Reedarama rocks Little Red Writing

Hey Reedarama, you are the best!
~ signed Little Red Writing

Oh, that pesky price tag!

Spotted in Kmart and perfectly positioned on the shelf by author and pal Anna Divito. Oh, that pesky price tag. Just imagine the word "You!" there.

 

A Kiss for You!

 

Little Red Writing cards from Chronicle Books!

Just got home from vacation to find these cute
Little Red Writing cards on my doorstep.
A gift from the creative folks at Chronicle Books.
Melissa Sweet's art looks awesome big or small!

Heroes in Training #3: Hades and the Helm of Darkness ~ Showers of Books Giveaway Hop!

Hi! Welcome to our giveaway in the

Signed Book Giveaway Hop

April 24-30, 2013

Hosted by Books a la Mode and I Am A Reader Not A Writer.

My giveaway:

2 winners will both receive our 2 new April 2013 releases

signed by me and the fabulous Suzanne Williams!

Goddess Girls #10: Pheme the Gossip ages (ages 8-12)

Heroes in Training #3: Hades and the Helm of Darkness (ages 7-10) 

Each book in the Goddess Girls series puts a modern spin on Greek myths in stories set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon &Schuster

More about the Goddess Girls & Heroes in Training series & Buy links
WAYS TO ENTER:
Pin photo above on Pinterest or post on your blog with a mention of the titles +2 points each.
Facebook or Twitter via Rafflecopter = see points below.

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Get to know Goddess Girl Pheme…the original “gossip girl”!
As the goddess girl of rumor and gossip, Pheme prides herself on being “in the know” and having the most up-to-date info on anyone and everyone at Mount Olympus Academy. To make sure that people really get her VIP messages, her words tend to linger in cloud letters above her head—just in case people don’t catch what she says!
But not everyone is thrilled with Pheme’s insider knowledge on everything MOA—including the Goddess Girls. Can Pheme ever be trusted? Or will this “gossip girl” find herself on the other end of the rumors?

 

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Goddess Girls 10: Pheme the Gossip signed book giveaway hop!

Hi! Welcome to my giveaway in the

Signed Book Giveaway Hop

April 16-22, 2013

Hosted by I Am A Reader Not A Writer & Wholly Books.

My giveaway:

2 winners receive these 2 books (in paperback)

signed by me and the fabulous Suzanne Williams!

Goddess Girls #10: Pheme the Gossip ages (ages 8-12

Heroes in Training #3: Hades and the Helm of Darkness (ages 7-10) 

Each book in the Goddess Girls series puts a modern spin on Greek myths in stories set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon &Schuster

More about the Goddess Girls & Heroes in Training series & Buy links
WAYS TO ENTER:
Pin photo above on Pinterest or post on your blog with a mention of the titles +2 points each.
Facebook or Twitter via Rafflecopter = see points below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Get to know Goddess Girl Pheme…the original “gossip girl”!
As the goddess girl of rumor and gossip, Pheme prides herself on being “in the know” and having the most up-to-date info on anyone and everyone at Mount Olympus Academy. To make sure that people really get her VIP messages, her words tend to linger in cloud letters above her head—just in case people don’t catch what she says!
But not everyone is thrilled with Pheme’s insider knowledge on everything MOA—including the Goddess Girls. Can Pheme ever be trusted? Or will this “gossip girl” find herself on the other end of the rumors?

 

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Goddess Girls: Pheme the Gossip giveaway in the Hoppy Eastery Eggstravaganza Hop!

Hi! Welcome to my giveaway in the

Hoppy Easter Eggstravaganza Giveaway Hop

March 29th to April 5th

Hosted by I Am A Reader, Not A Writer & Read Now Sleep Later

Word is that Pheme the Gossip is new in stores April 2nd!

It's the 10th book in the Goddess Girls series

I co-write with the fabulous Suzanne Williams!

