One Little Witch by Crystal Beach - Book Tour - Book Review - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

One Little Witch

by Crystal Beach

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GENRE:  Children's

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BOOK BLURB:

A brilliant Little Witch counts the pumpkins in her pumpkin patch and discovers some surprising surprises. Join author and illustrator Crystal Beach (One Polar Bear and Two Polar Bears) as she captivates you with her latest adventure story and a brand-new series—One Little Witch. You and your child will be delighted by this hilarious tale as together you learn counting and sight words, and experiment with sound.

A charming holiday tale for autumn, or any time of the year, One Little Witch is filled with pumpkins and childlike enthusiasm for learning. This little book is sure to enchant, and will make a spooky addition to your child's library.

If you can be anything, be inclusive.

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EXCERPT THREE:

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MY BOOK REVIEW:

This book, "One Little Witch," is a fun, exciting, delightful, Fall/Halloween-themed, children's read filled with stimulating learning and developmental skills, clever rhyming sequences, and bright, vibrant illustrations!!

This book, "One Little Witch," follows a young girl, referred to as, "Little Witch," as she sits outside in a pumpkin patch in her backyard. The book starts out with Little Witch watching over her ten pumpkins and over the course of the night, one-by-one the pumpkins burst and reveal a special Halloween surprise!!

No tricks here - these pumpkins are full of delightful Halloween themed fun!! Readers will enjoy counting along and seeing what exciting surprises await them on the next page.

I love how the author finds unique ways to engage young readers, while also inspiring them to recognize and identify numbers, shapes, and patterns all across the pages. Readers will not only find pumpkins to count, but can also keep track of the moon and stars on Little Witch's nightgown, the pawprints on her hat, the yellow moonlight dots, singing crows, candy corn pieces, apples, flowers, leaves, and stars - readers will enjoy spotting these additional items that are scattered throughout the pages and that correspond to that page's particular number count.

“One Little Witch,” is full of clever rhyming sequences that are sure to delight young readers while also supporting their cognitive development.  This book includes numerical values featured throughout the pages to help teach readers to count while further enhancing and boosting their literary skills.

In addition, the author displayed the phrase, “good night,” in several different languages on the last two pages of the story, further promoting diversity and getting young readers started early on their language skills.  I also want to mention that I appreciate the author including which language the phrase is from.

I love this book's fun Halloween/Fall season themes, which certainly got us in the pumpkin holiday spirit. While this book is spot on for the upcoming holiday, this book can truly be enjoyed anytime of the year.

This book is full of vibrant, bright, beautiful illustrations that are sure to keep readers engaged.

This book is ideal for bedtime story time and as a learning to read and count book.

"One Little Witch," is a quick read at 33 eBook pages cover-to-cover and filled with 22 pages of text and illustrations.

This book is appropriately “G” rated as there is no swearing, no gory violence, no adult situations, and no sexual content.

This is the third book from Crystal Beach that I've hosted, read, reviewed - and loved!! Our family has also thoroughly enjoyed her other books, "One Polar Bear," and "Two Polar Bears." It seems Crystal has two more children's books in the works - "One Little Troll," and "Three Dancing Polar Bears," that are set to be released soon. I can't wait to check them out!! And while all these books can be read in any order or as standalones, now is the perfect time to dive in and get started - especially with "One Little Witch," as Halloween is this month!!

All in all, I really enjoyed reading this book and would absolutely recommend it!!  I think all young readers and their families will like this book too!!  So, add it to your TBR List and get to reading - you won't be disappointed!!

**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations**

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AUTHOR BIO:

Crystal Beach is an adoptive mother and caregiver of two adoptive children who have complex medical needs and disabilities. Her children are often represented in her work as strong, caring individuals with special gifts and powers. Her writing projects are intended to ensure financial support for her children's future.

