Goddess Girls fan poster

A Goddess Girls reader in Kansas 

made this fabulous beautifully-designed poster!

Which Goddess are you?

My cat, always helpful

My first iMovie, made with a little help

from my cat, Scout.

Cover reveal of my March 2015

Mini Myths preschool board book,

Make A Wish, Midas! 

Illustrated by Leslie Patricelli.

Book Birthday! Grimmtastic Girls: Sleeping Beauty Dreams Big

Happy Book birthday to Grimmtastic Girls #5: Sleeping Beauty Dreams Big, in stores today! Briar Rose (aka Sleeping Beauty) will turn twelve in five days. Because of a curse put on her at birth, she'll have to begin avoiding sharp objects. Yet she dreams of becoming a knight, and that involves swordplay. And what about her pet unicorn, Starlight?

Gold Rush Begins January 24, 1848!

A carpenter named James Marshall was building 

a sawmill for John Sutter on the American River 

in Coloma, California when he discovered gold 

on January 24, 1848!

Goddess Girls, Mini Myths, Heroes in Training, Grimmtastic Girls blog hop giveaway!

Like your mythology with a twist?

Goddess Girls 

middle grade series puts a modern spin on Greek mythology at Mount Olympus Academy where students are godboys and goddessgirls and Zeus is the principal.

Heroes in Training 

chapter books are an adventure series 

about 10 year old Greek gods and goddesses led by Zeus. 

Mini Myths 

board books bring the lessons of

updated Greek myths to preschoolers! 

And how about fairy tales with a spin?

Grimmtastic Girls 

series features strong middle grade fairy tale characters who have adventures.

Enter between Jan 16-26 on the rafflecopter below for a chance to
win the 4 books pictured (or another recent book in the series),
all autographed by Joan Holub.

2 winners will be notified via email and listed here on my blog post.
Congrats to winners Holly Letson and Melinda Stephens!

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of all participating bloggers and their giveaways.

Heroes in writing

Good thing I found this spiffy book about giving speeches 

because I'll be giving several in spring 2015!

The only topic I know for sure so far is that

I'll be part of a panel about heroes-in-writing

at an upcoming NC reading conference.

What's green, wears a spiked crown, and is a #1 bestselling book in category on Amazon?

Around the World with the Goddess Girls series

Sample covers of foreign editions of the Goddess Girls series.

I'm so lucky to have Suzanne Williams as co-author!

Happy 2015!