Who likes to do a puzzle? If you do, here’s a quick and easy one to do right now! Enjoy this fun puzzle of the cover of my children’s book, Bison Blog: An Erutuf National Park Novel! Let me know if I should make one of Turtle Tube too! Happy puzzling! 🙂
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So excited and honored for @stylemags to include my new children’s book, Bison Blog: An Erutuf National Park Novel, in this issue along side such talented local authors. 📚 I have always enjoyed reading this article every year in Style Magazine and learning about new authors and new books. I am pinching myself to be included here! Thank you so much to @stylemags for including my new book in this issue! ❤️ Bison Blog is coming soon on 9.26.23! 🦬
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
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! 📚
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!
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!
We all know the names of Pippi, Ramona, Winnie, Sherlock, Charlie Bucket, Harry Potter, and many more. Character names represent more than a word on a piece of paper. The name of the character comes to life and becomes a real person throughout a novel. Authors take great care in naming their characters. The ideas can come from many sources and places of inspiration. In my children’s book, Turtle Tube: An Erutuf National Park Novel, I selected the names of Reese and Dean by using my children’s middle names. Reese and Dean fit their characters really well. I based other characters’ names on their personalities and characteristics. I even changed a name at one point. Olivia was originally named Eva. In the editing process, I discovered that Eva and Emma were too similar of names to have in this book. I couldn’t imagine changing Emma, so opted to change Eva to Olivia. I’m working on the second book in this series and need a name for a 5 year old boy character. I decided to ask for some help and who else best to help than a class of children. 🙂 A local fourth grade class agreed to help and all wrote down name suggestions on pieces of paper for me to review. I love the suggestions! I am really impressed how serious the students took this task and wanted to help. Thank you to Mrs. Anderson’s class for all these thoughtful and creative suggestions!