Crystal has a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Her focus is in children's literature, publishing, and journalism. She has had many careers including ten years as a MedA with the Canadian Naval Reserve, advertising with a daily newspaper, communications and marketing, training as an EMT, and continued studies in developmental psychology.

She and her family live in Regina, Saskatchewan in a simple little house with two giant support dogs.

For more information visit the links below!

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CONNECT WITH CRYSTAL:

Website:

https://www.crystalbeachauthor.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/crystalbeachauthor

Goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40712712.Crystal_Beach

TikTok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@crystal.beach.aut

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/crystal_m_beach

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GIVEAWAY:

Crystal will be awarding a $10 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner's Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Crystal Beach will be awarding a $10 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner's Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.

A brilliant Little Witch counts the pumpkins in her pumpkin patch and discovers some surprising surprises. Join author and illustrator Crystal Beach (One Polar Bear and Two Polar Bears) as she captivates you with her latest adventure story and a brand-new series—One Little Witch. You and your child will be delighted by this hilarious tale as together you learn counting and sight words, and experiment with sound.

A charming holiday tale for autumn, or any time of the year, One Little Witch is filled with pumpkins and childlike enthusiasm for learning. This little book is sure to enchant, and will make a spooky addition to your child's library.

If you can be anything, be inclusive.

AUTHOR BIO & LINKS:

Crystal Beach is an adoptive mother and caregiver of two adoptive children who have complex medical needs and disabilities. Her children are often represented in her work as strong, caring individuals with special gifts and powers. Her writing projects are intended to ensure financial support for her children's future.

Crystal has a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Her focus is in children's literature, publishing, and journalism. She has had many careers including ten years as a MedA with the Canadian Naval Reserve, advertising with a daily newspaper, communications and marketing, training as an EMT, and continued studies in developmental psychology.

She and her family live in Regina, Saskatchewan in a simple little house with two giant support dogs.

For more information visit Website: http://www.crystalbeachauthor.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crystalbeachauthor
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40712712.Crystal_Beach
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crystal.beach.aut
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crystal_m_beach

GIVEAWAY:

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Two Polar Bears by Crystal Beach - Book Tour - Book Review - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Two Polar Bears

by Crystal Beach

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GENRE:   Children's Picture Book

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BOOK BLURB:

What could possibly be better than One Polar Bear? Two Polar Bears! Join this charming polar bear couple as they try to have a peaceful soak in the tub only to be interrupted by four very dirty cubs! This delightful rhyming story chronicles a lovable polar bear family as they go through their nightly bedtime routine. Celebrating individuals with a variety of abilities and disabilities, readers are introduced to early learning skills such as bedtime routines and grooming. With fun and humour, this book also helps children establish healthy sleep habits. Two Polar Bears is an entertaining story and a beautiful addition to your child's own bedtime routine.

If you can be anything, be inclusive.

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EXCERPT ONE:

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MY BOOK REVIEW:

This book, "Two Polar Bears," is an adorable, exciting, fun children's read filled with positive and inclusive themes, educational and developmental elements, and bright, colorful illustrations!!

"Two Polar Bears," follows a polar bear couple and their four silly (and quite dirty) polar bear cubs over the course of their nightly bedtime routine. This book will help inspire and encourage young readers to establish healthy sleep habits and bedtime routines.

This book, "Two Polar Bears," is the sequel to Crystal Beach's children's book, "One Polar Bear." In July 2023, I hosted, read, and reviewed, "One Polar Bear," and absolutely loved it so I was super excited to check out her latest work. As with Book One, this book, "Two Polar Bears," did not disappoint and I was happy to find the same inclusive, encouraging, positive, and inspiring themes that make these books total five star reads!!!

“Two Polar Bears,” is full of clever rhyming sequences that are sure to delight young readers while also supporting their cognitive development.  This book includes numerical values featured throughout the pages to help teach readers to count while further enhancing and boosting their literary skills.