Each book in the series puts a modern spin on Greek mythsin stories set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon & Schuster

ages 8-12

More about the Goddess Girls series & Buy links
Enter on Facebook or Twitter via Rafflecopter below:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Get to know Goddess Girl Pheme…the original “gossip girl”!As the goddess girl of rumor and gossip, Pheme prides herself on being “in the know” and having the most up-to-date info on anyone and everyone at Mount Olympus Academy. To make sure that people really get her VIP messages, her words tend to linger in cloud letters above her head—just in case people don’t catch what she says!

But not everyone is thrilled with Pheme’s insider knowledge on everything MOA—including the Goddess Girls. Can Pheme ever be trusted? Or will this “gossip girl” find herself on the other end of the rumors?

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Goddess Girls in Korea!

Korean hardcover editions of Goddess Girls 1: Athena the Brain (left) and Goddess Girls 2: Persephone the Phony just arrived in the mail. So interesting to see the illustration styles different countries choose to appeal to their readers. These books have a pink ribbon bookmark attached. Cute!

Goddess Girls: Leap into Books Giveaway Hop!

Hi! Welcome to my giveaway in the Leap into Books giveaway hop,
co-hosted by the fabulous I Am A Reader Not A Writer and Jinky Is Reading!

Pandora the Curious is the first book in the Goddess Girls series to release in both paperback and hardcover in the US. 

It puts a modern spin on the Greek myth of Pandora's Box, in a story set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon & Schuster

ages 8-12

More about the Goddess Girls series & Buy links

a Rafflecopter giveaway 
Is Pandora about to open up a box of trouble?

One of the few mortals at Mount Olympus Academy, Pandora is famous for her mega-quizzical nature--not that she thinks there's anything wrong with curiosity of course!

Her curiosity kicks into high gear when a godboy named Epimetheus brings a mysterious box to school. Pandora can't help but take a peek inside this new box when it unexpectedly lands in her lap. What could be the harm in that, right? Little does she know that opening the box will open up far more trouble than she ever expected!

 

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Zero the Hero chosen as a CCBC Choice!

From my editor at Henry Holt/Macmillan:

Congratulations to our authors and illustrators whose books have been named CCBC choices! 
Joan Holub and Tom Lichtenheld for Zero the Hero (concept books), Wong Herbert Yee for Summer Days and Nights (Picture Books for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers), and Marsha Hayles for Breathing Room (Fiction for Children).

The full list is up here: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/choices.asp

Happy Book Birthday to What Was the Gold Rush?

Hey, prospectors! How'd you like to live in Hangtown, Bedbug, or Murderer's Gulch? Learn about these mining camps, the forty-niners, and the California gold rush in What Was the Gold Rush?

I'm so pleased to be the author of one of the first four titles in Grosset & Dunlap's new What Was chapter book series, which is a spin-off of their popular Who Was biography series. Illustrated throughout, plus 16 pages of photos, 103 pages including two timelines!

Buy links.

Dreaming of Books blog hop! Goddess Girls 9: Pandora the Curious giveaway!

Pandora the Curious is the first book in the Goddess Girls series to release in both paperback and hardcover in the US. 

It puts a modern spin on the Greek myth of Pandora's Box, in a story set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon & Schuster

ages 8-12

More about the Goddess Girls series!

Buy links

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Is Pandora about to open up a box of trouble?

One of the few mortals at Mount Olympus Academy, Pandora is famous for her mega-quizzical nature--not that she thinks there's anything wrong with curiosity of course!

Her curiosity kicks into high gear when a godboy named Epimetheus brings a mysterious box to school. Pandora can't help but take a peek inside this new box when it unexpectedly lands in her lap. What could be the harm in that, right? Little does she know that opening the box will open up far more trouble than she ever expected!

 

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Can A Character project

A Goddess Girls reader named Malerie sent us this Athena the Brain "Can A Character" project. LOVE the face, owl earrings, & gold GG necklace! Her assignment was to decorate a coffee can as a book character, write 10 facts about the character on slips of paper, and put the facts inside the can so that others could read them and learn.

Zero the Hero makes Chicago Public Library Best of 2013 List

Congratulations to all the books that made the Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2013 List! And thank you, CPL, for including Zero the Hero!

