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Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron

May 22, 2018 by Mark Graham Leave a Comment

Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron James Turner 2017 ISBN: 978-1-38-896262-3 359 pages A world of dreams in many ways and James Turner has written a young adult novel entitled 'Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron. Theo Paxstone, a mechanic, with imagination. He and his friends seem to live in two worlds. A story of inventions and how these inventions can change ideas of others. James Turner wrote this book to inspire a reader's imagination and creativity. I was reading this … [Continue reading...]

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The “You’ve Got to be Dead to Qualify” List of Most Famous American Authors

May 20, 2018 by Guest Post Leave a Comment

The “You’ve Got to be Dead to Qualify” List of Most Famous American Authors Making up such a list is obviously subjective: famous to whom? On what basis? Does quality matter? So maybe think of this as my personal list of the best of the most famous American authors. Mark Twain 1.Mark Twain – Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn Born Samuel Clemens in Florida, Missouri, Twain penned two of the most beloved books of Americana, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: Book Lists, Guest Post Tagged With: Jack London, Joseph Heller, Mark Twain, The Best American Authors

How To Raise Kids to Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves

May 17, 2018 by Guest Post Leave a Comment

How To Raise Kids to Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves By Heidi Schauster, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S Author of How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self There are confusing messages about how to eat. Each week brings a new “healthy eating plan” that is “cleaner.” Sounding like breakthroughs, most of them are […]

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Sara Flutterbye and the Spooky Woods

May 13, 2018 by Mark Graham Leave a Comment

Sara Flutterbye and the Spooky Woods Written by: John Hallis Illustrated by: Natalie Krug ISBN: 978-0-9984718-0-8 46 pages What is friendship? John and Natalie have written and illustrated the story of ‘Sara Flutterbye and the Spooky Woods’ that show what many forms that friendship […]

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Interview with Sophie McAloon author of Top Choice

May 11, 2018 by Dick Leonardo Leave a Comment

Canadian-based indie author Sophie McAloon launched her debut YA novel in the United States this spring , TOP CHOICE is an exciting and thought-provoking story of first love and rebellion. It takes place in a near-future world where strongest and biggest and most ruthless has been replaced by smartest and fairest and […]

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Filed Under: Author Interview, Book Reviews, Dystopian, Young Adult Fiction Tagged With: Author Interview, Sophie McAloon, Top Choice, YA Novels

How To Organize Your Financial Life

May 10, 2018 by Dick Leonardo Leave a Comment

How to Organize Your Financial Life Getting organized financially is especially important to financial success. Being organized financially means never missing payments on bills, or accidentally paying something twice. Being organized also helps for tax time to be much less stressful and can help a person to reach individual savings goals. Below are eight […]

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Filed Under: General Information Tagged With: Credit Card Management, financial goals, money, personal finance, Saving and Budgeting

KD Novelties-Personalizing Children’s Books

May 6, 2018 by Dick Leonardo Leave a Comment

Your Child is the STAR of Each Story!®Personalizing Children’s Books, Kid’s Music & Gifts Since 2002 Want to get something really cool for your kids ? Something they will absolutely love? Check out KD Novelties. These folks have created something very cool. What they do is integrate your child into a storybook creating Personalizing Children’s […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Childrens Books Tagged With: #personalizedbooks, book, custom story books, in the book, personalized books for children, personalized books for kids, personalized children, personalized children's books, personalized childrens book, personalized gifts, personalized gifts for kids, personalized kid's books, Personalized Kid's Gift Sets, personalized story, put my name in the story, stories

The Fed-Up Cow; a Rhyming Picture Book

May 6, 2018 by Mark Graham Leave a Comment

The Fed-Up Cow a Picture Book by Peta Lemon & Maria Dasic Todoric Join Hilda, the fed-up cow, on her voyage of self-discovery in this daft but timeless story, written in rhyme. The Fed-up Cow is beautifully illustrated and contains an important message: be happy with who you are. Who […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Childrens Books Tagged With: 1999956672, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Picture Books, Maria Dasic Todoric, Peta Lemon, Quirky Picture Press, The Fed-up Cow

