Celebrating our newest Goddess Girls--Aphrodite the Diva--with a giveaway at Children's Book Review!

 Goddess Girls #6: Aphrodite the Diva

We're celebrating our newest Goddess Girls book with a blog tour.
Our current giveaway is at
Tuesday, August 17 – Sept. 15:  Children’s Book Review
We hope you are enjoying the series!

APHRODITE THE DIVA SWAG 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.)
* Aphrodite the Diva book signed by Joan and Suzanne
* Bookmark featuring six Goddess Girls books
 
Click to enter at these blogs during specified dates:

Monday, August 1 – 15: Smack Dab in the Middle  (swag and book giveaway)
Monday, August 8 – 15: In the Hammock (book & bookmark giveaway)
Thursday, August 11  Cynsations (guest post: Sustaining a Series Over Time)
Monday, August 15: The Readiacs (Author Interview, book and bookmark giveaway)
Thursday, August 18:  A Good Addiction (Author This or That List, book and bookmark giveaway)
Tuesday, August 17 – Sept. 15:  Children’s Book Review (swag giveaway)
Friday, August 19:  Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile (Character Interview: Aphrodite; book and bookmark giveaway)  

Monday, August 22: Read, Write, Repeat (interview) and Mundie Kids (Tens List & book and bookmark giveaway)
Wednesday, August 24:  Reading Tween (Character This or That List, book & bookmark giveaway)
Thursday, August 25 - Sept. 2:  I’m a Reader Not a Writer (Author Book Picks, book & bookmark giveaway)
Friday, August 26 - Sept. 9: BookGeeksRule (interview and review, book & bookmark giveaway) 
Friday, August 26 - Sept. 1: Reading Vacation (Character Interview: Isis, and book & bookmark giveaway) 

Reviews:

Monday, August 8: In the Hammock (Review)
Tuesday, August 16: Reading Tween (Review)
Thursday, August 18: Mundie Kids (Review)

Tuesday, August 23:  The Readiacs (Review)

Friday, August 26: Reading Vacation (Review)

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

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.
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.
NEW! 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 9, 2011) 

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. 2011)

 Medusa the Mean  When Medusa discovers an ad for a necklace that promises immortality, this looks like her best shot at becoming popular and having her supercrush, Poseidon, finally notice her. Can this "meanie" get what she wants and also prove that there's more to her that meets the eye? (Apr. 2012)

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

~ Suzanne and Joan

A Kiss For You! : Celebrating my new and most magnetic lift-the-flap book release ever!

I began this board book (with lift-the-flap magnetic hand) four years ago as a way to empower young children by showing the many important, loving things that little hands can do. In fact, the original title was What Can A Little Hand Do? My editor loved the idea of blowing a kiss, which I had on one of the inside pages. So the title became A Little Hand Can Blow A Kiss, and then further evolved into the shortened, final title: A Kiss For You!

I made numerous dummies of the book to figure out the best way for the hand to move as a lift-the-flap. The hand folds over on each page in turn, and Scholastic had the idea of adding a magnet so the hand would stay in place easily, until lifted.



Caroline Jayne Church's adorable illustrations added just the right touch that brought the story alive. I hope you and your child enjoy this book, which so many loving hands and minds came together to create.

From Publishers Weekly: "Readers can engage with this sunny board book by maneuvering a hand-shaped flap attached to the back cover, in seven scenes. Gently lifting the hand up and down makes a blonde girl softly pat a puppy. Elsewhere, a boy blows a kiss with the hand, and a brunette girl can play "peek-a-boo, I see you!" with readers...a fun, engaging gimmick. Ages 2–4. (Sept.)"

~ Joan

A Kiss For You!
ages 2-5
Author: Joan Holub, readertotz co-founder
Caroline Jayne Church, fabulous illustrator
Scholastic, Cartwheel Books
September 2011