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Thursday, April 5, 2012

Goddess Girls 8: Medusa the Mean (Hoppy Easter Blog Hop Giveaway)

Thanks for coming by my giveaway in the Hoppy Easter Blog Hop Giveaway! (April 6-12). Many thanks to Once Upon A Twilight and I Am A Reader. Not a Writer for hosting this hop.
Two first prizes:
An autographed copy of  
+ bookmark.  
Three 2nd prizes:  
Autographed bookmarks featuring all 9 Goddess Girls books! 
 The Goddess Girls series, which I co-author with pal Suzanne Williams, is set at Mount Olympus Academy, and puts a modern spin on classic Greek myths. 

Medusa the Mean:
Medusa wants to be more like her two sisters and the other kids 
at Mount Olympus Academy -- immortal. Is that too much to ask?
  
Aladdin paperbacks 
ages 8 ~ 12. 

• TO ENTER, please do one of the following 
(additional entries are appreciated but not mandatory):
~ follow this blog
~ follow Goddess Girls on Facebook
~ tweet this giveaway with link
~ mention this giveaway with link on Facebook
 
Winners will be announced in the comments section of this post.  
Be sure to leave your email in the comments section so I can contact you if you win.
 Winners have 10 days to contact me with a mailing address or prize is forfeited. USA & CAN only.

Series scoop:
Follow the ins and outs of divine social life
where the most privileged godboys and goddessgirls 
in the Greek pantheon hone their mythical skills. 

“…a clever take on Greek deities…” ~ Booklist
"Readers familiar with Greek myths should get a kick out of this plucky restaging."  ~Publisher's Weekly
 “…an enchanting mythological world with middle-school woes compounded by life as a deity…” ~ School Library Journal

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.
Artemis the Brave She may be the goddess of the hunt, but that doesn’t mean Artemis always feels brave.
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.
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.
Artemis the Loyal  It’s time for the annual Olympic Games, and Artemis and her friends are not happy. It’s boys only.  Not fair! (Dec.6, 2011)
NEW! Medusa the Mean  Medusa wants to be more like her two sisters and the other kids at Mount Olympus Academy -- immortal. Is that too much to ask?  (Apr. 2012)
The Girl Games (Goddess Girls Super Special) The first-ever standalone superspecial in the Goddess Girls series—let the games begin! The Goddess Girls get their chance to host the Girl Games! Told in alternating points of view, this superspecial is packed with Olympic spirit! July 2012

To continue on in the blog hop, click this link.
Good luck to everyone!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

New release! Goddess Girls: Medusa the Mean kicks off with a blog tour and giveaways!

Goddess Girls #8: Medusa the Mean releases April 3rd!
Welcome to our celebration blog tour with giveaways April 2-13.

Medusa the Mean:
Medusa wants to be more like her two sisters and the other kids 
at Mount Olympus Academy -- immortal. Is that too much to ask?

 The Goddess Girls series,
by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams, is set at Mount
Olympus Academy, and puts a modern spin on classic Greek myths. 

Follow the ins and outs of divine social life
where the most privileged godboys and goddessgirls 
in the Greek pantheon hone their mythical skills. 
Aladdin paperbacks 
ages 8 ~ 12. 
Follow Goddess Girls on Facebook.

Click blog links for giveaways:
Monday, April 2: Alex at A Girl, Books and Other Things (Author Interview)
Tuesday, April 3: Julie O at Manga Maniac Café (Character This or That: Medusa)
Wednesday, April 4: Katie at Mundie Kids (Review)
Thursday, April 5: Jessica T at Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile (Character Interview: Poseidon)
Friday, April 6: Heather at Proud Book Nerd (Review)
Monday, April 9:
Katie at Mundie Kids (Author Interview)
Tuesday, April 10: Heather at Proud Book Nerd (Character This or That: Poseidon)
Wednesday, April 11: Jessica T at Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile (Review)
Thursday, April 12: Kathy at I Am a Reader, Not a Writer (Character Interview: Medusa)
Friday, April 13: Julie O at Manga Maniac Café (Review)

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

"Readers familiar with Greek myths should get a kick out of this plucky restaging."  ~Publisher's Weekly
 “…an enchanting mythological world with middle-school woes compounded by life as a deity…” ~ School Library Journal

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.
Artemis the Brave She may be the goddess of the hunt, but that doesn’t mean Artemis always feels brave.
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.
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.
Artemis the Loyal  It’s time for the annual Olympic Games, and Artemis and her friends are not happy. It’s boys only.  Not fair! (Dec.6, 2011)
NEW! Medusa the Mean Medusa wants to be more like her two sisters and the other kids at Mount Olympus Academy -- immortal. Is that too much to ask?  (Apr. 2012)
The Girl Games (Goddess Girls Super Special) The first-ever standalone superspecial in the Goddess Girls series—let the games begin! The Goddess Girls get their chance to host the Girl Games! Told in alternating points of view, this superspecial is packed with Olympic spirit! July 2012 

Thank you for stopping by. Good luck in the hop's giveaways.
We hope you enjoy Medusa the Mean!

