

 

Kind and gentle Abigail Gold needs a babysitter. In walks Sneasy the Greasy. He wheezes, he sneezes and his hair is full of greases! But during an afternoon with Abigail, Sneasy learns the meaning of true friendship, honesty, and a life free of grease.

#BookBlitz: Have you seen a self-driving car? by Anna Prakash-Ashton & Elaina Ashton @AnnaPrakashAZ @RABTBookTours

Children’s STEM books, Children’s illustrations

Date Published: May 12, 2020

Publisher: Just Empower LLC

Have You Ever Seen a Self-Driving Car?

The answer is probably no – but not for long! The future is almost upon us, and soon self-driving driverless cars will be as common around your neighbourhood as regular old cars are now. Is your child ready for autonomous driving?

In Have You Ever Seen a Self-Driving Car?, engineer Anna Prakash-Ashton, PhD and Elaina Ashton embark upon an exciting journey to explain just how self-driving cars work, their benefits, challenges and what they mean for you and me.

Fully illustrated and filled to the brim with fun, futuristic, and educational information your children will love reading through.

Have You Ever Seen a Self-Driving Car? is the perfect way to prepare your children for the world of tomorrow while, at the same time, planting in them a curiosity for technology that may one day grow into a fully-fledged passion.

Have You Ever Seen a Self-Driving Car? is suitable for ages 5+.

#BookTour: Hundredth by Tom Aish @RABTBookTours

 Christian, Children’s

 Date Published: March 3, 2020

Publisher: Clay Bridges Press

Inspired by Jesus's parable of the lost sheep, 'Hundredth' is the second book in the 'Pillow Stories from Heaven' series, sharing an imaginative retelling from the lost sheep's perspective. At bedtime with family or in a group, both children and parents will delight in listening to the unusual adventures of Hundredth as he goes from one personal transformation to the next. In the end, 'Hundredth' will lead the audience into deeper reflection and create opportunity for conversation.

#BookBlitz: Sophie & the Bookmobile by Kathleen M. Jacobs @RABTBookTours

Children's Book

Date Published: November 19, 2019

Publisher: Jan-Carol Publishing, Inc.

When Sophie's family moves from New York City to West Virginia, she not only has to leave her friends and the city and library she loves so much, but she has to figure out what will happen when she discovers that there is no library in her new town. But when she discovers something called a bookmobile and other new treasures, all is right with the world.

#ReleaseBlitz: Baby Shark Saves the Day by @chrisseb @RABTBookTours

Children's Book

Date Published: May 3, 2020

Publisher: Blissful Kids

From Amazon #1 best-selling mindfulness and psychology author: Baby Shark Saves the Day is a fun book for ages 3-8 that makes mindfulness both easy and fun while showing how we can handle difficult emotions in everyday situations.

To make mindful breathing kid-friendly we figured out many playful ways together with my 5-year old son. Baby Shark breathing was one of the funniest and most memorable and we wanted to share it with the world in the form of a fun engaging book that shows you exactly how and when it can be helpful.

The story is based on our own experiences with difficult everyday situations showing how mindful breathing has been able to help us handle difficult emotions.

Baby Shark Saves the Day makes mindfulness both easy and fun while showing how we can handle difficult emotions in everyday situations.

#TeaserTuesday: The Noisy Classroom by Angela Shante @RABTBookTours

Picture Book

Date Published: 5/5/2020

The first day of school is coming… and I’m going to be in the noisy class. Any class but the noisy class will do!

A young girl is about to enter the third grade, but this year she’s put into Ms. Johnson’s noisy class. Everything about the noisy class is odd. While all the other classes are quiet, Ms. Johnson sings and the kids chatter all day. The door is always closed, yet sounds from it can be heard in the hallway. With summer coming to an end and school starting, the girl realizes that soon she’ll be going to the noisy class. What will school be like now?

Featuring the honest and delightful humor of debut author Angela Shanté and the bold, graphic imagery of debut illustrator Alison Hawkins, The Noisy Classroom encourages those with first-day jitters to reevaluate a scary situation by looking at it from a different angle and to embrace how fun school can be, even in nontraditional ways.

#BookTour: I Am A Women's Right Activist Coloring Book by @ccrphoto @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

Political Advocacy, Children's Politics & Government, Social Activism

Date Published: March 2, 2020

Publisher: CCR Press

This book educates a young audience on the history of the women's suffrage movement and actions a young activist can take to begin familiarizing themselves with civic engagement and the movement toward a more equal existence and experience for all women. The activity of coloring is not only stress and anxiety reducing and good for brain health but provides a helpful distraction from the seriousness and pressure that sometimes comes with addressing big issues with children. This book fosters a healthy discussion around gender equity and representation between caretakers, educators and children.

