Goddess Girls: Artemis the Brave prize pack giveaway at I Am A Reader Not A Writer!

To celebrate Artemis the Brave, the newest release in the Goddess Girls series for ages 8-12, co-authors Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams are giving away books and goodies in January! Swag Bags include:

* Artemis's puppy! 8.5" dog named Amby--short for ambrosia, food of the gods! (Yomiko)
* Nail polishes (Sally)
* Bangle bracelets (mudd)
* Goddess Girls bookmark
* Autographed copy of Artemis the Brave

Giveaways are hosted by these very kind, cool blogs. Please visit them during the specified dates to enter:

SWAG BAG GIVEAWAYS:
These bloggers are giving away the Artemis the Brave goodies pictured above:
NOW! Click to enter: Alison Can Read - ends Feb 14, Val Day! (review & giveaway)
in the hammock - ended December 15 (congratulations to winner, Tanya Riley)
MundieKids - ended December 14 (congratulations to winner, Asenath Rallison)
A Girl, Books and Other Things - ended January 1 (congratulations to winner, B. Eppenger)
I Am A Reader, Not A Writer - ended (winner to come)
The Book Muncher - ended January 21 (congrats to winner, Nancye Davis)

AUTOGRAPHED BOOK GIVEAWAYS:
NOW! Click to enter: Lost for Words - ends Feb 3, 2011 (guest post & giveaway)
NOW! Click to enter: Ashley's Bookshelf - January 27 (interview & giveaway)
The Children's Book Review - ended December 31 (congratulations to winner, Linda Kish)
Tales of Whimsy - ended January 20 (congrats to Katie DeKoster & Shannon O'Donnell)
Poisoned Rationality - ends January 26th (guest post, review, & giveaway / winner to come)
A Girl, Books and Other Things - ended (winner to come)

“…a clever take on Greek deities…” ~ Booklist

“…an enchanting mythological world with middle-school woes compounded by life as a deity…” ~ School Library Journal

Series scoop:
Join the class at Mount Olympus Academy with Goddess Girls, a new series that puts a modern spin on classic Greek myths!

Aladdin paperbacks, ages 8 ~ 12.

Athena the Brain Finding out she’s a goddess and being sent to Mount Olympus brings Athena new friends, a weird dad, and the meanest girl in mythology—Medusa!

Persephone the Phony Hiding her feelings works fine for Persephone until she meets a guy she can be herself with—Hades, the bad-boy of the Underworld.

Aphrodite the Beauty Sure Aphrodite is beautiful, but it’s not always easy being the goddessgirl of love.

NEW! Artemis the Brave She may be the goddess of the hunt, but that doesn’t mean Artemis always feels brave. (Dec. 2010)
Athena the Wise Zeus says Heracles has to do twelve tasks or he'll get kicked out of MOA! Although she's not sure it's wise, Athena agrees to help out. (April 5, 2011)
Aphrodite the Diva Isis claims she's the goddess of love? Ha! But to keep the title all to herself, Aphrodite has to find the perfect match for Pygmalion, the most annoying boy ever. (August 2011)
Two more Goddess Girls books to come!

Be sure to 'follow' because we have amazing giveaways coming for Goddess Girls #5 Athena the Wise; and #6 Aphrodite the Diva. We look forward to seeing you. xox

Many thanks to these blog goddesses for spreading the word about Goddess Girls:
Cynsations (Cynthia Leitich Smith), inthehammock, TeenBookScene, Dragonfly77 (D. Fowler), Little Willow, readergirlz, readertotz, MundieKids, Green Bean Teen Queen, A Girl, Books and Other Things, Poisoned Rationality, Lost for Words, Ashley's Bookshelf, I Am A Reader, Not A Writer

~ Joan and Suzanne

Artemis the Brave Goddess Girls Giveaways! Good luck!

To celebrate Artemis the Brave, the newest release in the Goddess Girls series for ages 8-12, co-authors Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams are giving away books and goodies in January! Swag Bags include:

* Artemis's puppy! 8.5" dog named Amby--short for ambrosia, food of the gods! (Yomiko)
* Nail polishes (Sally)
* Bangle bracelets (mudd)
* Goddess Girls bookmark
* Autographed copy of Artemis the Brave

Giveaways are hosted by these very kind, cool blogs. Please visit them during the specified dates to enter:

SWAG BAG GIVEAWAYS:
These bloggers are giving away the Artemis the Brave goodies pictured above:

