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WOI Tour Author Spotlight with Renee Hand

 

Renee Hand is an award-winning author, educator, tennis coach and various other things. Hand has been writing for over twenty years and has six publications. She also writes for various chronicles and newsletters, as well as reviews for various authors of children´s books on her blog, http://thecryptocapersseries.blogspot.com.

Renee Hand's love for reading and writing started when she was a child. Renee always had a passion for it and remembers frequently wearing out the stone steps to the local library. When in a bookstore, she would sit in the middle of an aisle perusing a novel that she was eagerly going to purchase, but couldn’t wait to read. Often, when Renee has extra time, she will write stories that pop into her head...locking herself in her room for hours. Now that Renee is older, her love for reading and writing has not diminished. In fact, it has only become a bigger part of her. It is because of this that Renee chose to share her interests with other readers who love books as much as she does.
Book Blurb: Joe-Joe and Biscuit found themselves in a dark and dreary cave, and in front of them, sitting on an ornately carved stone pedestal, was Maple’s mineral. To reach out and take it would be so easy. It glistened like stars in a midnight sky, attracting their attention, luring them. There had to be a catch somewhere. Something wasn’t right. Joe-Joe and Biscuit stood beside the pedestal, analyzing it. There was a circle in the center of the pedestal, and the mineral was placed in the center of that circle. 

The Adventrues of Joe-Joe Nut and Bisucit Bill Case #2 Mineral Mischief
Publisher: Norht Star Press
ISBN Number(s): D-87839-415-X and 978-0-87839-415-9
Publication Date: March 2011

Author Website: http://www.reneeahand.com

Blog Address: http://thecryptocaperseries.blogspot.com

Twitter URL: http://twitter.com/thecryptocaper

                                               Facebook URL: http://facebook.com/cdrahand 
 ~Book Reviews~
BiblioReads.com Review
http://BiblioReads.blogspot.com

KidsRead Blog Review
 http://kidsreads.wordpress.com/

Home School Blogger-Book Review
http://homeschoolblogger.com/homeschoolbookreview/

April 18th
World of Ink Network show: Stories for Children with hosts: VS Grenier and Kris Quinn Christopherson.

Live Radio Interview at 11am MST (10am PST, Noon Central and 1pm EST)
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