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24Aug

Pre-Order Winner #1!

UPDATE: Here is what the winner said after receiving her prizes: Watch to find out if you won this week's drawing grand prize: The Golden Ticket (you were entered when you pre-ordered the audiobook of How to Promote Your Children's Book:…

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24Aug

Seven Ways to Trick Your Child into Reading

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We bandy about Very Serious terms like teaching standards and required reading as educational nutrients, good for literacy, but something akin to those bran-filled rocks and twig cereals: flavorless, dry, and hard to swallow. As an author and advocate of…

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22Aug

#109 – School Visits and Author Visits by State with Kim Norman

Podcast by Katie Davis

Subscribe to the podcast! In this episode you'll hear a review from Julie Falatko for And Then It's Spring by Julie Fogliano and illustrator by Erin Stead how you can win The Golden Ticket when you pre-order the audiobook version of How…

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18Aug

Pre-order this Audiobook and Win Everything Else!

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Do you want to sell more books? Do you need motivation to get involved in social media? Do you have no idea how or when to even get started building your online presence (or creating your "platform")? Everyone who pre-orders…

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15Aug

#108 – Comic Book Characters All About African American Culture

Podcast by Katie Davis

Subscribe to the podcast! Some links in this post are affiliate links. Today's interview guest is Jerry Craft, who creates comic book characters all about African American culture in his series Mama's Boyz. When my husband Jerry and Jerry Craft met each…

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13Aug

Bad Reviews and What to Do About Them

Uncategorized by Katie Davis

This week on Brain Burps About Books, I'm going to address bad reviews. All kinds. Such as the first in 32 that I just got on iTunes for the podcast from an anonymous reviewer. PS Always be willing to stand by…

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8Aug

#107 – How to Submit Apps and eBooks

Podcast by Katie Davis

Subscribe to this podcast! In the interview we talk about how to submit apps and ebooks (obviously!) William Joyce's interview with Mary Ann Scheuer Julie's template for storybook app proposals, called, appropriately, Julie Hedlund's Template for Storybook App Proposals that story still…

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6Aug

An Obsessed Toddler is the Perfect Pre-Reader

Uncategorized by Katie Davis

Toddlers get obsessed. Trucks? CHECK! Firefighter hat? CHECK! Pink tutu? CHECK! Almost every parent has countless stories to tell about their child's obsessions and the funny stories that came about because of them. Pack a lunch: you might be stopping at every…

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3Aug

Guide to Literary Criticism

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Jane Stemp Wickenden brought this to my attention. A few years ago British author Sarah Harrison (author of HOT BREATH and COLD FEET among other novels) wrote this guide to terms used by reviewers: Sarah Harrison's Guide to Literary Criticism Enchanting :…

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1Aug

#106 – Poetry with Pun Poems: Douglas Florian

Podcast by Katie Davis

Subscribe to the podcast! In this episode you'll hear me request funny videos of my listeners singing my theme song a review from Julie Falatko: Wagons Ho! by George Hallowell, Joan Holub, and illustrated by Lynne Avril a Take5 Marketing…

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