I review children’s books from picture books to YA for Armadillo Magazine, The Children’s Book Review, iReadBooks Tours and was a former reviewer for the Children’s Book Council of Australia. Here you’ll find links to all of those reviews, guest posts, author interviews and giveaways.
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Guest Post: Author Lauren Piland
Choosing Picture Books for the Classroom As a former elementary teacher, my first goal when dreaming up the Blooming Rose series was that the stories could be used as engaging read-alouds and then seamlessly transitioned into beyond the text enrichment, both in the classroom or at home. From a teacher’s perspective, I loved choosing stories…
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Book Review + Giveaway: Blooming Rose Blasts Off!
Title: BLOOMING ROSE BLASTS OFF! | Author: Lauren Piland | Illustrator: Kristen Humphrey | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Mascot Books | Release Date: January 2023 Book Description: Rose loves to write, draw, and play―but what happens when she has to face a project she’s never done before?! With encouragement from her best friend, Brady, and some brainstorming with Dad, does Rose’s rocket launcher project turn out…
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Book Review + Giveaway: Dog Park
Title: Dog Park | Author: Kathryn Kazoleas | Genre: Chapter Book | Publisher: Kathryn Kazoleas | Release Date: May 2021 | ISBN: 9781777426118 Publisher’s Book Summary: Gibson the Labradoodle is about to begin her first day of training to become a dog park ambassador, something she has been dreaming about her entire life. Dog park ambassadors hold a very high honor…
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Book Tour + Giveaway: Needles the Forgotten Christmas Tree
Title: Needles, the Forgotten Christmas Tree | Author: Richard Wagner | Illustrator: Sydni Kruger | Genre: Picture Book | Publisher: Mascot Books | Release Date: March 2023
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Book Review + Giveaway: Armadas in the Mist
Title: Armadas in the Mist (Empire of the House of Thorns Series, Book Three | Author: Christian Klaver | Genre: YA Fiction | Publisher: CamCat Books | Release Date: November 2022 Book Description: The Black Shuck’s forces gather just beyond the mist . . . Captain Justice Kasric knows how complicated family can be. The escalating Human-Faerie war has scattered and wounded her siblings…
Stephanie Ward 