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INSPIRING YOUNG READERS WITH SALTWATER TAFFY

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Saltwater Taffy bookINSPIRING YOUNG READERS WITH SALTWATER TAFFY

Inspiring young readers is what being a children’s author is all about.  While it is great to read from the pages of your latest book, an author has a responsibility to entertain the kids as well.  All too often I hear about children’s book authors who come to schools and simply read from their book in that deadly monotone ‘you’re-putting-me-to-sleep’ voice.  At this age, children want to be entertained, but more importantly, they want to be inspired by someone who’s written a book!  To these kids, authors are like rock stars! Read more

FREE BOOKMARKS FOR CHILDREN

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FREE BOOKMARKS FOR CHILDREN

Free Bookmarks for KidsScreen shot 2013-01-08 at 6.34.32 AMThe Saltwater Taffy Free Bookmarks For Children program has been a huge success.  We have sent bookmarks to Teachers, Librarians and Students as far away as Florida, Arkansas, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Texas, Idaho, Georgia, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Washington and even right here in California.  If you are a Teacher, Librarian or even a Parent with kids who LOVE free bookmarks, please send us an email and we’ll send our a super SAWEET Saltwater Taffy package your way!  The only thing we ask is you handle the postage, because the popularity of our FREE BOOKMARKS program is getting expensive for production.

Saltwater Taffy is available bookstores nationwide,

and on every eReader in the world!  

Saltwater Taffy at Seven Arrows Literary Festival

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Literary FestivalLITERARY FESTIVAL

Saltwater Taffy is honored to be part of the Seven Arrows Elementary Literary Festival happening this week in Pacific Palisades, California.  What is super cool about the visit is the author on stage right before me is none other than Alan Sitomer, California Teacher of the Year, who had this to say about Saltwater Taffy: “Pirate.  Adventure and Treasure!  Saltwater Taffy is a rockin’ good time!  Aarrgggghhhh!”  

Saltwater Taffy has been endorsed by 12 Teachers of the Year around the country and will soon be on the big screen in 2014.  Shooting for this award-winning children’s book will begin August, 2013.  If you are looking for books for kids, stop looking and pick up Saltwater Taffy today and watch how your child begins to discover the joy of reading.  Saltwater Taffy takes the young reader on an epic treasure hunting adventure and is a cliff hanging story to hook young minds.

We believe every new book written for children is a new opportunity to teach them about growing up.  Saltwater Taffy helps tweens discover how amazing they are and how easy it is to be distracted by what other people think of you.

7 SECRETS TO CREATE AVID TWEEN READERS

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7 SECRETS TO CREATE AVID TWEEN READERS

avid tween readersThe reason we have 7 secrets to create avid tween readers is because recent statistics by the National Endowment for the Arts shows us that there is a rapid decline in reading skills of American children.  As the author of Saltwater Taffy and a literacy advocate for children, I find this disturbing and sad.  Something must be done!

Despite the popularity of Harry Potter and other children’s books that have flown off the shelves in recent years, the following statement should be a wake-up call for parents, teachers and our entire nation:

“Americans ages 15-24 spend almost two hours a day watching TV, and only seven minutes of their daily leisure time on reading.”

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SWT 3D WHITEADVENTURE BOOK FOR KIDS

Saltwater Taffy is an award-winning adventure book for kids available wherever books and eBooks are sold.  Endorsed by 12 Teachers of the Year, Saltwater Taffy is set during the 4th of July weekend and follows the lives of five “tweenage” friends as they uncover a treasure map leading to the Lost Treasure of Jean Lafitte.  The discovery thrusts them from one treasure hunting adventure to the next as they try to out-wit, out-think and out-maneuver everyone from a one-legged junk yard man and an overbearing town bully, to the creepy old man living at the top of the hill.  Saltwater Taffy is an Accelerated Reader!