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Monday, April 7, 2014

Review: Children's Book Tour by Ana Koza @kidintheclouds1 @VBTCafe #Giveaway





Genre: Children's Book
Publisher: Book Baby
Release Date: August 19, 2013
Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Book Description:

Around the world teaches kids about different culture and what make us unique and special. The book will give shot of each characters' lives and they will give us a glance of their country.

Excerpt:

Around The World

My friends come from different parts of the world, also called continents. You may have seen or heard this word before in books. Do you know what a continent is? A continent is a big land.

There are seven continents: North America, South America, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, and Europe. (show world map) Let's go around the world and meet some of my friends!


My Review:

I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

Around The World is a great little book to teach children about all the continents and how many they are. It will also teach them about all the different cultures in the world and how each and every one of us is different but that we are the same as well.

It will teach children that people around the world eat different kinds of food, we dress differently and we speak a different language too. And just because we talk, eat and dress differently we are still the same. We are one.

Ana Koza wrote Around The World so that children from all over the world can learn about other children that live far, far, far away from them. If you like reading to your child and teaching them at the same time then I think you and your child both will love Around The World.



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Genre: Children's Book
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Book Description:

A wonderful book for ages 1-7 year of year. A boy named Tommy often forgets to say the magic words, but then he realizes how important those words are. Let Tommy remind us about those words in a fun and magic way!
Excerpt:

The Magic Words

This is Tommy. He often asks for things and forgets the magic words. One day Tommy told his Mom, "Mom, I want to go to the park and ride my bike."

His mom replied, "Tommy, you are forgetting something important. You haven't said the magic words."


My Review:

I received a free copy of the book from the author for my honest opinion.

Tommy has a great mom who loves him very much. She tries so hard to teach Tommy The Magic Words. She loves him and wants him to be a nice person so that other people will like him more. At first Tommy has a hard time remembering the magic words. But then he realizes that he gets more stuff and that he gets it quicker if he uses them. Tommy has a good heart wants to be a good little boy and do what his mother tells him to do. Besides he wants to be nice and polite to others as well.

The Magic Words is another great little book to teach children how to be nice and how to get what they want quicker too. I would recommend The Magic Words to all mothers who want to teach their children to be a nice person and to use The Magic Words. I bet you are wondering what are the magic words aren't you? Want to know what they are? Well I can't tell you because then that would just spoil the book for you and there would be no need for you to pick up your copy which I recommend that you do. It is not something that you will regret doing. If your child loves to read or have you read to them then they will love you for buying them their very own copy.

Author Interview:

What inspired you to write Around the World and The Magic Words?

My kids, family and friends are my inspiration. Rraising 2 boys has been a wonderful and challenging experience thus far and I've discovered a fun and creative way to pass on to them the importance of being polite and respectful to others.

When or at what age did you know you wanted to be a writer?

I wanted to write mainly for kids, I wasn't sure about the age as I don't want to box my writing in a certain age. Around the World and The Magic words are targeted for kids from ages 1-8 years of age.

What is the earliest age you remember reading your first book?

In first grade that's when I remember starting to read.

What genre of books do you enjoy reading?

I like fiction books and also spiritual/healing books

What is your favorite book?

Cien años de Soledad (One hundred years of solitude) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

You know I think we all have a favorite author. Who is your favorite author and why?

Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I love the way he writes his stories, fiction and non-fiction. The way he describes each paragraph, it's like watching a movie.

If you could travel back in time here on earth to any place or time. Where would you go and why?

I would go to the time when the Aztecs and Mayans exited. They were warriors and very smart people for their time.

When writing a book do you find that writing comes easy for you or is it a difficult task?

It depends on the day and how I feel. Around the world took some time to write it vs. The Magic words it didn't take long. One night I sat down next to my computer and started writing it. I had the ideas and I just needed to put them together to make sense.

Do you have any little fuzzy friends? Like a dog or a cat? Or any pets?

I do have a poodle. Her name is apricot. We adopted her about 4 years ago. My kids love her and she's part of our family.

What is your "to die for", favorite food/foods to eat?

I love sushi, but Oysters are the one food I die for!

Do you have any advice for anyone that would like to be an author?

Keep writing, never give up and keep dreaming! It's not easy to get into this writing world, but after all your hard work, its well worth it!





Author Ana Koza lives with her husband and sons Ari and Eli in San Diego, California. She was raised in Guadalajara, Mexico. Interested in writing since she was in school, Ana is now writing two future books for children which she expects to publish later this year. More information about Ana and her books can be found at her author web site Kid in the Clouds. Her books are available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble and at book stores.



Author Links:

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covergifTitle: Fall from Grace
Author: Ron C. Nieto
Genre: Urban Fantasy / Paranormal
Audience:  New Adult / Adult
Formats: E-book
Publisher: Ron C. Nieto
Cover By: Kris Wagner
Editor: EFC Services
Pages: 310
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People believe the world will go out with a bang. People expect it to be crushed under ever-rising waves, to burn in an inferno of all-encompassing flame, to be torn asunder by the same forces that created it.
No one ever thought it would be as gentle as a door sliding open. No one suspected the beginning of the end would go unnoticed.
Yesterday, Lee led a normal life. Today he is alone, lost and unable to remember anything but the pain.
Henry remembers too much. He holds recollections of what was, what should have been, what will remain forever lost.
They both want to save the world.
Together, they might destroy it.

   
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It's ironic, how worried I am about falling to my death when it'll find me one way or the other.
It's also disturbing, this second-guessing that comes with cold, intangible fingers sliding down my spine and a taste of fear. I made my choice and I will go through with it.
I keep climbing, and the white-knuckled hold I have on the railing is the only show of weakness I allow myself. It takes us a few minutes to reach the relative safety of the concrete rooftop, and I put them to good use, schooling my features and body language to resemble a blank slate: an emotionless mask just like Edmund's.
I certainly hope my efforts are successful enough to hide my astonishment when I see the crowd waiting for us.
Well. Go figure. Five years of preparation and Edmund didn't think to mention the audience once in all that time. He told me this wouldn't be a private affair and that six of his brethren would perform the ritual with him, but the couple dozen people milling about and having no apparent role whatsoever are a surprise. A rather unpleasant one, if I'm honest. They look like sharks, sleek and elegant in their suits. Their polite smiles will turn razor sharp the moment they catch a whiff of weakness. If I were any other person, I would take them for lawyers, CEOs or some other species of corporate predator, but I'm unfortunate enough to know better.
Sometimes I swear the only value of truth is to make a task more difficult. A meeting of high-ranking executives who hold age, experience and planning over my head I can handle. A gathering of curious, somewhat amused demons gets under my skin.


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The would-be mugger takes a step back. He's young, yet he's only a hollow husk trapping a soul that burned out too soon. He holds a switchblade in his right hand, and he seems to have forgotten all about it. His fingers twitch like the whiskers of a cornered rat.
Rat it is, then.
"Don't mess with me! Hand it over and I won't hurt you," says Rat.
"Won't hurt me," he repeats, straightening up. He had collapsed against the brick wall of a narrow alley and a hitch on his side protests the movement. The body obeys nonetheless. "Do you believe you could?"
"The fuck? I swear, I'll kill you!" Rat isn't entirely empty after all. There are remnants of a soul in there, enough to need, to crave. The dark tendrils consume his human mind and blind him. He doesn't even understand he's no longer in charge.
He laughs again. "God didn't kill me. You won't, either."

 
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