Jun 022012
 
Here is the cover of Author Kimberley Griffiths Little’s new middle grade book, coming out in 2013.
Isn’t it beautiful? I love Kimberley’s books and I am very excited to read this new book coming out in 2013. 
Kimberley also wants everyone to celebrate this new cover release with her, by giving away 9…NINE  of her books!!!
She has a contest going on for two weeks at her blog.
Here is what you could win.She is giving away…
Three copies of her book: The Healing Spell

 

Critically acclaimed
author Kimberley Griffiths Little brings to life a sweeping and
heartfelt story set against the lush backdrop of the bayou.
Twelve-year-old
Livie is living with a secret and it’s crushing her. She knows she is
responsible for her mother’s coma, but she can’t tell anyone. It’s up to
her to find a way to wake her momma up.Stuck in the middle of
three sisters, hiding a forbidden pet alligator, and afraid to
disappoint her daddy, whom she loves more than anyone else, Livie
struggles to find her place within her own family as she learns about
the powers of faith and redemption. Livie’s powerful, emotional, and
sometimes humorous story will stay with readers long after the last line
is read.

 
Three Copies of her book: Circle of Secrets
Critically acclaimed
author Kimberley Griffiths Little weaves a haunting story of friendship
and family and the power of faith, once again set against the lush
backdrop of the Louisiana bayou.
After her mother walked out on
Shelby Jayne and her dad, Shelby thought she’d never speak to her mamma
again. But with her dad leaving the country for work, it turns out she
doesn’t have a choice: Shelby has to move back into her mamma’s house,
deep in the heart of the Louisiana bayou.Her new classmates
tease and torment her, so Shelby’s relieved to finally find a friend in
Gwen, a mysterious girl who lives alone on the bayou. But Shelby can’t
help wondering if Gwen has something to do with the puzzling messages
she finds hidden in the blue bottle tree behind her house. The only
person who might be able to explain is her mamma — but Shelby’s not
ready to ask. Not yet. It may take a brush with something from the
beyond to help Shelby see that the power to put her own ghosts to rest
is within her reach.

 

Kimberley Griffiths Little’s haunting and
powerful tale brings one girl’s attempt to grapple with family,
friendship, and forgiveness to beautiful, vivid life.


 
Three ARCs of When the Butterflies Came, to bloggers who post about this cover reveal!!

 

Everybody thinks Tara Doucet has the perfect life. But in reality,
Tara’s life is anything but perfect: Her dear Grammy Claire has just
passed away, her mother is depressed and distant, and she and her sister
Riley can’t seem to agree on anything. But when mysterious and dazzling
butterflies begin to follow her around after Grammy Claire’s funeral,
Tara just knows in her heart that her grandmother has left her one final
mystery to solve.
A strange butler shows up to take Tara and Riley to Grammy Claire’s
house, where Tara finds a stack of keys and detailed letters from Grammy
Claire herself. Note by note, Tara learns unexpected truths about her
grandmother’s life. As the letters grow more ominous and the keys more
difficult to decipher, Tara realizes that the secrets she must uncover
could lead to mortal danger. And when Tara and Riley are swept away to
the beautiful island of Chuuk to hear their grandmother’s will, Tara
discovers the most shocking truth of all — one that will change her life
forever.
From Kimberley Griffiths Little comes a magical, breathtaking mystery full of loss and love, family and faith.

 

Here is the link to her blog! Go and enter now!
Dec 202011
 

5 days until Christmas

 

Kimberley Griffiths Little is the author of five novels, and the winner of the Southwest Book Award. The Healing Spell (Scholastic) was chosen as a Bank Street College Best Books for 2011 and won The Whitney Award for the Best Youth Novel of 2010. Circle of Secrets just released and received a starred review from School Library Journal. Two more novels are forthcoming from Scholastic. When the Butterflies Came will pub January, 2013.

Kimberley adores research trips, anything ancient and mystical – which will manifest itself in deliciously romantic ways in her recently sold YA trilogy to HarperCollins, pitched as the YA version of The Red Tent, and will begin publication in 2013. Kimberley lives on a dirt road along the Rio Grande in an adobe solar home with her robotics husband and three sons.

Connect with Kimberley: WEBSITE | BLOG | Twitter | Facebook

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LDSWBR: What Christmas-related activity would you like to do this year that you have never done before?