Caretakers and children are encouraged to color alongside each other, as they discuss these big ideas and talk through the terms, actions, and feelings that may arise with each page. The Resources page in the back provides contact to valuable organizations for getting involved in the movement and community programs available for further education on the issues.

#BookBlitz: Elle of Portuana by @SamuelNarh17 @RABTBookTours

Children's Book

Published: December 2019

Publisher: Austin Macauley

Elle of Portuana is about environmental stewardship. Assist Elle to plant more trees across the world.

Elle is from a small town by the beach named Portuana. She loves trees, nature, and saving money. This picture book takes a child into Elle's world. The child then sees how Elle ties all her passions together.

#BookTour: El Gringo by Edmond Salus @RABTBookTours

Fiction

Date Published: January 2018

Sonny Galas is an only child being raised by his mother-a widow---and the loving help of his grandfather, also widowed. Living in a Santa Monica apartment complex owned by 'Grandpa' all is well and average for this close-knit family until a certain French family come into the picture, in need of a place to rent. They soon show their colors in various ways, topping it off by slapping a suit on their patient, kind landlord. Sonny's family sees no better option than selling their only asset-the apartments-and getting far away from their Lawyer-packing tenants. Far, as in 'leaving the country', and this is where their true adventure begins. South of the border becomes their new home. 

From their journey through third-world narrow roads, small towns where no English is spoken, to long, hot unending desert roads and through humid coastal towns they continue toward their big city destination, Guadalajara, where their life begins and they encounter everything and everyone from kind helpers to con-artists and crazies and from strangers to good friends, both Mexican and American. From young boy to teenager, as the years pass, Sonny sees it all: his family's ups and downs, the country's ups and downs with its own political third-world corruption, and his own transformation from a simple boy in a new country to a growing youth, fully fluent in Spanish; a devilish yet fun-loving teenager now with roots firmly planted and sprouting happily in his new home, his new country. From the adventures and joys of boyhood with his friends and pals to the wild days through grade school, junior high and high school with the opportunities given him as a bi-lingual kid to living through the set-backs that could trouble any family-Mexican or American-even scare of the faint of heart, he takes it all in; after all, now he's Mexican. The fiestas, the friends, the awesome busy modern streets of Guadalajara in the early Seventies to the early Eighties, Guadalajara, the country's capital of Mariachis.

#BookReview: Dewdrop by @strangelykatie

Synopsis: From the author of The Tea Dragon Society comes Dewdrop, the delightful children's tale of an adorable axolotl who cheers on his underwater friends as they each bring their talents to the pond's sports fair! 

Dewdrop is an easygoing, gentle axolotl who enjoys naps, worm pie, and cheerleading. When the yearly sports fair nears, he and his friends—Mia the weightlifting turtle, Newman the musical newt, and three minnows who love to cook—get ready to showcase their skills to the whole pond! 

However, as the day of the fair gets closer, Dewdrop's friends can't help putting pressure on themselves to be the best. It's up to Dewdrop to remind them how to be mindful, go at their own pace, and find joy in their own achievements. 

#ReleaseBlitz: Luz and the Alchemist's Folly by @columbkillnoon1 @RABTBookTours #Giveaway

Children’s Adventure

Date Published: 1/3/2020

 Luz, a Peruvian girl, is enjoying her life in Lima with her father. But what she does not know is that something is about to go very, very wrong, because she lives in a future that has been strangely altered by the magic of an overzealous alchemist from the past. Soon her world will collide with other times and places, putting Luz in terrible danger and linking her fate to a motley assortment of characters.

Will they find their way through unimaginable danger, together? Or will the challenges of this strange new world prevail and take them out, one by one?

#BookReview: Bug Boys by Laura Knetzger

Synopsis: Join two bug friends as they learn about the science of the world around them and the meaning of friendship in this early graphic novel series perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly!

Rhino-B is a brash, but sweet guy. Stag-B is a calm and scholarly adventurer. Together these two young beetles make up the Bug Boys, best friends who spend their time exploring the world of Bug Village and beyond, as well as their own - sometimes confusing and complicated - thoughts and feelings.

In their first adventure, the Bug Boys travel through spooky caves, work with a spider to found a library, save their town's popular honey supply from extinction, and even make friends with ferocious termites!

What challenges will these two earnest beetles face? Whatever it is, you can be sure that Rhino-B and Stag-B will face it together -- with the power of friendship behind them.

This title will be released on February 11, 2020.

#BookReview: Sweet Senior Pups by Kama Einhorn

Synopsis:  Photo-packed series explores the stories and science behind animal sanctuaries. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? 

Visit the Senior Dog Sanctuary of Maryland to meet three very special old dogs—Mino, Buffy, and Jack—who are ready and waiting to make new families very happy. Includes full-color photos, maps, and graphics throughout.

