I have been busy the past few months working on two new books, one for children – Book 1 of a Dragon series for PS-Grade 3, and Book 4 of Abby & Holly Series. My husband, John, has been completing the illustrations on the dragon series while I worked on Book 4. Then we came together to complete the editing phase of the dragon book until we got it just right.
I will be doing a Dragon cover reveal soon. In the meantime I need to finish up Book 4 and and send it along to my beta readers and hope to have both books ready for publication in February.
The dragon series will carry life lessons that will teach children to be kind, caring and sensitive to others’ feelings and that it’s okay to be different.
Here are the first three books in this award-winning series. Each book is a stand alone story. They have won three Pinnacle Book Achievement Awards and one Readers’ Favorite Book Award. They carry life lessons for MG/PT/YA such as be kind to others, respect elders and each other, love one another, accept differences, bullying is never accepted or tolerated, friends and family are important.
Here are two gifs I created with AllAuthor.com for Book 1. Abby & Holly is a fun series for both girls and boys. Check out all the wonderful reviews on Amazon.
Thank you for stopping by to read this post. I hope you will check out the Abby & Holly Series and introduce your MG/PT/YA to these award-winning books. Thank you for your support and for any reviews that you post on Amazon.
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Janice is an multi-award-winning author with 35 books: 17 children's books for PS-Gr 4, 12 middle-grade/preteen/young adult books, written under Janice Spina, and 5 novels, and a short story collection written under J.E. Spina. She is also a writer of poetry, blogger, avid reader, reviewer and a copy editor. Janice has always loved writing and started very young writing poetry, then stories.
Her books have received 26 Book Awards and a few Finalists in contests.
AWARDS:
4 MOM'S CHOICE AWARDS - SILVER MEDAL - Lamby the Lonely Lamby, Ricky the Rambunctious Raccoon, Louey the Lazy Elephant, Jesse the Precocious Polar Bear
11 PINNACLE BOOK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Davey & Derek Junior Detectives, Books 1, 2, 3, 5, & 6. Abby & Holly Series, Books 1-6
READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS - HONORABLE MENTION - Davey & Derek Book 1,
READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS - SILVER MEDAL - Davey & Derek Junior Detectives Series, Book 3
READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS - BRONZE MEDAL - Abby & Holly Book 1
READERS’ FAVORITE AWARDS - HONORABLE MENTION — Abby & Holly Book 2
READERS’ FAVORITE AWARDS - FINALIST - Davey & Derek Book 6
5 PINNACLE BOOK ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS - Jerry the Crabby Crayfish, Broose the Moose on the loose, Colby the Courageous Cat, Jeffrey the Jittery Giraffe, Sebastian Meets Marvin the Monkey
BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARD - FINALIST - Davey & Derek Book 6
Authorsdb Cover Contest Silver Medal - Davey & Derek Book 5
FINALISTS:
Authorsdb First Lines Contest, - Hunting Mariah and Mariah's Revenge were Finalists
Red City Review Awards - Finalist - Davey & Derek Book 4
READERS’ FAVORITE BOOK AWARDS - 5-STAR REVIEW - Davey & Derek Book 4
All Janice's books are available on Amazon.com, Kindle, B&N and other online book sites.
One of her sports' poems was published in The Lawrence Eagle Tribune in October of 2008. She is currently working on book 1 of a YA fantasy series. There will be six books in all in this series. She hopes to work on a series of four books in a crime/mystery genre that will be offsprings of her thriller, Hunting Mariah.
Her hobbies are crocheting, walking to keep fit, hula hooping, tap dancing, going to the movies with her husband, and spending time with her five grandchildren.
Janice loves to hear from readers and appreciates reviews. Sign up on her blog http://jemsbooks.blog for a copy of her newsletters under Contact Me. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband who is her illustrator and cover creator.
Thank you, Michelle. I don’t use Beta readers for my children’s books but it will be published next month. As soon as I have Book 4 ready I will get it over to you. Thanks! 🤗 ❤️
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Congratulations, Janice. This is very exciting.
Thank you so much, Robbie! 😘🤗 Yes, it is! 🎉
Awesome, Janice!
thank you so much, Bette! 🤗
My pleasure, Janice!
I’m looking forward to reading the new addition to the Abby and Holly series and Book 1 of the dragon series. ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you, Michelle. I don’t use Beta readers for my children’s books but it will be published next month. As soon as I have Book 4 ready I will get it over to you. Thanks! 🤗 ❤️