In addition, the author displayed the phrase, “good night” in eleven different languages on the last page of the story, further promoting diversity and getting young readers started early on their language skills.  I also want to mention that I appreciate the author including which language the phrase is from. That was something I had pointed out missing in book one, so I was very happy to see it included in book two.

This book is full of fun, bright, beautiful illustrations that are sure to keep readers engaged.

I loved that this book featured characters with glasses, bandages, wheelchairs, IV's, and such, which echoes the author’s dedication page to her daughters and to all children with disabilities and complex medical conditions.  I think all young readers, especially those with disabilities will easily connect with this story and its characters.  I honestly can’t recall seeing these types of books when I was younger, and having been a child with physical disabilities, I appreciate the author making this book truly inclusive.

This book is ideal for bedtime story time and as a learning to read to book.

This book is a quick read at 32 eBook pages cover-to-cover and filled with 24 pages of text and illustrations.

This book is appropriately “G” rated as there is no swearing, no gory violence, no adult situations, and no sexual content.

Even though this book, "Two Polar Bears," seems to be the follow up to "One Polar Bear," these books do not connect as a series and therefore can be read as a standalone.

All in all, I really enjoyed reading this book and would absolutely recommend it!!  I think all young readers and their families will like this book too!!  So, add it to your TBR List and get to reading - you won't be disappointed!!

**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations**

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AUTHOR BIO & LINKS:

Crystal Beach is an adoptive mother and caregiver of two adoptive children who have complex medical needs and disabilities. Her children are often represented in her work as strong, caring individuals with special gifts and powers. Her writing projects are intended to ensure financial support for her children's future.

Crystal has a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Her focus is in children's literature, publishing, and journalism. She has had many careers including ten years as a MedA with the Canadian Naval Reserve, advertising with a daily newspaper, communications and marketing, training as an EMT, and continued studies in developmental psychology.

She and her family live in Regina, Saskatchewan in a simple little house with two giant support dogs.

For more information visit:

Website:

www.crystalbeachauthor.com

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/crystalbeachauthor

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AMAZON BOOK BUY LINK:

Amazon US eBook:

https://www.amazon.com/Two-Polar-Bears-Crystal-Beach-ebook/dp/B0CW918MN5

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Crystal will be awarding a $10 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner's Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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One Polar Bear by Crystal Beach - Book Tour - Book Review - Giveaway - Enter Daily!

Hi, lovelies!!  It gives me great pleasure today to host Crystal Beach and her new book, “One Polar Bear,” here on FAB!!  For other stops on her Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.

Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $10 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card!!  Also, come back daily to interact with Crystal and to increase your chances of winning!!

Thanks for stopping by!!  Wishing you all lots of good luck in this fabulous giveaway!!

One Polar Bear

by Crystal Beach

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GENRE:   Children's Fiction

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BOOK BLURB:

One Polar Bear is a delightful rhyming book filled with lovable animals from the Canadian Arctic. Polar Bear is home sick and alone. His many animal friends drop by to cheer him up. This counting story celebrates individuals with a variety of abilities and disabilities, and the text helps teach the numbers one to ten. Canada is a country made up of many peoples and cultures. This book reflects this diversity by featuring the word "welcome" in different languages amongst its pages. One Polar Bear is a wonderful bedtime story and a beautiful way to educate and celebrate the differences in our world.

If you can be anything, be inclusive.

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EXCERPT ONE:

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MY BOOK REVIEW:

This book, “One Polar Bear” is a sweet, fun, enjoyable children’s read filled with positive and inclusive messages, educational elements, and bright, vibrant illustrations!!

“One Polar Bear,” is full of clever rhyming sequences that are sure to delight young readers while also supporting their cognitive development.  In addition, this book includes numerical values, teaching readers to count from one to ten, further enhancing and boosting their literary skills.  This book is sure to help young readers not only learn to read, but also support phonemic awareness, improve memory, concentration, and thinking skills, as well as provide number recognition, comprehension of number order, and lay down the foundation for early mathematics skills.

