Raise your hand if you’re ready for Becky Wade’s new series! Celebrate the release of book one, True to You, with Becky and other readers on Facebook on May 4th during a fun author chat party at 8:00 PM EDT (that’s 7:00 Central, 6:00 Mountain, & 5:00 Pacific)! Becky will be chatting about the book and answering your questions about the new series, and of course, there will be plenty of fun giveaways too!
When your life’s work revolves around repairing other people’s marriages, what happens when your own marriage begins to fall apart? Find out what happens to Josiah Chamberlain in Cynthia Ruchti’s new book, A Fragile Hope. Feeling betrayed, confused, and ill-equipped for a crisis this crippling, he reexamines everything he knows about the fragility of hope and the strength of his faith and love. Love seems to have failed him. Will what’s left of his faith fail him, too? Or will it be the one thing that holds him together and sears through the impenetrable wall that separates them?
Celebrate the release of A Fragile Hope by entering to win Cynthia’s Sign of Hope Giveaway!
In Middle South, Layla is on a journey from the Southeast to the Middle East and back where she finds out a little more about herself and what she is looking for in life and in love.
About Middle South
Layla has recently moved out of her parents’ home in the Atlanta suburbs and into an apartment in the city to assert her independence. Between her job as a feature writer for a small newspaper and her social life, Layla has little time to think about marriage and children, much to the dismay of her Lebanese parents.
On a hilarious journey that takes Layla from the Southeast to the Middle East and back, she finds out a little more about herself and what she is looking for in life and in love.
Maya Nessouli Abboushi is a Lebanese American born and raised in the United States. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and three children. This is her first novel. You can connect with her on her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The Giveaway!
Enter to win an ebook copy of Middle South, this giveaway is open Internationally – good luck!
We are huge hockey fans in our house. This love for hockey was instilled in me by my Mom, we would spend many evenings (especially Saturday nights) watching the Toronto Maple Leafs together as a family and it was an evening full of laughs and snacks. She would take us down as often as possible to Maple Leaf Gardens for pre-season skills competitions (I believe that’s what they were called back then but I could be wrong it has been so many years!) where we could watch the current team take to the ice and show off. She also took us to several meet and greets at Canada’s Wonderland with the Maple Leafs. I still have my autographed Leaf’s book signed by Doug Gilmour and Felix Potvin, although my boys have now taken that over and proudly display the book and postcards in their room.
Parents and their children make for the best cheering combination when it comes to their favourite sports team. As a family, we buy matching jerseys, hats and t-shirts, some of them are our lucky shirts that are reserved solely for playoffs and others are for every day wear. How can you not help fall in love with children decked out supporting their hometown team, especially babies? It just melts my heart!
This is so very true with the Toronto Maple Leafs – we love our hometown team and watch with anticipation (and a bit of anxiety) every year as we get closer and closer to playoff time. This year we made it – YAY! To show support and encourage our team along (being in the playoffs was a bonus), Carter’s Oshkosh is giving away limited Edition 6 month Maple Leafs Lil’ Bodysuits. If you are in the GTA or have family in the GTA that can pick it up for you, have them register online at Carter’s Oshkosh in order to receive a certificate to redeem in store. The deadline to redeem is April 30th which is coming up fast so if you haven’t had a chance to register, head over now.
Not in the GTA? No worries! Carter’s OshKosh and I are giving you a chance to win your own Lil’ Leafs Prize Pack. My Canadian residents can enter to win a Lil’ Leafs Prize Pack containing three Lil’ bodysuits, one Toronto Maple Leafs hat and one $15 Carter’s Oshkosh gift card via the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!
From DK Canada comes Utterly Amazing Earth, your little adventurers first step into the learning about our beautiful planet – just in time for Earth Day.
About Utterly Amazing Earth
From volcanoes and earthquakes to the water cycle and seasons, this interactive book brings amazing natural phenomena to life with pop-ups, pull-tabs, flaps, and wheels.
Young readers can go deep below the Earth’s surface and discover earth-shattering facts with Utterly Amazing Earth. They can peer under the Earth’s crust, discover why we have seasons, find out why earthquakes happen, and so much more. The book even features activities and experiments that kids can do at home-including building an erupting volcano. Together, the pop-ups, experiments, and bite-size facts ensure kids have different ways to absorb the information, no matter how they like to learn.
Perfect for little geologists, Utterly Amazing Earth is sure to fascinate even the most reluctant of readers.
My Thoughts
Another amazing book from DK Canada, this time focusing on the Earth and its incredible and breathtaking features. We learn about so much in this book, from volcanoes to oceans to climates to rocks and minerals and so much more. This hardcover books features thirty-one thick pages of interesting facts, images and pop ups. The book is bold, bright and full of fun pops (extreme weather was definitely my favourite) and flaps to help your child discover more about their home.
This book would be a great supplement for early education about Earth at school. It is perfect for the child that loves all things geography and wants to learn more about their planet. This book makes a great gift for avid readers to get them thinking about their planet and how it works. Our planet is an incredible place and this book explores its beauty and power.
