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Super Doople Praised!

Readers’ Favorite honored “Super Doople” by K.A. Cummins with a five-star review. “Super Doople” is an engaging story for ages 4-8 about resilience and learning to listen. It is the first picture book written and illustrated by K.A. Cummins.

“Super Doople” releases on May 4, 2023, and is available for preorder. Learn more about “Super Doople”.

Readers’ Favorite Review Excerpt

“Super Doople is an inspiring story with a beautiful message for children. To never give up when you fall and always rise stronger. The author also added questions at the end of the book that center on the moral lessons of the story. Children love stories about superheroes, and this book will introduce your little ones to a new super friend.”

—Luwi Nyakansaila, Readers’ Favorite, A five-star review

Read the full review at https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/super-doople.

About Readers’ Favorite

Readers’ Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the “Best Websites for Authors” and “Honoring Excellence” awards from the Association of Independent Authors. They are also fully accredited by the BBB (A+ rating), which is a rarity among Book Review and Book Award Contest companies.

Super Doople Releases May 4, 2023

Introducing Super Doople

You’ve heard the legend of Humpty Dumpty, but do you know the legend of Super Doople? He’s faster than a chicken. He flies higher than an ostrich. No fall can break his shell! And he was once Little Doople, a small and fragile egg like all the other dooples, until his bad habit of not listening caught up to him.

Engaging text with expressive illustrations, Super Doople is a lighthearted tale about resilience and learning to listen. This funny picture book for ages 3-8 is perfect for reading aloud in the classroom or at home.

Super Doople releases this spring on May 4th. Preorder on Amazon and other retailers as they become available.

Preorder Super Doople

About K.A. Cummins

K.A. Cummins is an award-winning author and an artist. She explores storytelling in a variety of mediums, blending the wonders of science with the possibilities of what if. She seeks to offer readers adventurous narratives that spark imagination and inspire grace for themselves and for others. When she’s not crafting stories, Cummins loves learning, collecting fun socks, and venturing outside her comfort zone to try new things—at least once!

Connect with her through her website at https://authorkacummins.com.

Snow Globe Travelers: Salvaged Time Releases June 29, 2023

Salvaged Time, the second book in K.A. Cummins’ Snow Globe Travelers series, releases this summer on June 29th. The middle-grade science fiction books are aimed at readers nine and up. Preorder on Amazon and other retailers as they become available.

About Snow Globe Travelers: Salvaged Time

Malvine and the Bog Hunters are gone, but a far more insidious force lurks in the shadows.

A month after Malvine’s defeat, Sarah is still living on the planet Elohi, unable to find her father or return home to Earth since the GSGT needs more rubidium for the journey. Then a nearby peaceful planet, Alym, suffers a horrible attack from the Shark Riders. A mysterious note from Sarah’s father hints that the dissident group NGTA could be behind the attack. And Elohi is next.

The only answer is joining the GSGT training program so she can search for proof and convince the GSGT to intervene. But Sarah’s emerging mutations cause disruptions in her classes, and her search only leads to more questions as she starts to suspect someone wants her to fail.

If Sarah doesn’t uncover the truth and the traitor in time, Elohi will fall to the Shark Riders—and she will never be able to return home.

Preorder Salvaged Time

About K.A. Cummins

K.A. Cummins is an award-winning author and an artist. She explores storytelling in a variety of mediums, blending the wonders of science with the possibilities of what if. She seeks to offer readers adventurous narratives that spark imagination and inspire grace for themselves and for others. When she’s not crafting stories, Cummins loves learning, collecting fun socks, and venturing outside her comfort zone to try new things—at least once!

Cummins’s writing has appeared on Havok Publishing and Lands Uncharted, her artwork has appeared on the cover of Rattle and in Blue Mesa Review, and her debut novel was a Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards Silver Medalist.

She lives in Alabama with her husband, their youngest son, and a cat named Spot. Connect with her through her website at https://authorkacummins.com.

Snow Globe Travelers Audiobook Awarded Second in Story Monsters’ Book Awards

Eleonora Press is delighted to announce the “Snow Globe Travelers: Samuel’s Legacy” audiobook, written by debut novelist K.A. Cummins and performed by Nancy Peterson, has won second place in Story Monsters’ 2021 Royal Dragonfly Awards in the audiobook category!