NOW! Click to enter: The Book Muncher will give away the goodies pictured above on January 21st. Good luck!
NOW! Click to enter: I Am A Reader, Not A Writer - (interview & giveaway)
in the hammock - ended December 15 (congratulations to winner, Tanya Riley)
MundieKids - ended December 14 (congratulations to winner, Asenath Rallison)
A Girl, Books and Other Things - ended January 1 (congratulations to winner, B. Eppenger)

AUTOGRAPHED BOOK GIVEAWAYS:

NOW! Click to enter: A Girl, Books and Other Things - now thru January 28 (interview & giveaway)
NOW! Click to enter: Poisoned Rationality - now thru January 26th (guest post, review, & giveaway)
Lost for Words - January 25 (guest post & giveaway)
Ashley's Bookshelf - January 27 (interview & giveaway)
The Children's Book Review - ended December 31 (congratulations to winner, Linda Kish)
Tales of Whimsy - ends January 20 (winner to come)

“…a clever take on Greek deities…” ~ Booklist

“…an enchanting mythological world with middle-school woes compounded by life as a deity…” ~ School Library Journal

Series scoop:
Join the class at Mount Olympus Academy with Goddess Girls, a new series that puts a modern spin on classic Greek myths!

Aladdin paperbacks, ages 8 ~ 12.

Athena the Brain Finding out she’s a goddess and being sent to Mount Olympus brings Athena new friends, a weird dad, and the meanest girl in mythology—Medusa!

Persephone the Phony Hiding her feelings works fine for Persephone until she meets a guy she can be herself with—Hades, the bad-boy of the Underworld.

Aphrodite the Beauty Sure Aphrodite is beautiful, but it’s not always easy being the goddessgirl of love.

NEW! Artemis the Brave She may be the goddess of the hunt, but that doesn’t mean Artemis always feels brave. (Dec. 2010)
Athena the Wise Zeus says Heracles has to do twelve tasks or he'll get kicked out of MOA! Although she's not sure it's wise, Athena agrees to help out. (April 5, 2011)
Aphrodite the Diva Isis claims she's the goddess of love? Ha! But to keep the title all to herself, Aphrodite has to find the perfect match for Pygmalion, the most annoying boy ever. (August 2011)
Two more Goddess Girls books to come!

Be sure to 'follow' because we have amazing giveaways coming for Goddess Girls #5 Athena the Wise; and #6 Aphrodite the Diva. We look forward to seeing you. xox

Many thanks to these blog goddesses for spreading the word about Goddess Girls:
Cynsations (Cynthia Leitich Smith), inthehammock, TeenBookScene, Dragonfly77 (D. Fowler), Little Willow, readergirlz, readertotz, MundieKids, Green Bean Teen Queen, A Girl, Books and Other Things, Poisoned Rationality, Lost for Words, Ashley's Bookshelf, I Am A Reader, Not A Writer

~ Joan and Suzanne

Goddess Girls on Cynthia's list of Cynsational Books of 2010!

Happy 2011, everyone! Starting the year off with a huge thank-you, to New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith (author of YA novels: Tantalize, Eternal, and Blessed) for including Goddess Girls on her list of Cynsational Books of 2010! See the list.

Celebrating my new Scholastic Lift-the-Flap Book: What Does Cow Say?

I hope you'll join me in celebrating my new rhyming lift-the-large-flap board book from Scholastic/Cartwheel Books, What Does Cow Say?



Story scoop: These farm animals have big mouths! When the sun came up, Duck went Quack which woke his neighbor, Cow, who went MOO, which woke Rooster who went Cock-a-doodle-doo. . . As each animal awakens, totz can guess what it says and open its big-flap beak, snout, or mouth to read its signature sound. The final spread shows a child waking up--with open arms and a final HOORAY! to welcome the day!

Art scoop: Instead of a manuscript, I submitted this 2-page dummy to Scholastic/Cartwheel for consideration. All the mouths had working flaps taped over them, so they'd lift to reveal the animal sound below. A lot goes into creating these seemingly uncomplicated books. For instance, the title and some of the text changed during the editing process. And as you can see, artist Jannie Ho made the book way cuter than my proposal.












Lucky me to have Jannie illustrate this book! She studied illustration at Parsons School of Design in NYC, and was a designer at Nickelodeon, Scholastic, and associate art director at TIME Magazine for Kids before becoming a full-time illustrator. Wow!

~ Joan Holub

What Does Cow Say?
Author: Joan Holub
Illustrator: Jannie Ho
Scholastic, Cartwheel Books, January 2011