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Cookie Thief and Elephant Blue among suggested books to give through Kabuki Helps and Toys for Tots

Kabuki Helps has joined with the United States Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program to promote the gift of reading for children in need. Frances Gilbert’s books can be purchased on the Kabuki Helps website for shopping to the Toys for Tots program.  Just go to www.kabukihelps.com   and use code Toy$TotsB to receive a 10 percent discount on purchases.

Kabuki Helps is a community of parents and teachers committed to making learning fun, has joined the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Literacy Program to help put books in the hands of children most in need.

“The gift of a book this holiday season can make a huge difference for a child’s future,” said Lisa Hayes, founder of Kabuki Helps. “Literacy opens doors and can help break the cycle of poverty.”

To encourage donations, Kabuki Helps will pay for shipping to Toys for Tots on items purchased through its website for the Literacy Program. Books on the site are appropriate for children in Grades K-5. All are educational, as well as fun, helping children develop basic skills in math and reading.  Shoppers also can support Toys for Tots when they purchase books as gifts for family and friends.  Ten percent of every purchase from Kabuki Helps goes to support a charity of the shopper’s choice.

Suggested books for the Literacy Program include:

·       Varun’s Quest, an engaging adventure for children in grades 3-4 that teaches them to think like scientists as they solve a mystery about the plants and animals.

·       The Cookie Thief, by Frances Gilbert, a clever story about honesty, geared to early readers and pre-readers

·       Elephant Blue, a book of children’s poetry that will be appreciated by children through age 10.

Read the whole article:

http://branford.patch.com/groups/announcements/p/give-the-gift-of-reading-to-disadvantaged-children-this-holiday

Kabuki Helps has just listed Frances Gilbert books on their site. Kabuki Helps sells books, games and educational material in support of any registered charity or school.   If you are interested in supporting supporting your local school or a particular charity buy through them!  https://www.kabukihelps.com/

 

 

IndieTribe editor Charlie Bray chats with Frances Gilbert.   Read the interview on The Indie Tribe

 

 

The Cookie Thief  just received a very nice review up on The Reading Tub  –  Read the review 

 

 

The IndieTribe , an independent books website based in the UK, gave “She Should Have Come For Me” a great review:

“She Should Have Come For Me  is a brilliant, twenty three page novella which you will find extremely difficult, if not impossible, to put down.It is exceptionally well written and is concerned with the closed door relationship between two adults and their two dogs. It is a very unusual psychological thriller that has the reader clinging to every word of the narration….  Read the entire review on theindietribe.com

IndieTribe, a UK-based independent book resource, has included France Gilbert’s “Where is She Now” in the Top 10 Indie reads for Summer. Check out the review and other Indie reads! Ten Indie Books for Summer

Set in the UK, “Where is She Now” is a satisfying read, rich in detail and description with a surprise ending.

Frances Gilbert has been called a master writer (Ina Chadwick in Connecticut Muse – Winter 2009 )
and Nina Sankovitch (readallday.org 2010) put this book in her favorite mysteries category and said it is a stunning psychological thriller, a wonderful novel that left her “gasping and roiling, breathless and blown away.”