Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs

Hello, friends!

I hope you enjoyed your Summer and your kids are enjoying being back in school!

To kick off the new school year, I’ve teamed up with Scholastic to introduce to you this super fun new children’s book by Eric Litwin and Tom Lichtenheld – GROOVY JOE: ICE CREAM AND DINOSAURS!

We have been huge fans of Eric Litwin since Pete the Cat! I don’t know if you remember my son’s 4th Pete the Cat Birthday Party?

Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs is such a cool book! My kids are completely addicted to it already! Every day we read it together and then we play the song over and over. They love getting their sillies out!

If you are familiar with Eric’s style, you know he always brings stories to life through music. Too fun! And Groovy Joe is no different. A book filled with beautiful illustrations (absolutely eye-catching and extraordinary) by Tom Lichtenheld. The book sends a positive message by encouraging the kids to be kind to others “It’s awesome to share!”

The party girl in me thinks this book is a wonderful inspiration for birthday parties! *wink *wink

Read more below about this fun book!

GROOVY JOE: ICE CREAM AND DINOSAURS

By Eric Litwin and Tom Lichtenheld

Release: August 30, 2016

Ages: 3-6

SYNOPSIS

Meet Groovy Joe, a fun-lovin’, guitar-strummin’, doggy-ice-cream-eatin’ pup as he wrangles three hungry dinosaurs and soon has them singing, grooving, and sharing! Groovy Joe was living the dream. He had a spoon and tub of doggy ice cream. And he started to sing: Love my doggy ice cream! Love my doggy ice cream!
Eric Litwin, author of the bestselling and beloved Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, and bestselling artist Tom Lichtenheld, illustrator of Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site, have created a captivating new canine character who will groove his way into readers’ hearts and have them grooving and giggling all the while. In his debut adventure, Groovy Joe faces three roaring dinosaurs hungry for his doggy ice cream! Oh no! But Joe knows just what to do and soon enough he has them all sharing while moving and singing along.

Signature rhyme, repetition, and musical writing style, combined with wild and witty illustrations, come together to create an unforgettable new character who embodies positivity, creativity, and kindness. Groovy Joe is here, ready to get groovy!
Visit the website to hear the free downloadable musical performance of this rocking story in English and Spanish. While you’re there, check out “The Groovy Dance,” Joe’s very own disco doggy dance track!”
Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs is the first book in a series about the fun-lovin’ and guitar-strummin’ pup. Catch the next Joe story, Disco Party Bow Wow, in Fall 2017!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eric Litwin is a #1 New York Times bestselling author who merges music and early literacy together. He is the author of the first four Pete the Cat picture books and the exciting new musical series The Nuts. Eric’s books have sold more than 6.5 million copies and won eighteen state and national awards, including a Theodor Geisel Seuss Honor Award. Eric is a popular performing artist who plays guitar, sings, tells stories, and brings books to life. Visit him at ericlitwin.com.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR

Tom Lichtenheld is the illustrator of the New York Times bestsellers Duck! Rabbit!; Exclamation Mark; Steam Train, Dream Train; Shark vs. Train; and Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site, which has been on the bestseller list for over three years. He has also written and illustrated a number of books, including What Are You So Grumpy About, Cloudette, and E-mergency, a Publishers Weekly and Boston Globe Best Book of 2011. For more information, visit him at tomlichtenheld.com.

We just recently put together a Reading Corner at our house and we happily added Groovy Joe to our bookshelf! We would love you to do the same! For that reason, Scholastic is giving away not only one copy of Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs, but also two other fun items to one lucky winner!