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There is a gaping hole in parenting literature. Despite the numerous bestsellers showing how to instill a love of reading, no book shows how to cultivate a love of an equally essential skill: writing. Finally, Pam Allyn, a nationally recognized educator and literacy expert, teaches us that writing is a fundamental part of self-discovery and critical to success later in life. Pam is the absolute best author for a book of this kind. She is the Executive Director of LitLife, a nationally recognized organization specializing in transformative school improvement through literacy education, and is also the Executive Director of LitWorld, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing quality education to the world’s most vulnerable children. In YOUR CHILD’S WRITING LIFE: How to Inspire Your Child’s Confidence, Creativity, and Skill at Every Age (Avery, Paperback Original, August 2011, $16.00), award-winning educator, literacy expert and author of What to Read When: The Books and Storie...

Reader Girls is the host today for the Caressed By Moonlight Book Tour . We interviewed author Amanda J. Greene. Welcome everyone. Caressed by Moonlight (Book 1 Rulers of Darkness Series) by Amanda J Greene Book Description: Dorian Vlakhos is no ordinary aristocrat. He is a vampire king, who will do anything to save his clan from complete annihilation, before an ancient curse can claim his immortal life. Penniless and orphaned, Victoria Kingston has nothing to bring to a marriage, yet she must shackle an unsuspecting gentleman into marriage by the end of the month or forfeit her rights as guardian of her younger sister. With the help of her dearest friend, Victoria begins her hunt, and vows to stay far away from the dark, mysterious, Dorian Vlakhos. After meeting the beautifully innocent Miss Kingston, Dorian had to have her. He would do absolutely anything to make Victoria his. One sweet stolen kiss would bring them together while a force, more powerful than any vampire woul...

Welcome to Reader Girls. We are today's stop during the Spirit Seeker Virtual Book Tour . Below is a blurb about the book and an excerpt provided by the author and an entry form to enter into a contest to win a copy of the book.  Book Description: Life is strange and difficult for the granddaughter of a shaman.  Sixteen-year-old Talisa Santiago was born in the desert underneath the full moon in January—the wolf moon. However, she left the desert with her mother when she was a young girl. She remembers bits and pieces of her past but it isn’t until she and her mom move to a remote barrier island off the coast of North Carolina that she feels fate has finally called—secretive and mysterious he stands alone on the edge of the bank. Her friends tell her to stay away; she hears rumors that he is dangerous. Still, she can’t resist. Whether Talisa realizes it or not, she knows a thing or two about boys like Jag Chavez.  Fate is funny that way.  For ...

Today we're participating in the Unruly Magic   Giveaway Blitz . Unruly Magic is the second book in the Amazon UK contemporary fantasy Top 10 bestsellling Stella Mayweather series. we loved the first book, Illicit Magic , and our review can be found  here .  Camilla Chafer is offering two ebook copies of Unruly Magic to our readers so please leave a comment below (along with your email address) to be entered.   Here's what Unruly Magic is all about:   A witch on the run. A quiet little town where everything is far from normal. A fractured witch council threatening to tear the supernatural world apart.   Life hasn't been easy for novice witch Stella but small town life seems to be agreeing with her. When a frightened young woman appears in Stella's house and begs for her protection, Stella is pulled into a dangerous game where she'll need both her magic and her wits to unravel the secrets that surround her.   Just what is h...

Reader Girls is today's stop for The Vampire Way Book Tour . Book blurb: Eighteen year old Rick Thompson is a marked man. When Damien Masonite comes to his school, he knows something is up. And when his friends start falling to vampire attacks, he knows that he and his girlfriend Laura are next. The quest to understand immortality, true love and undying friendship compromise his safety even more. Can he keep his best friends, his true love and keep his mortal life? We welcome author Derek Clendening. Guest Post Ever hear writers tell stories about how it took them ten years to write a novel? Well, The Vampire Way took nine. As I write this post, I am hours removed from having finished writing the sequel Blood Promise , which took four months. Big difference, huh? So, if one took me so long, why should the sequel be so darn easy? To start, I first conceived the idea for The Vampire Way in the summer of 1999. I was 17 and would turn 18 that November. Part of the trouble is ...

It's Wednesday and Reader Girls is so happy to be hosting the Betrayed Blog Tour . We welcome author Ednah Walters back with her second title of The Guardian Legacy . The author has provided us with an excerpt, news about her contest, and the addition of another contest for us to offer one ebook copy of Betrayed to one person who comments below. Betrayed blurb: Lil has come to terms with her life as a Guardian/demon hunter and the wielder of the Nephilim most powerful weapon. She trains everyday to master her growing powers, gets along with her Guardian trainee friends (most of the time) and cherishes her moments with her human friends. Just when she feels she belongs, her nature-bender father contacts her and warns her about a betrayal by someone close to her. Then Bran, the guy she loves, starts to act strange and one of her human friends acquires a supernatural ability. While Lil struggles find a connection between these three things, she begins to realize that someone is m...

Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 745 KB Publisher: Decadent Publishing Company (February 2, 2011) Blurb: My name is Rachel Clancy. Thirty years before I was born, the world ended. Today is my sixteenth birthday. Today I will go Upwards to fight the monsters and, statistically speaking, I won’t be coming back—at least not still living. Initiation is the story of sixteen year old Rachel Clancy, born with a specific set of genes that let her fight monsters, she has trained her entire life to kill Vampires and Werewolves. Knowing since birth what her destiny would be has not made the onslaught of emotions she faces as she journey Upwards any easier. It doesn’t help that her father is drunk and her best friend just doesn’t get ‘it.’ Rachel isn’t prepared for the level of deception she faces, and before long she will find herself on a quest she is in no way prepared to handle. What happens next will alter not only Rachel’s life but the lives of everyone she knows. She will learn beyond...