Play Nice, Hercules! Be Patient, Pandora!

Coming September 16, 2014!

The first 2 books in the Mini Myths board book series:

Be Patient, Pandora!

Play Nice, Hercules!

Illustrated by the amazing, bestselling Leslie Patricelli.

Abrams Appleseed

Mighty Dads is a New York Times Bestseller

Mighty Dads
James Dean, illustrator
Joan Holub, author
NYTimes list
Buy links
Thank you, Jeff, James, Ken, David, Liza, and the Scholastic team.
Hooray for dads and their little ones!
 

Little hands getting creative with Mighty Dads at B&N

What a fun time with little hands and might dad hands

getting creative at Barnes & Noble Cary, NC the day

before Father's Day in celebration of my picture book,

Mighty Dads

illustrated by James Dean, creator of Pete the Cat

Scholastic

MIGHTY DADS at B&Ns everywhere this Saturday!

Sat 11am: 

Barnes & Noble stores around the USA 

will celebrate MIGHTY DADS 

my picture book with Pete the Cat creator James Dean

with storytime and craft-time!

 

In MIGHTY DADS, the dads are bulldozers, forklifts, 

and other construction trucks.

And they're showing their little trucks love and giving them advice 

to help them roar, roar, ROAR through life!

Barnes & Noble buy link

James Deans' Mighty Dads in PW Children's Bookshelf!

 

Book Trailer

Joan Holub and James Dean, creator of Pete the Cat

Scholastic Press

USA Today Dad Book Roundup

Mighty Dads is featured in a round-up of picture books about moms and dads in today’s issue of USA Today! (circulation 1.7 million)

 

“Illustrated by the creator of Pete the Cat, this construction book is perfect for reading aloud with plenty of sound effects.”

The online version also features 3 interior spreads of the book. To view, please click link:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2014/05/07/picture-books-about-moms-and-dads/8762315/

MIGHTY DADS
By Joan Holub
Illustrated by James Dean
Scholastic Press; April 29, 2014; $16.99; ISBN: 978-0-545-60968-5

Mighty Dads illustrated by James Dean! Scoop, scoop, scoop!

A new book from the New York Times bestselling creator of Pete the Cat, James Dean (and me) hits stores today!

Mighty dads, strong and tall,
help their children, young and small.
They keep them safe and bolted tight
and show them how to build things right.


"When my editor told me Grady, Dumpy, Boomer, and the rest of the crew that James Dean had agreed to illustrate Mighty Dads , we went roar, roar, ROAR!" ~ Joan Holub

Mighty Dads is dedicated to hardworking fathers and the subtle ways they teach their boys and girls to follow in their tracks. The Dump Trucks learn to get dirty. Crane keeps his little one safe from harm. The busy Cement Mixer gives his daughter a hug. The Forklift cheers his son on. It means so much when Mighty Dads say, "I'm proud of you."

My dad:

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Mighty Dads

Author: Joan Holub

Constructastic illustrator: James Dean

Scholastic Press, 2014

Grimmtastic Girls giveaway hoppity hop hop!

Grimmtastic Girls

is a new Scholastic series for ages 8-12
by the authors of Goddess Girls.

Set at Grimm Academy in faraway Grimmlandia,

fairy tale characters

Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Snow White, and Rapunzel

must navigate the ins and outs of middle school

as they fight an evil society, deal with friendship drama,

and try to keep their grades up.

“plenty of momentum . . . appealing heroines . . .

highly diverting . . . a beginners’ Hogwarts”

~ Booklist

EIGHT WINNERS

will each receive a book autographed by

authors Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams.

Cinderella Stays Late
Red Riding Hood Gets Lost
Snow White Lucks Out
Rapunzel Cuts Loose

Hop with me from April 22nd to May 3.
USA only.

(Winners will be chosen May 4 and contacted within a week.)

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Thank you to I Am A Reader, Not A Writer, The Book Rat, & A Backwards Story for hosting 

The Fairy Tale Giveaway Hop.

Checkout other bloggers giveaways in the hop!

Mighty Dads

It's National Pencil Day!

Out of the box and on your plate!

Out of the box and on your plate! 

Happy Book Birthdays to my Little Simon readers, 

Do Not Open: The Story of Pandora's Box 

& 

The One-Eyed People Eater: The Story of Cyclops!  

https://tinyurl.com/owd56eu

Pencil + Eraser = Patent, 1858

In March 1858, Hymen Lipman was granted a patent for attaching a piece of rubber (aka an eraser) to the top of a pencil. While it was later revoked because putting two existing things together wasn't patentable, he remains my hero. 

~ Little Red Writing.

Grimmtastic Girls Book Blast sign-ups!

#BLOGGEROPP: $50 Book Blast Sign-Ups Open: "The Grimmtastic Girls" by @JoanHolub & S. Williams - http://t.co/uqlcyKzRhe via @MDBookReviews
— Renee@MD BookReviews (@MDBookReviews) February 23, 2014

Goddess Girls & Grimmtastic Girls

Postcards in my mailbox. 

Goddess Girls on one side. Grimmtastic Girls on the other.

Grimmtastic Girls!

Grimmtastic Girls series puts a middle school spin on fairy tales at Grimm Academy! 

First up is Cinderella Stays Late, which is in the February 2014 Scholastic Arrow Book Club along with a sparkly slipper charm necklace.

By Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams

authors of the Goddess Girls series

Kid Lit Frenzy pencils in Little Red Writing

http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/2013/12/favorite-picture-books-of-2013.html

Little Red Writing is honored to be 

included in exalted company!

Little Red Writing! Best of 2013 Giveaway Hop

MY GIVEAWAY:

One autographed copy of the new hardcover picture book,

Little Red Writing

Thanks for dropping by giveaway in the 

Best of 2013 Giveaway Hop

hosted by Bookhounds and I Am A Reader, Not A Writer 

 December 11-18, 2013

I'm a picture book Little Red Writing.

The story of a brave red pencil who wanders while writing,

and meets a wolf pencil sharpener. 

Joan Holub wrote me.

Melissa Sweet illustrated me.

Chronicle Books published me.

I scribbled my way into bookstores in October 

and am in a 3rd printing.

Download the super spectacular Teaching Guide

created by the designers at Chronicle Books.
  

*Kirkus Reviews, starred review

*School Library Journal, starred review
*Publishers Weekly, starred review 
A Booklist Best Book of 2013, 
A Kirkus Best Book of 2013, 
School Library Journal Best Book of 2013
Huffington Post Honorable Mention, Best Book of 2013s 

-Richie Partington MLIS, Richie’s Picks

How to enter:

Follow me on Pinterest

Pin the book cover image to your pinterest board

Tweet about my giveaway.
+2 points for each method. Okay to enter any or all, daily.
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in a comment here, depending on how you choose to enter.

Click below for other giveaways in the hop: 

  

Little Red Writing on Black Friday

My tall, red, pointy companion gets lost while shopping, but quickly makes new friends. 

Little Red Writing, a Kirkus Best Book of 2013

Little Red Writing's path went from book birthday two months to two Kirkus Reviews lists today. Congrats to illustrator Melissa Sweet!

Best Children’s Books of 2013

2013 Best Picture Books for Adventuresome Readers

What Was the First Thanksgiving? (Staying Warm Giveaway Hop)

Happy Turkey Day!

Enter for a chance to win:

What Was the First Thanksgiving?

NEW illustrated hardcover chapter book for ages 7-13

(Grosset & Dunlap)

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