Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

Saltwater taffy bookADVENTURE BOOK FOR KIDS

Eric DelaBarre’s Saltwater Taffy is an award-winning adventure book for kids and is available wherever books and eBooks are sold.  Endorsed by 12 Teachers of the Year, Saltwater Taffy is set during the 4th of July weekend and follows the lives of five “tweenage” friends as they uncover a treasure map leading to the Lost Treasure of Jean Lafitte.  The discovery thrusts them from one treasure hunting adventure to the next as they try to out-wit, out-think and out-maneuver everyone from a one-legged junk yard man and an overbearing town bully, to the creepy old man living at the top of the hill.  

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in adventure books for kids, Books for kids, Children's Books, Eric DelaBarre, Middle Grade Reading, Reading for Boys | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

SUMMER READING

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

summer readingSet during the 4th of July weekend and perfect for summer reading, Saltwater Taffy follows the lives of five ‘tween-age’ friends as they embark on an epic journey of treasure hunting adventure and self-discovery.

“A perfect read for the summer.  A wonderful, fun-filled adventure for all ages.”

Sharon Andrews
Teacher of the Year

The adventure begins when the friends find a treasure map belonging to the great New Orleans pirate, Jean Lafitte.  The discovery thrusts them from one treasure-hunting Continue reading →

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in adventure books for kids, Books for kids, creative children, Saltwater Taffy book, summer reading | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

THE POWER OF THOUGHT: All Hacks Off The Stage

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

Saltwater Taffy

The power of thought continues to be a paradox.  While we have more people realizing, celebrating and sharing the power of thought, we are failing to master the concept.

If we can agree, for even a brief second, that our ‘thoughts are energy,’ why would anyone deny their greatness by choosing runaway thoughts of fear, doubt and worry?  Why would we even entertain a thought that makes us feel less than the whole person we deserve to be?

Continue reading →

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in adventure books for kids, bad habit thinking, The Power of Thought | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

Cootie Card

For all the people of Boston, we send you this note of love.  We support and love you.  As I sit in my office in Santa Monica, I am not sure what drives a person to do these acts of terror, but I know this…things like this are acts of mad men.

This makes me wonder about our culture and how we respond to acts of terror.  Why does it take something like this to happen…something like Sandy Hook…and the Colorado Theater shooting for us to come together?  After 911 happened, people went about their lives with more of a focus towards love.  Why can’t we focus on love for one another without the act of terror to drive us there?

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in Boston | Tagged | Leave a comment

WISDOM FOR KIDS

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

Saltwater Taffy

Saltwater Taffy offers everyday wisdom for kids.  The book is a different kind of children’s book in that it not only entertains the young reader with an epic treasure hunting adventure, but it teaches them along the way. Now endorsed by 12 Teachers around the country, Saltwater Taffy is an Accelerated Reader title, a children’s book club favorite, an award-winning children’s book which is about to become a major motion picture for the entire family.

 

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in books for children, Books for kids, Children's Books | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

ADVICE FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

ADVICE FOR KIDS

While this might seem like simple advice for kids of all ages, I believe it can be an ideal we all can live by.  As the world continues to quicken at an alarming pace, we must always remember that the friendships we have today are the memories we’ll cherish tomorrow.

Going a bit further with this thought, I believe the only thing that matters in life is how deeply we can not only FEEL and accept our feelings of love for ourselves and others, but how deeply we can open up and share those feelings with the rest of the world…no matter who they are. Continue reading →

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in Author Visits, books for children, Middle School Confidence | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

SUNSHINE STATE READING LIST

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

Sunshine State Reading ListSUNSHINE STATE READING LIST

Please suggest SALTWATER TAFFY to the Sunshine Reader list.  After visiting Water’s Edge Elementary School in Boca Raton Florida, we were flooded with emails asking if Saltwater Taffy is a Sunshine Reader title.

I knew we were an Accelerated Reader title, but I hadn’t heard of the Sunshine Readers List.  In order to get onto the list, we need to be suggested to the committee.  As with everything concerning Saltwater Taffy, all we have to do is raise awareness surrounding the book and the rest takes care of itself.

So, with that…please take literally two seconds and CLICK HERE and write:  Saltwater Taffy by Eric DelaBarre, then check the 4 boxes to let them know we are in North America, the book is publishes after 2010, etc.  You don’t have to leave your email address or phone number or anything…all the want you to do is tell them about a new book.  Tell them about the SAWEET adventure novel Saltwater Taffy and we’ll be your friends for life!

