Journey To Osm - The Blue Unicorn's Tale Reader Review by Kayla K.

  Journey To Osm - The Blue Unicorn's Tale

 Reader Review by Kayla K.

I always love a good underdog story, and this was definitely one of those. After being born with a plain blue horn, Blue is secluded from his tribe. No metal, no magic has been the chant he has heard his entire life. But when things begin to happen, and the Oracle sees Blue as the hero of his tribe, he decides to go on a journey to find out if a unicorn without a metal horn can be the savior his tribe needs.

This is a beautiful YA fantasy that includes all the great elements of an epic quest. I think my favorite part was the fact that the story is about unicorns of all creatures because it’s not something you see very often. The author has created an immersive world in Journey to Osm.

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Unicorny Stuff From Zazzle Journey To Osm Collection - Cornum No Metal No Magic Mug

Unicorny Stuff 

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No Metal No Magic - Cornum Mug

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No Metal No Magic - Cornum Mug

This mug contains the image of Cornum the Brass Horned Unicorn from The Blue Unicorn's Journey To Osm Illustrated Chapter Book. No Metal Means No Magic. Cornum is a member of the Music Maker Herd of the Metal Horn Unicorn Tribe. His horn looks like a trumpet and sounds like one, too. Get the book at your favorite online book store.

 If you love unicorn stories with lots of pictures of unicorns, this is the book for you. It is available in soft and hard back print, .mobi and .epub ebook formats and as an audio book at all online book stores.

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Unicorn Book Feature - Avalon by Rachel Roberts

Sybrina's Unicorn Book Pick

Unicorns!  How we love them. . .Luckily for all of us unicorn lovers there are hundreds of unicorn books available for all age groups.  I have gathered information about as many as I can find and have placed them here for you in one convenient spot on my blog.  Today's Unicorn Book Feature is

Avalon

Web of Magic

4 Secret of the Unicorn

 By Rachel Roberts

Alderman’s problems are worsening. Many new creatures are arriving in Ravenswood through the portal and they report that the Fairy Glen, home of the fairimentals, has vanished. A frightened and wounded unicorn is among the new refugees to
Ravenswood. Can Emily communicate with her to offer help? The future of the Magic Web depends upon the dark secret the unicorn carries. All the while, a new terror, a harpy, stalks Emily as she tries to find out about the injured creature.

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Unicorny Stuff From Zazzle Journey To Osm Collection - Take Care of the Earth Sticker

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Take Care Of The Earth Iown Sticker

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Iown the Iron-Horned Unicorns says, Take Care of the Earth."

Iown the Iron-Horned Unicorn says, "Take care of the earth and it will take care of you." Read about him in The Blue Unicorn's Journey To Osm Illustrated Book for teens and older readers.

If you love unicorn stories with lots of pictures of unicorns, this is the book for you. It is available in soft and hard back print, .mobi and .epub ebook formats and as an audio book at all online book stores.

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Journey To Osm - The Blue Unicorn's Tale Reader Review by Jenny

  Journey To Osm - The Blue Unicorn's Tale

 Reader Review by Jenny

An ARC was given to me in exchange for an honest review.

This book is certainly very interesting. The premise and concept have definitely never been done before. I found the world building and the universe to be very fascinating. The author managed to transport me to the world of the book.

However, I think that some things could have been done better in the book. For example, the point of view changes was a bit hard to keep up with and I think that the book would have been better without them.

The pacing and formatting were also a bit strange for me. I did have an ARC so maybe that won't be the case in the published version but I found that they were confusing to follow me.

Other than the POV changes and the formatting, I found this read to be very imaginative and exciting.

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for an ARC!

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Lone Star Book Blog Tours - Max Attacks by Kathi Appelt

MAX ... ATTACKS

by

KATHI APPELT
illustrated by Penelope Dullaghan

Children's Picture Book / Humor / Stories in Verse
Publisher: Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books

Date of Publication: June 11, 2019

Number of Pages: 40

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Fish and birds and lizards and socks…is there anything Max won’t attack? 

Watch your ankles and find out in this clever, rhyming picture book about a very naughty kitty cat.

