Title: Jekyll Says…Good Deeds Cats Do That You Should Too!

Author: D.C. Blackbird

Genre: Children’s Picture Book

Paperback: 36

Publisher: Campfire Publishing

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1468057243

ISBN-13: 978-1468057249

BOOK SUMMARY:

“Jekyll Says …” (Good Deeds Cats Do That You Should, Too!) is a series of amusing and educational poems told from the perspective of a wise and warm-hearted cat named Jekyll. Each perky poem epitomizes something about Jekyll’s vivacious personality and the lessons he teaches are designed to encourage people of all ages to be healthy and happy.

The poems in “Jekyll Says …” consist of rhyming couplets with equal syllables. They have a merry meter and rip-roaring rhythms which make them lively and lyrical and fun to read (or sometimes sing!) aloud.

More than anything, “Jekyll Says …” is perfect for Cat Lovers of all ages, as well as anyone who has ever known and/or loved a companion animal. This book is also appealing to those who desire a break from their busy lives and who want to read something that is joyous and uplifting.

Profits from the sale of this book benefit animal adoption, care, liberation, rescue, and welfare organizations.

Book Trailer:

REVIEW:

Okay so who has that cute little jingle (watch trailer above) still in their heads?  I wanted to include the book trailer in with my review today so you can feel the whole experience.

Jekyll Says…Good Deeds Cats Do That You Should Too! by D.C. Blackbird is one of the cutest books for young children I have ever seen.  I love books that instill good qualities in children and this one certainly fits the bill.  Jekyll is one cool cat and because of this, I feel young children will relate to him.  While it would no doubt charm the diapers right off your little one’s bottom, it’s also a pick me up for kids not feeling good about themselves.  Had a hard day at school and the bully wouldn’t leave you alone?  Grab this book.  I’ll guarantee you the smiles will come out the minute the first page is turned.

Jekyll  makes reading and learning how to do simple things such as keeping clean and how to eat breakfast (in bed of course!), waking up happy, and even shows you how baths can be fun.  He tells us how to wake up happy, how baths can be fun and how to “dress your best” and how to make others smile.

I wish I had had this little book when my kids were young!

The illustrations are whimsical and beautifully done and helps pull the entire book together.  If you are looking for just the right book to read to your children (be sure to watch the trailer first to get the song in your head), this is the one.  Both of you will end up singing right along with the words.  Before you know it, your kid will show up with a new kitty and demand he be called Jekyll.   Why you ask?  Because Jekyll represents happiness!

I would give this 5 out of 5 stars.

I haven’t had a chance to announce it yet, but I’ll be self-publishing a new book pretty darn soon.  I know, I know, I have a publisher and while I love her to pieces, I want to see what this self-publishing thing is all about.  Granted, I’m not entirely new to the process having self-published a few ebooks in the past, but this was before anyone even knew what  a Kindle was all about.  I sold or gave away these ebooks on my website, took one of them on tour (before Pump Up) and basically just concentrated on building up my business.  Since Pump Up Your Book went into business five years ago, I’ve not had much time to write at all which made me happy the business is a success but made me sad, too. ;o(

I needed two of me!

As authors started coming in, I noticed a lot of them were self-published.  I listened to their stories and thought I would steal some time to finish my books I have had sitting for like ages and see what all the excitement was all about.  One book is getting ready to go to my publisher but being as I didn’t want to wait for years before I had a new one out, I thought why not write another and see what all this “being in the Kindle store” was all about and self-publish it. 

I. Am. Excited.

Anyway, back to what this blog post was supposed to be about!  The book that is going to the publisher is about soul mates.  The book I am writing (almost done) that I’m going to self-publish is also about soul mates.  So this little movie I’m going to show you that I made has to do with soul mates.  Go figure.

