Brooding YA Hero - The One Book Every YA Reader Needs!

Have you ever wished you could receive a little guidance from your favorite book boyfriend? Ever dreamed of being the Chosen One in a YA novel? Want to know all the secrets of surviving the dreaded plot twist?

Or maybe you’re just really confused about what “opal-tinted, luminous cerulean orbs” actually are?

Summer Reading for Young Adult Readers

Summer reading isn't just for little ones! Make sure your teen has something more to read than just a screen with these great selections from Sky Pony Press - they're so good you may want to read them too! {Books provided for review/feature consideration}

Jump Start Summer Reading with Macmillan

It's that time of year again! Every summer, my daughters and I participate in our own summer reading program - we each set a goal of how many books we want to read over the summer {I picked 75, Peyton - 15, Little Miss Lo - 20, and Kenziekins chose 25 (this year she'll be reading some on her own and then we'll help her reach her goal by reading to her as well}. The person who meets their goal first will get the ultimate bragging rights and I'll buy them a book of their choice when the competition ends {right before they go back to school on August 7}. Here are a few selections from Macmillan that we've added to London and Kenzie's TBR stack! {Books provided for review/feature consideration}

Hot New DIY Temporary Tattoo Art Book

Simon and Schuster is excited to announce the publication of K.L. Cao’s new book DIY Temporary Tattoo Art (July 18th, Adams Media). It is the first step-by-step temporary tattoo book to help fashionistas rock a variety of on-trend tattoo styles at summer festivals all season long! {Book provided for review/feature consideration}

Last Minute Grad Gift: Book on Thriving as a Creative

The new book, Real Artists Don’t Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age [June 6, 2017; Thomas Nelson/Harper Collins] offers a set of twelve easy-to-follow rules for artists to live by that translate artistic success to business success. The author Jeff Goins is a marketing expert, bestselling author and creative thinker. {Book provided for review/feature consideration}

Wunderkind Reads: Dustrats! Or, The Adventures of Sir Muffin Muffinsson by Adrià Regordosa

Sir Muffin Muffinsson is a valiant, watchful cat charged with the care and keeping of baby Emma while she sleeps. It’s a busy job, and this week Sir Muffin forgot to do the tidying up! Seven days worth of dust springs to life in the form of "Dustrats," mischievous little imps who run amok through the house. While Sir Muffin chases the critters from room to room with his trusty vacuum, Emma’s vivid dreams begin to morph the world around him: An ocean in the bathroom, a magic kingdom in the attic, things are getting out of control! Will Sir Muffin make it back to the nursery before Emma’s dreams become a little too wild? An enchanting story full of imagination and adventure, Dustrats by Adrià Regordosa (published by POW! Kids Books) makes for a bedtime favorite. {Book provided for review/feature consideration}

New Children's Book Releases this April from Sky Pony Press!

Check out the new children titles for April from Sky Pony Press! {Books provided for review/feature consideration}

Wunderkind Reads: Touch the Earth by Julian Lennon

On April 11th, 2017, the world will be taken and moved by an original picture book, Touch the Earth by the one and only Julian Lennon. As a photographer, musician, Grammy Award Nominee, an environmentalist, and now, author–he wants to share his message with children around the world. {Book provided for review/feature consideration}

Wunderkind Reads: TRACTOR MAC WORTH THE WAIT

Meet the next installment of the wildly popular Tractor Mac picture book series, TRACTOR MAC WORTH THE WAIT, by Billy Steers (FSG, on sale 05/09/2017)! {Book provided for review/feature consideration}

New YA Novels from Sky Pony Press!

Sky Pony Press has SO MANY good books coming out in the next couple months - here are just a few! {Books provided for review/feature consideration}

Spring Reading for Kids – “Otis Grows” Offers Adventure, Perspective, and Comfort

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As much as we’d like to, there’s no way to completely shield our children from all change, conflict, and grief. The truth is, there’s so much beauty in the world often overshadowed by the “scary” that it’s more important than ever that we teach our kids how to confidently grow in the face of challenge.

