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When Lily and Jasper’s uncle disappears, Lily must search for him in the one place she never imagined possible: the setting of her childhood bedtime tales: the Moon Realm.
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Copyright © 2011-14 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. .. Gibbering Gnome Press, A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink® The Moon Realm®Posted in The Moon Coin, tagged adventure, Barnes & Noble, Barnes and Noble, bookmaster, fantasy, Series on July 28, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Paperback copies of The Moon Coin and The Dragondain are now in Barnes and Noble’s brick and mortar bookstores!!! Not every location has them on the shelf, but they can all order it for in-store pick-up.
It also means you can order the paperback books through B&N’s website (free shipping eligible). In fact, B&N is currently offering the best deal I’ve seen: 25% off The Moon Coin!
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Copyright © 2011, 2012 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press, A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink® The Moon Realm®Posted in The Dragondain, The Moon Realm, tagged 5 Star, adventure, Carolyn Arcabascio, fantasy, In the closet with a Bibliophile, Jen's Closet, review, Richard Due, Series, The Dragondain on June 30, 2013| Leave a Comment »
“And while this title is considered middle-grade fiction (ages 7-12) due to the ages of its protagonists, it is so much more than that. It is an addictive drug for those of us who have lovingly flipped through its pages. It is the fantastical story you dreamed of while waiting to fall asleep. It is youth brought to life. It is all the things I still wish I could do. Things like have adventures of my very own.”
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Click HERE or the image directly above to read the review.
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Posted in The Dragondain, The Moon Coin, The Moon Realm, tagged adventure, fantasy, middle grade, print edtion, Series, The Dragondain, Tween on November 20, 2012| 2 Comments »
“Tales, unlike stories, never lie. You see, a tale is an account of
things in their due order, often divulged secretly, or as gossip.
Would you like to hear one?” —Lord Autumn
It’s the middle of the night, you need to send your brother to the Moon Realm, and he won’t wake up. So you improvise. . . .
When a confused Jasper awakes, he’s convinced he’s dreaming. But by the time he meets Greydor, Jasper understands that this is no dream. In fact, persuading the King of the Rinn to work with the men of Dain to defeat their common enemy is a nightmare. Then there’s the other side of the coin: convincing Tavin and Dubb that saddling a Rinn isn’t certain death. (“It’ll be fun!”) And perhaps even a greater worry: can he make friends with Dubb’s daughter Darce before she punches his lights out?
Lily has problems, too. There’s a little mousie scratching in her closet. Or at least, it sounds like a little mousie. Oh, and her second confrontation with Curse, and trying to form her first peerin. (Don’t you have to be from Dain to do that?) And where’s Ebb?
One thing’s for sure: now that Lily and Jasper have entered the Moon Realm, nothing can ever be the same again.
Illustrated by Carolyn Arcabascio. Book Two in the award winning Moon Realm Series.
For a Two Chapter Preview: click HERE.
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Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,
A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink® The Moon Realm®
Posted in The Moon Coin, tagged adventure, Anything Goes, award, awards, Brilliant Books, Carolyn Arcabascio, fantasy, GoodReads, Horizon Books, literary, Moonbeam, Moonbeam Award, Moonbeam Awards, Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Richard Due, scavenger hunt, Series, The Moon Coin, The Moon Realm, Traverse City Children's Book Festival on November 12, 2012| 4 Comments »
I just got back from a trip to Traverse City, Michigan, where the Traverse City Children’s Book Festival was held in a beautiful old Opera House. It’s lovely town right on the shore of Lake Michigan, and the people there support not one, but two amazing independent bookshops: Horizon Books, and Brilliant Books. (You can get THE MOON COIN in Horizon Books now, btw, just sayin’.)
The Traverse City Children’s Book Festival. I’m in the lower right corner.
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I got to meet a lot of amazing authors at the festival, but for me the most exciting part was meeting the kids: you would have thought they were in a candy store!
Some of the winners on display in the Opera House. (I did NOT arrange these books!)
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After the festival, we packed up, got dressed up, and headed out to the top floor of the tallest building in town: the Park Place Hotel, where the Moonbeam Awards Ceremony was held.
I’m the dude on the far right. Jim Barnes, master of ceremonies, is in the center.
Link to the press release HERE.
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Lastly, I want to mention that the GoodReads Group, Anything Goes, has picked The Moon Coin as their December Book of the Month. Anything Goes is mostly comprised of UK members, but anyone is welcome to join. I’ve been in contact with Chris, a group moderator, and she’s given me permission to put together a little international contest. So get ready for a literary scavenger hunt (drawing off The Moon Coin). The winner will receive a signed, numbered, paperback copy (I will ship this anywhere I can (except to the moon Darwyth; if you’re on the moon Darwyth then you’re on your own; sorry). I’ll post the contest here at Anything Goes on the December the 1st. So if you like scavenger hunts, be on the lookout!
Posted in The Moon Coin, tagged adventure, award, awards, books, Carolyn Arcabascio, fantasy, Gold, Moonbeam, Moonbeam Children's Award, Moonbeam Children's Book Award, Richard Due, Series, The Moon Coin, The Moon Realm on October 4, 2012| 5 Comments »
The Moon Coin just won the 2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for pre-teen fiction.