We thank you for your continued support in making Saltwater Taffy an international best selling Children’s book.

 

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in Book Marketing, Children's Books, Sunshine Reader List | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

LIT JAM Susanville

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

Author visitsLIT JAM Susanville

2013 Lit Jam Susanville was yet another amazing author visit for Saltwater Taffy.  We sold out every book they hand in the Lit Jam bookstore as well as 2 additional boxes of special orders.

With over 500 kids and parents in attendance for the main event, LIT JAM Susanville was a huge success for Lassen County’s Education Department.  James D. Hall was an amazing leader and an inspiration to the kids in his district.

DSC_0042_7After 3 different all school assemblies in two days, I have to admit I was beginning to run on empty, but when you have a mic, 500 kids and your book the center of attention, you find the energy to carry on.  I am looking forward to a return to Lassen County as other elementary schools in the area have requested a Saltwater Taffy visit.  Yes, this is a good problem to have on the road to becoming a best selling children’s book.  I have been on the road for over two years, touring with Saltwater Taffy and I have to admit, this recent trip to the LIT JAM Susanville has to be one of my favorite stops of all.  The kids, teachers, and parents were amazing!

DSC_0041_7          Lit Jam Susanville

 

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in Author Visits, Lit Jam Authors, Literary Festival, Writing Children's Books | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

AUTHOR VISITS TO SCHOOLS

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

AUTHOR VISITS TO SCHOOLS

The author visits to schools continue as we were in front of 575 kids in the last two days in Susanville, California.  We’re in town for the Lassen County LIT JAM Festival and have a total of 4 school visits in three days!  Talk about a working author.  Two more assemblies to go then it’s the Lassen County Lit Jam Festival at Diamond View Elementary School.  You can order Saltwater Taffy from your local bookstore, Amazon, Barnes & Noble or right here on Saltwater Taffy’s website.  The cool thing about ordering from the website is that Eric DelaBarre will personally sign your copy of the award-winning adventure novel, Saltwater Taffy.

DSC_0017 DSC_0023 DSC_0040 DSC_0067 DSC_0074 DSC_0081 DSC_0083 Author visits to schools DSC_0077_3 DSC_0066_4 DSC_0060_4 DSC_0053_4 DSC_0036_4 DSC_0025_4 author visits to schools author visits to schools

If your school would like to book Eric DelaBarre for school assemblies, Lit Jams, or anything to do with child literacy, please contact Riley Scott seven “AT” sevenpublishing DOT com.

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in Author Visits, Author Visits to schools, Book Tour, books for children, Children's Book Festivals | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

THE MOST AMAZING LETTER EVER

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

THE MOST AMAZING LETTER EVER

I just received the most amazing letter ever.  As an independent children’s book author, this is the kind of letter that makes all those moments of frustration of being a ‘little fish in a big publishing pond’ worth it.  This is the kind of letter that makes an author, a father, a husband, and a ‘I WILL NEVER QUIT’ publisher smile as big as the sun!  

I used to say to myself that if one child believed in themselves more than they did the day before I arrived, then my trip and all the money that goes into it was worth it.  To see that the message was loved by the entire school, well…these kids just made my decade!

This is the reason that I know our long journey of making Saltwater Taffy into a movie is not only a dream, but a necessity.  Children need inspiration and the motivation to believe in themselves now more than ever.  The fast food mentality of the world we now live in is teaching our kids to think the only things in life that matter are what kind of shoes you wear, what label of clothing you have, or what kind of car you drive makes you WHO you are.  They do not.  The thoughts we have about ourselves and our own opinions of ourselves make up WHO and WHAT we are.

Saltwater Taffy is dispelling the myths of fitting in and the pursuit of ‘being popular’ and inspiring young minds across the country!

Here is the most amazing letter ever!

Saltwater Taffy letter

 

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in adventure books for kids, Book Tour, Books for kids, Children's Books | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

HOW TO BE HAPPY

Posted on by Eric DelaBarre

Saltwater TaffyHOW TO BE HAPPY: A Daily Practice for Tweens

Yes, I believe there is an art form to How To Be Happy.  It’s called watching What you think…How you think…and from Where you think.  As a children’s book author, I feel that it is my duty to teach children the joy of reading, but also how to be happy…now…and in the future.

Continue reading →

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS
  • Digg
Posted in adventure books for kids, Children's Books, How to be happy, Kids books | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment