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This month, I am giving away Samuel T. Moore of Corte Magore. Twenty-four autographed books will go to one special PK or K-5 teacher and her classroom. All you have to do is write individually on my Author’s Page on Facebook- not here in this post – why “your” teacher deserves the gift of books in his or her classroom. The story with the most likes on my wall gets the books. Contest ends 12/31. Who knows, I might even pay that class a visit sometime in 2015. Approximate retail value of the books is $500. Happy Holidays!

Tonia

I’ve arranged a special hardcover book price for October. You can order an autographed book for $12.99 + shipping.

Stock up for the perfect holiday gift for that little loved one in your life.

Cheers!

Tonia Allen Gould

The Fifth Annual Multicultural World BookFest will be held at the Camarillo Community Center on Saturday, November 1, 2014 from 10am-3pm.
I’ve been selected as one of the children’s book authors to present at the event at 11:00 AM, followed by book signings and readings.

• We will have six storytents representing: Asia; Africa; Latin America, North America, Europe, and Australia & New Zealand.

Location: Camarillo Community Center 1605 E. Burnley Street.
Take the 101fwy exit at Carmen Drive. Going north turn right @ light. Going south make 2 left turns; go over fwy. Continue on Carmen past City Hall to 4 way stop which is Burnley. Turn right then left into parking lot. Event will be inside the gated Community Center Room

Please join us for a day of books, readings, food trucks, fun and culture.

Hope to see you there!

Tonia Allen Gould/Author
Samuel T. Moore of Corte Magore

Thanks to Connie, the proprietor at Mrs. Figs’ Bookworm for the great book signing today! If you haven’t checked out her delightful bookstore in Camarillo, please do so and don’t forget to ask for your copy of Samuel T. Moore of Corte Magore while you are there.

I’ve decided to offer two of my picture ebooks at a great discount – permanently. Why? I want to get my ebooks read as much as possible so it makes sense to lower the cost – to less than a … Continue reading →

Usually when we think of habits, we think about breaking them–nail-biting, smoking, snacking in front of the TV– but what about forming good habits?

The folks at MotherReader have invented a great new habit and are eager for all of us to pick it up as well–they have vowed to visit five children’s literature–also known as kidslit–blogs every day for 21 days and–this is the crux of the matter–leave a comment on each one that they visit!

With the knowledge that it takes 21 days to form a habit, they have issued a challenge to their readers to do this for three weeks. There is even the hint of a prize at the end for those who report their progress to the issuers of the challenge at MotherReader.

Comments are the life blood of a blog. If bloggers weren’t attempting to create a discussion and a continuing conversation with their readers, they would not use a blog format for their ideas and reviews. This is such a fabulous challenge because it will create conversations between bloggers and their readers–and will create relationships in the kidlit blogosphere!

If you haven’t already done so, pick up this gauntlet and embark upon this challenge–it’s never to late to pick up a new habit, especially one as good as this one!