Really, this is cool.  Xtranormal is a website where you can make your own 3D movie.  My head is twirling thinking of all the things you can do with this.  Xtranormal offers a wide variety of characters, sets, and animations that you can easily add to any movie you create.  Cast your actors, write your script, and share your movie with your buddy/buddies and family.  And the best part is, you don’t need a huge budget or a film crew.  Believe me this thing is addicting.  And the cool thing is you can download it to YouTube.

I mean just think of the possibilities with this.  You could have two of the characters in your upcoming book talk about the book’s release.  I think that would be really cool.  Let’s say you’re a blogger and you don’t have a book, have people talk about your blog, what they can find there and mention the link!

Tell you what.  If anyone out there in blogland decides to try it out, I will give you a full free day here at Literarily Speaking spotlighting your handiwork.  Are there any budding producers out there?  When you make your video, leave the link in the comment section and I’ll feature it absolutely out of the kindness of my heart.  Seriously.

So here’s mine.  I messed up in one place.  See if you can find the goof?  I double dare ya.  Whoever is the first to find it and leaves the answer in the comments below wins…let me scrounge through this goodie bag and see what I can come up with…

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Woohoo, is that exciting or what?  A Pump Up Your Book cap comes in handy for all sorts of things besides taking up space in my goodie bag, so watch the video carefully and if you’re the first person who can find where I  goofed up, a FREE CAP will be in the mail tomorrow heading toward your house.  Is this exciting or what???

Good luck!

Incidentally….I have a little secret….Pump Up Your Book will celebrate its 5th year anniversary during the whole month of April where we will be appearing on lots of blogs and giving away prizes at every stop.  Did I say stop?  Yeppers!  We’re going on our own virtual tour right along with the April authors!  If you would like to be included in our month long birthday bash, drop me a line at thewriterslife(at)gmail.com and I’ll give you the details!

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Dorothy Thompson is CEO/Founder of Pump Up Your Book, an innovative public relations agency specializing in online book publicity tours.  You can visit us at www.pumpupyourbook.com.  Let us take your book to the virtual level!

Dr. Laura A. Maciuika will be touring mid-March to mid-April 2012 with her self-help book Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry.

Stressed out? There is plenty of real external stress, sure, and a serious stress epidemic going on. Then there is what we do on the inside, often without even realizing it. Conscious Calm focuses on the internal patterns of stress creation we may not even notice, and describes how to get free of these patterns for good to find lasting calm.

Integrating psychology and neuroscience, and combining practical wisdom from both East and West, Dr. Laura Maciuika explains the inner stress traps that so many of us fall into. She reveals 9 Stress Secrets that can keep us stuck in cycles of feeling more and stress, and describes 9 Keys to Conscious Calm and simple, step by step ways to use them for lasting stress relief, deeper calm, and greater happiness.

Read an Excerpt

180 Pages

Check out ConciousCalm.com for more information.

If you would like to review Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry, please email Jaime McDougall at jmfictionscribe@yahoo.com.au. Please mention which date(s) would work for you. Deadline for inquiries end February 29th or until the tour is filled.

Thank you!

I get lots of great newsletters as that’s how I can share all these neat things with you but one of my absolute favorite is Social Media Examiner.  I’m always interested in what they have to say and I believe you’ll become a Social  Media Examiner junkie too once you read all of this wonderful information they put out.  Yesterday’s post was about integrating email lists and social media marketing.  Basically, how to use them both and at the same time to help you sell your message, products or books.  Keep in mind that social networks in itself cannot sell your book but it can surely get the message out to more people about it and as long as you use them wisely and effectively, they could become a power player in your marketing campaign.

I’ve been paying attention to my signature line in my emails from day 1 so I’m familiar with the concept as I’m sure you all are, too.  I’m sure we all need to revamp our signatures once in awhile to include current relevant places we want to include such as Google+ which got added to my signature last night as well as changing up on my banner I also include at the bottom of my sig line.

