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If you haven’t joined our mailing list, please fill in your name and email address in the boxes in the right sidebar of this page. When you do, every Monday you’ll get our weekly email update with a list of the week’s guest authors on Book Bites for Kids, along with helpful articles, tips, and other resources for children’s authors, aspiring children’s authors, parents, and teachers.
If you received this week’s update this morning you know that Sarah Conover was our scheduled guest today for Book Bites for Kids. We had some technical difficulties at blogtalkradio today, but we hope to have the recorded interview with Sarah posted later today.
Learn more about Sarah’s new book Harmony: a Treasury of Chinese Wisdom for Children and Parents by visiting www.sarahconover.com.
Join host, Suzanne Lieurance, every weekday afternoon at 2:00 central time for Book Bites for Kids, LIVE on blogtalkradio.
Han Nolan is Monday’s guest.
He’ll talk about two of his books - A Summer of Kings, and A Face in Every Window.
Tuesday’s guest is William C. Marks. He’ll talk about his new book, Rhyme.
Call in during the live show to ask Will a question or just make a comment by dialing 1-646-716-9239.
Wednesday is Promo Day on Book Bites for Kids. There is no scheduled guest author. Instead, authors are invited to call in during the 15-minute LIVE show to promote their latest book(s), book signing or other author event. The number to call is 1-646-716-9239.
On Thursday, JoAn Martin will be the guest author for the day. She will talk about her book Inventing Chloe.
Friday’s guest is Pat Gaines. She will talk about her new book, O.O. Octopus, Sheriff of Blue Ribbon Sound.
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You’ll notice that Book Bites for Kids, LIVE on blogtalkradio every weekday afternoon at 2:00 CENTRAL is a stop on the tour for many of these children’s authors.
Today on Book Bites for Kids, host, Suzanne Lieurance, will chat will children’s authors Bonny Becker and Kirby Larson. On Thursday, children’s author Maureen McQuerry will be Suzanne’s guest. And on Friday, Suzanne will interview Deborah Hopkinson and Carmella D’amico.
Follow all the authors on this exciting blog tour! Find out how to schedule your own tour with Provato Marketing.
Listen to Book Bites for Kids, LIVE on blogtalkradio this afternoon at 2:00 central time when host, Suzanne Lieurance, will interview Kyle Donovan, author of the Do’ Bees book series for kids.
Call in during the show and ask a question or make a comment at 1-646-716-9239.
We’ll also discuss the way the Children’s Writers’ Coaching Club works, and what every member gets for their monthly membership fee of only $27.00.
Call in during the LIVE show to ask a question or make a comment at 1-646-716-9239. You can also call if you have an upcoming book signing, writers’ conference, or other event to promote.
If you have questions about writing and publishing for children, this week is your chance to get answers to those questions.
All this week, Harold D. Underdown will be the guest on Book Bites for Kids, every afternoon at 2:00 central time on blogtalkradio.com.
Underdown is a children’s book editor, working as a consulting editor at present. Previously, he was Vice President and Editorial Director at ipicturebooks. Before that, he was editorial director of the Charlesbridge trade program, and he has also worked at Orchard Books and Macmillan. Underdown is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Children’s Books, now in its third edition. He speaks at conferences, provides editorial services to publishers and authors, and maintains an informative web site about children’s publishing called The Purple Crayon.
Today (Tuesday) Underdown will talk to Book Bites for Kids host, Suzanne Lieurance, about who he is and what he does, plus he’ll give plenty of information about writing and publishing for children.
On Wednesday he’ll cover basic information any writer needs to know to get started as a children’s writer.
On Thursday, he’ll discuss what happens after a writer signs a contract with a publisher and what it is like working with a publisher.
On Friday, he’ll talk about what’s going on right now in the world of children’s publishing. All this, and much, much more!
Listen to the show at Blogtalkradio and call in during the LIVE show to ask your question or just make a comment at 1-646-716-9239.
During the month of April, Book Bites for Kids will feature interviews with many writers who make their living as children’s authors.
We’ll not only talk about these authors’ books, we’ll also discuss how they manage to actually support themselves from their writing.
If you make your living as a children’s author, please email [email protected] and schedule an appearance on Book Bites for Kids next month. Share your tips for success with other children’s writers.
Celise Downs will be the guest author today on Book Bites for Kids, LIVE on blogtalkradio.com at 2:00 central time.
Celise is making this fun offer - The first three people who call in or email a question during Celise’s interview, will receive a teaser from her upcoming third novel, A Royale Pain; Book One in the Draven Atreides, Teenage FBI series.
Listen to the show at www.blogtalkradio.com and call this number to ask your question or make a comment 1-646-716-9239.
If you want to email your question ahead of time, send it to [email protected].
When Winston Breen gives his sister a beautifully patterned keepsake box for her birthday, he doesn't expect much gratitude. He knows Katie won't be impressed, as much as he was intrigued by the diamond pattern on the box's lid. And, Katie isn't impressed. After all, who gives a ten-year-old girl an empty box for her birthday? She's sure Winston is up to something.
