Paula Wiseman Books | September 3, 2024 | 9781665958295 | Ages 2+
From #1 New York Times bestselling creator Matt Van Fleet comes an antic-filled novelty book starring a humorous bast of animals getting ready for bed! BEDTIME BLITZis sale September 3rd, 2024 from Paula Wiseman Books.
It’s getting late, the sun’s almost set, and it’s time for bed! A group of frantic animal friends rush through their bedtime routine: taking a bath, putting on their pajamas, brushing their teeth, reading a story, and then finally putting their heads on the pillow and saying goodnight.
BEDTIME BLITZ features five pull tabs and a lift the flap to make this an interactive storytime experience for young readers. Energetic text, cute animals, and bedtime shenanigans make this the perfect read over and over and over again!
Matthew Van Fleet’s innovative books have been introducing children to basic concepts for more than twenty years. His uniquely designed board books invite toddlers to touch, press, pull, lift, and even sniff as they explore colors, shapes, numbers, letters, opposites, and more. His New York Times bestselling titles include Cat, Heads, Alphabet, and Moo, as well as the #1 New York Times bestsellers Tails and Dog. His books have sold more than eight million copies and have been translated around the world. He lives with his family in New York. Visit him online at VanFleetBooks.com.
Siblings Alex and Zoe Sherlock take their last name as inspiration when choosing a summer job. After all, starting a detective agency has to be better than babysitting (boring), lawn mowing (sweaty), or cleaning out the attic (boring and sweaty). Their friends Lina, an avid bookworm, and Yadi, an aspiring cinematographer, join the enterprise, and Alex and Zoe’s retired reporter grandfather offers up his sweet aquamarine Cadillac convertible and storage unit full of cold cases.
The group’s first target is the long-lost treasure supposedly hidden near their hometown Miami. Their investigation into the local doings of famed gangster Al Capone leads them to a remote island in the middle of the Everglades where they find alarming evidence hinting at corporate corruption.
Together with Grandpa’s know-how and the kids’ intelligence—plus some really slick gadgets—can the Sherlock Society root out the conspiracy?
Middle-school-age readers will love this mystery! It is engaging and is also educational and simply fun to read!
About the Author: James Ponti is the New York Times bestselling author of four middle grade book series: The Sherlock Society following a group of young detectives; City Spies, about an unlikely squad of five kids from around the world who form an elite MI6 Spy Team; the Edgar Award–winning Framed! series, about a pair of tweens who solve mysteries in Washington, DC; and the Dead City trilogy, about a secret society that polices the undead living beneath Manhattan. His books have appeared on more than fifteen different state award lists, and he is the founder of a writers group known as the Renegades of Middle Grade. James is also an Emmy–nominated television writer and producer who has worked for many networks including Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, PBS, History, and Spike TV, as well as NBC Sports. He lives with his family in Orlando, Florida.
In the novel, Esmerelda Santos is a rare bruja, born with Chaos magic in her veins. She and her family are direct descendants of one of the four original witches—a mysterious legend about the night magic was born in San Bosco. But since the death of her mother, Esme is more concerned about healing their father’s spiraling grief.
When Esme finds a heart spell in a forbidden grimorio, she thinks it could be the answer to making her dad whole again. But before she can try, she and her best friend, Tiago, discover that their families and all the town’s witches have vanished—along with their magic, which keeps San Bosco alive. The only way to save them and the town is to find an original witch—impossible, since no one has actually ever seen one.
With a witch hunter on their tail, Esme and Tiago journey to a banished realm where forbidden magic runs wild. Here the two must embrace their powers and confront the legend’s terrible truths…or risk losing their families and their magic forever.
Delivering all the action, adventure, and heart that middle grade fantasy readers love, THE DAGGERS OF IRE takes the reader on a journey to a fantastical realm filled with magical threats and a search for the original witches. At the heart of the story lies the theme of how, sometimes not only do kids have the power to face what adults refuse to see, but they’re forced to solve problems adults have ignored.
Inspired by the myths her grandmother would share and the lack of Mayan and Aztec stories at her school library growing up, Cervantes decided to write a new mythology: “THE DAGGERS OF IRE took me on a journey, one that got me thinking about colonization and the stories that were destroyed, the same ones that were the lifeblood of many cultures,” Cervantes explains. “I imagined what a new mythology might look like, one that answered the question: where did magic come from? A different sort of origin tale. I wanted to tell a story that celebrated brujería and its Latine roots, one that offered a new perspective beyond the Euro-centric that I’ve always known.”
A great read for the upcoming Halloween holiday!
Self Disclosure: I received free copies of the above books to feature. Info and cover images also were provided.
