GIVEAWAY
Enter for a chance to win one of ten autographed copies of Elijah Goes to Cleveland—5 books will have a gift card to one of the following places: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Museum of Art, West Side Market, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Karamu House!
Five (5) winners receive:
A signed copy of Elijah Goes to Cleveland
A gift card to one of the following places: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland Museum of Art, West Side Market, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, or Karamu House!
Five (5) winners receive:
A signed copy of Elijah Goes to Cleveland
ABOUT THE BOOK
Written by Mark Darden
Illustrated by Anh Bui
Ages 4+ | 32 Pages
Publisher: Buckeye Muscle Media | 9871736703007
Publisher’s Synopsis: Elijah is in Cleveland visiting his grandparents when he finds out that his favorite music band will be performing at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The tickets are free, but there is a catch: You have to do a scavenger hunt to find band members at various landmarks throughout Cleveland. With the help of his grandparents, will Elijah be able to secure tickets to see his favorite band perform? Pick up a copy of Elijah Goes to Cleveland to find out.
PURCHASE LINK
https://buckeyemuscle.com/
Mark Darden is an author, sports travel blogger, and Chief Content Creator for Buckeye Muscle Media, LLC. Since 2017, Mark has documented his sports travel adventures on his blog, buckeyemuscle.com. Originally from Cleveland, Mark’s first book is IT’S GAME TIME FOLKS!: Quest for 30, a travelogue of his journey visiting all 30 MLB ballparks during the 2017 season. He is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).
For more information, visit https://buckeyemuscle.com.
MY REVIEW
While visiting with his grandparents in Cleveland, Elijah learns that his favorite band is giving away free tickets to their concert at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. His family helps him decipher the clues and visit each of the locations that the band posts in their scavenger hunt, but they always seem to arrive just a little too late. Will his perseverance pay off? Stories that show intergenerational affection within families are always fun to share. I appreciate the supportive relationship between Elijah and his grandparents. They take a day out of their visit to drive him around town searching for the band and helping him decipher the clues. They demonstrate pride in their city and what it has to offer, but they are also patient with Elijah's determination to win the concert tickets. Elijah's adventure with his grandparents gives him the chance to enjoy a concert by his favorite band and also introduces him to some of the famous sites within the city of Cleveland. Readers will learn along with Elijah as his grandparents share facts about the sites they visit. Details of Cleveland's history from its founding in 1796 to the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 are written into the story. More information about each location is included in the back matter along with URLs to visit their websites and the site for the city itself. Our school district participates in a yearly One Book Blitz in which each student in grades K-5 reads the same book. One of the activities planned around the Blitz is a scavenger hunt around town; small businesses have a plush character from the book hidden on their premises and families visit to find it and get their scavenger cards punched. As much fun as the kids have looking for Wilbur or Stuart Little, I can imagine they would also enjoy visiting historic buildings and learning a bit of local history the way Elijah does. Perhaps older students could create the hunt as part of a social studies project and share it with the lower grades. It could even be done as an online hunt or a digital escape room. Reading about Elijah could inspire a lot of history hunters.
TOUR SCHEDULE
The Fairview Review is participating in the blog tour in partnership with The Children’s Book Review and Mark Darden.
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