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About Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez

My Niece and Nephew joke that I could open a used book store with all the books that I own. I love to read, that is my addiction. I can't go a week without going to a book store. I love crocheting. I love to write stories and poetry. I also love my family, even though they make me crazy at times. I am a huge Donald Duck Fan.

by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | July 1, 2021 · 5:00 am

I Can Be… Fun STEM Activities for Kids

I Can Be… Fun STEM Activities for Kids

Children’s Activity Books

4 Book Series

Filled with entertaining and educational activities, these full-color books are the perfect way to introduce young children to many of today’s most important STEM subjects.

I Can Be a Math Magician: Fun STEM Activities for Kids

978-0-486-83922-6

Date Published: 10/16/2019

Publisher: Dover Publications

Math is magical with this colorful activity book! It’s easy to entertain
family and friends as you complete mysterious number squares and “Magic
Multiples,” play a prime number card game, and draw fractal trees. This
book offers a fun and meaningful way to explore how math is an important
part of everyday life.

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About the Author Anna Claybourne

Anna Claybourne is an award-winning science writer and has authored many
books for Usborne Publishing, A&C Black, and Franklin Watts. She writes
mainly nonfiction, covering topics such as science, art, wildlife, and
fashion. In addition, she has also published books about Shakespeare, myths
and legends, and retellings of literary classics. She is based in
Edinburgh.

About the Illustrator

Katie Kear is a young British illustrator who has been creating artwork for
as long as she can remember. She loves creating new worlds and characters,
and she hopes to spread joy and happiness with her art. She is a graduate of
the University of Gloucestershire with a First Class BA Hons Illustration
degree.

About the Author Claudia Martin

Claudia Martin is the author of many books and online articles for children
and young adults. Her favorite subjects are history, current affairs,
geography, the natural world, and technology. She lives in London with her
family.

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I Can Be a Rocket Scientist

Date Published: 10/16/2019

Publisher: Dover Publications

Find out what it takes to become a rocket scientist! With this
out-of-this-world activity book, you can make a scale model of the solar
system, build a prototype rocket from a plastic container, and try real
astronaut fitness exercises. You’ll discover Earth’s place in space, fun
facts about the other planets in our solar system, how gravity works, and
lots of other fascinating cosmic information.

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978-0-486-83924-0

I Can Be an Awesome Inventor

Date Published: 10/16/2019

Publisher: Dover Publications

Put on your thinking cap and get inventive! Make a musical instrument
from glass bottles, use a drop of water to create a microscope, develop your
own computer programming language, and more! Filled with interesting fun
facts and entertaining activities, this book will inspire you to create your
own inventions.

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978-0-486-83921-9

I Can Be a Science Detective

Date Published: 10/16/2019

Publisher: Dover Publications

Do you have what it takes to become a science sleuth? Of course you do!
Discover how to gather clues and collect evidence to catch a thief, follow
instructions to extract DNA from strawberries, take your own fingerprints,
analyze handwriting, and much more. While you’re having fun inspecting,
detecting, and experimenting, you’ll be learning all about the intriguing
world of forensic science and its important role in real life.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | June 30, 2021 · 5:00 am

The Faberge Secret Virtual Book Tour

Historical Fiction

Date Published: June 2021

Publisher: Severn House Publishers

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New York Times bestselling author Charles Belfoure takes readers on a
breathless journey from the gilded ballrooms of Imperial Russia to the grim
violence of the pogroms, in his latest thrilling historical adventure.

The life of Prince Markhov of the Imperial Court of Nicholas &
Alexandra is changed when he witnesses the aftermath of the 1903 Easter
Sunday pogrom in Kishinev. He is shocked by the brutality the Jews &
peasants must endure in Russia. Does he stand by or fight injustice? But
fighting for what is right means betraying his lifelong friendship with the
Tsar, Nicholas II and his own aristocratic class, giving up his wealth and
privilege.

THE FABERGÉ SECRET straddles two totally different worlds – the splendor of
the Russian Imperial Court of Nicholas and Alexandra and the cruelty of the
Pale of Settlement where all Jews in Russia were forced to live.

You’ll enjoy watching a man discover of sense of humanity.

EXCERPT

PROLOGUE

The Tsar stood up from the dinner table and smiled at Dimitri.

‘We have a new gramophone disk. It’s Tchaikovsky’s “Fantasy Overture” from Romeo and Juliet. Will you join us in the study, Dimitri?’

‘Oh, please come,’ Grand Duchess Tatiana cried, as she took the last bite of her raspberry tart. ‘We can play cards while we listen.’

Dimitri bent over and kissed Tatiana on her cheek. ‘As you wish, my little Highness. I’ll be along in a few minutes.’

There was still enough light coming from the window, so Dimitri could see everything on the shelves in the display room very clearly. He pursed his lips, then made his decision. This time it would be the ‘Coronation Egg,’ the third Fabergé Easter Egg Nicholas had given to Alexandra. He picked it up and opened the hinged yellow-enameled shell. Inside was an exact gold and diamond-encrusted replica of the carriage the Imperial Couple rode in for their coronation. Pulling it carefully out of the egg, he marveled at the incredible workmanship. Even the platinum wheels and the strawberry-red upholstery were exactly like the real thing. He opened its little door and placed a tiny piece of folded paper on the floor of the carriage, then put it back into the egg. As usual, he set it slightly forward from the line of the other eggs and gifts to let his fellow agents know which object held the message. He opened the door of the display room a crack to see if anyone was about, then hurried down the marble hallway to the Tsar’s study.

