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AUTHOR VISITS TO SCHOOLS

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AUTHOR VISITS TO SCHOOLS

The author visits to schools continue as we were in front of 575 kids in the last two days in Susanville, California.  We’re in town for the Lassen County LIT JAM Festival and have a total of 4 school visits in three days!  Talk about a working author.  Two more assemblies to go then it’s the Lassen County Lit Jam Festival at Diamond View Elementary School.  You can order Saltwater Taffy from your local bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble or right here on Saltwater Taffy’s website.  The cool thing about ordering from the website is that Eric DelaBarre will personally sign your copy of the award-winning adventure novel, Saltwater Taffy.

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If your school would like to book Eric DelaBarre for school assemblies, Lit Jams, or anything to do with child literacy, please contact Riley Scott seven “AT” sevenpublishing DOT com.

THE MOST AMAZING LETTER EVER

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THE MOST AMAZING LETTER EVER

I just received the most amazing letter ever.  As an independent children’s book author, this is the kind of letter that makes all those moments of frustration of being a ‘little fish in a big publishing pond’ worth it.  This is the kind of letter that makes an author, a father, a husband, and a ‘I WILL NEVER QUIT’ publisher smile as big as the sun!  

I used to say to myself that if one child believed in themselves more than they did the day before I arrived, then my trip and all the money that goes into it was worth it.  To see that the message was loved by the entire school, well…these kids just made my decade!

This is the reason that I know our long journey of making Saltwater Taffy into a movie is not only a dream, but a necessity.  Children need inspiration and the motivation to believe in themselves now more than ever.  The fast food mentality of the world we now live in is teaching our kids to think the only things in life that matter are what kind of shoes you wear, what label of clothing you have, or what kind of car you drive makes you WHO you are.  They do not.  The thoughts we have about ourselves and our own opinions of ourselves make up WHO and WHAT we are.

Saltwater Taffy is dispelling the myths of fitting in and the pursuit of ‘being popular’ and inspiring young minds across the country!

Here is the most amazing letter ever!

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HOW TO BE HAPPY

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Saltwater TaffyHOW TO BE HAPPY: A Daily Practice for Tweens

Yes, I believe there is an art form to How To Be Happy.  It’s called watching What you think…How you think…and from Where you think.  As a children’s book author, I feel that it is my duty to teach children the joy of reading, but also how to be happy…now…and in the future.

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

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elementary school assembly ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASSEMBLY

Inspire your students for your next elementary school assembly with award-winning Saltwater Taffy author and filmmaker, Eric DelaBarre.  Having reached over 15,000 children across the country with schools and Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Eric’s visits are packed with inspirational guidance for young minds.

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As past president of the Boys & Girls Club Council of Santa Monica, Eric has been working with children for over 10 years.  While his adventure story of Saltwater Taffy entertains the reader, the message of Saltwater Taffy inspires children to read and believe in their dreams.

Endorsed by 12 Teachers of the Year around the country, as well as the editor of The Journal for Child and Adolescent Psychology, Saltwater Taffy entertains and educates like no other children’s book on the market.  Available at your local independent bookstore, Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart or any online retailer, Saltwater Taffy is also available on the iPad, Kindle, Nook, Kobo

Here are some pictures from his school assembly at Fugman Elementary School in Clovis, California.

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HOW TO CREATE BOOK KIDS

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book kidsHOW TO CREATE BOOK KIDS: Tips to Get Kids Reading

Book kids are kids who reach for a book without being asked to.  They are the kinds of kids who excel in school because reading does more for the mind than the simple pleasure of reading a story of adventure like Saltwater Taffy.

The question now is, how do we create our children to become book kids?   Read more