KIMBERLEY: Not buy as many presents! Okay, I’m being a bit facetious, but it’s actually true. Every year I spend days and days buying and wrapping and driving all over Albuquerque, and I am really *not* a shopper! (Walmart? Scary. Toys-R-Us? Terrifying. The Mall? Please Just Kill Me Now!) Plus this year I had a book deadline just last week, and nine days of unexpected company and some very ill family members, so instead of killing ourselves at various stores and trying not to get tackled for that last minute Toaster Oven (True Story ;)) we decided not to go so crazy with gift-buying. I’ve purchased 2-3 small things for under the tree, and we plan on having a family day after Christmas and go on a shopping spree to let everyone choose what they want and make a day of it with lunch out, and just enjoy each other instead of hanging out with a Homicidal cashier.

LDSWBR: If you could find one book under the tree this year, what would it be?

KIMBERLEY: An autographed copy of The Book of Mormon. Wouldn’t that be awesome! Nephi’s signature, Mormon’s, Moroni, Alma, Wow! I love that book and it makes me cry nearly every time I read it, the words and spirit are so powerful.

On a more realistic note, this is actually very hard to answer. Lately, I just buy every book I want to read because I don’t want to wait for them – and I want to support other authors!

LDSWBR: What is your favorite childhood Christmas memory?

KIMBERLEY: I’ve always loved Christmas Eve, both as a kid and as an adult. Growing up in San Francisco, it was the night all my cousins and aunts and uncles came over to our house and we talked and talked and read/acted out the Christmas story from Luke and the Book of Mormon and sang all the Christmas carols and ate desserts until we popped. We also got new pajamas!

Now, living in New Mexico, my husband and I adopted the lovely Southwestern tradition of Lighting the Way for the Christ Child by setting up hundreds of sand-filled bags with candles called luminarias. Our entire neighborhood glows spectacularly all night long. There are luminarias on the rooftops and fences, along the road and driveways. After our New Mexican dinner of tamales and bean dip and Spanish rice and sopapillas, we bundle up in warm coats and walk among the luminarias in the chilly night air and go caroling to the neighbors. We usually have the missionaries (sisters this year!) over for dinner and festivities, too. It’s probably my very favorite night of the whole year. I could stand at the living room windows and gaze out at the luminarias for hours. And I do!

LDSWBR: A few things under the tree and a shopping spree after Christmas is genius! All of those luminarias would be beautiful to see. Thank you, Kimberley. Merry Christmas!

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Buy Circle of Secrets by Kimberley Griffiths Little

AMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE

Watch the Circle of Secrets book trailer.

Watch The Healing Spell book trailer.

Have you ever decorated for the holidays using luminaries? If so, did you make them or buy them?

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***If you haven’t read the contest rules and info, read them here.***

 

Book prizes donated by their authors:

  • Winners choice of  Divinely Designed, Luck of the Draw, or Minor Adjustments by Rachael Renee Anderson
  • Winner’s choice of Secret Sisters, Dearly Departed, or Hang ’em High by Tristi Pinkston
  • Montana Summer by Jeanette Miller
  • Ribbon of Darkness by Julie Coulter Bellon
  • Not My Type by Melanie Jacobson
  • Cinder & Ella by Melissa Lemon (ebook)
  • Pride & Popularity by Jenni James
  • The Kissing Tree by Prudence Bice
  • Rearview Mirror by Stephanie Black (paperback or Kindle)
  • The Next Door Boys by Jolene B. Perry
  • Winner’s choice of one of the books in the Sadie Hoffmiller Culinary Mystery Series by Josi S. Kilpack (including Banana Split which will be released in February 2012)
  • Seeking Persephone by Sarah M. Eden
  • Obsession by Traci Hunter Abramson
  • Circle of Secrets by Kimberley Griffiths Little (autographed hardcover!)
  • Indelible by Lani Woodland and a swag bag!
  • Identity by Betsy Love
  • The Hainan Incident by D.M. Coffman (autographed copy)
  • Count Down to Love by Julie N. Ford
  • Geek Girl by Cindy C. Bennett
  • The Breakup Artist by Shannen Crane Camp
  • Seers by Heather Frost
Don’t forget to comment! Merry Christmas and happy reading!