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Diversion Press is proud to introduce our first children's book.
Meet Ellabug.
Gregory Turner-Rahman brings this precious story to life.
We asked author and illustrtor Gregory Turner-Rahman a few questions about his book Ellabug. Here is a portion of the interview:
If you had to
convince someone to purchase a copy of Ellabug in only two sentences what would you say?
"HELP! My kidnappers said they won't release me until you buy my book Ellabug!"
"Good question. I am currently setting up signings locally. I live in rural eastern Washington State and teach in rural Idaho so I think I will try to line up some event in Seattle perhaps near the University of Washington, my alma mater. In the meantime, if you happen to be in the neighborhood..."
The rest of the interview can be found on The DP BLOG
Ellabug is a simple story about non-traditional families that follows Ella, a small but strongly willed young ladybug, as she begins to question her identity. Raised in a family made up of different animals, Ellabug desires ‘normality’ and uniformity which she finds in a family of ants whom she meets in the garden. Ella decides to escape the craziness in her own home by joining the ants. They, however, have a very different life and Ella is surprised when they work endlessly. Ella fears she has lost her parents forever and she quickly grows to appreciate her quirky family. Just when all seems lost, Ella’s parents call to her and they are reunited. All ends happily. Ella has learned that each family is unique in their own way.
Ellabug By: Gregory Rahman-Turner
Diversion Press Children's, $12.95, Paperback, 40 pages
ISBN: 978-1-935290-09-4 Distributed by Ingram and returnable
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Diversion Press is proud to introduce
The Darling Rebels
by Siobhan Nichols
When Charlotte returns to her hometown of Asebrook from boarding school, she knows what she can expect from her days--lessons from tutors, criticism from her mother, and listening to the same gossip from the same people. But there seems to be something different in store for Charlotte when she meets Adam and Jack, the two boys who will change her forever. However, when Jack and Charlotte fall in love, they realize the fight that they are going to have to put up if they want to be together. During a time when money, society, and how one is viewed as everything, Charlotte stops at nothing to be with the boy that she knows she loves. Even so, Jack seems unwilling to sacrifice her future and happiness since he knows he has nothing to offer. The Darling Rebels tells the story of bravery and resilience in the face of insurmountable odds and how far one girl will go for love, even if it means leaving her seemingly perfect life behind.
About the Author:
She began work on her first novel at age 13 and finally found enough time and dramatic ideas to complete it. Even though she's still a teenager, she works as a movie critic, book reviewer, trend follower, music enthusiast, and avid sleeper. She would rather not disclose what she actually does for money, but it includes visors and French Fries.
The Darling Rebels, by Siobhan Nichols
Diversion Press, Young Adult, $12.95, Paper, 260 pages
ISBN: 978-1-935290-06-3 1-935290-06-1 Distributed by Ingram and returnable.
You can purchase a copy by clicking on the cover or just by clicking here
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Introducing In the Shadow of the Big Apple by Tom Piantanida
In the Shadow of the Big Apple
By: Tom Piantanida
In the Shadow of the Big Apple is a story about Kenny, a mischievous boy growing up in an Italian neighborhood in 1950s New Jersey. Summers in the sweltering tenements, where sewer-gas laden breezes carried with them a reminder of the proximity to Caputo’s Fish Market, Giuliano’s Deli, and the car barns, drive Kenny to seek escape by finagling himself into a stalag-like summer camp, complete with swarming bats in the dorm, a snapping turtle in the zero-visibility swimming pool, reports of quicksand to keep hikers on the trail, and burned-out counselors. Using his “private entrance,” Kenny spends afternoons at Palisades Amusement Park where he gets even for all those years in Catechism Class by swamping a boatload of nuns on the motorboat ride. On one of their many trips to The Big Apple, Kenny and his not-quite-juvenile-delinquent cousins sneak into a movie theater in New York City, only to find that it’s a 3D movie that requires special glasses. The cousins fare no better during the family’s zero-income summer vacation on the Jersey Shore, when they “borrow” a boat, only to find that it is porous, and despite the fact that the vessel is sinking, the irate owner forces them to push it across a stagnant lagoon.
Symbolically, Kenny never quite grabs the brass ring on the local carousel, but he nonetheless enjoys the challenge of learning to whisk four rings from the chute at a single swipe.
Readers will be amazed at the amount of trouble young Kenny can manage to get into as he learns important life lessons. Older readers will be able to relate many of the stories to times of their own youth. Author Tom Piantanida breathes this era to life as only one who lived in New Jersey at that time could.
We asked Tom a few questions about his book In the Shadow of the Big Apple. Below is a portion of the interview, the rest can be found on The DP Blog.
If you had to convince someone to pick up a copy in two sentences, what would you say?
"Wow!! Two sentences to convince someone to buy my book. Could one of them mention my cousin Guido, the Enforcer? No, I guess not. I don't know whether comparison is permitted, but if so, I like to compare my writing to that of Jean Shepherd, who wrote such books as WANDA HICKEY'S NIGHT OF GOLDEN MEMORIES (and other Disasters), and IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH. Jean, who was my inspiration, had a zany talk show on WOR in NYC in the early 60's. He also morphed many of his stories into a film that has become a classic: A CHRISTMAS STORY."
In the Shadow of the Big Apple, by Tom Piantanida
Paperback, 170 pages $12.95, ISBN: 978-1-935290-05-6
Diversion Press: Young Adult, Distributed by Ingram and returnable.
Click on the cover to purchase or just click here.
In the Shadow of the Big Apple, by Tom Piantanida
Paperback, 170 pages $12.95, ISBN: 978-1-935290-05-6
Diversion Press: Young Adult, Distributed by Ingram and returnable.
Click on the cover to purchase or just click here.
Click on the cover to purchase a copy.
An interview with our poets featured in Meanderings: A Collection of Poetic Verse can be found on the Diversion Press blog The DP Blog
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