Cover Reveal…
Who wants to see the cover for the next Erutuf National Park book?!? 📚 Look here for the cover of Bison Blog on Thursday this week! 🎉🦬😊
Title Reveal
Thank you for the guesses for the next book in the Erutuf National Park series! And now for the title reveal… Get ready for more adventures for Reese and Dean as they explore the valley section of Erutuf National Park! And yes, they will meet a bison. Bison Blog: An Erutuf National Park will be coming out on September 26th! Cover reveal coming soon! 🙂
Books for Maui
Books for Maui is a bookish auction to raise funds for the Maui wildfire relief efforts. On Tuesday, August 8th, a wildfire swept through Lāhainā on the Island of Maui, Hawaiʻi. It quickly consumed hundreds of structures and destroyed families. The full impact, devastation, and loss of life are yet to be understood. To help, the book community has organized an auction. This book auction will benefit: 💛 Hawaii Community Foundation – Maui Strong: @HawaiiCommunityFoundation💛 Kamehameha – Ho’ōla Maui: @kamehamehamaui💛 Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement – Kāko’o Maui: @HawaiianCouncil💛 Maui Food Bank: @mauifoodbank Please check out this auction. You can even bid to win a signed copy of TURTLE TUBE: AN ERUTUF NATIONAL PARK, plus a bookmark and sticker! The auction begins at 6 AM HST/Noon EST Monday, 8/21, and ends at midnight HST on Friday, 8/25. There are tons of great books to bid on. And there are not only books—even manuscript critiques from award-winning authors. With so many options, surely there is something to bid on while supporting a great cause. Link to bid on TURTLE TUBE: https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/111641/auctions/148492/auction_items/4734495 Link to check out over 950 items: https://www.32auctions.com/BooksforMaui
Book 2 Title
Who wants to guess the title or the main animal for the next Erutuf National Park book? Comment below with your guesses! Happy 2nd book birthday today to the first book in the series, Turtle Tube! 🐢❤️ Book 2 will be coming soon! 📚
Luna and Fortuna’s Summer 2023 Book Club
If you’re looking for a great way for your children (7-13 years old) to keep reading this summer and meet some other bookish friends from around the United States and other countries, check out the Luna and Fortuna’s Summer 2023 Book Club! The book club will meet virtually four times this summer and discuss three different middle grade books. Attend when you can! It’s free and hosted by children’s author Katy Roberts. It sounds like a fun club to enjoy this summer! 🙂 For more information and to sign up for this fun book club, click here. Happy reading!
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Turtle Tube Video
Check out this awesome video about Turtle Tube: An Erutuf National Park Novel made by author and illustrator, Carli Valentine: Carli has authored and illustrated some sweet children’s books that you can find online. You can find other great reviews and videos by Carli by clicking here. Thank you so much to Carli for her creative video about Turtle Tube: An Erutuf National Park Novel and sweet review of it!
Mother’s Day
“It is the custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage in their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day. If you could keep awake (but of course you can’t) you would see your own mother doing this, and you would find it very interesting to watch her. It is quite like tidying up drawers. You would see her on her knees, I expect, lingering humorously over some of your contents, wondering where on earth you had picked this thing up, making discoveries sweet and not so sweet, pressing this to her cheek as if it were as nice as a kitten, and hurriedly stowing that out of sight. When you wake in the morning, the naughtinesses and evil passions with which you went to bed have been folded up small and placed at the bottom of your mind; and on the top, beautifully aired, are spread out prettier thoughts, ready for you to put on.”― J. M. Barrie, The Adventures of Peter Pan Mothers exist all over children’s literature as well quotes about them. Enjoy this one particular quote above from The Adventures of Peter Pan to celebrate this Scottish author’s birthday on Tuesday. Cheers to all the moms out there today! Hopefully you get some time to read a great book today! 🙂 Happy Mother’s Day!
Star Wars Day
Happy Star Wars Day! Say “Star Wars” and most people will think about the amazing movies, but many novels have been written about all these creative characters and stories. In fact, there are around 380 books (not including all the comics)! George Lucas created this magical franchise with the first film back in 1977 and it operates now as a huge enterprise! Happy reading on Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you!
National Park Week Thanks
As National Park Week wrapped up yesterday, I thought a lot about our national parks this past week. I thought about all the memories of our visits there. I also thought about the stories of connection, discovery, accomplishment, tradition, gratitude, ingenuity, inspiration, fun, and love! I smiled a lot during all these thoughts and memories. National parks bring us great joy in addition to many other benefits. National Park Week provided us with a daily reminder of all the goodness within this great and unique system. Thank you for coming along with me on this year’s National Park Week.
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National Park Week – Love
Happy National Park Week! To end this fun week, today’s theme focuses on love. National parks provide families and friends with so many wonderful and lasting memories filled with love. I have lots of moments of love from our national parks. I fell in love, got engaged, and even got married in our national parks. Enjoy two photos from my own amazing moments of love from the same area in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming 15 years apart. What’s your favorite moment of love from one of the national parks? Time to start planning the next national park trip to create more memories!
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