So after 48 years I’ve finally published my first book – a special ebook for children that’s written entirely in rhyme. It’s “a fun short turkey mystery for kids” for Thanksgiving, with 12 different illustrations,. (There’s four talking turkeys on Thanksgiving day — but one of them is secretly planning to escape!) It was [...]
Award Winning “One To Grow On!” Children’s audio book series opens a channel of communication through the wonder of story time, and it will empower children with self-esteem values and ideals that will impart the tools they need to grow and thrive. These are highly dramatized adventures that are embellished with music and sound effects. [...]
Everyone around the world can now download a multicultural book from Wiggles Press with the launch made possible by StoryChimes™ a division of Siena Entertainment Los Angeles, California. The initial launch includes nine 2010 storybook releases: 1. Don’t Play Catch with Jelly, George Jack and Jennifer Rackley 2. Gabe’s Nantucket Adventure; Daffodil, Dogs, and Cars [...]
AuntieSarah.com YR Book Rating: 6.5 Turning 13 can be tumultuous for anyone, but our heroine in Ingrid Law’s Savvy, isn’t like anyone else you may know. You see, Mibs is from a super-secretive, ancient magical family whos members each inherit a unique special power on their 13th birthday — their own “savvy” which they must [...]
AuntieSarah.com Chapter Book Rating: 4.5 Startling talent, bravery, and a fierce friendship shine in Masterpiece, by Elise Broach, when the most unnoticeable of creatures — a small, young beetle called Marvin teams-up with a shy but courageous boy, James, to outwit a master art thief at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art! Marvin lives [...]
AuntieSarah.com Chapter Book Rating: 4 (out of 5) What is all the giggling about? I may be a grown-up, but deep in the pages of Clementine, by Sara Pennypacker, I am unable to control the full-belly giggle of my inner 8yr old as I peer over the top of the book to see who has [...]
AuntieSarah.com YR/YA Rating: 7.5 Sheer adventure, rotten mayhem and Viking voyages — not to mention giant Ice Trolls — await anyone brave enough to tread the passages of THE SEA of TROLLS by Nancy Farmer. This is a page-turner of the first order, but not for the faint of heart. In these pages, all is [...]
This is a sinfully rich dessert that is always a hit. Made popular by St Elmo’s pizza restaurant chain in South Africa, it is sweetly simple and easy to make. You’ll need a can of caramel for it – if you can’t find tinned caramel, make your own by submerging a can of condensed milk [...]