Happy Hanukkah! Happy holidays! etc etc.!
(Featured Book: Gateway to Magic by Annabelle Franklin which I purchased not too long ago.)
Oddly enough, even though I wrote middle grade manuscript, and tried to read as much as I could in the genre beforehand, I still feel that it’s one of my cutoffs in regards to actual reading-for-pleasure. (In my defense, it probably was even back when I WAS a middle grade reader.)
Luckily for Annabelle Franklin, there are now kids among all us grumpy old people in our family. So now I can say, “they are going to love this book”.
Well, I don’t really know if they are going to love it, because I’m sure kids get tired of hearing what they like and don’t like and what they should like, but I’m still going to pass on this book to them, in hopes they like it.
After all, at least one of them loves reading, another likes adventure video games, and this book has a little of both. Well, sort of. But what is does have for sure is fairies and magic and goblins and monsters and . . . well, I’ll let you (or your kids) read it to find out what sort of ending it has.
Because anything goes in Annabelle Franklin’s wacky fairyland, where the magical denizens of the fae realm are not always the cutesy, glitter-spewing fairies Disney has taught us to expect. (After all, Grimm–and many others–wrote fairies the ‘real’ way too!)
Here’s the link on Amazon, should you still need to do some last-minute holiday gift shopping for the little imps in your own family! (Just DO NOT press the big red button!)
Gateway to Magic on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Gateway-Magic-Annabelle-Franklin/dp/1530767083/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
P.S. She has another book for kids available on Amazon as well: https://www.amazon.com/Slapstyx-Annabelle-Franklin/dp/1518686982/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Thank you so much for this, I really appreciate it. It was a lovely surprise to come across your post today, and it’s given me a much-needed lift!
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You’re welcome! Happy holidays…your book was so quirky and cute! I’ll try not to give spoilers, but the scene in the ‘forest’ sticks with me…I loved the imagery, as well.
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Ah yes, I think I know the forest you mean!
Thanks again for championing my book. Have a magical Yuletide! 🙂
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You too! Magical wishes for the New Year!
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Fairies and magic and goblins and monsters? Sounds fun!
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Now I’m sure Taylor Swift named her new song after you… after seeing the video too!
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Oh, I loved the video…and the song (yes, I had to go look it up!) Feels very serendipitous…or synchronous! Lovely video…
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Reblogged this on The Literate Lurcher and commented:
Many thanks to horror writer Willow Croft for her lovely review of my book. Visit her blog to read the full review – you might like to check out her writing while you’re there!
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