One of the most important ways of communication I have with book reviewers (as it’s part of my business) is my extensive email list which includes nothing but reviewers I trust and I use every time I get a new client’s book for review.  This is important to me as it cuts back time as we’re all in a time crunch, right?  If any of the reviewers are not interested in what I have sent through at the time, they have my signature line to find out what other books I have available for review.  If it is a new client I’m emailing, they might want to check out where else I am appearing on the Internet, so it’s very important to make sure you include relevant links in your signature line.

If you don’t want to manually write your email signature, there is a program that you can use that will include graphics and everything, really neat.  It’s called WiseStamp.  I can’t personally endorse it but I’ve seen it in use and it’s really a cool little program. It’s free unless you want the bells and whistles, but the free version is great.

How about you?   Do you have an email signature which includes your social network links?

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Alicia Singleton’s Dark Side of Valor Virtual Book Tour 2012 beginning February 6 and ending on February 29 2012. Alicia will be on hand during her nationwide tour talking about her book in candid interviews and guest posts! Lots of fun along the way as Alicia stops off at blogs around the world to give her fans a chance to ask her questions and to find out more about this talented author.

About Alicia Singleton

Born and raised in Philadelphia, the Howard University graduate embraced the written word at an early age. She credits this to her loving, older sister whom, while they were youngsters, made the author eat lotion on a regular basis. Realizing the need to sound-out the ingredients on the lotion label, Alicia stopped the lotion-eating practice, but continued to read the labels of the concoctions her sister brought for her to try. This early necessity to read flowered to a passion; hence, a writer was born.

The award winning author resides in Maryland with her wonderful husband and son. Still an avid reader, label or otherwise, Alicia is hard at work completing her next suspense novel. Her latest book is the suspense novel, Dark Side of Valor. Visit Alicia’s website at www.aliciasingleton.com.

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About Dark Side of Valor

Child advocate Lelia Freeman saves children for a living. As the director of ChildSafe Shelters, she ventures to abandoned squats and crackhouses to rescue teens from the hellish streets of Los Angeles. When she is summoned to Washington to serve on a committee that aids the children of a war-torn African nation, Lelia is kidnapped and becomes a political pawn in a sinister conspiracy. Oceans away from everything she knows, she must trust a mercenary to save her life, or die in the clutches of a psychopath.

Hunting, combat and staying alive are Elijah Dune’s specialties. Vengeance is his passion. Haunted by past demons, he’s travels to the Motherland to collect a debt. A debt that demands one payment. Death.

Caught in the crosshairs of a madman, Lelia and Elijah must survive the jungles of Zaire and the horrors of their pasts or be forever consumed by the DARK SIDE OF VALOR.

About Pump Up Your Book

Pump Up Your Book handles all the aspects of virtual book touring from pre-buzzing your book before the tour starts to making sure buyers will find your book long after the tour is over. If you are the author of a newly published book, have an upcoming release or just want to give a previously published book new life, a virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book is the answer. We welcome traditionally published, electronically published and self-published authors. Our esteem list of clients include Claire Cook, Caridad Pineiro, C.W. Gortner, Barbara Bretton, Cody McFayden, James Hayman, Karen White, Kathleen Willey, Lisa Daily, Lisa Jackson, Mary Burton, Nancy Thayer, Randy Sue Coburn, Ray Comfort, Sandi Kahn Shelton, Sheila Roberts, Therese Fowler, Hope Edelman, Wendy Wax, Jon Meacham, Shobhan Bantwal, Pat Williams, Jane Green, Judge Glenda Hatchett and cook show personality Paula Deen. We also represent Random House, Abingdon Press, Zumaya Publications, WND Books, Sheaf House Publishers, New Hope Publishers, Guardian Angel Publishers, Genesis Press, and Moody Publishing. Contact us to find out what we can do for you and your book!

If you’d like to interview Alicia or review her book, contact Dorothy Thompson at thewriterslife(at)gmail.com. Pump Up Your Book is an innovative public relations agency specializing in online book promotion for authors. Visit us at www.pumpupyourbook.com.