Join Amanda On A World Of Adventure!
Look at this terrific series of books written for middle-school aged minds – filled with mystery and wonder, all focused on one young girl who travels the world!
“Amanda” Has The Best Adventures!
Author Darlene Foster is an active voice on social media, and an accomplished writer as well, with a series of novels that share the worldwide adventures of 12 year old Amanda Ross!
This “Wednesday Bookmobile” highlights Foster’s series of novels featuring Amanda!
As Foster’s bio states:
Growing up on a ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, Darlene Foster dreamt of writing, travelling the world, and meeting interesting people. She also believed in making her dreams come true. It’s no surprise she’s now the award-winning author of Amanda Travels, a children’s adventure series featuring a spunky twelve-year-old who loves to travel to unique places. Readers of all ages enjoy following Amanda as she unravels one mystery after another.
Here’s a look at the books in the series:
Amanda In Alberta: The Writing On The Stone”
This will give you an idea of how each adventure unfolds. In this story, Amanda is delighted to show her friend Leah around Alberta during her visit from England.
Amanda showcases all of the unique aspects of life in Alberta, but when she finds a stone with a unique mark on it, she doesn’t think it’s important until everyone seems to want it – including a very ornery cowboy. Is this stone worth ruining Leah’s holiday and placing them both in danger?
The books each combine local history and culture with a mystery that Amanda must solve….here are the other books in the series:
Amanda On The Danube: The Sounds Of Music
Amanda in New Mexico: Ghosts in the Wind
Amanda in Arabia: The Perfume Flask
Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting
Amanda in England: The Missing Novel
Amanda In Holland: Missing In Action
As you can see, Amanda does indeed travel the world. I love this series because it inspires young minds to want to travel and learn local cultures – to explore our incredible world!
You can find outmatch more about the Author by checking out her website:
https://darlenefoster.wordpress.com
Darlene’s books have been covered on a number of terrific blogging sites, like “Linda’s Book Bag.” Linda interviewed Darlene about her latest book in the series, and it’s a great look at the creative process.
Check out this great conversation with Darlene here:
https://lindasbookbag.com/2020/03/27/missing-in-action-with-darlene-foster/
I have been highlighting many great books to read in this time of #shelteringathome, and you need some great ideas for younger minds as well:
Author Robbie Cheadle Has A Delicious Series As Well!
I have shared some of the great books from Author Robbie Cheadle before, but I haven’t told you about her terrific books with recipes that she writes with her son!
These terrific books tell magical stories AND include recipes that you can make with your children!
Click here to see more from the series:
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Sounds like a fascinating series of books. I’ll have to keep a look out for them at my local library – it’s lovely to read YA fiction once in a while.
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Reblogged this on Darlene Foster's Blog and commented:
My books are being featured on John Rieber’s amazing blog! How exciting.
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Brilliant feature on two of our lovely blogging friends, and both great writers too!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete, with everyone staying at home, book sales are up so let’s get some of that sent toward our friends!
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Exactly! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Pete.
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i’ll bet the ms kids will love these
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yes, they are great for kids!
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Thank you so much, John, for highlighting my Amanda Travels series as well as Robbie’s wonderful books for kids. Baking and armchair travel, two things we can do with our kids while being stuck at home. You are the tops!!
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And I love that your books inspire children to want to explore our world, and Robbie adds the joy of cooking to her – both of which will help a child have an incredible future!
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Great reviews, John. The Amanda series and Sir Chocolate books are super.
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I think children who enjoy adventure stories would like reading these.
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Exactly!
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Thank you, John, you are a super star to share this lovely post with a shout out for Michael and my books. Thank you. I am delighted to be featured alongside Darlene’ Amanda books. I have read four and enjoyed them all.
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Robbie, her books inspire children to explore the world…yours are inventive and filled with the joy of cooking – both of these are my passions, and I want to see the next generations with that same passion!
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Yes, the world is now changing and our children are emerging from behind their iphones and screens.
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This generation of “screen gazers” is going to profoundly change how we move forward as a planet in the next twenty years, for good and bad
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