The Dragonstone Story series is featured on the South Bay "Mommies & Daddyies" website among the 50 books for all ages in honor of April -- International Children's Book day (4/2), Nat'l Library Workers day (4/6) & World Book day (4/23). Go to:https://lnkd.in/dbZQ2dp
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I've never been one to like the sound of my own voice on recordings (it sounds way different than what I hear in my head when I talk). Anyway, I agreed to do video interview for the Ready Writer website, hosted by Casey Bell. The interview runs about 15 minutes. So, if you are interested, feel free to visit this YouTube posting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znks5...
I just learned that Readers Favorite (a book review service/website) has given my book, The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol, a 5 STAR Rating! The review gets rated on 5 different categories -- each received 5 stars resulting in an overall rating of 5 stars! You can read the reviewers critique at this web site: https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/the-wonders-of-the-peculiar-parasol
Last week, during the final stop on the virtual book tour, the Iron Canuck (https://ironcanuckreviews.home.blog/2020/09/28/review-tour-the-wonders-of-the-peculiar-parasol-a-dragonstone-story-by-mark-m-even-with-an-excerpt-a-giveaway-and-my-review/) gave 5 stars to The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol. Here is the entire review: This was a children’s story which I don’t read much any more, but I had a lot of fun. Mandy learned that playing with magic may get one into trouble. I loved the fact that the entire family stood by her and they all helped get through the dangerous stuff. It was nice to see such a strong, close family helping children use their imagination. I highly recommend this story for the families as well as the children.
During the Virtual Book tour for The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol, yesterday's host was Our Town Book Reviews (https://www.ourtownbookreviews.com/2020/09/the-wonders-of-peculiar-parasole.html) and they had this to say about the book:What a fun story for children. A true adventure or fantasy and magic. I enjoyed it and am sure children would. I felt it jumped around a little but to be honest it was so fun, I’m not sure it matters. If you haven't gotten a copy for an 8-14 year old in your life, just click on the button below to order one. And keep an eye out for the next book in the series, coming soon: The Power of the Emerald Ring.
Starting Mon, Aug 10, I will be participating in a VIRTUAL book tour to promote my book, The Wonders of The Peculiar Parasol. The tour runs for 9 consecutive Mondays. You can visit the blog "hosts" for each of the tour event and see the questions (and my answers) that get posted throughout the day, or visit the host's website anytime to see the activity they had. On Aug 10, there are actually two host events, so check them out: https://andischapterbooks.blogspot.com/ http://booksinthehall.blogspot.com/ So -- the "tour" is actually a set of bloggers (who happen to be passionate about books and in particular for this tour, children's books). Yesterday, the two sites listed above opened their blog for comments while posting...
Just learned that The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol has been recognized by Mom's Choice Awards with their Silver Medal honor. This means the book has been named among the best in family-friendly media, products and services. Go to: https://www.momschoiceawards.com/about/ to learn about this organization and what they provide in regard to evaluation of products for parents and educators. And if you don't have a copy of The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol, click on the ORDER NOW button to get yours now!
Our publisher, Cresting Wave Publishing, has joined forces with an organization called "One Tree Planted" (see their website at : https://onetreeplanted.org/). For every book purchased, Cresting Wave will donate a portion of the profits to this organization to fund the efforts to re-forest our planet. Do your part...buy a book from Cresting Wave (gocwpub.com) ... or better yet, buy my book, The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol! And be on the look-out for the 2nd book in the Dragonstone Story Saga, The Power of the Emerald Ring, coming soon. (Buying that one will help the trees too). The attached photo is my grand-daughter, Athena, promoting new trees (and Papa's book).
I'm happy to announce that I have just signed the agreements with Cresting Wave Publishing ( https://gocwpub.com/ ) to publish the 3rd and 4th books of the Dragonstone Story Saga. Although there have been some delays in getting the 2nd book (The Power of the Emerald Ring) to market, we are now expecting it to be available this spring. With these new agreements, we will jump right into the editing and artwork process for the 3rd book of the series (tentatively titled, The New Lizard Queen) and hope to have all 4 books available by Christmas 2020. If you haven't gotten a copy of the first book (The Wonders of the Peculiar Parasol), just click on the ORDER NOW button...
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