THANK YOU to Story Monsters, to everyone who helped make this project possible, and to everyone who has read or supported Snow Globe Travelers. And most of all praise be to God, for none of this would be possible without Him!

You can read the official announcement on Story Monsters’ website.

Snow Globe Travelers is available at all major online retailers.

Samuel’s Legacy Blog Tour Kickoff

Snow Globe Traveler: Samuel’s Legacy is now on audio! It’s narrated by Audie and Earphones award-winning narrator Nancy Peterson. She has done an amazing job of bringing Sarah’s story to life.

In addition to the audiobook, a special edition hardback of Samuel’s Legacy has also been released. (Details below.)

Celebrate the audiobook release with us as the blog tour launches this Thursday. (This post will be updated with links as each post goes live.)

Blog Tour Schedule

Sep. 16th:
4 the Love of Audiobooks (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt)
A Hippie’s Bookshelf (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt)

Sep. 17th:
Chapter Break (Review, Spotlight + Audio Excerpt, Author Interview)
Literary Gold (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt)

Sep. 18th:
Library Lady’s Kid Lit (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt, Author Interview)
Audiobook News (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt)

Sep. 19th:
A Wonderful World of Words (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt)
Nesie’s Place (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt, Author Interview)

Sep. 20th:
Super Booked! (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt)

Sep. 22nd:
Jazzy Book Reviews (Spotlight + Audio Excerpt, Music Playlist)

“A tween travels to a parallel Earth via snow globe in Cummins’ entertaining debut novel.”

Publishers Weekly

Audiobook Now Available

Samuel’s Legacy is available from retailers online, or by request at your local library.

Audible
Authors Direct
Nook Audio
Apple Audio
Google Audio
Kobo Audio
Libro.FM

Special Edition Hardback

Fans of A Wrinkle in Time and Alice in Wonderland will enjoy Snow Globe Travelers.

In the heart of Vienna, 12-year-old Sarah Ann Reisende wanders into a mysterious shop where snow globes double as portals to other worlds. After breaking the globe tethered to Earth, she discovers a cryptic note scribbled on the back of a photograph. The note links her father, who left before her third birthday, to a place called Elohi. Could this be a chance to find her father at last?

Unable to return home, Sarah follows the lead into the world of Elohi. But an army of vicious hybrids led by a genetically engineered warrior named Malvine now rules the once peaceful planet, and she becomes a target as Malvine wants to use the shop’s connections to wage war.

Can Sarah uncover the truth behind her father leaving and find a way home before Malvine gains control of the shop?

Samuel’s Legacy Audiobook Blog Tour

Snow Globe Traveler: Samuel’s Legacy released on audio this month. It’s narrated by Audie and Earphones award-winning narrator Nancy Peterson. She has done an amazing job of bringing Sarah’s story to life.

A blog tour for the audiobook launch has been scheduled for September 16-22, hosted by Audiobookworm.

To sign up for the tour or to learn more, visit Audiobookworm’s Tour page. Sign ups close September 9th.

Join the Tour

“A tween travels to a parallel Earth via snow globe in Cummins’ entertaining debut novel.” (Publishers Weekly)

About Samuel’s Legacy

A Wrinkle in Time meets Alice in Wonderland—on a parallel Earth.

In the heart of Vienna, 12-year-old Sarah Ann Reisende wanders into a mysterious shop where snow globes double as portals to other worlds. After breaking the globe tethered to Earth, she discovers a cryptic note scribbled on the back of a photograph. The note links her father, who left before her third birthday, to a place called Elohi. Could this be a chance to find her father at last?

Unable to return home, Sarah follows the lead into the world of Elohi. But an army of vicious hybrids led by a genetically engineered warrior named Malvine now rules the once peaceful planet, and she becomes a target as Malvine wants to use the shop’s connections to wage war.

Can Sarah uncover the truth behind her father leaving and find a way home before Malvine gains control of the shop?

Submissions Call: YA Anthology

Eleonora Press is seeking seven unpublished stories inspired by the story prompt below. The selected stories will be published next year in an anthology for young adult readers titled XP GRIND. Submissions are open now through October 1, 2021.

This is a paid opportunity. View the submissions page for guidelines and details.

XP Grind

Getting out of class is no longer the best thing about summer break when an invitation-only online game, Infinite Realms, drops on the last day of school. No one knows who’s behind the game or how the first players were chosen, but everyone wants a chance to play.