This book, “One Polar Bear,” follows an unnamed polar bear that is home sick.  Over the course of the book, a wide range of lovable animals from the Canadian Arctic stop by to check in on their polar bear friend.  With each page flip the story counts from one to ten, displaying the actual number with the corresponding count of friends on that page.  For example, the number 4 on the page also features four seals, four stars, four trees, four music notes, and four swirls; the number 6 on the page also features six walruses and six stars.  I think young readers will enjoy finding and counting the corresponding number of items on each page.

In addition, the author displayed the word, “welcome,” in eleven different languages throughout the book to promote diversity.  For example, one page features the word, “Tansi,” and another uses, “Tunngasugit.”  I love the idea of this; however, I wish it said what language the word was from or how to pronounce it as I can easily see young readers stumbling over these unfamiliar words.  Honestly, I only recognized a few of them; “Welcome,” of course since that’s English, and “Hola!” which is Spanish.  I also identified “Bonjour,” which I should know after six years of French classes, and “Namasté,” which I recognize from many years of practicing yoga.  However, the other seven I don’t know.

This book is full of fun, bright, beautiful illustrations that are sure to keep readers engaged.

I loved that this book featured animals with bandages, casts, wheelchairs, canes, prosthetics, and such, which echoes the author’s dedication page to her daughters and to all children with disabilities and complex medical conditions.  I think all young readers, especially those with disabilities will easily connect with this story and its characters.  I honestly can’t recall seeing these types of books when I was younger, and having been a child with physical disabilities, I appreciate the author making this book truly inclusive.

This book is perfect for bedtime story time and as a learning to read to book.

This book is quick read at 33 eBook pages cover-to-cover and filled with 24 pages of text and illustrations.

This book is appropriately “G” rated as there is no swearing, no gory violence, no adult situations, and no sexual content.

This book is currently not part of a book series and therefore can be read as a standalone book.

All in all, I really enjoyed reading this book and would absolutely recommend it!!  I think all young readers and their families will like this book too!!  So, add it to your TBR List and get to reading - you won't be disappointed!!

**Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book and have voluntarily provided an honest, and unbiased review in accordance with FTC regulations**

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AUTHOR BIO:

Crystal Beach is an adoptive mother and caregiver of two children who have complex medical needs and disabilities. Her children are often represented in her work as strong, caring individuals with special gifts and powers. Her writing projects are intended to ensure financial support for her children's future care.

Crystal has a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Her focus is in children's literature, publishing and journalism. She has had many careers including ten years as a MedA with the Canadian Naval Reserve, training as an EMT and continued studies in developmental psychology.

Her volunteer work has included Girl Guides of Canada and wildlife rescue and rehab.

She and her family live in Regina, Saskatchewan in a simple little house with two giant support dogs.

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CONNECT WITH CRYSTAL:

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/crystalbeachauthor

Email:

beachcrystal811@gmail.com

Goodreads Author Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40712712.Crystal_Beach

Goodreads Book Page:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/181859020-one-polar-bear

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BOOK BUY LINKS:

Amazon US Paperback:

https://amzn.to/46Z65U6

Amazon US Hardcover:

https://amzn.to/3Y111KZ

Amazon CA Paperback:

https://www.amazon.ca/One-Polar-Bear-Crystal-Beach/dp/0228893488

Amazon CA Hardcover:

https://www.amazon.ca/One-Polar-Bear-Crystal-Beach/dp/0228893496

Barnes and Noble Paperback:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-polar-bear-crystal-beach/1143804596?ean=9780228893486

Barnes and Noble Hardcover:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-polar-bear-crystal-beach/1143804596?ean=9780228893493

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GIVEAWAY INFO:

Crystal will be awarding a $10 Amazon OR Barnes and Noble Gift Card (Winner’s Choice!!!) to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.

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