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Link to the press release HERE.
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Posted in Artwork, The Dragondain, The Moon Realm, Typesetting, tagged adventure, book cover, Carolyn Arcabascio, Cover, Cover Reveal, fantasy, reveal, Richard Due, Series, The Dragondain, The Moon Realm on September 23, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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Click the image directly above or HERE for a larger image.
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Copyright © 2012 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,
A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink® The Moon Realm®
Posted in Reviews, The Moon Coin, The Moon Realm, tagged adventure, Ages 10 - 12, Ages 13+, Ages 8 - 10, Animals, Boy Appeal, Carolyn Arcabascio, fantasy, Girl Appeal, mg, middle grade, Moon, Moon Coin, Moon Realm, Precocious Readers, Read Alouds, Reads4Tweens, review, Richard Due, Series, The Moon Coin, Tween, ya on September 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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I would highly recommend this for anyone who enjoys fantasy. It’s suitable for ages 8 and up, although younger readers might prefer to have it read out loud to them. Lily is the main character of this book, but it will appeal equally to boys and girls. —Reads4Tweens
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Click the image directly above or HERE to read the review.
Posted in The Dragondain, The Moon Realm, tagged "Game of Thrones", "The Chronicles of Narnia", adventure, Carolyn Arcabascio, dragons, Dystopian, fantasy, mg, middle grade, Moon, Narnia, Richard Due, Series, The Dragondain, The Moon Realm, Tween, ya on September 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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Precocious reader to adult: 304 paperback pages, 85,000 words, full-color illustrations. Book one of the Moon Realm series.
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When Lily and Jasper’s uncle disappears, Lily must search for him in the most unlikely of places: the fading realms of her childhood bedtime tales.
Gold Medal Winner of the Moonbeam Children’s Book Award.
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It’s the middle of the night, you need to send your brother to the Moon Realm, and he won’t wake up. So you improvise. . . .
When a confused Jasper awakes, he’s convinced he’s dreaming. But by the time he meets Greydor, Jasper understands that this is no dream. In fact, persuading the King of the Rinn to work with the men of Dain to defeat their common enemy is a nightmare. Then there’s the other side of the coin: convincing Tavin and Dubb that saddling a Rinn isn’t certain death. (“It’ll be fun!”) And perhaps even a greater worry: can he make friends with Dubb’s daughter Darce before she punches his lights out?
Lily has problems, too. There’s a little mousie scratching in her closet. Or at least, it sounds like a little mousie. Oh, and her second confrontation with Curse, and trying to form her first peerin. (Don’t you have to be from Dain to do that?) And where’s Ebb?
One thing’s for sure: now that Lily and Jasper have entered the Moon Realm, nothing can ever be the same again.
Illustrated by Carolyn Arcabascio. Volume Two of the The Moon Realm Series.
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Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,
A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink® The Moon Realm®
Posted in Artwork, The Dragondain, The Moon Realm, tagged adventure, Carolyn Arcabascio, Cover, Cover Art, Cover Reveal, fantasy, Richard Due, Series, The Dragondain, The Moon Realm on September 1, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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eBook version available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Paperback edition to follow later this year.
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Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,
A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink® The Moon Realm®
Posted in The Dragondain, The Moon Realm, tagged adventure, Carolyn Arcabascio, fantasy, Free, mg, middle grade, Preview, Richard Due, Series, The Dragondain, The Moon Coin, The Moon Realm, Tween, Two Chapters, ya on August 23, 2012| 2 Comments »
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Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,
A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink® The Moon Realm®
Posted in Reviews, The Moon Coin, The Moon Realm, tagged adventure, fantasy, magic, mg, middle grade, Moon, Moon Realm, Series, Sharon the Librarian, ya on July 26, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in The Moon Coin, The Moon Realm, tagged action, adventure, autographed, Dystopian, fantasy, free copy, giveaway, GoodReads, goodreads book giveaway, Moon, Moon Realm, win on July 22, 2012| Leave a Comment »
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Click HERE or the image directly above.
Plus a T-Shirt!
Here’s a quick visual tour of the paperback:
For a higher quality video, click HERE.
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2012 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards: Gold Medal Winner
Tales, unlike stories, never lie. You see, a tale is an account of things in their due order, often divulged secretly, or as gossip. Would you like to hear one? —Lord Autumn
Uncle Ebb was so good at telling his tales of the Moon Realm that Lily and Jasper used to wonder if he’d been there himself. But as teenagers, they’re beyond all that—up until the moment they’re plunged into the fantastic bedtime tales of their youth. Now, armed with nothing more than memories—and the moon coin—Lily and Jasper must piece together Uncle Ebb’s shattered tales and unite the fractured Moon Realm, or lose the moons they loved so much . . . all over again.
Illustrated by Carolyn Arcabascio. Volume One of the The Moon Realm Series
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Copyright © 2011 by Richard Due. All rights reserved. Gibbering Gnome Press,
A Division of Ingenious Inventions Run Amok, Ink™ The Moon Realm™
"Tales, unlike stories, never lie." 