Author: Pink Umbrella Books
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Only Gossip Prospers Blog Tour
Pink Umbrella Books is excited to announce the Only Gossip Prospers blog tour, which will run December 10-20, 2019. Interested bloggers should email us at pinkumbrellabooks@gmail.com or post in the comments below. About the Book: In late 1875 Louisa May Alcott spent a winter in New York City. Her journals give a rough sketch of the people…
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There’s nothing sheepish about Michelle Wilson’s Olive Ewe…
Maybe Mary had a little lamb, but author Michelle Wilson has Olive Ewe, a sweetly disaster-prone little muttonchop who is the star of Wilson’s new children’s book, Olive. Olive worries whether her friends and family will love her in spite of her flaws…but rest assured, both Wilson’s book and its title character are lovable indeed.…
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Olive Blog Tour
Pink Umbrella Books is excited to announce the Olive blog tour, which will run October 29-November 8, 2019. Interested bloggers should email us at pinkumbrellabooks@gmail.com or post in the comments below. About the Book: Meet Olive. She’s optimistic and well-intentioned . . . and a magnet for mishaps. When Olive’s day goes from bad to worse, she…
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Oiseau: The Magical Bird Blog Tour
Pink Umbrella Books is excited to announce the Oiseau: The Magical Bird blog tour, which will run October 8-15, 2019. Interested bloggers should email us at pinkumbrellabooks@gmail.com or post in the comments below. About the Book: Oiseau isn’t just an ordinary bird: he’s magical! When Miss Robinson’s class has trouble transitioning from one subject to another, Oiseau…
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New children’s book brings smiles
There’s a problem in Miss Robinson’s classroom. Because of all the noise and confusion in her room, she can’t teach her lessons—that is, until her old friend Oiseau (pronounced wah-zō) arrives. Oiseau, which means “bird” in French, is a charming little avian helper in author Debbie Wosnik’s new children’s book, Oiseau. And not only does…
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Adrienne Quintana’s HIGH SIERRA takes readers into the woods
The place was a total dive. Dirty log walls and rusting metal furniture gave off a homeless shelter vibe—nothing like the fat camp my mom sent me to last summer. I mean, that place looked and felt expensive. And the chunky, bald guy across the desk from me was no fitness instructor. Crooked, black framed…
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Author Kelli Call on Stereotypes, Superheroes, and Sensory Processing Disorder
Superman. Batman. Spiderman—oh, and don’t forget Clark, hero of It’s Not Easy Being a Superhero (Pink Umbrella Books, 2019). If author and mother of three Kelli Call has anything to say about it, you’ll put Clark in the pantheon of superheroes too. No, not Clark Kent. This Clark is a hero of a different sort:…
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It’s Not Easy Being a Superhero Blog Tour
Pink Umbrella Books is excited to announce the It’s Not Easy Being a Superhero blog tour, which will run March 18-28, 2019. About the Book: Unlike most superheroes, Clark’s superpowers aren’t a secret. And instead of just one, Clark has five superpowers he must learn to control: super hearing, super sight, super smell, super taste, and super…
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Little Women Legacy: Alcott, the Environment, and Real-Life Heroes
In this blog post series, we’ve featured contributing authors from our anthology, Alcott’s Imaginary Heroes: The Little Women Legacy. In this post, we’ll share some final thoughts from Julie Dunlap, ecologist, teacher and writer. Contributor Julie Dunlap reads Little Women in Old Ellicott City, Maryland. Little Women teems with uncomfortable truths. Hardworking families can fall into poverty;…