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Ten Great Reasons To Book a Blog Tour #blogtour #VBT #PUYB #bookpromo @abbybardi

It is with great privilege to have as our guest today Abby Bardi, author of the mystery, Double Take. Abby has been on tour with us in the past and she’s here to give you ten great reasons to book a blog tour. Enjoy! Ten Great Reasons to Book a Blog Tour By Abby Bardi Let’s face it, my most recent novel Double Take has not done as well as my two previous novels (The Book of Fred and The Secret Letters). Like any parent, I love it just as much as the other two, but the truth is maybe it’s a little bit, um, dark. And people tell
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📢 {Contemporary Western Romance} Turquoise Mountain Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Diane J. Reed’s Turquoise Mountain. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than April 16, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback (U.S.) & PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN Author: Diane J. Reed Publisher: Bandits Ranch Books Pages: 270 Genre: Contemporary Western Romance BOOK BLURB: He’s a fierce protector of his land and sacred heritage–and only a strong
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Body of the Crime Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Chase’s BODY OF THE CRIME Virtual Book Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: BODY OF THE CRIME Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: JEC Press Pages: 397 Genre: Mystery Suspense BOOK BLURB: Three grisly murders linked to five old cold cases, dubbed the Flower Girl Murders, pushes detectives to their limit to find a clever and extremely brutal serial killer, leaving a California town demanding justice. The District Attorney’s Serial Special Task Force retains the help of the reclusive Dr. Chip Palmer, a forensic expert and criminal profiler, to steer them in the right direction. Palmer is known
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Mistress Suffragette Virtual Book Publicity Tour @dianaforbes18

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Diana Forbes’ MISTRESS SUFFRAGETTE Virtual Book Tour February 5 – March 30! Inside the Book Title: MISTRESS SUFFRAGETTE Author: Diana Forbes Publisher: Penmore Press Pages: 392 Genre: Romance/Historical Fiction/Victorian/Political/NY Gilded Age Fiction BOOK BLURB: A young woman without prospects at a ball in Gilded Age Newport, Rhode Island is a target for a certain kind of “suitor.” At the Memorial Day Ball during the Panic of 1893, impoverished but feisty Penelope Stanton quickly draws the unwanted advances of a villainous millionaire banker who preys on distressed women—the incorrigible Mr. Daggers. Better known as the philandering husband of the stunning
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Study of Silence Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Malia Zaidi’s THE STUDY OF SILENCE Virtual Book Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: THE STUDY OF SILENCE Author: Malia Zaidi Publisher: Bookbaby Pages: 448 Genre: Historical Mystery BOOK BLURB: Lady Evelyn Carlisle has returned home to England, where she is completing her degree at St. Hugh’s, a women’s college in Oxford. Her days are spent poring over ancient texts and rushing to tutorials. All is well until a fateful morning, when her peaceful student life is turned on its head. Stumbling upon the gruesome killing of someone she thought she knew, Evelyn is plunged into a
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents When a Stranger Comes…Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Karen S. Bell’s WHEN A STRANGER COMES… Virtual Book Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: WHEN A STRANGER COMES… Author: Karen S. Bell Publisher: KSB Press Pages: 222 Genre: Thriller BOOK BLURB: Achieving what you crave can also bring the terrifying fear of losing it. For Alexa Wainwright, this truth has become her nightmare. Born Gladys Lipschitz, the daughter of an unwed Soviet-era Jewish immigrant, her debut novel, A Foregone Conclusion, soared to number one on the bestseller’s list and became an international sensation. The accompanying fame and riches were beyond her expectations. Unfortunately, her subsequent work
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Patrick Turns His Play Into Pay Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Patrick & Shani Muhammad’s PATRICK TURNS HIS PLAY INTO PAY!! Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Title: PATRICK TURNS HIS PLAY INTO PAY Author: Patrick Muhammad & Shani Muhammad Publisher: 5 Star Publishing Pages: 40 Genre: Children’s Book Inside the Book The first book in a series, “Patrick Turns His Play Into Pay”, details the journey of an entrepreneur, through the eyes of a child. The book uses vivid illustrations and lively words, to explain the road little Patrick took into the world of entrepreneurship.  It demonstrates the benefits of tapping into your passion early in life.  “Patrick” tapped
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Ivy Vines, Visions Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Judy Serrano’s IVY VINES, VISIONS Virtual Book Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Series Title: IVY VINES, VISIONS Author: Judy Serrano Publisher: Independent Pages: 267 Genre: Paranormal Romance BOOK BLURB:         Moving to Sedona was the only way Ivy could think of to start over. She would meet her high school sweetheart and work on making things right between them. Her psychic abilities were gradually becoming a curse and she needed a new start. Little does she know that when she applies for a waitressing job at a local, upscale French bistro, she will come in contact with the
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dead Cold Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Chase’s DEAD COLD Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Inside the Series Title: DEAD COLD Author: Jennifer Chase Publisher: JEC Press Pages: 326 Genre: Crime Thriller BOOK BLURB: What happens when one California community has a disturbing spike in homicides? It catapults cops into a deadly game of murder. Frozen human body parts hideously displayed at the crime scenes offers a horrifying interpretation that only a sadistic serial killer could design—and execute. On the hunt for a complex serial killer, vigilante detective Emily Stone must face her most daring case yet. Stone’s proven top-notch profiling skills and forensic
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Their Witch Wears Plaid Virtual Book Publicity @NWAuthor

