Monthly Archives: May 2023
BOOK PROMO: THE ROYAL YOT REVIEWS & EXCERPT
COVER BLURB: Aware that a hostile empire has designs on several of its members, the Sovereign Planet Alliance (SPA) is keen to add the newly discovered planet of Xinthuva to its ranks and gain access to top-notch Xinthuvan defence technology. Trouble is, the Xinthuvans are staunch royalists. So staunch, that membership negotiations cannot even begin […]
BOOK PROMO: SHIELD OF BEOM REVIEWS & EXCERPT
COVER BLURB: Returning to Cholar for an extended stay, the planet-hopping kids who helped put Supreme Ruler Taziol IV on the throne aren’t expecting to find themselves taking another perilous side trip. But that’s before intergalactic villains make off with the monarch’s two small children. The kidnappers want a royal ransom and aren’t picky about […]
BOOK PROMO: RING OF BEOM REVIEWS & EXCERPT
And now for some sci-fi royals. COVER BLURB: Earth-born adolescents, Meda and Kirsty, are eager to explore the Zaidus system. They just don’t want to explore it as members of an organized tour group. The chaperone’s a harridan, and most of the places they’re forced to visit are really boring. Striking out on their own […]
BOOK PROMO: THE DISAPPEARING ROSE REVIEWS AND EXCERPT
Next royal-themed book: Time Rose Book One: The Disappearing Rose. Royals portrayed or referenced: Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, & Henry VII. COVER BLURB: No one knows what happened to the little Princes in the Tower. That’s what Dane, Paige, and Jack are told when they start working on a medieval documentary for Dane […]
BOOK PROMO: GENERATIONS FIVE REVIEWS AND EXCERPT
Britain’s recent royal celebrations having now passed into history, most of my remaining May posts will be reviews and excerpts from those of my historical time-travel books that feature real royal characters fictionally portrayed, and the futuristic ones featuring personally created royal personages. First Up: Generations Five, the prequel to the Time Rose series. Royals […]
HISTORIC COMPARISON: PAGE BOY DUTIES
Eight young boys aged nine to thirteen carried the trains of King Charles III and Queen Camilla at their coronation on the sixth of May, 2023. And a very good job they did, too, but in medieval times, pages’ duties were a bit more arduous and they didn’t even get to live at home! https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-knights/medieval-page-boy/ […]
HISTORY LURE: STAMPS & COINS
Lots of kids like to collect things, and stamps and/or coins commemorating the recent coronation of King Charles III are only the latest in a long line of such items. Stamps https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/the-queen%E2%80%99s-own/kids-page https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/stamp/400187 https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/stamp/277203 Coins https://www.ducksters.com/hobbies/coinhistory.php https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/coin/273723 https://kids.kiddle.co/Coin And for Canadian kids who haven’t yet started collections, but would like to: https://www.royalmint.com/discover/coin-collecting/coin-collecting-for-children/ Some stamps and […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: ROYAL WARRANTS
Question: Who was the first English tradesman to receive a royal warrant for providing goods and/or services to the crown? Answer: William Caxton, who became King Edward IV’s official printer in 1476. Royal Warrant: The History Behind the Legendary Seal of Approval https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62891159
HISTORIC PASSING: SANDRA SIMPSON
The recent passing of Families For Children’s Sandra Simpson is a loss not only to the Simpson family and the staff and children living in FFC children’s homes, but to all the families whose international adoptions were arranged by this organization. Sandra and her husband Lloyd also adopted quite a few kids themselves. https://www.pressreader.com/canada/readers-digest-canada/20210501/281505048978728 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/indian-toronto-chef-sash-simpson-1.5226568 […]
Time Travelling With Kids 