Monday, March 12, 2012

A Number of Authors

Ten children's book authors talk favorite numbers...


Authors in order of appearance:
Lorie Ann Grover, Joan Holub, Trudi Trueit, Holly Schindler, Leslie Patricelli, Judy Cox, George Hallowell, Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Suzanne Williams, Shirley Ng-Benitez

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Goddess Girls 5: Athena the Wise ~ Spring Blog Carnival Hop

Thanks for coming by my giveaway in the Spring Blog Carnival Hop!



















Giveaway:
** An autographed copy of
Goddess Girls #5: Athena the Wise by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
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 2011, Aladdin, ages 8-12)
** GODDESSGIRLS bead necklace made by Joan and Suzanne. Strung on colorful stretchy cord, they can be shortened into bracelets. (Beads & cord packages purchased at Michaels say they're not for under age 14. Actual colors will vary.)
** Plus bookmarks featuring six Goddess Girls books

Two steps to enter: 
1. Drop a comment on this blog. 
2. Click to follow this blog and/or become a Facebook Fan of the Goddess Girls
Good luck and Thanks!
I'll contact the randomly-chosen winner for address and will post winner's name here.  
Contest runs May 1-8. USA only.

A shout out to our awesome hop hosts:
Candace's Book Blog, Reading Angel, Pure Imagination, and The Book Swarm

“…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.
Artemis the Brave She may be the goddess of the hunt, but that doesn’t mean Artemis always feels brave.
*NEW! 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'll be adding more giveaways to celebrate each new GG book and posting all the latest Goddess Girls news. We look forward to seeing you! xox

~ Joan and Suzanne

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Goddess Girls: Athena the Wise ~ Nine chances to win in our April blog tour

We're celebrating the new release of  Goddess Girls #5: Athena the Wise with a blog tour with lots of giveaways during April. Click below to enter to win!
























ATHENA THE WISE GIVEAWAYS:
* GODDESSGIRLS bead necklaces made by Joan and Suzanne.
Strung on colorful stretchy cord, they can be shortened into bracelets.
(Beads & cord packages purchased at Michaels say they're not for under age 14. Actual colors will vary.)
* Plush lion (Heracles comes up against a fierce lion in the book!)
* Athena the Wise book signed by Joan and Suzanne

* Bookmark featuring six Goddess Girls books


Click to enter at these blogs during specified dates:
April 4-21:
Mundie Kids interview & giveaway
Begins April 6: I Am A Reader, Not A Writer guest post & giveaway
April 8-18: The Elliott Review interview & giveaway
Begins April 12: Alisia Leavitt guest post & giveaway
Begins April 14: Reading Teen interview & giveaway
Begins April 14: Reading Tween giveaway & VIDEO (its adorable!)
April 15 - May 1:
In the Hammock review & giveaway
April 1 - May 1: Le Vanity Victorienne giveaway
April 15 - May 15: The Children's Book Review giveaway
Begins April 24: giveaway by Book Muncher, a prolific teen reader

Reviews:
April 5:
Reading Teen review
April 7: Alisia Leavitt review
April 11: The Elliott Review review
April 13: Mundie Kids review
April 15th: I Am A Reader, Not A Writer review


“…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.
Artemis the Brave She may be the goddess of the hunt, but that doesn’t mean Artemis always feels brave.
*NEW! 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'll be adding more giveaways to celebrate each new GG book and posting all the latest Goddess Girls news. We look forward to seeing you! xox

~ Joan and Suzanne

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

ASPCA basket of goodies for the auction


I just put this basket together for the ASPCA of Durham, NC Tails at Twilight auction gala event on March 19th. Proceeds benefit animals and aspca.

February adoption fees are about 40% off, so now's a wonderful time to adopt!

~ Joan

Friday, January 21, 2011

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

Friday, January 7, 2011

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.

Monday, January 3, 2011

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

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Last few days to win Athena the Brain / Persephone the Phony, the first books in the Goddess Girls series by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

Co-authors Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams are celebrating the release of the first two books in their new Goddess Girls series with five fab days of interviews, guest blogs, and book giveaways, April 4 – April 8. We hope you’ll drop by to help us celebrate, join the fun, meet some of our favorite bloggers, and maybe win a book along the way!

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About the books:

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

by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams (Aladdin paperbacks) Ages 8 - 12

Athena the Brain (April 6, 2010) ISBN: 978-1416982715

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 (April 6, 2010) ISBN: 978-1416982722

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 (August 3, 2010) ISBN: 978-1416982739

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

Artemis the Brave (December 7, 2010) ISBN: 978-1416982746

She may be the goddess of the hunt, but that doesn’t mean Artemis always feels brave.


Five-Day Goddess Girls Tour Line-up

Enter at these blogs for a chance to win the books!

