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Thursday, June 9, 2022

Blog Tour- ANYTHING BUT PINK by @jcbenthin With A Guest Post & #Giveaway! @RockstarBkTours

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the ANYTHING BUT PINK by J.C. Benthin Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

 

About the Book:

Title: ANYTHING BUT PINK

Author: J C Benthin & Andy Catling (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: May 9, 2022

Publisher: Kaleidoscope Volcano

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 34

Find it: GoodreadsAmazon, Kindle, B&N, Bookshop.org

Zinnia is the only pink person in a very gold world. After being told that pink stinks by a golden bully, she goes on a quest to get rid of her pink for good. Along the way, Zinnia learns a valuable lesson. Will she embrace her unique pink, or will she change to be just like everyone else?

 


My Favorite Childhood Books

 

I started reading at the age of four and by the time I was in first grade I was reading at a fourth-grade level. I devoured books. I loved the library. Now, looking back I wish that I had a comprehensive list of all the books that I had read as a child. It would be fun to see what really shaped my love for reading. I remembered this orange and white cat from the Richard Scarry’s book The Best First Book Ever. I adored the Cat Family that took us through their home and named everything around them. I remember my sister was a huge fan of the little worm named Lowly with the hat. Now, looking back at it forty years later, the images alone create a fond moment of nostalgia. I recognize that this happy little book taught me the foundation of my vocabulary.

 

The other book that was incredibly important to me as a child was The Secret Garden. The orphan Mary who finds herself in the house with a hundred rooms and ends up making two unexpected friends who help her get into the decaying garden locked behind a wall. It was such a page turner for me because of the mystery surrounding the garden. I’m certain that I read it more than once. Now, as an adult and an author, I love the world that Frances Hodgson Burnett created hidden from view with its dark secret. I often think about the garden when I water my plants––on how magical it would be to have as a beautiful place to hide from the world.  

 

Being a voracious reader at a young age, I will only choose one more book as one of my all-time favorites, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. I was captivated by the four siblings adventure from the wardrobe to the frozen world of Narnia. Then add in the struggle between good and evil with the kids playing a role in rescuing Narnia, and I was hooked. Looking at this book now, it had all the components of a story that inspires me including an alternate fantastical world, interesting characters and so much adventure. All three of these books really did contribute and influence my love of reading and storytelling.

 

About J.C. Benthin:

J.C. Benthin has been writing since a young age winning a Father's Day essay contest with the Kansas City Star justifying "Why my Dad’s the Best Outdoorsman" which won a John Deere Lawnmower and a Weber Grill. She has written Timmy the Time Machine, Pink Princess and Anything but a Prince for a next generation interactive children’s publisher. She has also written two young adult novels titled Catapult and Slingshot in The Kingston Chronicles Series. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). The author resides in Berkeley, California.

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Giveaway Details:

5 winners will receive a finished copy of ANYTHING BUT PINK, US Only.

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Tour Schedule:

Week One:

6/6/2022

Ya Books Central

Guest Post

6/6/2022

Lady Hawkeye

Guest Post/IG Post

6/7/2022

Jazzy Book Reviews

Review/IG Post

6/7/2022

#BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee Blog

Spotlight

6/8/2022

@just_another_mother_with_books

IG Review

6/8/2022

M reads often

Review/IG Post

6/9/2022

Nonbinary Knight Reads

Review/IG Post

6/9/2022

Two Chicks on Books

Guest Post

6/10/2022

Little Red Reads

Review/IG Post

6/10/2022

@jaimerockstarbooktours

IG Post

Week Two:

6/13/2022

The Momma Spot

Review/IG Post

6/13/2022

@coffeesipsandreads

Review/IG Post

6/14/2022

@enjoyingbooksagain

IG Review

6/14/2022

BookHounds YA

Review/IG Post

6/15/2022

@froggyreadteach

IG Review/FB Post

6/15/2022

onemoreexclamation

Review/IG Post

6/16/2022

Emmiepooh2

IG Review

6/16/2022

Jenguerdy

IG Post

6/17/2022

onemused

IG Post

6/17/2022

Two Points of Interest

Review


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