Teaching Guide, printable bookmarks, storyboard, and book trailer: Click here.

Book Lovers Holiday Blog Hop: Goddess Girls 9: Pandora the Curious

 

Giveaway:

2 copies of our new book

Goddess Girls #9: Pandora the Curious

autographed by Joan Holub & Suzanne Williams

This is the first in the series to release in both paperback and hardcover in the US. 

It puts a modern spin on the Greek myth of Pandora's Box, set at Mount Olympus Academy, where middle-school gods and goddesses hone their mythical skills.

Aladdin paperbacks / Simon & Schuster

ages 8-12 

To enter for a chance to win:

please post a mention on the social network of your choice.

Something like:

Pandora the Curious is out today! Number 9 in the tween Goddess Girls series.

Also appreciated, but totally optional:

Follow Goddess Girls on Pinterest 

Like Goddess Girls on Facebook
Don't forget to post a comment here with an email addy in case you win. 

I'll email winners and post in the comments section on December 11.

Is Pandora about to open up a box of trouble?

One of the few mortals at Mount Olympus Academy, Pandora is famous for her mega-quizzical nature--not that she thinks there's anything wrong with curiosity of course!

Her curiosity kicks into high gear when a godboy named Epimetheus brings a mysterious box to school. Pandora can't help but take a peek inside this new box when it unexpectedly lands in her lap. What could be the harm in that, right? Little does she know that opening the box will open up far more trouble than she ever expected!

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President Obama buys Goddess Girls!

On Small Business Saturday, President Obama went holiday shopping with Sasha and Malia to support small businesses. At One More Page Books in Arlington, VA, Goddess Girls was on the president's shopping list. Here's the video link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50135796n&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cbsnews%2Ffeed+%28CBSNews.com%29

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guFdud3roOA

Mythology Blog Hop: Goddess Girls & Heroes in Training!

Thanks for stopping by my giveaway in the blog hop!
I'm giving away autographed copies of two books:
Heroes in Training#1:
Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom (ages 6-9)
Goddess Girls super special:
The Girl Games (ages 8-12)

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 The Goddess Girls series,
by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams 
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

  To enter for a chance to win,

please post a mention on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest,
or your blog with photo shown above.
Something like:
I heart the Goddess Girls books by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams!
Don't forget to post a comment here with an email addy in case you win. Winners will also be posted in comments section on or about November 5.

“…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! 

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 Girl Games (Goddess Girls Super Special) Listen in on what all four goddess girls are thinking as Mount Olympus Academy hosts visitors from many lands--including an adorable kitten!The first-ever standalone superspecial in the Goddess Girls series! Pandora the Curious (Dec. 4, 2012)
Pheme the Gossip (Apr. 3, 2013)
Persephone the Daring (Aug. 7, 2013)

Thank you so much for stopping by!
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10 Goddess Girls giveaways from Simon & Schuster!

Ten cool Goddess Girls giveaways from Simon and Schuster.

Enter by Oct. 31

Show us your inner goddess! 

Enter to win fun Lip Smacker & a set of Goddess Girls books (with a charm bracelet!) - plus a spa gift basket from SimonKIDS!

Click link to enter on Facebook

(link does not work on mobile devices):

https://www.facebook.com/Simonkids/app_128953167177144

Goddess Girls Boxed Set & Bracelet!

Goddess Girls #1-4 with a bracelet! 

This first-ever boxed set of Goddess Girls books
went on sale October 2nd.

I ordered one as a keepsake (plus I cannot resist jewelry).

Includes:

Athena the Brain

Persephone the Phony

Aphrodite the Beauty

Artemis the Brave
charm bracelet

Print your own Goddess Girls booksmarks!

Suzanne and I used InDesign and Photoshop to 

create these new booksmarks 

with all 12 Goddess Girls covers and descriptions.

Print your own!

Goddess Girls goes to Germany

Aphrodite the Beauty and Artemis the Brave in German hardcovers.