Monday, January 7, 2013

Children's Book Tour & Giveaway with Rebecca L. Graf

We are pleased to welcome back Author Rebecca Graf!
The Nightingale in the Garden 
A Gift for a Mouse

Rebecca Graf Children's Books
Virtual Book Tour

Rebecca Graf lives in Wisconsin with her husband and three children. She has written religious children stories, A Gift for a Mouse and The Nightingale in the Garden, as well as a novel, Deep Connections. She spends her days maintaining her websites, publishing books with her small publishing company she has partnered with a friend to start (Silver Tongue Press), and writing stories. Being trained as an accountant where creativity could land you in jail, she turned her creative spirit to writing or crocheting when the more hands on need calls to her.
You can find Rebecca all over the internet. She writes regularly for Hub Pages and other sites. You can read her authors blog at www.rebeccagraf.com. Or you can follow tons of activity at A Book Lover's Library (www.abookloverslibrary.com) where she helps other authors spread the word about their works. The News in Books (www.thenewsinbooks.com) is another venture with a friend that pulls together announcements in the book world and shares them with followers. You'll never find this woman not being busy.


Giveaway: (5) Signed paperbacks US/Canada & (5) Ebooks Int'l.

Genre: Childrens
Publisher: CreateSpace
Released:November 3, 2012
Illustrator:Reinhart Scherbarth Sr.
Amazon
A Gift for a Mouse blurb:
What if you could see things with a whole new set of eyes? What if you could do that with The Last Supper? Follow the adventures of a little mouse who is present at the famous meal and witnesses everything that happens. He has no idea who the people are or the significance of their actions and words. All he knows is what he sees and what he experiences.

Excerpt: A Gift For A Mouse

Oh, it is hard to describe,” he replied. “At times, his laughter would fill my entire heart. At other times, his sorrow would break it. He was a man with deep emotions. I have never again encountered such intense emotions. I loved to see a twinkle in his eye as he told a joke that made everyone laugh.
“His friends were a mixed bunch. Listening to them talk, you could tell they were from various areas of the kingdom. From what I heard, a few were fishermen and others used to work for the government. It seemed all of them gave up their jobs just to hang out with this one man. I thought that was a little strange, but what was I to say about these creatures? I was there for the food.


Genre: Childrens
Publisher: Silver Tongue Press
Release Date: December 13, 2012
The Nightingale in the Garden blurb:
Continue the tale from A Gift for a Mouse when Thomas sneaks to the Garden of Gethsemane to find out the rest of the story. He learns from the very bird that witnesses the strangest events that fateful night. He finds out how the man his grandfather had met really was betrayed and taken to be killed. The story was more than a story. It was a life changing experience for a small bird.

Excerpt from A Nightingale in the Garden:

Whenever he prayed, it was like nothing you had ever heard. Many think that our music is beautiful, but his words surpassed them all. It was not that he spoke fancy words like you hear others do. It was more as if he was speaking to someone dear to him and every word was sincere and true. There was no pretending. It was so real.

“But that night, his words were different. They were still beautiful, but they were so full of sadness. He kept saying that if things could be done differently, please let it be so. He was asking if whatever was about to happen could be avoided if at all possible. But you just knew listening to him that he knew it would happen anyway.



January 7 - Introduction at VBT Cafe' Blog
January 9 - Book Feature & Excerpt at So Many Precious Books, So Little Time
January 11 - Guest Blogging at Marketing Cafe'
January 14 - Reviewed at Books, Books, and More Books
January 16 - Book Feature & Excerpt at Bookalicious Travel Addict
January 18 - Review of A Gift For A Mouse at A Word Fitly Spoken
January 22 - Reviewed at The Stuff of Success
January 22 - Review at IndieWritersReviewJanuary 23 - Nightingale Book Feature & Excerpt at Writers with BooksJanuary 25 - Guest Blogging at Lori's Reading Corner
January 28 - Review of A Gift For A Mouse & Guest Blogging at Books, Books, The Magical Fruit
January 30 - Review of Nightingale & Interview at Books, Books, The Magical Fruit
January 31 - Review of Nightingale at A Word Fitly Spoken




Please share with all your Childrens Book Loving Friends!

16 comments:

Bk Walker said...

Welcome back Rebecca!! We're so glad your on the circuit again :)

Rebecca Graf said...

Thanks for having me, BK. I'm looking forward to it. :)

Rhomy PP said...

Good Luck with the tour Rebecca! And for the question, my favorite book as a kid was "The Little Prince" but I guess I understood its meaning when I was way past that age!

Rebecca Graf said...

LOl Rhomy, mine was a book that rhymed about numbers and was about some animals at a farm. I cannot remember the name of it but my mother and I would read it over and over. From there it was Nancy Drew. :)

SnowflakeDay (Audra) said...

One of my favorites was A Wrinkle In Time.
-Audra Weathers

Rebecca Graf said...

Oh, yes. I did like A Wrinkle in Time. I have to admit that I've never read the others in the series. Will have to do that.

Burt Morgret said...

Hi,Rebecca it,s so good to see you on this side!!You do such a good job on the other side Thank you, Best of luck on your tour:-)

Rebecca Graf said...

Thanks, Burt. I think it is good to get the experience of both sides. Then you get to see how important certain aspects are. :)

KMichelleC87 said...

upchuck and the rotten willy by bill wallace

kmichellec87(at)yahoo(dot)com

Rebecca Graf said...

Never heard of them. I'll have to check into them. My kids probably have.

Michelle Cornwell-Jordan said...

Beautiful excerpt, I look forward to hosting you at IndieWritersReview and I wish you the best on your tour:O)

Michelle

Pit Crew

let it be said...

My favourite children's book was Twas the Night before Christmas...I read that book all the time
oddball2003 at hotmail dot com

PuttPutt1198Eve said...

I loved all the Babar books.

Amy Campbell said...

EB White books. Especially, Charlotte's Web.
amyc

Tammy Cuevas said...

"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

katja9_10 said...

My favorite book growing up was "Where the Wild Things Are." Thanks for the giveaway! My daughter would love this book.

Les Johnson