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kathleen Shaputis’ THEIR WITCH WEARS PLAID Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Inside the Book Title: THEIR WITCH WEARS PLAID Author: Kathleen Shaputis Publisher: Clutter Fairy Publishing Pages: 316 Genre: Magical Realism / Paranormal Romance / Romantic Comedy BOOK BLURB: A giant-sized Druid, annoying trances and frightening nightmares mess up Nell’s festive end of summer plans. Living in Scotland, a palm reader for Baillie Castle, Nell loses her heart to a professional jouster. But is her shining knight in cahoots with the sinister Druid? Will the recipe of a magic coin, diva queens and witches be enough to save
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Fighter Pilot’s Daughter Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Lawlor’s FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Inside the Book Title: Fighter Pilot’s Daughter: Growing Up in the Sixties and the Cold War Author: Mary Lawlor Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Pages: 336 Genre: Memoir Format: Hardcover/Kindle FIGHTER PILOT’S DAUGHTER: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND THE COLD WAR tells the story of the author as a young woman coming of age in an Irish Catholic, military family during the Cold War. Her father, an aviator in the Marines and later the Army, was transferred more than a dozen times to posts from Miami to California
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents A Collection of Twisted Tales Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kraig Dafoe’s A COLLECTION OF TWISTED TALES Virtual Book Tour March 5 – 30! Inside the Book Title: A COLLECTION OF TWISTED TALES Author: Craig Dafoe Publisher: Createspace Pages: 114 Genre: Short Story Collection / Thriller BOOK BLURB: Most of these stories have one thing in common, death. Although death is the common thread, there is nothing common in the way that it comes about. This collection is chock full of interesting characters scattered among various settings that inspire the imagination, such as a Lavish English mansion or the dark interior of a rundown home. This book is inspired by
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Suicide Virtual Book Publicity Tour @janeMLeder

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jane Mersky Leder’s DEAD SERIOUS: BREAKING THE CYCLE OF TEEN SUICIDE Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Inside the Book Title: DEAD SERIOUS: BREAKING THE CYCLE OF TEEN SUICIDE Author: Jane Mersky Leder Publisher: Independent Pages: 237 Genre: YA Self-Help BOOK BLURB: Thirty plus years after publishing the first edition of Dead Serious, this second completely revised and updated edition covers new ground: bullying, social media, LGBTQ teens, suicide prevention programs, and more. Scores of teens share their stories that are often filled with hurt, disappointment, shame–yet often hope. Written for teens, adults and educators, Dead Serious: Breaking the Cycle of Teen
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Searching for Gertrude Virtual Book Publicity Tour @dehaggerty

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you D.E. Haggerty’s SEARCHING FOR GERTRUDE Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Inside the Book Title: SEARCHING FOR GERTRUDE Author: D.E. Haggerty Publisher: Independent Pages: 250 Genre: Historical Romance BOOK BLURB: While growing up in Germany in the 1930s, Rudolf falls in love with the girl next door, Gertrude. He doesn’t care what religion Gertrude practices, but the Nazis do. When the first antisemitic laws are enacted by the Nazi government, Gertrude’s father loses his job at the local university. Unable to find employment in Germany, he accepts a position at Istanbul University and moves the family to Turkey. Rudolf,
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📢 {Contemporary/Sweet Romance} The Runaway Rock Star Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Veronica Blade’s The Runaway Rock Star. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than April 2, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback (U.S.) & PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: THE RUNAWAY ROCK STAR Author: Veronica Blade Publisher: Crush Publishing, INC. Pages: 288 Genre: Contemporary/Sweet Romance BOOK BLURB: An infamous bad-boy rocker falls for a small-town girl who has no
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📢 {Christian Fantasy} Outcast Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Eric Swanson’s Outcast. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than April 2, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback U.S. & PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: OUTCAST Author: Eric Swanson Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 376 Genre: Christian Fantasy BOOK BLURB: Are you ready for an adventure to find lost souls? Derek has just rescued his family from the evil witch
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Featured Interview: Duffy Brown, Author of Tandem Demise #interview

