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A few years ago I got into doodling and adult coloring as a way to relieve stress and to cut down on boredom. Not only is it a great stress buster…it’s a great way to explore your own creativity. Anyone can doodle and color from …
Poisons, knives, and bullets riddle the stories of Agatha Christie, but so does food, which she uses to invoke settings, to develop characters, and, of course, to commit murder. In this to-die-for cookbook – Recipes for Murder: 66 Dishes That Celebrate the Mysteries of Agatha …
Cookie Queen – How One Girl Started Tate’s Bake Shop tells the story of a successful female entrepreneur and inspires young readers to follow their dreams! Perfect for dessert lovers and budding bakers, Cookie Queen: How One Girl Started Tate’s Bake Shop by Tate’s founder Kathleen King and Lowey Bundy Sichol, with illustrations by Ramona Kaulitzki, tells the true story of a young girl who followed her dream to make the perfect chocolate-chip cookie, and eventually founded world-renowned TATE’S BAKE SHOP®! Included in the back is a special cookie recipe from Kathleen — one that she used to make with her beloved father, Tate.
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Eleven-year-old Kathleen King was positively obsessed with baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie. She experimented over and over and over with different recipes–less flour, more butter, longer baking time–until she got it just right.
Customers flocked to her family’s farm stand on Long Island for Kathleen’s enormous, buttery chocolate chip cookies. And when she grew up, Kathleen started a cookie company called TATE’S BAKE SHOP®. TATE’S grew into a multi-million-dollar empire and, today, they are a household name and their cookies are sold all over the country!
Kathleen King is the founder of TATE’S BAKE SHOP®, a multimillion-dollar cookie company, named after her beloved father. Tate’s best-selling cookie is, of course, its Chocolate Chip Cookie. Many famous people have called Tate’s the best chocolate chip cookie in the world! Kathleen is also the author of Baking for Friends and The TATE’S BAKE SHOP® Cookbook. This is her first book for children.
Lowey Bundy Sichol is an award-winning children’s author. She is a leading expert in teaching business and entrepreneurship to kids. Her various work has won: Junior Library Guild Gold Selection, 2020 Best Children’s Book Council book, 2020 International Literacy Association Book, 2020-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Award master list, among many more. Visit Lowey at www.loweybundysichol.com.
Ramona Kaulitzki is a book illustrator based in Potsdam, Germany. She is also the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestseller Sisters First, Badger’s Perfect Garden, and Wonderful You, among others.
Publication information: Random House Books for Young Readers; July 18, 2023; Hardcover $18.99; ISBN: 978-0593485668; Ages 4-8; 40 pages. You can purchase the book from Amazon.
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Giveaway: One lucky winner is going to win a hardcover of Cookie Queen, plus a package of Tate’s famous chocolate chip cookies!
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Do you enjoy garderning but limited on space? Looking to get into gardening for the first time? If you answered YES to either of those questions the new book titled Small-Plot, High-Yield Gardening: Grow Like a Pro, Save Money, and Eat Well from Your Own Organic …
Looking for a new book for your summer reading list? If so, we recommend that you add I Let You Fall: A Romantic Drama by author Sara Downing to your list. Here’s some information about the book.
A Contemporary tale of tragedy, selflessness, love, and renewal.
On a summer night in London, art teacher Eve Chapman finds herself in a hospital emergency room. She watches surgeons desperately operate on a young woman with a terrible head injury. But when thebandages are removed, Eve is horrified to find her own body on the operating table.
Trapped in a coma, Eve struggles to cope with the fact that no matter how hard she tries, her family and friends cannot see or hear her. But then she meets Luca Diaz, a handsome and comatose lawyer who can see her. He takes Eve under his wing and teaches her how to use her new abilities to help the living.
As the weeks pass, Eve struggles to find a way back to her body and to Nathan, the man she loves. But the more time she spends with Luca, the more she wonders if her old life is worth going back to at all.
I Let You Fall lifts the spirits of fans of romantic dramas like The Time Traveler’s Wife, In Five Years, and Afterwards.
About the Author – Sara Downing writes across several genres, including romance and historical fiction. More recently she has become fascinated with the supernatural. Her first book in this genre, ‘The Lost Boy’, will be followed up by ‘I Let You Fall’, published by TCK Publishing/Quilla books on June 20th, 2022. Sara lives in rural Worcestershire with her husband, three almost grown-up children, a Labrador and a cat. Before children she was a Chartered Accountant, but always knew her dream career lay elsewhere. She started writing in 2009 and hasn’t since yearned to return to the world of accountancy. You can learn more about Sara Downing by visiting the author’s website.
Giveaway: One lucky winner is going to win the book titled I Let You Fall by author Sara Downing and from TCK Publishling. Good Luck, you can enter the giveaway using the entry form below.
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