book trailers – Heise Reads & Recommends

Book Trailer Premiere: SHORT & SWEET (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast book 4) & #classroombookaday Recommendation List from Josh Funk

Jillian Heise — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:30:00 +0000

Josh Funk has been a huge supporter of #classroombookaday since the early days, and the Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast books are popular with those participating. And now there is a 4th book coming in the series! I’m honored to host the premiere of the book trailer for SHORT & SWEET today!

Take a peek and then scroll down below as Josh shares a list of his picture book recommendations for #classroombookaday read alouds!

Here are three weeks worth of #ClassroomBookADay picks from Josh Funk:

ALFIE by Thyra Heder

For those who think they see all the endings coming … I didn’t.

MAGIC RAMEN by Andrea Want and Kana Urbanowicz

For those who like to (or are afraid to) experiment with food.

THE BREAKING NEWS by Sarah Lynne Reul

For those days when your community really needs it.

OGILVY by Deborah Underwood and by T.L. McBeth

For those who like sweaters or dresses or sweaterdresses.

CHICKS RULE! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and Renée Kurilla

For those who like to have their peeps heard!

THE REMEMBER BALLOONS by Jessie Oliveros and Dana Wulfekotte

For those who like their picture books with heaps of emotion.

IVER & ELLSWORTH by Casey W. Robinson and Melissa Larson

For those who like neverending friendships.

COUNTING BIRDS by Heidi E. Y. Stemple and Clover Robin

For those who want to protect all the animals.

THE OLDEST STUDENT by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora

For those never want to stop learning.

THE AIRPORT BOOK by Lisa Brown

For those who see magic in the everyday.

DRAGONS RULE, PRINCESSES DROOL! by Courtney Pippin Mathur

For those opposites who attact.

YOUR FIRST DAY OF CIRCUS SCHOOL by Tara Lazar and Melissa Crowton

For those who are nervous about starting school (but aren’t afraid of clowns).

BALLETBALL by Erin Dionne and Gillian Flint

For those who aren’t quite sure they’re excited for opening day.

LOVE, Z by Jessie Sima

For love.

BOATS FOR PAPA by Jessixa Bagley

For everyone.

Book Trailer Thursday: THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Steifvater

Jillian Heise — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:10:00 +0000

My fabulous teacher friend, Sarah, at Y.A. Love Blog does a Book Trailer Thursday feature every week to help introduce her students to new books coming out. Now, I’m not doing it every week with her, but this week I’m so excited about the beautiful trailer for THE RAVEN BOYS by Maggie Stiefvater (one of my favorite authors-I would read anything she writes), from her new (four book!) series coming out this fall, that I had to join in the Book Trailer Thursday fun.

Enjoy! I can’t wait for this one to hit the shelves!

Book Trailer: THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER

Jillian Heise — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:05:00 +0000

I know you’re all very aware of my love for THE UNBECOMING OF MARA DYER by the fabulous debut author, Michelle Hodkin, and now I have this to share with you: the very cool book trailer put out by MTV Crush today. Enjoy and have a great weekend!

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http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/694215/the-unbecoming-of-mara-dyer-book-trailer.jhtml

Oh, and stop back on Monday for the final installment of Mara Mondays for my interview with Michelle! By the way, don’t forget to go buy your own copy of Mara on Tuesday!!!

Book Trailer: THE SCORPIO RACES by Maggie Stiefvater

Jillian Heise — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:40:00 +0000

One of my most anticipated books for the fall is Maggie Stiefvater’s new standalone novel (which she calls the most her book she’s written!) THE SCORPIO RACES. The story sounds awesome and I have no doubt her beautifully lyrical writing style will be unmatched yet again. You can link to the trailer Maggie herself created for her newest book here.

And, if you want to pre-order a signed, doodled in copy of THE SCORPIO RACES, you can do so here: http://www.fountainbookstore.com/autograph-maggie

Book Trailer: FOREVER by Maggie Stiefvater

Jillian Heise — Thu, 05 May 2011 01:23:00 +0000

One of the books I’m most excited to read this summer is the concluding book in Maggie Stiefvater’s Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy which began with SHIVER, then LINGER, and finally FOREVER. This is a fabulously lyrically written romantic series with a unique werewolf mythology, characters you want to be around, amazingly beautiful cover designs, and Maggie is always entertaining on her blog (http://m-stiefvater.livejournal.com).

Here is the book trailer for the book to start building your excitement. I highly recommend that you read SHIVER and LINGER soon so that you can be caught up in time for FOREVER on July 12th!

You can preorder a signed copy of FOREVER here: http://www.fountainbookstore.com/autograph-maggie

Book Trailer for CRESCENDO by Becca Fitzpatrick

Jillian Heise — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:14:00 +0000

CRESCENDO by Becca Fitzpatrick, the sequel to fallen angel story HUSH, HUSH, comes out on October 19th – it’s one of the October sequel releases I’m looking forward to. In anticipation of the release, I’m posting the book trailer. Enjoy the preview, and if it seems interesting to you, go read HUSH, HUSH and look for CRESCENDO on October 19th.