Book Review and Giveaway: Ka-Boom! by Alyce Joy Rininger

Welcome to our stop on the World of Ink book blog tour for Ka-Boom!

The author hopes this will be the beginning of a series about Spritesville, 

and we hope so too!

Synopsis: Sprout is a fairy from Spritesville, Ohio. Her given name is Sprunetta Brunetta. She doesn’t like it, because she thinks it sounds too much like somebody’s wicked sister. Since she is only four inches tall, all her friends call her Sprout.

This little fairy is in the service of her queen, the beloved Splaminda Herminda, who rules Spritesville. The queen sends Sprout to different places to do whatever job needs done. Sprout is not a perfect fairy. She has a wild shoe fetish, and is always getting into some kind of trouble. Queen Splaminda realizes Sprout’s problems, but feels the fairy will grow out of her awkwardness, as she matures. Somehow, Sprout always manages to save the good and meek from the scary and sometimes bad…but… occasionally, she needs a little help.

To say the least, it was an explosive meeting between Taylor and Sprout. Taylor’s dollhouse blows up and her wary investigation finds Sprout among it’s wreckage. The little girl obviously thinks Sprout is a bad, fibbin’ fairy and the fun is about to begin.

Review: Kiddo loved the illustrations and reading the book over a few nights, and guessing what was coming next! She loved that she knew some of the 'big' words like camouflauged and squirrelyville (tho we use as squirrely). I am always astounded at her reading comprehension level, and how well she gets the meaning of stories that are aimed at older kids. We discussed the chapters after each reading and I was thrilled that she understood the story was about conquering your fears, like she had done about swimming 'in the deep end' of the pool during swim lessons, and about being generous to others (ok, we're still working on the ACTUAL letting go of items and giving them away-she has alot of emotional attachments to her toys!).

This was an adorable story and Kiddo and I are looking forward to sequels, for more bedtime fun!

About the Author: Alyce Joy was blessed with four children for whom she composed bedtime verses every night. That inspired her to publish a children’s book of prayers, entitled, “Priceless Gems.” When her children were grown, she began to write stories for her grandchildren.

Always fascinated with arts and crafts, she taught herself the art of pyrography. This fired her imagination, and she started burning life-sized pictures of wildlife onto all the doors of her home. Her wood burnings are scattered through the U.S. and Canada. After deciding to put away her burning tools and torches, she enrolled in, and graduated from the Institute of Children’s Literature.

Alyce Joy hopes every child who reads her stories will look forward to each new adventure, as her favorite fairy becomes entangled into many, outrageous happenstances. Follow Alyce Joy on her website for more info!

About the Illustrator: Diane Lucas is an artist and illustrator with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria. She has illustrated numerous book covers and picture books for both publishers and self-publishing authors. Diane lives in Nova Scotia, Canada with her husband and two daughters. Her work may be viewed at her website. 

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Be sure to check out the rest of the tour for more reviews, inetrview with the author AND giveaways of the book! :

August 22nd
Stories a la Mode – Guest Post
http://barbarabockman.wordpress.com

August 23rd
Mad Moose Mama – Book Review
http://www.madmoosemama.blogspot.com

August 24th
The Writing Mama – Interview
http://thewritingmama.blogspot.com

August 25th
BlogCritics - Book Review
http://blogcritics.org/books/

August 26th
World of Ink Network – Guest Post
http://worldofinknetwork.blogspot.com

August 27th
Writing to the Hearts of Children - Interview
http://terri-forehand.blogspot.com

Writers and Authors – Guest Post
http://writersandauthors.blogspot.com

August 28th
Rambling of a Coffee Addicted Writer – Book Review
www.coffeeaddictedwriter.com

August 29th
BlogCritics Mom (or dad) Prefers - Author Spotlight
http://blogcritics.org/culture/feature/mom-prefers/

August 30th
Fran Lewis Book Reviewer
http://gabina49.wordpress.com/

August 31st
Mymcbooks Blog – Spotlight/Giveaway
http://mymcbooks.wordpress.com

Families Matter - Book Review/Giveaway
http://familiesmatter2us.blogspot.com

September 3rd
MomnBaby Network – Book Review/Giveaway
http://momnbaby.com/blogs

September 4th
4 the LOVE of BOOKS – Book Review
http://myheartbelongs2books.blogspot.com/

September 5th
The New Book Review
http://www.TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com

Disclosure / Disclaimer:  I received this e-book from the author, via World of Ink, for review purposes. No other compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it either.