Top Choice by Sophie McAloon

May 4, 2018 by Rebecca Bryant Leave a Comment

Top Choice by Sophie McAloon Goodreads Book stats: Genre(s): Young Adult, dystopian, romance Medium: Print Number of pages: 330 Publish date: April 16th, 2018 Purchase: Amazon – Book Depository This spring, Canadian-based indie author Sophie McAloon launched her debut YA novel in the United States, TOP CHOICE (April 24, […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Dystopian, Young Adult, Young Adult Fiction Tagged With: Book review, dystopian, Fiction / Dystopian, Sophie McAloon, Young Adult Fiction

Patrick Swayze The Dreamer

April 30, 2018 by Mark Graham Leave a Comment

Patrick Swayze The Dreamer Sue Tabashnik 2017 Passion Spirit Dreams Press ISBN: 978-0-9894086-3-9(paperback) ISBN: 978-0-9894086-4-6(ebook 129 pages Dreams are what we are made for to make them real. Patrick was a great […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Cancer, Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Movies, Patrick Swayze, patrick swayze books, Swayze Patrick

Jay versus the Saxophone of Doom

April 27, 2018 by Mark Graham Leave a Comment

Jay versus the Saxophone of Doom Kara Kootstra 2017 ISBN: 978-0-14-319374-6 Penguin Random House 182 pages ‘Jay versus the Saxophone of Doom’ is a chapter book for young children. Jay is a sixth grader, who must make some decisions about himself and junior high school. Jay and his ‘friends’ will help each other along the […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Middle Grade Novel Tagged With: Bobby Orr, Bullying, Children: Grades 4-6, Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction, children's Fiction, Competition (Psychology), General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Hockey, Hockey stories, Hockey;Fiction., Humorous Stories, Jay Versus the Saxophone of Doom, JUVENILE FICTION, JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, Juvenile Fiction/Performing Arts - Music, Juvenile Fiction/Sports & Recreation - Hockey, Kara Kootstra, Kim Smith, Middle school students, Middle schools, Performing Arts - Music, Puffin Canada, Saxophone, Saxophone;Fiction., schools, Sports & Recreation - Hockey

Poverty Bear by Timothy Hampton

April 23, 2018 by Dick Leonardo Leave a Comment

Poverty Bear by Timothy Hampton Illustrated by Adit Galiahart Poverty Bear was written to invite poverty’s most innocent victims into this discussion. Children must be informed if they are to avoid the pitfalls that can lead to becoming poor. Poverty Bear’s purpose is to illuminate not only the condition, but also some […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Adit Galiahart, ebook, Juvenile Nonfiction / Poetry / General, Poverty Bear, Timothy Hampton

Five Good Books for Teens

April 22, 2018 by Guest Post Leave a Comment

Five Good Books for Teens As we all know the reading is quite important. Especially it plays important part in the development for children and teens. But it’s essential that the reading is for pleasure and enjoyment. The recent studies reflect that in such case teens who read as a hobby every day have a […]

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Filed Under: Book Lists, Book Reviews Tagged With: Five Good Reads for Teens, Phoenix Rising by Karen Hesse, Smashed by Koren Zailckas, The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Hunger Games, The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis, Young Adult books

The Transition Starts Here, Now and Together By Rob Hopkins

April 21, 2018 by Dick Leonardo Leave a Comment

A Guest Post by Rob Hopkins on Earth Day 2018 7 Steps to Creating a Sustainability Transition Movement in Your Community By Rob Hopkins Author of The Transition Starts Here, Now and Together It’s easy to feel daunted by the profound environmental, social and economic crises affecting our world. It’s easy, too, to […]

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Filed Under: Guest Post, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #EarthDay2018, Lionel Astruc, Now and Together, Rob Hopkins, The Transition Starts Here

An Eye for an Eye by Caroline Fardig

April 20, 2018 by Rebecca Bryant Leave a Comment

An Eye for an Eye by Caroline Fardig Book stats: Genre(s): Mystery, thriller, suspense Medium: Print Number of pages: 322 Publish date: January 23rd, 2018 Purchase: Amazon – Barnes & Noble – Book Depository Ellie Matthews is tired of her fifteen minutes of fame. After consulting on a high-profile murder case a few months ago, she wants nothing more than to fade […]

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Filed Under: Action/Adventure, Book Reviews, Mystery Tagged With: Book review, crime thriller, review copy, sequel

Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32

April 19, 2018 by Mark Graham 5 Comments

Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32 Written by: B.C.R. Fegan Illustrated by: Lenny Wen 2017 TaleBlade Press TaleBlade – TaleBlade Press 32pages Don’t Ever Look Behind Door 32 is about a total mystery. A picture book for preschool and elementary children who likes puzzles to solve. The one puzzle is what is behind Door 32. […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, fantasy, Giveaways Tagged With: B.C.R. Fegan, Don't Ever Look Behind Door 32, ebook, Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Counting & Numbers, JUVENILE FICTION / Picture Books, Lenny Wen, TaleBlade

The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade

April 16, 2018 by Mark Graham Leave a Comment

The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade Jordan Sonnenblick 2017 ISBN: 978-0-545-86320-9 Scholastic Press 193 pages Sixth grade what a change a person must adapt to in school. This is a year of making transitions for many children who are not ‘children’ anymore. The main character of Maverick is such a character who has […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Middle Grade Novel Tagged With: Bullying, death of a parent, friends and friendship, Jordan Sonnenblick, school life, Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade - by Jordan Sonnenblick, The Secret Sheriff of Sixth Grade

America’s Best Historical Exhibits.

April 14, 2018 by Dick Leonardo Leave a Comment

Want to expand your mind? Get out of the same old same old? Visiting a museum or exhibit is a great boredom buster. Museums offer a plethora of artwork and odd exhibits. They make you think more in depth than you would in any other scenario. Let’s go through some of America’s best museums […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: America’s best museums, American Museums, Art Institute of Chicago, artwork, Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, Museums

Ghost Bully by Brian Corley

April 13, 2018 by Dick Leonardo Leave a Comment

Ghost Bully by Brian Corley I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!! If this book “Ghost Bully” is any indication take note. If one day you start to suspect your house may be haunted pay attention to your gut. You no maybe your keys keep disappearing or you hear strange noises. Or if you actually […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Paranormal Tagged With: 0692048413, after death, Brian Corley, Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary, Ghost Bully, hauntings, Paranormal, Paranormal comedy

My Bible Culture, The premier Bible-based education company

April 11, 2018 by Dick Leonardo Leave a Comment

My Bible Culture My Bible Culture is the premier Bible-based education company with a specific focus on personal development and creating a solid relationship with God. Known for its popular sold out products, like “The Illustrated Reference Bible”, the company provides tools to helps families to become closer with God and increasingly familiar […]

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Filed Under: spotlight Tagged With: My Bible Culture, SELF-AWARENESS

Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron May 22, 2018
http://www.bookroomreviews.com Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron James Turner 2017 ISBN: 978-1-38-896262-3 359 pages A world of dreams in many ways and James Turner has written a young adult novel entitled ‘Theo Paxstone and the Dragon of Adyron. Theo Paxstone, a mechanic, with imagination. He and his friends seem to live in two worlds. […]
The “You’ve Got to be Dead to Qualify” List of Most Famous American Authors May 20, 2018
http://www.bookroomreviews.com The “You’ve Got to be Dead to Qualify” List of Most Famous American Authors Making up such a list is obviously subjective: famous to whom? On what basis? Does quality matter? So maybe think of this as my personal list of the best of the most famous American authors. Mark Twain 1.Mark Twain […]
How To Raise Kids to Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves May 17, 2018
http://www.bookroomreviews.com How To Raise Kids to Love Food, Their Bodies, and Themselves By Heidi Schauster, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S Author of How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self There are confusing messages about how to eat. Each week brings a new “healthy eating plan” that is “cleaner.” Sounding like breakthroughs, most of them […]
Sara Flutterbye and the Spooky Woods May 13, 2018
http://www.bookroomreviews.com Sara Flutterbye and the Spooky Woods Written by: John Hallis Illustrated by: Natalie Krug ISBN: 978-0-9984718-0-8 46 pages What is friendship? John and Natalie have written and illustrated the story of ‘Sara Flutterbye and the Spooky Woods’ that show what many forms that […]
Interview with Sophie McAloon author of Top Choice May 11, 2018
http://www.bookroomreviews.com Canadian-based indie author Sophie McAloon launched her debut YA novel in the United States this spring , TOP CHOICE is an exciting and thought-provoking story of first love and rebellion. It takes place in a near-future world where strongest and biggest and most ruthless has been replaced by smartest and fairest […]

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