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New Children’s Book: “The Treehouse” Gets High Marks!

The Treehouse

By Sophia Bella Errico

Publisher: Bowker (June 2023)

Genre: Children’s Fiction (Ages 7 to 11)

Pages: 154

Note: We received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Remember that jerk in elementary school whose favorite indoor sport was Making Your Life Miserable? Who made picking on you and bullying you his/her favorite past-time?

Mom does. His name was David J. Yes, Mom remembers his last name. We’re intentionally omitting that. Cuz even though this was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, some jerks you never forget. 

Well. Children’s author Sophia Errico has come up with a great new book that addresses the topic of bullying in a fresh and meaningful new way. This eminently engaging and clever children’s book is called The Treehouse.

Mom wants to know where it was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth. I, Kimber, want to know if I can bite David J. the Jerk retroactively? Cuz nobody messes with Mom on my watch! (Mom says No. She’s just funny that way.)

Wait. Where was I? Oh yeah. The Treehouse. Climb in for more and let’s get started. Like this:

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Now Accepting New Review Requests

Mom and I are pleased to announce that the review request queue officially re-opens  TODAY. 

That being said, kindly note that we accept less than half of the review requests that come our way. And please note our submission guidelines. You’d be surprised at how many people blow their review chances by not bothering to read our submission guidelines. Skip that step, Buttercup, and you’ve just increased the chances of a rejection by a factor of ten. Maybe more.

Cuz guess what? When it comes to our submission guidelines, we’re sticklers. And we always know who has and hasn’t read our submission guidelines. Always. So don’t even go there on the latter, okay?

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