As the first gamers log on, they get pulled in to an AI-driven virtual world. The immersive experience is custom-built for each player and seems so real. It’s a gamer’s paradise. Until the players discover what happens in the game affects the real world and the only way out is to win. 

Can they level up and get out before. . .?

Publishers Weekly Review of Snow Globe Travelers

Publishers Weekly reviewed “Snow Globe Travelers: Samuel’s Legacy” by K.A. Cummins!

“A tween travels to a parallel Earth via snow globe in Cummins’s entertaining debut novel. . . .readers will enjoy her [Sarah’s] adventures in this creative, accessible introduction to multiverse concepts, the first in a series.”

Read Publishers Weekly’s full review at https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-73292-002-6.

“Snow Globe Travelers” is the first book in a series for children and preteens. It’s available from Eleonora Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Apple Books.

About Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly, familiarly known in the book world as PW and “the bible of the book business,” is a weekly news magazine focused on the international book publishing business. It is targeted at publishers, booksellers, librarians, literary agents, authors and the media. It offers feature articles and news on all aspects of the book business, bestsellers lists in a number of categories, and industry statistics, but its best known service is pre-publication book reviews, publishing some 9,000 per year. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/corp/aboutus.html

About K.A. Cummins

K.A. Cummins is an award-winning indie author who enjoys delving into the wonders of the universe to connect human experiences with imaginary settings filled with possibility and adventure. Connect with her through her website at https://authorkacummins.com.

Snow Globe Travelers Activity Book Praised (Press Release)

On December 1, 2019–Readers’ Favorite honored “Snow Globe Travelers Activity Book: Volume One” by K.A. Cummins with a five-star review. The activity book is a companion to the first book in the “Snow Globe Travelers” series, a science fantasy series for children and preteens.

Learn more about Snow Globe Travelers and its companion activity book at https://mailchi.mp/37347f808f62/snowglobetravelers.

An Excerpt From Amy Raines’ Five-Star Review for Readers’ Favorite

“Snow Globe Travelers Activity Book by K.A. Cummins is definitely one of the coolest activity books I have seen in a very long time. The astounding number of facts found in the book and how easy it is for kids to understand shows how much research, thought and creativity Cummins has put into this activity book. I have to admit, I was surprised when I saw the pages about the snow globes. Who knew they were actually meant for a very scientific purpose? I recommend Snow Globe Travelers Activity Book: Volume 1 to anyone who wants to learn about other parts of the world; even adults would have a wonderful time with the facts, puzzles, mazes, and activities in this book.”

Read the full review at https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/snow-globe-travelers-activity-book.

About Readers’ Favorite

Readers’ Favorite is one of the largest book review and award contest sites on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the “Best Websites for Authors” and “Honoring Excellence” awards from the Association of Independent Authors. They are also fully accredited by the BBB (A+ rating), which is a rarity among Book Review and Book Award Contest companies.

About K.A. Cummins

K.A. Cummins is a math lover, techie, consumer of mass amounts of information, art enthusiast, a homeschooler, and an award-winning indie author. She also enjoys seizing opportunities for adventure, when they arise. Her work has appeared on goHavok.com Magazine and she’s a former Lands Uncharted contributor. Connect with her through her website at https://authorkacummins.com.

About Eleonora Press

Eleonora Press is a publishing imprint dedicated to clean fiction for children and teens.

Snow Globe Travelers Awarded Silver in Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

Eleonora Press is thrilled to announce that “Snow Globe Travelers” by debut novelist K.A. Cummins has won a silver medal in the 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards in the Ebook Category for Pre-Teen Fiction!

Learn more about Snow Globe Travelers at https://mailchi.mp/37347f808f62/snowglobetravelers.

About Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards

“The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary children’s books and their creators, and to support childhood literacy and life-long reading. The Awards recognize and reward the best of these books and bring them to the attention of parents, booksellers, librarians – and to children themselves.”

About K.A. Cummins

K.A. Cummins is a math lover, techie, consumer of mass amounts of information, art enthusiast, homeschooler, and an award-winning indie author. She also enjoys seizing opportunities for adventure, when they arise. Her work has appeared on goHavok.com and she’s a former Lands Uncharted contributor. Connect with her through her website at https://authorkacummins.com.

About Eleonora Press

Eleonora Press is a publishing imprint dedicated to clean fiction for children and teens.