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Amazing Animals by Design has been featured in another review!

I read this to my six and four year old children. . . . My six year old said it was awesome and asked me to read it again.

--Tima

See the whole review at http://bookreviewsbytima.blogspot.com/2012/12/amazing-animals.html.

Merry Christmas!

I Received A TOS Homeschool Crew Blue Ribbon Award!!!

Amazing Animals by Design has received its very first award:  The TOS Homeschool Crew Blue Ribbon Award!


The Blue Ribbon is given to the vendor in each category chosen as the favorite by the TOS Homeschool Crew that year.


I received the Best Children's Book Award for 2011-2012 for Amazing Animals by Design!


You can see a list of all the winners by clicking here.

TOS Homeschool Reviews

All of the TOS Homeschool Reviews of Amazing Animals by Design are in!  There are 100 reviews of the book (actually, I believe there are 101, thanks to Kate deciding to give me an extra!).  Find them all at The TOS Homeschool Crew Blog.  Check the comments section, too.  A few people linked up late and left their links in the "Comments" instead of on Linky Tools.

I would like to send out a great big "Thank you" to everyone on the review team for taking the time to read this book and write a review!

If you are not absolutely convinced already that you NEED to buy this book, see what all these reviewers had to say!  Here is a taste of what you will find:

Simply one of the VERY BEST books I have read.  I HIGHLY recommend Amazing Animals by Design!!!!

- Our Country Road

Amazing Animals by Design is a wonderful, kid friendly book written by Debra Haagen. I reviewed this book via a PDF file and was completely blown away by the beautiful softly laden colorful graphics which house the brilliantly illustrated accompaniment of the story.

- Dana from  The Adams Family Apple Tree

This is the perfect book to read with your children just before visiting the zoo. It will spark interesting conversation while you wander through the park, watching for those wonderful ways God designed each animal.

- Marcy from Ben and Me

In my opinion, this book is an all-around good children’s book since it offers a total package of a story that teaches a quality lesson and also has captivating illustrations.

- Nikki from Joy in the Journey

I don’t know that there’s anything that I would change about Amazing Animals by Design, except to say that it should be made into a series.

- Cherie from  Learning Every Day

Find more at The Old Schoolhouse Crew Reviews

The Old Schoolhouse Crew Reviews

Don't take my word for it!  Take a look at the reviews of Amazing Animals by Design by The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew!

There are twelve reviews up now, and more will be added throughout the week!

http://homeschoolcrew.com/784804/

The Website Is Live!

Regrettably, I have not done as many book signings as I would have liked to during the month of March.  Part of that has to do with needing to get busy and make more contacts and follow up on the ones I already have.  Part of it - yes, I shall make an excuse for myself here - is that my grandmother died this month and my attention has been directed elsewhere.  Since, however, my grandmother had 90 wonderful years on this earth and is now in a better place, and she did get to see my published book before she left us, I will be very thankful as I get back into my regularly scheduled life.

There are exciting things coming up in this little book adventure:

1) My website is live!  Please check it out at http://debrahaagen.tateauthor.com/!  Adrian Rodriguez over at Tate has done a fabulous job setting it up for me, and I will be adding more content soon.  You can find fun things there, such as photographs of the animals in the book like my giraffe friend here, and my first radio interview!

2) The TOS Homeschool Review Crew will be reviewing Amazing Animals by Design, starting this coming Friday and posting throughout next week.  You will find a Linky Tools list of all of those reviews on Friday at http://homeschoolcrew.com/.

3) My official release date is fast approaching on April 3!  After that, I will begin doing book signings in bookstores.  Right now, though, you can already order the book with no wait directly from Tate Publishing.

The fun is just getting ready to begin!

Book Signings

We have done the radio interview and two book signings, and they all have gone great.  There were people waiting for me when I arrived at Cups-N-Cones to sign books last Saturday!  I took a couple weekends off the book signings after just having gotten started, because my grandmother is very ill and I went to see her.  I need to jump back in and get some more scheduled, however.

The whole family has been very supportive.  My kids loaned some stuffed animals to decorate my table, and there is my dear husband with me.  :)

Watch the blog here for more information on:
--upcoming book signings
--my new website
--a recording of my radio interview
--upcoming book reviews.

In the meantime, have a great weekend!

Amazing Animals by Design Blog Review

Check out the very first blog review of Amazing Animals by Design!

http://brendashandmade.blogspot.com/2012/02/amazing-animals-by-design-book-review.html