March Children's Releases from Sky Pony Press!

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Meet the follow-up to the popular Hattie Peck about an egg barren, but loving, hen and her adorably diverse family -

Hattie Peck: The Journey Home by Emma Levey (Sky Pony Press hardcover, also available as an ebook; On Sale: March 7, 2017 | ISBN: 978-1-5107-1390-1 Price: $16.99 | 32 pages | Ages 3–6)

When Love Becomes Obsession: Die For You by Amy Fellner Dominy

Amy Fellner Dominy's new Young Adult Novel, Die For You, tackles the secret epidemic of relationship abuse and reminds readers that they matter. What an important message in this day and age! {Book provided for review/feature consideration}

LESSONS FROM OUR MOTHERS: New Book Tells of Candid Reflections, in 1,000 Words or Less

At 81-years old, Jill Ebstein’s mom signed up for a formal program in religious studies. Previously unable to attend college and now widowed, her mom set out to take care of unfinished business.Since the books seemed too heavy for her to lug around, her younger classmates chipped in to buy her a rolling backpack. When she completed the course and expressed pride in finally having a ‘real graduation,’ her children flew out for the ceremony. Her son held a party for her at his accounting firm. “We are all unfinished people with opportunities to grow,” writes Ebstein in her newest collection to her At My Pace series of books, called AT MY PACE: LESSONS FROM OUR MOTHERS. While her mom didn’t live to see the book get published, she heard and commented on all the submissions along the way. “It really was a special time with mom and it provided us a distraction, but a meaningful one. It changed our conversation from the need to eat and drink and do physical therapy to the complexity of relationships and the need to find and show gratitude.” {Book provided for review/feature consideration}

The Most Inspiring Children's Book of the Year!

Meet Dream Big, the gorgeously-illustrated children's book by Kat Kronenberg. Children have big dreams, whether they want to grow up to be a firefighter, become president, or save the world. {Book provided for review/feature consideration} 

New Mom Comics: A Hilarious Look at Every Day Parenting

There are many parenting books and guides out there that showcase what to expect, and try to educate new parents, but few offer the very real, fresh and funny perspective Alison Wong, author and creator of New Mom Comics, provides with her new book, New Mom Comics: The First Year. Based on her own experience as a new mom, her comics touch on everything from blowouts to breastfeeding with wit and humor that any parent will appreciate! {Book provided for review/feature consideration}

butter LONDON + Project Runway Jr. Winning Look | Episode 6, Firefighting Clients

This week on Project Runway Junior, the models walked their looks straight off the catwalk and into the arms of their fire-fighting husbands! The emerging designers were tasked with creating date night looks for real women. The winning look was hot, hot, hot and left the model feeling confident as she made her runway debut on national television.

SpacePop Galentine's Day Sleepover Sweepstakes

Macmillan is running an exciting new sweepstakes in conjunction with Sony and SpacePop for an incredible Galentine's Day. Winners can enter to win at: http://www.spacepopgirls.com/sweepstakes. The last day to enter is 1/31/2017, and prizes will be shipped the first week of February.

2 New YA Novels from Sky Pony Press

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ONE MOMENT by Kristina McBride (1/17/16, contemporary thriller): Maggie Reynolds remembers hanging out at the gorge with her closest friends after a blowout party the night before. But why can't she remember what happened in the moment before she and her boyfriend Joey were supposed to dive? Why was she left cowering at the top of the cliff, while Joey floated in the water below—dead? As her memories return in snatches, she must figure out how the events of the evening resulted in a tragic end.

2 New Picture Books from Sky Pony Press

FIRST NUMBERS: TOUCH-AND-TRACE EARLY LEARNING FUN! by Angie Hewitt (1/17/17, board book, ages 0–2): Kids can use their finger to follow the grooves on each page to learn numbers 1–10. They can practice their numbers by tracing the grooves with their fingers from one snail all the way up to ten leaping frogs.