In searching for Winston's trick, Katie finds a secret compartment in the box--a secret compartment containing four wood sticks with puzzle clues. Winston's ill-considered gift is even more ill-considered than he thought! You see, Winston is a puzzle freak and now this ultimate puzzle is in his sister's hands.
With a little research, Winston learns that the box belonged to one of the four Fredericks' children. Mr. Fredericks was the richest man in town, and he gave his children four sticks each upon his death. By working together, the Fredericks' children would find a treasure Fredericks' left for them. Only it didn't work out that way. The Fredericks' children fought to the end. In fact, only one of them, a town librarian named Mrs. Lewis, is still alive when Winston purchased the box.
But that doesn't mean Mr. Fredericks' puzzle remains unknown. Professional puzzle hunters are on the case and Mrs. Lewis decrees that they must all work together to solve the case.
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen is a fast-paced, puzzle-filled mystery for the Middle Grade reader. Readers work puzzles along with Winston, so this book is the perfect choice for any child who loves a good mystery and working puzzles. Winston is a compelling character--a nice kid who will stop everything to solve a difficult puzzle. Central to the novel as well is working through sibling rivalry. Mr. Fredericks' wanted his children to work together to solve his puzzle. His last remaining daughter regrets they never did and advises Winston to learn from her mistakes.
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen is classic Middle Grade fiction, best suited for children ages 8-12.
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A Fuse #8 Production Jen Robinson's Book Page ----------------------------- The Puzzling World of Winston Breen, by Eric Berlin. G.P. Putnam's Soons, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-399-24693-7.
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His book isn't even out yet, but author Eric Berlin has already constructed a fabulous little Puzzle Blog for kids to have fun with. So should you be blessed/cursed with children that have too many brain cells ah-bouncing about in their tiny craniums, this might offer the kind of release they crave.
3 Comments on And Not a Sudoku Grid in Sight, last added: 6/17/2007
OMG, my godson Lucas is going to *LOVE* this. He's seven, but he enjoys helping me with the New York Times crossword puzzle. He's surprisingly good at it, but, still, I've been trying to find puzzles that are a bit more at his level. Most of the puzzle-type books I find seem to come in two levels -- insulting or adult. These are nice, though.
Of course, I also got a subscription to Games magazine for a little something to challenge both of us....
Melissa W. said, on 5/13/2007 9:14:00 AM
Thanks so much for highlighting this blog! It is fabulous indeed. My nine-year-old is big on word puzzles and this was right up his alley and his skill level. Challenging but not so daunting as to be frustrating. You made a kid happy today.
armando said, on 6/17/2007 7:02:00 AM
For everybody who wants to try out something new in sudoku, try shendoku, using the sudoku rules but playing two people, one against the other, like battleshipps. They have a free version to download at http://www.shendoku.com/sample.pdf . Anything else they are bringing out or they are working on you can find at www.shendoku.com or at they´r blog www.shendoku.blogspot.com . Have fun, I am. I specially like one slogan I heard about Shendoku: SUDOKU is like masturbation (one person)…. SHENDOKU is like sex (it takes two).
Sheesh. Don't nobody tell me nuthin'. Sure I knew about Eric Berlin and his upcoming first children's novel. The guy was on my Cybils Middle Grade Judging panel. But did anyone tell me he had a site for his book and that the site had puzzles and puzzle sets available for download on it? Noooooo they did NOT.
Whoops, sorry. Although I did announce it on my blog, which I thought (sniff) you read.
Anyway, I also mention the site in the book itself, which you should be receiving in the next week or so. So one way or the other, you were going to find out about it.
In any event, thanks for the plug.
fusenumber8 said, on 3/17/2007 6:54:00 AM
No, I'm sure you did. And I do read it, quite regularly. Things tend to slip through here and there. Apparently I demand some sort of gold-encrusted official announcement in the mail every time someone has a new cool book-related website. Ach weel.
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If you received this week’s update this morning you know that Sarah Conover was our scheduled guest today for Book Bites for Kids. We had some technical difficulties at blogtalkradio today, but we hope to have the recorded interview with Sarah posted later today.
Han Nolan is Monday’s guest. 
Tuesday’s guest is William C. Marks. He’ll talk about his new book, Rhyme.
On Thursday, JoAn Martin will be the guest author for the day. She will talk about her book Inventing Chloe.
Friday’s guest is Pat Gaines. She will talk about her new book, O.O. Octopus, Sheriff of Blue Ribbon Sound.
Keep up with some of your favorite children’s authors who will be on a blog tour this week.
Listen to 
Join host Suzanne Lieurance for 
If you have questions about writing and publishing for children, this week is your chance to get answers to those questions. 
During the month of April, 
Celise Downs will be the guest author today on Book Bites for Kids, LIVE on blogtalkradio.com at 2:00 central time.
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