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Welcome to the World’s Worst Time Machine Blog Tour & Giveaway! Guest Post by Dustin Brady I am delighted to welcome Dustin Brady to talk about his latest book for kids, World’s Worst Time Machine ! About the Book: From best-selling author, Dustin Brady, comes a new illustrated novel series perfect for fans who love funny, unexpected adventures and wacky plot twists. For kids, life can be boring, but Liam and Elsa know how to create their own fun — or so they think. After finding a $3 time machine at a garage sale, Liam uses the machine to summon Thomas Edison for help with his book report. It's not until the time machine sends a different Thomas Edison from the 1930s that chaos ensues. World's Worst Time Machine is the newest series from best-selling children's book author of the Trapped in a Video Game series, Dustin Brady. Using his signature style, Brady's laugh-out-loud sense of humor and daring adventure will keep even the most reluctant reader w...

Welcome to the Not-So-Common Cents Blog Tour & Giveaway! To celebrate the release of Not-So-Common Cents by Sarah Wassner Flynn, featuring a special forward by financial educator Alvin Hall, blogs across the web are hosting exclusive excerpts from this ultimate book of all things money, as well as 5 chances to win a copy! FAMOUS FIRST JOBS You’ve got to start somewhere! Before they made the big bucks – or made history – these extraordinary people had pretty, well, ordinary jobs. Even better? They used some of their earnings to give back to others in need.  THE PERSON: Robert L. Johnson THE JOB: Newspaper delivery person THE STORY: Before he became the first African American billionaire, Johnson had a paper route in his hometown of Freeport, Illinois. But he says he didn’t like the early-morning hours, and he wound up dumping the papers in the trash! HOW HE GIVES BACK: With a $30 million donation, Johnson established a fund to help Liberian entrepreneurs go after t...

Welcome to Day #6 of the Emily and the Spellstone  Blog Tour! To celebrate the release of Emily and the Spellstone  by Michael Rubens (6/13/17), blogs across the web are featuring exclusive content from Michaek and 10 chances to win a copy of Emily and the Spellstone, as well as a  Grand Prize Giveaway ! Top Five Fantasy Books When I was Emily’s age I was a huge fantasy fan – in fact, I barely read anything else. In no particular order, here are my top five series / books: 1. The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper . I think I first read this series when I was around eight or nine; I reread it every year for the next five or six years (usually around Christmas, because the first book starts then). There’s so much I love about this series: the main character Will, who at 11 years old is in no way a hero but finds himself burdened with great powers and in the midst of an epic, ancient battle; the close and sometimes complicated friendships...

About Little Fun Club: Little Fun Club is a subscription box for children's books. It's ideal for kids ages 0-12. When you sign up, your child will receive a box containing three adventurous books every month. The books are tailored to your child's age, so you can rest assured they will always have quality, age-appropriate reading material. Each book is hand selected for your child, and no two boxes are the same.   How it Works: Join Little Fun Club and let them know your child's age so the box can be customized for them. You can include up to three kids per box and they'll customize it accordingly. Get three adventurous books every month for as little as $25/month. Grow with Little Fun Club. As your child gets older, the books change accordingly — so you'll always receive age-appropriate books for your kids.  Good to Know: You can add a note to your child's account with reading preferences so the box can be tailored to their interests...

MARY BOWSER AND THE CIVIL WAR SPY RING Spy on History by Enigma Alberti & Tony Cliff Workman Publishing, 2016 ISBN: 978-0-7611-8739-4 Middle grade nonfiction Ages 8-12 Source: publisher for review All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring introduces an exciting interactive series for middle grade readers—Spy on History, where the reader gets to experience history in a whole new way. Meet Mary Bowser, an African American spy who was able to infiltrate the Confederate leadership at the highest level. Enigma Alberti dramatizes Mary Bowser’s suspenseful story—how she pretended to be illiterate, how she masterfully evaded detection, how she used her photographic memory to “copy” critical documents. Using spycraft materials included in a sealed envelope inside the book, a canny reader will be able to discover and unravel clues embedded in the text and illustrations, and solve the book’s ultimate mystery: Where...