So Many Precious Books, So Little Time: Giveaway & Review: The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton by Angela Shelton

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Giveaway & Review: The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton by Angela Shelton

Book Description:

Publisher: Quiet Owl Books, July 31, 2012
Category: Children’s Literature, Fantasy
Tour Dates: November, 2012
Available in: Print, 272 pages

Somewhere out in the Sombrero Galaxy, Tilda Pinkerton–mystical maker of mysterious, magnificent, magical hats–is being hunted by the Keeper of Darkness.

Yet Tilda simply does not recall, at all, after taking a tremendous fall.

No one on Ooleeoo, where Tilda crash-landed, knows she is from another planet. Only Star Jumper Randy can tell her—but he’s light years away, frantically searching for his missing love, desperate that without her, the entire galaxy soon may be lost.

Even in the middle of cosmic danger, Tilda loves to create hats, for which she has a rare and uncanny knack. All who receive them sparkle, in fact—and spark their innermost talent. With a Tilda hat, people can suddenly do whatever they dream of, causing brilliant ideas to grow madly.

With Gladys the toad, who thinks she’s a cat, and Frank the fish, who lives in her hat, Tilda must discover who she is and what her enemy wants from her so badly.

But the Mayor of Moodle has other plans, including a ban on all wearing of hats, everywhere on Ooleeoo. His dark and forbidding actions seem to coincide with something unworldly, threatening all with a nameless dread and slowly blacking out the sky. With Ooleeoo itself turning upside down, how can anyone survive?

In this first in a series of Tilda Pinkerton adventures, Tilda must fight the battle of her life and risk all—even the galaxy and stars—by revealing her most electrifying secret.

Written for children but adults enjoy it too!

See the Trailer: http://youtu.be/BoQounZdFPM

My Thoughts: Most of you know that I don't usually get wooed by a book cover. I think to myself oh that's a nice cover, but what's between it. I also rarely read fantasy, although I did as a child. Books like James and the Giant Peach has stayed with me all these years. Any way, I have to admit, I fell for the cover for The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton. I had to have it!

Boy, am I glad I fell for the cover! What's inside is so good. It captured my imagination and reminded me why I read fantasy books as a kid. I would certainly rank Tilda right up there with James, no question.

Angela Shelton's imagination is fertile ground for her literary adventure with Tilda. The writing was so crisp and vivid that the book played like a move in my head. The characters just jump off the page and come to life.

The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton is also set up as a learning experience for children to build their vocabulary. So it's both fun and educational. I highly recommend this book!

About Angela Shelton:

Angela Shelton is an author, actor, blogger and public speaker. She has been writing since she was eight years old. Her first novel was adapted into the movie Tumbleweeds. Angela won a regional Emmy award for her portrayal of Safe Side Superchick in The Safe Side video series created by Baby Einstein’s Julie Clark and America’s Most Wanted’s John Walsh. After living in Los Angeles for over a decade, Angela left the big city for a one-light country town to marry her first love and fulfill her dream of writing books in a barn house.

Find out how Angela has incorporated the character of Tilda Pinkerton into an entire line of book projects, each geared towards a different age group at www.MagicHatShop.com

Angela Shelton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/angelasheltonAngela Shelton on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AngelaSheltonFanPageTilda Pinkerton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tildapinkerton

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Thanks to Angela Shelton, I am giving away one print copy. This giveaway ends on December 1, 2012 and is open to the U.S. and Canada. Please use Rafflecopter to enter.

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