Teen or Young Adult Read, Witchwood Estate!

Double edition for $1.20: Witchwood Estate - Books 1 & 2. After twelve years away, Seventeen year old Alexandria Santorini is going home to Ferntree Falls to claim her inheritance - Witchwood Estate - the home she grew up in, and where her parents were brutally murdered.

She soon discovers that there is something very different about Ferntree Falls - something that is going to make her life far more complicated than she ever imagined it could be.

Whimsical, "TV" length episodes in an ongoing series. Witches, spells, ghosts, sprites, shape-shifters, wolves and more. With an equal measure of Magic and Evil, Witchwood is sure to win your heart. Grab your broomstick and come along for the ride!

“Patti Roberts has a pristine talent for making characters on a page breathe. Love them -- Hate them ... you won't be able to help yourself from muttering under your breath about them…”
Leslie Hansford.

US http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CJDLY24
UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CJDLY24?*Version*=1&*entries*=0

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Where is Nana? Help your children cope with loss in a positive way

Where is Nana? A bilingual children's book to help young ones deal with loss by author Guadalupe O Gonzalez

Book Summary: This book from Nana’s Stories follows a young girl’s experience with a major life event, such as a death in the family. The girl of the story narrates her experiences throughout the event. She talks about her time playing with her brother. She also talks about her nana and the fun they had with each other. She also narrates the effect on the family from the death. This story will teach children. It is ok to have feeling and to feel sad, when someone you love is dead. It also teaches children to be optimistic, when you experience bad things in life.

Here is the link: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Guadalupe_O_Gonzalez_Where_is_Nana?id=Wb6ZAwAAQBAJ&hl=en

Bonding Over Books

Reading to children is an essential part of their development but it is also an excellent opportunity to bond with your kids. Babies, toddlers and preschoolers delight in simply hearing a parent's voice. This aids in their language development but there is also a strong social aspect as parents and children share the story together. Take this opportunity to point out things in the pictures and to talk about the story. For school age children, you can take it even further by inviting children to add to the story or to share their life experiences and thoughts about the story. This can help children in their reading comprehension skills but also helps children to relate aspects of the story to real life. You can add in the opportunity to play with your kids as well. For example if you are reading a story about pirates to your first grader then you might have a treasure hunt later in the day. Encourage your child to use their imaginations and to embrace the story in a variety of ways. You will form a strong bond with your child and also spark a love of reading and creativity in your child.

You can also use reading to bond with older children. My oldest son and I enjoyed reading the entire Harry Potter series together. We each took turns reading chapters in the books and then we got together to discuss what we read. We also compared and contrasted parts of the books to the movies. This gave us the perfect opportunity to share our thoughts and to do something together but it also taught me son to think about what he read, to discuss his thoughts on the story and to compare the literature in new ways.

Invasion of the Overworld

The world of Minecraft comes to life in this thrilling adventure!

Gameknight999 loved Minecraft, but above all else, he loved to grief—to intentionally ruin the gaming experience for other users.

When one of his father’s inventions teleports him into the game, Gameknight is forced to live out a real-life adventure inside a digital world. What will happen if he’s killed? Will he respawn? Die in real life? Stuck in the game, Gameknight discovers Minecraft’s best-kept secret, something not even the game’s programmers realize: the creatures within the game are alive! He will have to stay one step ahead of the sharp claws of zombies and pointed fangs of spiders, but he’ll also have to learn to make friends and work as a team if he has any chance of surviving the Minecraft war his arrival has started.

This action-packed tribute to the worldwide computer game phenomenon is a runaway publishing smash and the perfect companion for Minecraft fans of all ages.

http://goo.gl/Du2LIR

What do you look for in a children's book?

We all want to encourage our children to read, after all reading builds foundations that support educational, social and mental development. But what do you look for in a great children's book? Authors and readers come together to answer these questions and more.

1. Quality content- Parents agree that educational value, moral lessons and positive messages are the number one thing that they look for when choosing books for kids.

2. Colorful illustrations- Young children especially love bright colors and beautiful pictures.For kids that are too young to read for themselves, the pictures can help them to make the connections between the words they here and what they see. This is extremely beneficial to language development and it also makes the story more interesting for the youngsters.

3. Appropriate reading level- If you are a children's book author, you need to market the book to the age appropriate audience and make sure that the reading level reflects your target age. A book for preschoolers should have short and simple sentences but a book for older kids should have full chapters, a strong story line and lots of humor or excitement to keep them entertained.

4. A great cover- We all want to teach children not to judge books by their cover, but in reality we all do this. A stunning cover portrays quality and it immediately captures the attention of children. If they love the cover, they will want to know what is inside.

5. Humor or adventure- Children need excitement or something that makes them laugh, otherwise they will quickly loose interest. Of all the children and parents surveyed, 95% said that without some sense of adventure or something funny the kid's loose interest.

Supernatural Hero

Excellence for only 99 cents!

With 227 5 star reviews and the recipient of numerous awards, this is the children's book you have to read! 

Beverly Hills Book Awards 2014 - Winner 
Reader's Favorite Book contest 2014 - Silver Medal 
IPPY Book Awards 2014 - Bronze Medal 
Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2014 - Honorable Mention 
Indie Excellence Book Awards 2014 - Finalist 
London Book Festival 2013 - Honorable Mention 

Supernatural Hero and the Witches (Book 2) is out! 

Don't try to be someone else, be yourself! 
Reading this book will make you see that being yourself is the only way 
for success, all you need is to believe. 

Andy is the nerd everyone makes fun of. He's really skinny, wears glasses and talks to himself, but he falls in love with the prettiest girl in the class. One day Grandpa dies and turns into a ghost. Then, Andy discovers a new power, he can see ghosts and talk to the dead. 
Join Andy's journey and find out how a nerd can become a hero. 
Supernatural hero is a great children's book with an outstanding story, for the whole family to enjoy. This book series will stay with you forever.

THE LINK :

http://amzn.to/1ibhOll

CO.UK :

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Supernatural-Hero-Book-Action-Adventure-ebook/dp/B00G3J1XGC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412761284&sr=8-1&keywords=ERAN+GADOT

Benjy's Slingshot

http://www.amazon.com/Benjys-Slingshot-Lynne-Baker-ebook/dp/B00NHDEIWI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412174641&sr=8-1&keywords=benjy%27s+slingshot

Benjy's Slingshot

Benjy sees a slingshot advertised in one of his favorite comic books and wants to buy it because it is just like the one his favorite comic book hero uses to fight off the bad guys in his latest adventure. The story describes how Benjy secretly buys it and what happens once it arrives. In addition to the delightful story, the book includes seven charming illustrations.