Showing posts with label Green Owl Publications. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Green Owl Publications. Show all posts

Sunday, November 23, 2014

The Adventures of Wally and Warren: Dinosaur Hunt by Lisé Chase

The Adventures of Wally and Warren: Dinosaur Hunt
Lisé Chase
Eve Innovations
9780692229224, Print $9.99 US, 42 pgs.
B00L3UL7R6, Kindle $2.99 US

Synopsis: Wally and Warren, the dynamic polar duo, are on a new, Jurassic adventure. With Warren as their guide, Wally learns about a variety of dinosaurs. But when he discovers some of these creatures eat meat, he worries one might come after him and Warren and their new baby Brontosaurus friend. He’s determined to protect them, but what will he do when he encounters the greatest predator of all…the Tyrannosaurus rex?

Dinosaur Hunt is the fourth installment in The Adventures of Wally and Warren children’s book series. The story is written in clever and adorable rhymes. It depicts Wally, Warren, and their friends playing pretend while reading a book about dinosaurs. Lisé Chase explains the purpose of her illustrations. She wants children to feel like they could draw those characters and create their own stories. It is a great concept which will surely inspire the future generation of authors and illustrators.

As a parent, I really enjoyed the interaction my children had with it. My son, the two year old, loved giving the baby dinosaur kisses. He took off down the hall to run away from the T-rex when the characters screamed “Run!” My youngest daughter loved learning about the different dinosaurs, and my oldest enjoyed recognizing terms she is learning in school. I like how Lisé Chase shows children how fun it is to read. I believe this book will light that fire in the hearts of many young children. It is a true gem!

What did the kids think?
My oldest daughter said, “I like that it teaches about dinosaurs in a fun way. I like that the characters are drawn as cartoons and real pics of the dinosaurs are shown in the back.”
“They are really cute!” stated my four year old, who wanted to read the story over and over again.


Author Bio: Lisé Chase is the author/illustrator of The Adventures of Wally and Warren children's picture book series. She's an adventurer, an explorer, an artist, a poet, a wife, a mother, and a grandmother who believes every day should be lived to its fullest and that our life is what we make of it.


Synopsis & Author Bio found on Amazon.





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Friday, October 3, 2014

Double Decker Books Blog Host



I am always looking for additional ways to help other authors with exposure. Along with doing my independent books reviews, volunteering with the Midwest Book Review, and offering tips & advice on this blog and through my independent publishing company--Green Owl Publications, I am pleased to announce that I have joined the ladies at Double Decker Books as a Blog Host.

I am proud to be affiliated with the Double Decker Books because they really care about authors, their talent, and their books, and help support them to the best to their abilities. They go "outside of the box" with services that are reasonably priced. Double Decker Books are always on the lookout for not just authors, but bloggers to that love to read great books and love supporting authors as well. 

Here is just some examples of their services. 
Extra Tweets 
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Interviews with Authors or Characters 
Book Reviews 
Double Decker Book Tours 
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Double Decker Books also offers! 
Free Cover Reveals 
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Plus more services are being added to their service page as July 1st…so come check to see their great packages of promotional tools for authors! 


 Please stay tuned for my postings as a Blog Host for Double Decker Books. 

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The Importance of Point of View

This is an excerpt from Green Owl Publications:

George pushed his way through the crowd. "I need to get past all of these people," he whispered to himself. As he shifted and stammered, he tripped over the lengthy dress of his colleague.
"What a clumsy man!" Stephanie thought. She yanked her dress out from under his feet. George kept moving ignoring the woman's glare. His mission was too important.
What is wrong with this passage? If your answer was a switch in the point of view, then you are correct! Point of view, or POV, is extremely important when writing a coherent, well-constructed literary piece. POV is the glue that holds the story together. It helps the reader enter the world the author created by placing them directly into the character's soul. They get to escape into the character's foreign world and experience it as though they are that character. (Of course this leads into another related topic of showing instead of telling; but, that is a topic for another date.) So think about it, would you want to be ripped from one character and tossed into the soul of another? No thank you! It is not pleasant and extremely unfair to the reader.

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Green Owl Publications is a new resource to help inspire, advise, and educate other artists. Founded by Jaclyn M. Bartz in 2014, Green Owl Publications is an independent publishing company solely dedicated to sharing information and helping others become the best artists they can be. Jaclyn is a published author/illustrator who has been writing and illustrating for over 20 years.  Join this new company on Facebook for updates.