Welcome to the tour for the Three Lost Kids by Kimberly Kinrade!
Join award-winning author Kimberly
Kinrade for the month of October to celebrate Halloween and All
Hallow's Read with a big giveaway for her launch of The Three Lost
Kids & The Death of the Sugar Fairy.
What's All Hallow's Read? Author
Neil Gaiman started this tradition a few years ago as a way to
encourage the act of giving a book for Halloween.
Today's stop on the tour features the original trilogy in the series.
About The Three Lost Kids
The first three books in this series
(Lexie World, Bella World and Maddie World) were
inspired by Kimberly's three little girls of the same name, who
discovered their own worlds where they had magical powers and wanted
their mom to write about it!
This special edition trilogy includes
full color illustrations and each book is told from the first person
perspective of that little girl's world. The paperback editions of
these books are 7x10 full color with a coloring book in the back of
each. They also include discussion questions to get kids and parents
talking about the important themes in each book, such as caring for
the planet, emotional maturity and handling bullies.
In The Death of the Sugar Fairy, the
Three Lost Kids start a whole new series of chapter books, told from
all three kids' point of view. Moving forward, the series will not
include illustrations, but will include the same fantastic stories
that have made the special edition trilogy so popular.
About The Three Lost Kids
Special Edition Trilogy
Lexie World
On Amazon
(a finalist in the Global e-Books
award!)
5-year-old
Lexie is tired of getting in trouble for leaving her stuff and trash
outside. She doesn’t mean to litter or ruin her shoes, but it’s
just so hard to remember sometimes.
When
she, her two big sisters and their dog TayTay find a portal to Lexie
World, Lexie discovers the consequence littering has had on her
special world. Garbage Goblins have taken over and are destroying the
Earth!
To
save Lexie World, the girls (and TayTay) must travel with their new
Unicorn friend through the Waters of Waste and over the Mountain of
Lost Clothes to retrieve a piece of the Mirror of Ice in order to
remind the Garbage Goblins of their true form and break their curse.
On this journey,
Lexie learns about courage, love and the importance of taking care of
her world.
Bella World
On Amazon
Bella is tired
of getting blamed every time her sisters lose something. It's not her
fault they misplaced something important, so why does everyone assume
she took it? It makes her blood boil that no one appreciates all the
things she does to help and protect people. Sometimes her anger makes
her do things she regrets later.
When she, her
two sisters, and their dog TayTay find a watery portal to Bella
World, they're surprised to discover a town ravaged by Dragon
attacks. But not all is as it seems, a lesson Bella learns when they
are sent to stop the Dragon.
Together, Bella and Emerald the Dragon
learn to control their Dragon Fire, make amends to those they have
wronged, and in the process find the appreciation and acceptance
they'd sought all along.
Maddie World
On Amazon
When
a girl at school starts bullying Madelynne, she decides she doesn't
want to go to school anymore. Too scared to stand up to the bully or
tell the teacher, Madelynne confides in the only one who will
understand, her best four-legged friend TayTay.
After
an especially bad day, Madelynne hides in her room and refuses to
play with anyone. In an effort to cheer her up, her sisters
accidently discover the portal to Maddie World, sweeping them all
into an epic adventure!
But
Maddie World is suffering from some bullying of its own. The Lava
Fairies and Bubble Fairies are at war, and now even once nice Fairies
have been mean bullies, locking the Three Lost Kids up in the
dungeon.
Madelynne
and TayTay escape, but can't free the other two until the retrieve a
precious necklace that once belonged to the Bubble Fairies.
To save her
sisters and make peace between the two Fairy factions, Madelynne must
first face her own fears and learn to stand up for herself even when
she's scared, but without becoming a bully herself.
I thought this series was absolutely adorable! I especially love how each book was inspired by each child's fantasy world and dreams. That in and of itself makes the books special, as each girl now has a keepsake to remember their childhood dreams. It could easily inspire other children to create their own worlds and to make them into books.
Each book has its own lesson. In Lexie's World, Lexie learns the importance of taking care of the Earth and the environment by keeping her things picked up. She also learns a lesson of independence and how she can do anything she sets her mind to. Bella's story helps kids to remember to control their anger. Maddie's story is another much-needed lesson in handling bullying, which is way too prevalent today.
As I read these books, I tried to decide if I would read them with my class of 4s and 5s in the afternoon. I think these books would be best handled at that age in a one-on-one setting, or a very small group. They really lend themselves to many discussions, especially in the later two books. They're also just fun fantasy stories. Older children will enjoy reading them on their own. I look forward to checking out the rest of the upcoming books in the series!
Enter the Three Lost Kids Giveaway!
The giveaway includes:
GRANDPRIZE:
$25 Amazon GC plus signed copy of all
four books (Lexie's World, Belle's World, Maddie's World, Sugar
Fairy} bookmarks and surprise swag include one of the posters and
bookmark {USA/Canada Only}
RUNNERUP to two winners:
Signed copies of The Death of the
Sugar Fairy with swag {USA/Canada Only}
RUNNERUP to three winners:
Poster of The Sugar Fairy cover and
bookmarks
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Disclaimer: Andi's Middle Grade and Chapter Books did not receive any compensation other than free ecopies of each book in the trilogy. All opinions in the review are my own. This blog is not responsible for prize shipment.
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