April 4: Bookmuncher (Interview and book giveaway; thebookmuncher.blogspot.com)

April 5: Readertotz, Suzanne’s Place, Joan Holub Author of Books for Children (readertotz.blogspot.com, suzanne-williams.blogspot.com, joanholub.blogspot.com; Expanded interview with the Goddess Girl team at Aladdin: editor Emily Lawrence, book designer Karin Paprocki, and cover artist Glen Hanson. Have you ever wondered why an editor decides to acquire a series? Here’s one editor’s take.)

April 6: Cynsations (Guest blog and book giveaway; cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com Learn how we came to write the series, challenges we faced and how we solved them.)

April 7: Little Willow (Interview and book giveaway; slayground.livejournal.com We reveal more about our collaboration and inspirations, and our favorite books of all time.) Winner has been chosen.

April 8: Zoe’s Book Reviews (Q&A and book giveaway. www.zoesbookreviews.com Q&A with both of us authors, our editor, book designer, cover artist, and Zoe herself!)


We look forward to seeing you!


Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Goddess Girls Blog Tour!

Co-authors Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams are celebrating the release of the first two books in their new Goddess Girls series with five fab days of interviews, guest blogs, and book giveaways, April 4 – April 8. We hope you’ll drop by to help us celebrate, join the fun, meet some of our favorite bloggers, and maybe win a book along the way!

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About the books:

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

by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams (Aladdin paperbacks) Ages 8 - 12

Athena the Brain (April 6, 2010) ISBN: 978-1416982715

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 (April 6, 2010) ISBN: 978-1416982722

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 (August 3, 2010) ISBN: 978-1416982739

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

Artemis the Brave (December 7, 2010) ISBN: 978-1416982746

She may be the goddess of the hunt, but that doesn’t mean Artemis always feels brave.


Five-Day Goddess Girls Tour Line-up:

April 4: Bookmuncher (Interview and book giveaway; thebookmuncher.blogspot.com)

April 5: Readertotz, Suzanne’s Place, Joan Holub Author of Books for Children (readertotz.blogspot.com, suzanne-williams.blogspot.com, joanholub.blogspot.com; Expanded interview with the Goddess Girl team at Aladdin: editor Emily Lawrence, book designer Karin Paprocki, and cover artist Glen Hanson. Have you ever wondered why an editor decides to acquire a series? Here’s one editor’s take.)

April 6: Cynsations (Guest blog and book giveaway; cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com Learn how we came to write the series, challenges we faced and how we solved them.)

April 7: Little Willow (Interview and book giveaway; slayground.livejournal.com We reveal more about our collaboration and inspirations, and our favorite books of all time.)

April 8: Zoe’s Book Reviews (Q&A and book giveaway. www.zoesbookreviews.com Q&A with both of us authors, our editor, book designer, cover artist, and Zoe herself!)


We look forward to seeing you!


Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Groundhog Weather School is a Tuesday Tales pick on Margo Dill's Read These Books and Use Them!

Margo Dill's review of Groundhog Weather School goes the extra mile in creating three activities for use in elementary classrooms. http://margodill.com/blog/2009/12/29/groundhog-weather-school/

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Her rating for Groundhog Weather School:
*Picture book for kindergarten students through third graders
*Groundhog teacher as main character
*Rating: A perfect picture book to celebrate Groundhog’s Day or to supplement a weather unit in science!


Monday, December 28, 2009

Press Release for Groundhog Weather School


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CO-FOUNDER OF READERTOTZ (sister site of readergirlz) CELEBRATES A NEW PICTURE BOOK: GROUNDHOG WEATHER SCHOOL

Author JOAN HOLUB’s new hardcover picture book for children is “clever…amusing…inviting…and witty” says Booklist.
December 28, 2009 (NC) – readertotz co-founder and author/illustrator Joan Holub’s new hardcover picture book Groundhog Weather School has just been released from G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers. The quirky, comic-book style illustration style by Kristin Sorra “really lets readers get into the premise and allows for diverse facts to be presented in little snippets (and funny comments to be assigned to each unique groundhog). Bright colors, textures and the incorporation of found objects, as well as the busyness of each page will keep readers searching the artwork” says Kirkus Reviews.
Joan Holub says, “I always wondered how in the world one groundhog could possibly predict the weather for everywhere, and I decided he couldn’t—he needed some help, so why not start a school to teach more groundhogs to assist him in predicting the weather on February 2nd!”
Groundhog Weather School introduces a cast of school-age animals who learn basic facts about weather, shadows, and seasons; and is the perfect book for Groundhog Day, February 2nd 2010.
About Joan Holub
Joan Holub is the author and/or illustrator of over 120 books for children, including picture books (Knuckleheads; Riddle-iculous Math) and easy readers (Shampoodle; Why Do Cats Meow?; The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School.)
Kristin Sorra is an illustrator in New York. Her clients include: DC Comics, Amscan, Inc., Cricket Magazine, Peaceable Kingdom Press, and more.
readertotz is a blog which showcases infant-toddler books as important additions to children’s literature.