About the Author

Charles Belfoure is an architect and the New York Times Bestselling author
of THE PARIS ARCHITECT.. He bases the plots of his historical novels on
architecture and architects. He’s also written House of Thieves and the
Fallen Architect.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | June 29, 2021 · 12:44 pm

Maya Loop Virtual Book Tour

Middle Grade Fantasy

Release Date: June 26, 2021

Publisher: Mapleton Press

Get ready to meet the blue haired girl from Baltimore who saves the world.

Following maps her grandmother drew before she disappeared, Maya Loop, the brave, blue-haired girl from Baltimore, has to depend on her wits and bravery to face the alien race of Landions who have taken her grandmother and best friends to an underground world of creatures living beyond the limits of time. The Landions are not only trying to end the human race but erase them completely. A delightfully fast-paced story crackling with energy, Maya Loop meets young readers in the wide-open world of being a kid where everything feels like magic.

Praise for Maya Loop:

“Maya Loop is Alice in Wonderland meets the Wizard of Oz, with the sweet tinge of Fortnite and Percy Jackson thrown in. I loved every page.” – Linda Sands, Award winning Georgia Author of the Year

“Readers interested in a passionate journey of determination and evolving wisdom will find Maya Loop unpredictable, driven by understandable emotions and extraordinary events that lead Maya to a new form of determination and courage.” – Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Lis Anna-Langston was raised along the winding current of the Mississippi River on a steady diet of dog-eared books. She attended a Creative and Performing Arts School from middle school until graduation and went on to study Literature at Webster University. Her two novels, Gobbledy and Tupelo Honey have won the Parents’ Choice Gold, Moonbeam Book Award, Independent Press Award, Benjamin Franklin Book Award and NYC Big Book Awards. Twice nominated for the Pushcart award and Finalist in the Brighthorse Book Prize, William Faulkner Fiction Contest and Thomas Wolfe Fiction Award, her work has been published in The Literary Review, Emerson Review, The Merrimack Review, Emrys Journal, The MacGuffin, Sand Hill Review and dozens of other literary journals. She draws badly, sings loudly, loves ketchup, starry skies & stories with happy aliens.

You can find her in the wilds of South Carolina plucking stories out of thin air.

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American Valor Blitz

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Historical Fiction, Military Fiction

Published: March 2021

Publisher: Seacoast Press

From the critically acclaimed author of An Irish Immigrant Story, One Man’s Mission and Three Steps to the Making of an Assassin, comes a new story of commitment, dedication, strength and perseverance.

The United States came out of World War II the most respected and admired country in the world.

That status was earned by the courage, commitment, and integrity of American families. American Valor is the story of one such family.

American Valor is on sale now at fine independent bookstores everywhere and online retailers.

About the Author

One of America’s promising new authors Jack Cashman’s fourth novel tells a story of an American families commitment to the ideals that have made their country the envy of the world.

Jack lives in Hampden Maine with his wife Betty near their sons Derek and Danny; their daughters-in-law Michele and Karen and their granddaughters, Katie, Sarah, Jackie, Carolyn and Brianna.

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Dance with Me Blitz

Big Sky Dreamers, Book 3

Contemporary Romance, Contemporary Women’s Fiction

Release Date: June 29, 2021

A journey of healing, hope and love.

SEAN

He loves running his family pub and the expansion into brewing is his contribution to the family legacy. But he hates seeing sad women in his pub, so he flirts, charms smiles out of the unhappy ones, and his Irish accent might be a little stronger as he teaches them a jig. Sad women remind of the terrible mistake he made. When Nicole walks in, pain radiates off her. He tries to coax a smile and even gets her to dance.

NICOLE

Eight months ago her world went up in flames. Once she was a dancer and a mother. Then her husband and daughter died in a fiery crash. Now she’s a mother without a child and a ballerina who cannot dance. Grief and guilt crush her. She retraces her daughter’s and philandering husband’s last day. Her final stop—O’Dair’s Pub. Her husband had been drinking with another woman before Nicole called and begged him to pick up their daughter.

Sean makes her smile. Makes her feel alive again. Maybe there is hope…

Other books in the Big Sky Dreamers series:

Invest In Me

Big Sky Dreamers, Book One

Sienna D’Amico took the biggest risk of her life and slept with Tanner, a guy she barely knew. Then he ghosts her. No last name. No phone number.

An enemies to lovers tale that will keep you turning the pages!

Stained Glass Hearts

Big Sky Dreamers, Book Two

Both homes and hearts can be restored.

This story is an emotional rollercoaster ride to healing and love.

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Award winning author of the BIG SKY DREAMERS and FITZGERALD HOUSE series, Nan Dixon spent her formative years as an actress, singer, dancer and competitive golfer. But the need to eat had her studying accounting in college. Unfortunately, being a successful financial executive didn’t feed her passion to perform. When the pharmaceutical company she worked for was purchased, Nan got the chance of a lifetime—the opportunity to pursue a writing career. She’s a five-time Golden Heart® finalist and lives in the Midwest. She has five children, three sons-in-law, three granddaughters, two grandsons and one neurotic cat.

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