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Daniel, Joy, and Kimani appear on a beach and see a mysterious tower in the distance, but to reach the tower in time, they must work together and build a cart for speed with the materials they have on hand.
About the author
Sharon Estroff is the founder and creator of Challenge
Island, a STEAM program created for children’s education and enrichment to
teach twenty-first-century skills through project-based learning. Sharon is
also an author and an award-winning elementary school teacher, parenting and
education expert, speaker, and freelance writer with work published in numerous
publications, including Scholastic, Parent and
Child, Woman’s Day, and Good
Housekeeping. She continues her passion in children’s education by
running the Challenge Island program from her home in Atlanta, Georgia.
Joel Ross is an award-winning author of both
children’s and adult books. He has received the Cybils Award among other
honors, and was also named to the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List. Joel
lives in Santa Barbara, California.
Mónica de Rivas is a children’s book illustrator who has
published her work internationally, from Europe to North America to Asia. Ever
since she was a young girl, she loved drawing, reading, and writing stories.
She studied illustration at the School of Art and Design San Telmo, Malaga, and
specializes in digital illustration. Mónica currently lives in Spain.
Summary
Sail across sand
dunes and streams on a handmade boat in Book 3 of the Challenge Island
series!
Finding themselves
transported to a magical island once again, Daniel, Joy, and Kimani emerge from
a mysterious cave to see blue waters—they’re by the beach! And in the near
distance, across large sand dunes and up a hill, stands a familiar tall tower.
There, the pirate Captain Wei awaits with all the answers to their questions…
if they ever reach the tower in time.
Using items stashed
around the cave, the friends must build themselves a blowcart and use wind
power to sail across the bumpy beach. But how do they make a cart fast and
sturdy enough to carry the three of them? See what surprises are in store for
the three friends in this new Challenge Island adventure!
Included at the back of
the book are cool facts about real sea pirates and ships, plus fun STEAM
activities you can do at home, like how to build your own blowcart and make
pirate treasure slime.
From the world’s #1 STEAM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) program and education enrichment
program, Challenge Island® presents an exciting new adventure for smart, curious
kids. This is Book 3 in the Challenge Island series.
Foreword
AWARDS: submit for STEM/STEAM book awards, i.e. CBC’s Best STEM Book Awards, Mathical Awards
ADVERTISING: social ads/AMS ads to drive preorders
EVENTS: nationwide events at bookstores and libraries to celebrate book launch in conjunction with National STEM Day 11/8, hosted by local franchisees
REVIEWS: review outreach to children’s/MG book media, including trades, blogs, bookstagrammers, parenting/family media
ONLINE: promotion on ~100 of franchise social media channels and local news media coverage of Challenge Island events
PROMOTION: DRC via Edelweiss; giveaways on Goodreads and LibraryThing
TRADESHOWS: giveaways/features at ALA
