Close Menu
    Subscribe

    A Reel Cool Summer | Book Spotlight

    Bianca SchulzeBy 2 Mins Read Ages 4-8 Picture Books
    A Reel Cool Summer Book Spotlight

    Book Spotlight: A Reel Cool Summer
    The Children’s Book Review

     

    A Reel Cool Summer: cover

    A Reel Cool Summer

    Written by Martha Rodriguez

    Illustrated by Joey Rodriguez

    Ages 5-9 | 32 Pages

    Publisher: Martha Rodriguez (December 20, 2011)

    What to Expect: Adventure

    A Reel Cool Summer has all the ingredients for a great movie adventure: It’s the hottest, most boring day of summer vacation! It’s so hot and boring, it feels like you’re in a mall that’s made of really, really hot lava! Confused? That’s okay. It will all make sense once you meet Joey, Danny and Jacqui. Will the three siblings find a way to cool down? Can they turn this boring day around? Will aliens take over the world? Wait. What? A Reel Cool Summer has all the ingredients for a great movie adventure: a pirate, a princess, a prize and a pig (well, two pigs. well, actually, two guinea pigs)!

    Buy the Book

    Amazon
    About the Author

    Martha Rodriguez is a wife and mother of three. Like most moms, she has had many years of experience answering the question, “We’re bored, what can we do?” One answer to that question brought about the true story behind A Reel Cool Summer, a wacky and colorful book about three kids using their imagination and creativity to turn a boring, hot day into a real, or reel, cool one! This is Martha’s first children’s picture book. She created her own publishing company, Read To Me Publishing, LLC and is working on a second book featuring the three siblings. Her son, Joey, who is the real Joey in the story, created the bright and colorful illustrations for the book. She has been a volunteer Adult Literacy Tutor with Literacy Volunteers of Leon County (Tallahassee, FL) and served as a member of its Board of Directors from 2008-2011. Martha was born in Havana, Cuba and emigrated to the United States, with her parents, at the age of three.

    Martha Rodriguez: author head-shot

    What to Read Next:

    1. LaRue Across America: Postcards From the Vacation | Book Spotlight
    2. Mr. Biggs in the City, by Kevin Bloomfield | Book Spotlight
    3. A Captain No Beard Story: Strangers on the High Seas | Book Spotlight
    4. The Treasure of Snake Island: A Captain No Beard Story | Dedicated Review

    *Disclosure: Please note that this post may contain affiliate links that share some commission. Rest assured that these will not affect the cost of any products and services promoted here. Our team always provides their authentic opinion in all content published on this site.

    Share.

    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

    25 Comments

    11. Clare Pagliettini on

      Congrats to the Mother/Son Team! How wonderful to do something together like that. All the best!!

      Reply
    12. Sharon Martin on

      I know the mother of this mother/son team and am very excited for her! She is a very talented and energetic woman, and a strong advocate for literacy, so I’m not surprised to see that she has now tried her hand at writing a children’s book. I also know that her son is a talented artist and this must be very exciting for him as well. I can’t wait to read the book! Congratulations Martha & Joey!

      Reply

    15. Pingback: Martha Rodriguez | Independent Authors & Writers

    16. Terri Doxsee on

      This book sounds like a fun one to read to my third graders. Would be a great pre-write activity to get the students thinking about how they spent their summer and then to share in writing activity.

      Hi Martha! How exciting for you! Thank you for sharing:-)
      Our girls sure have grown up, haven’t they! Senior year, here we come!!!

      Reply
    17. Kim Basford on

      The topic of your book sounds like a fun one that all children (and parents) can relate to. Congratulations!!!

      Reply
    18. Sally Spratt on

      This book sounds like kids would really love it – and parents could probably learn something too!

      Reply
    23. Bianca Schulze on

      Congratulations to these three lucky winners:

      Skye Salzer: What a wonderful book!

      Staci A: It sounds like such a fun, interesting story. I’d love to share it with my son!

      Liza767: would love a chance 2 read

      Keep an eye out for your winning e-mail notification!

      Alternate winner drawn on August 15:
      apple blossom: thanks for the chance to win

      Reply
    24. Martha Rodriguez on

      Congratulations Staci, Liza and appleblossom for winning the giveaway! Your books are on their way! Enjoy!

      Martha

      Reply
    Leave A Reply

    This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.