Book Spotlight: A Reel Cool Summer
The Children’s Book Review
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)!
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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.
25 Comments
Very exciting!!
Reely looking forward to reading it!
Can’t wait to read!
Can’t wait for my sister to read to me!
I have such a cool babysitter – I think she’ll read it to us!
What a wonderful book!
This looks like a very cute book.
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I remember seeing that movie you guys made. I cannot believe there is a book now!
Hemingway, Poe, Rodriguez, Steinbeck!
Can’t wait to reel it in from our mail carrier!
Congrats to the Mother/Son Team! How wonderful to do something together like that. All the best!!
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!
thanks for the chance to win
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It sounds like such a fun, interesting story. I’d love to share it with my son!
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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!!!
The topic of your book sounds like a fun one that all children (and parents) can relate to. Congratulations!!!
This book sounds like kids would really love it – and parents could probably learn something too!
sounds like a great book and lots of boy appeal too..
would love a chance 2 read
Oh …. this looks so cute!
And signed too!
Great giveaway!
thanks for a chance to win
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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
sent you info thanks
Congratulations Staci, Liza and appleblossom for winning the giveaway! Your books are on their way! Enjoy!
Martha