In the life cycle of a blog tour, Sand to Stone and Back Again was birthed, and lived, and now it’s time to die. (Thanks to the Internet, it will live on for a good long time as people surf in and out of our blogs!) So here are the third-day links: Callista, at SMS Reviews, [...]

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More posts for our tour book, Sand to Stone and Back Again, written by Nacy Bo Flood, with photographs by Tony Kuyper. Callista, at SMS Book Reviews, gives us an interview with Nancy Bo Flood. Noel, at Never Jam Today,  gives a peek at some of the lovely photographs in the book. Over at My Own [...]

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OK here are the posts for day one of the Sand to Stone and Back Again blog tour. Over at SMS Book Reviews, we have a review—the book grew on her. I find that’s what great picture books do. The more you look the more you see. That makes them fun to read over and [...]

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Monday we take off on a new tour for a picture book written by Nancy Bo Flood with photographs by Tony Kuyper. The book can be found on Amazon here:   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1555916570/allabowha-20 The book cover can be found here:  http://kidzbookbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/sand_to_stone.jpg The author’s website is here: http://www.nancyboflood.com/ The photographer’s website is here: http://goodlight.us/index.html Here are the links [...]

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Just got my Southern Breeze Newsletter and saw this: Mary Ann Rodman’s JIMMY’S STARS was named to the National Assoc. of Social Studies Teachers Best Trade Books list, as well as Booklist’s 10 Best Historical Fiction books of 2008, and a Bank Street College Best Book. Both SURPRISE SOUP (Viking) and A TREE FOR EMMY [...]

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Crocodaddy, crocodaddy, we hate to say farewell. We’re glad we met you, ’cause we think you’re swell. OK now we can all see why I’m not the published picture book writer in the room. But the sentiments are real. I do think Crocodaddy is a swell book. Here’s the wrap-up on the Crocodaddy tour. Technorati, [...]

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Well, Technorati has been frozen this whole time. They have this message at the top of their pages, “Notice: Maintenance colo move update. We are fixing some internal network configuration. Almost there with today’s move.” Whatever that means. Bummer. Oh, well, the tour is still going great. Several reviewers have said their kids have latched onto [...]

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Day two of the Crocodaddy tour and the posts are pouring in: A review with encouragement to read to the kids from A Christian Worldview of Fiction. A Father’s Day Reccomendation and a Crocomommy hunt from A Mom Speaks. I posted my review. Becky’s interview with Kim–lots of interesting questions and answers. A review from [...]

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Here we go with day one of Crocodaddy, a fun picture book, written by Kim Norman, and illustrated by David Walker. I adored this book. It is one I would have happily read over and over to my babies when they were two and three and four. I am not sure how the publishers decide [...]

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Monday we set off to tour Crocodaddy, by Kim Norman. Ha ha, look at that cover. Is that not fun? I’m ready to go hunting crocs with that kid. Here is the basic info for you. Kim’s bio: Author Kim Norman’s first picture book, JACK OF ALL TAILS, was released by Dutton, a Penguin imprint, [...]

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