At many animal shelters, older pets are often overlooked in favor of puppies and kittens. But you'll find only dogs over the age of six at the Senior Dog Sanctuary of Maryland. Mino, Jack, and Buffy are three dog roommates at the SDS, each having a unique personality but all of them in need of a new home. 

For every dog at SDS, the road to release is a different one but always features rescue, recovery, rehabilitation, and ultimately release. Join Mino as he shares stories about Buffy, Jack, and the SDS staff they get ready for their forever families. Other books in the photo-packed Sanctuary Stories series include Welcome, Wombat. 

#BookReview: The Runaway Princess by Johan Troïanowski

Synopsis: This princess can't resist the lure of adventure, but her parents aren't quite on board in this fantastical graphic novel perfect for fans of Princess in Black and Phoebe and Her Unicorn!

Robin? Robin? Robin?! Where are you?

She couldn't have gone far. . . .

Princesses don't run away to have their own adventures. Right?

Princesses stay quietly and obediently at home. They would never want mermaids and swamps and pirates and getting kidnapped to be a part of their lives.

Not this princess!

Adventures await when Robin (bored of princess-ing all the time) embarks on the best adventure of her life--meeting friends along the way as she travels through the magical landscape of her country. But her parents aren't so pleased--and they're coming to find her and bring her back to the castle, no matter how she feels about it!


This title will be released on January 21, 2020.

#BookReview: Stand Up!: Be an Upstander and Make a Difference by Wendy Moss

Synopsis: Do you want to be an Upstander who makes the world a better place by standing up to bullying and injustice in your school, home, or community?

 If so, this book is for you! You may doubt that one kid can make a difference.

 You can't fly like Wonder Woman or scale walls like Spiderman, but you could be a hero to someone else by speaking up. Small changes can lead to bigger and bigger changes!

Chock full of quizzes, examples, practical advice, and small steps you can take in your real life, Stand Up!: Be an Upstander and Make a Difference takes readers through the ways to be an Upstander, including being kind to yourself, having empathy for others, spreading kindness, and dealing with conflicts.

#BookBlitz: Little Red and the Crocodile by @shjstories @RABTBookTours,

Fractured Fairytale, Book 1

Children's Book

Published: November 2019

Publisher: True Beginnings Publishing

Meet Zara! She’s a smart, friendly, and curious girl who loves to visit her Auntie. This is a FRACTURED version of a famous tale. This retelling of Little Red Riding Hood takes the reader to the Louisiana swamps where we meet a new character in Cory the Crocodile. Will Little Red follow her mother’s rules? Will Cory the Croc succeed? Find out what happens when they meet on a journey.

#BookReview: A Tale of Witchwood Park by S.W. Develin

Synopsis: “I am older than you can comprehend. I am eight.” – Emily Spellmaker.

Emily Spellmaker is missing. She didn’t return to Witchwood Park Elementary this year and Kendra, the shy little girl she befriended, is heartbroken. Kendra waits alone on the park bench after school each day until the Tuesday a troll walks out of the woods. He chooses Kendra, Jimmy (the school bully), and Daniel (an outcast) to come on a magical journey where they must overcome an evil queen and her Army of the Faceless to free an enslaved land. In the process they learn who they really are and what friendship means, while getting closer to solving the mystery of Emily Spellmaker.

#BookReview: Cat and Cat #1: Girl Meets Cat by Christophe Cazenove @PapercutzGN

Synopsis: Life was quiet for Cath and her dad, living alone. But when they adopt a cat named Sushi, things get a bit too exciting! Between turning everything into either a personal scratching post or litter box, and the constant cat and mouse game of "love me/leave me alone," Cath and Dad have a lot to learn! Cath also learns how good it is to have a constant companion, a role Cath's dad is trying to fill on his own. It's a hilarious and heartwarming adventure of daily life of this little girl...with a dad and a cat along for the ride!
This title will be released on February 11, 2020.

#BookReview: The River Fairy's Wish: A Lyrical Fairy Tale by @CyrenaShows

Title: The River Fairy's Wish

Author: Cyrena Shows

Published: July 8, 2019
Publisher: Dragonfly Hill Books, LLC
Format: Kindle Edition, 31pages

Synopsis: A Magical Wish...

If you were a fairy who could make a big wish, what would your wish be?

The River Fairy lives in an enchanting crystal house by the lazy Dream River.

What more could she possibly want? With the help of a dazzling, magical crown, the fairy's most desired wish comes true! Can you guess what her wish might be?

This lyrical story reveals the River Fairy's wish through song accompanied by colorful, whimsical artwork. Much of the tale follows the tune of the old folk song "Green Grass Grows All Around," and children will love the singsong quality of the story.