Max is a cat. He attacks. From socks to strings to many a fish, attacking, for Max, is most de-lish. But how many of these things can he actually catch? Well, let’s just say it’s no even match.

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Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, PEN USA Literary Award–winning, and bestselling The Underneath as well as the National Book Award finalist The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, Maybe a Fox (with Alison McGhee), Keeper, and many picture books including Counting Crows and Max ... Attacks. 

She has two grown children and lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband and their six cats. She serves as a faculty member at Vermont College of Fine Arts in their MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.

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Penelope Dullaghan is an award-winning illustrator whose work includes illustrations for ad campaigns, book publishers, magazines, newspapers, products, videos and most recently, children. Max ... Attacks is her debut picture book.

Penelope works from her home studio in Indianapolis, Indiana where she also home schools her daughter, plays in the river behind her house, and tends to her front-yard garden.

She is especially interested in collaborating with brands that support sustainability, simplicity, and wellness. Connect with Penelope on her Website.

The real Max was neither blue, nor did he have a switchy tail. In fact, he didn’t have a tail at all. He was an American Bobtail, almost fire red, and in his prime he weighed in at over twenty pounds. For seventeen years, he served as best friend and roommate to the author’s oldest son Jacob Appelt, who adopted Max from the local animal shelter. Together they wrote music, traveled, entertained friends and family, and kept an eye on the neighborhood parrots. Even though Max was famous for attacking anything that moved, he was, and always will be, the biggest, sweetest cat ever! 

And many thanks to Jacob for the line: “a mighty nap attacked our Max.” Best line in the book!

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Lone Star Book Blog Tours - Captain Fin by Amanda M. Thrasher

CAPTAIN FIN

by

AMANDA M. THRASHER
based on a screenplay by Kevin James O'Neill

  Genre: Young Adult / Adventure / Family

Publisher: Progressive Rising Phoenix Press

Date of Publication: May 1, 2019

Number of Pages: 432

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Hannah Gunner, once a carefree child, is faced with secrets, lies, and betrayal. A life-changing event during her adolescent years forces her to confront a past that she no longer recognizes. Now, questioning everything she thought she knew, Hannah struggles with the person she is supposed to be! With the help of her boyfriend and her closest friend, they discover several clues that may hold the missing links to her life.

A tattered box filled with worn-out letters holds some of the answers that she needs, but not all of them. With an assist from her aunt, and a visitor from her past, Hannah manages to track down the only person in the world who can answer her questions—the Captain! But why did those closest to her lie in the first place? Will Hannah ever find the answers that she needs to bring her peace? 

Suspenseful, engaging, and with twists and turns that make it impossible to put down, this is a book filled with surprises.

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Author Amanda M. Thrasher’s Likes & Dislikes

It's always interesting to see if people have the same likes and dislikes as 'you.' 

Some of my favorite places, things, likes, and dislikes, are the following: 

1.          Love to visit the beach but wouldn't want to live there full time.

2.          Love the woods but scared of them at night. 

3.          Love silence. Doesn't bother me a bit.

4.          Love to stay busy, that includes my mind, being still is difficult for me.

5.          Love to look at the color 'green' specifically as in pastures, grass, trees, nature, yet green isn't anywhere near one of my favorite colors. 

6.          Love to hear my children and grandchildren laugh. 

7.          Love a good ol' fashioned P.B. & J.

8.          Dislike indecisiveness.

9.          Dislike negativity.

10.       Dislike crowds. 

Amanda M. Thrasher was born in England, moved to Texas, and resides there still. Amanda has authored picture books, middle-grade chapter books, early readers, young adult pieces, and a graphic novel written specifically for the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center.

Amanda is a multiple Gold Recipient of The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA) for YA, General Fiction, and early reader chapter books, a Readers’ Favorite International Book Award winner for YA Social Issues, an NTBF winner for YA and General Fiction, and she was awarded a New Apple Literary Award for YA and general fiction.

As Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Progressive Rising Phoenix Press, she assists other authors with their work and shares her writing process and publishing experience with them. Her latest release, CAPTAIN FIN, was based on a contract to adapt a screenplay into a novel for the director, actor, and producer Kevin James O’Neill. Her works-in-progress are the sequel to CAPTAIN FIN and the fourth installment of her Mischief Series.

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