I
am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the DREAM IT & DO IT by Holly A. Sharp Blog
Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the
giveaway!
About
The Book:
Author: Holly A.
Sharp
Pub. Date: November
12, 2020
Publisher: Holly A.
Sharp
Formats: Hardcover,
eBook
Pages: 216
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Holly's
Store
Read for FREE on Kindle Unlimited!
Welcome to the world of real possibility! Our best-selling children’s book is packed with adventure, inspiration, and interests that will get your 4th and 5th grade child ready to take on the world. Written for both boys and girls, our bedtime stories style role-model book will introduce your kids to the gamechangers in the world that they want to emulate as they get older.
This must-have real-life adventure book will introduce your child to over 100 different career possibilities and interests through 100 real-life role-models. Each story will showcase different careers, professions, struggles, and challenges, covering business, art, math, science, and technology. These real stories about real people and the adversity they faced (racism, sexism, homophobia) will show your child that they can persevere no matter what they believe.
As a hands-on and immersive kind of bedtime book that will motivate your child to be a trailblazer, we’ve included an activity with each story that will help spark your child’s innate interests. All you need to do is sit back, read the stories out loud with your kids, and watch their eyes light up in wonder and awe.
Hardcover available on author's website.
Also available in smaller volumes
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“Dream It & Do It by Holly Sharp is a
perfect book for young kids who want to find their place in this world and what
they would like to be when they are older”- Readers Favorite 5 Star Review
"I am thrilled to share my story about the power of science. The journey to discovery itself is so interesting, but then to witness how it can improve people's lives is a thrill beyond description. Holly Sharp has done such a beautiful service to society in inspiring children to work hard and follow their passions.”- Jean Bennett (geneticist helping reverse blindness)
“Your work is very very important for kids. There is no wonder that you received a pre-launch 5 star review from "Readers’ Favorite"– Majd Mashharawi (Founder of Materials Engineering Startup)
“This helps children to create their own serendipity”–Gianna Gaudinin (Google event planner)
"Reading is for everyone and can help you achieve your own dream it and do it dreams--whatever they might be!"- Dawn Wacek librarian featured on Ted Talk®
"I believe that young girls need to see role models in all professions, and young boys need to see women in these roles as well. While growing up, I wish I had the advice and vision this book offers to young people"- Rochelle Jones (one of FDNY’s first female firefighters)
Excerpt:
Dream of Writing Books
Like
Jacqueline Woodson
Writers have
a super power. They can do something that no one else can. They can transport
you from a cozy chair in your living room to far off worlds. They can introduce
you to people so real, you feel as though you have always known them.
Jacqueline
understood this power at a young age. She would tell her friends “story-lies”
and watch their faces light up because they believed her tales. The power of
storytelling took over her life and she would write stories all over the place.
Sometimes, grownups wouldn’t appreciate the places she chose to document her
stories, like the side of a building. But this didn’t stop her. She kept on
writing.
When she was
in elementary school she started submitting the stories that she wrote. She won
an award for one of the first stories she shared. That is when she realized
that while lies told out loud get you in trouble, lies told on paper win you
awards. Make-believe is acceptable when they’re written storytelling.
Jacqueline
kept reading and writing as she grew. Her first book was about the friendship
of two eleven-year-old girls and the struggle of growing up. Someone heard her
story at a public reading and loved it so much that they helped her to sell it.
As a writer,
Jacqueline wants her writing to help people have conversations about the world.
She uses her super power to help people feel less alone. Her stories are about
situations that people experience but have a hard time talking about.
One book
called The Day You Begin is about being new and different. People, especially
young people, feel different for lots of reasons. Because people are different
from each other, there will always be something that makes us feel like we
don’t belong. Jacqueline uses her story to make people who feel different
realize that many people feel this way. She reflects on the lessons of her own
life and encourages readers to “tell your story” and to help others understand
you better. This will help you feel a little less different.
Jacqueline
writes books for people of all ages with the goal of using her stories and
characters to help make the world a more open and understanding place. She
says, “Books give people a place to go to begin a conversation. Books help us
to get us to talk and take the fear out of hard conversations.”
Jacqueline
believes that good writing starts with a lot of reading. She credits her love
of writing to the hours she would spend in her room reading, even when she
could hear the laughter of her friends playing outside in the street. If you
think writing books could be a career that you are interested in, push yourself
to read as many different types of books as possible. Ask your teacher or
librarian for advice on advanced books that will introduce you to topics, like the
ones in Jacqueline’s books, that make you think and have challenging
conversations.
About Holly:
Sharp spent the bulk of her
career in new product development—dreaming up intuitive ideas from how to kill
bugs to new ice cream forms to hit grocery shelves. A self-proclaimed
problem-solver, she loves to think about the things that the world needs and
figuring out how to make those things come to life. “Knowing in high school
what I wanted to do with my life set me up for the right path. I wanted the
same for my child and searched for books to guide her, but came up short,”
Sharp said. “That’s when I thought, ‘why not write the book for my child that
she needs and that will also help others?”
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Giveaway
Details:
1 winner will win a signed
copy of the DREAM IT & DO IT, US Only.
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I'd like to share this book with my niece.
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