“Sutter draped his arm over my shoulder and brought me close. “Bodies float, Chicago. They get washed ashore with the tides, especially with the big diesels churning up the water. Disposing of a body has to be done right. They have to be tied and weighed down and dumped out in the middle of the lake. Something to keep in mind the next time you and your sidekick here think about dragging me away from dessert. I can take care of things from here. You two take care of my horse then get back to whatever you were doing.”” –From Tandem Demise by Duffy Brown Duffy Brown loves anything
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Apothecary’s Curse Virtual Book Publicity Tour @B_Barnett

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Barbara Barnett’s THE APOTHECARY’S CURSE Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Inside the Book Title: THE APOTHECARY’S CURSE Author: Barbara Barnett Publisher: Pyr Books Pages: 345 Genre: Historical Fiction/Gaslamp Fantasy/Urban Fantasy BOOK BLURB: Between magic and science, medicine and alchemy, history and mythology lies the Apothecary’s Curse… A 2017 finalist for the prestigious Bram Stoker Award and winner of the Reader’s Choice award at this year’s Killer Nashville, The Apothecary’s Curse is a complex tale of love and survival set in a very different Victorian era where science and the supernatural co-exist. The Apothecary’s Curse transports readers between Victorian
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📢 {Erotic/Psychological Thriller} Twisted Threads Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Kaylin McFarren’s Twisted Threads. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than March 21, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback U.S. & PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: TWISTED THREADS Author: Kaylin McFarren Publisher: Creative Edge Publishing LLC Pages: 370 Genre: Erotic/Psychological Thriller BOOK BLURB: Akira Hamada is driven by past failure. Two years earlier, she had a chance to
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Long Lost Virtual Book Publicity Tour @tnixon16

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tom Nixon’s THE LONG LOST Virtual Book Tour February 5 – 28! Inside the Book Title: THE LONG LOST Author: Tom Nixon Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 418 Genre: Suspense BOOK BLURB: The sudden and strange disappearance of Joel Thomas brings together his ex-wife and best friend in a search for answers. As Mary and Jason seek out the truth, their quest consistently turns up more questions than clues. In another time, the story of a long-time group of college friends plays out across 30 years of history, revealing the highs and lows of a group that vowed to maintain their
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📢 {Contemporary Sweet Romance} Over My Wed Body Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Veronica Blade’s OVER MY WED BODY. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than March 19, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: OVER MY WED BODY Author: Veronica Blade Publisher: Crush Publishing, Inc. Pages: 242 Genre: Contemporary Sweet Romance BOOK BLURB: Growing up, Bailey idolized her brother’s best friend, Hunter. Against her better judgment, she
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Tulip Shirt Murders Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Heather Weidner’s THE TULIP SHIRT MURDERS Virtual Book Tour January 8 – 12! Inside the Book Title: THE TULIP SHIRT MURDERS Author: Heather Weidner Publisher: Sandpiper Productions Pages: 264 Genre: Mystery – Female Sleuth BOOK BLURB: Private investigator Delanie Fitzgerald, and her computer hacker partner, Duncan Reynolds, are back for more sleuthing in The Tulip Shirt Murders. When a local music producer hires the duo to find out who is bootlegging his artists’ CDs, Delanie uncovers more than just copyright thieves. And if chasing bootleggers isn’t bad enough, local strip club owner and resident sleaze, Chaz Smith, pops back into
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Crimson Realm Chronicles Series Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gabriella Bradley & Taryn Jameson’s CRIMSON REALM CHRONICLES Series Virtual Book Tour January 2 – 31! Inside the Book Title: CARNAL TWILIGHT (Prequel) Author: Gabriella Bradley & Taryn Jameson Publisher: eXtasy Books Pages: 23 Genre: Fantasy/Scifi/Paranormal/Shifter BOOK BLURB: The prequel to In Search of Pride The gods smile upon a weary warrior… Brenn, a warrior, returning home from battle, rests by a tempting magical pool and meets a siren who changes his life forever. Amazon | Barnes & Noble Inside the Book Title: IN SEARCH OF PRIDE Author: Gabriella Bradley & Taryn Jameson Publisher: eXtasy Books Pages: 125 Genre: Fantasy/Scifi/Paranormal/Shifter
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Turquoise Mountain Pre-Order Blitz – $25 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Diane J. Reed’s TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN Virtual Book Tour January 3 – 31! Inside the Book Title: TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN Author: Diane J. Reed Publisher: Bandits Ranch Books Pages: 270 Genre: Contemporary Western Romance BOOK BLURB: He’s a fierce protector of his land and sacred heritage–and only a strong woman can capture his wild heart. Dillon Iron Feather is dangerous and he knows it. Hardened by his championship fighting career, he returns to his remote Colorado ranch to heal, only to discover that city girl Tessa Grove is determined to stake her claim to the old mine she inherited on a corner
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents War Eternal: Angels’ Whispers Book 1 Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you J.F. Cain’s WAR ETERNAL: ANGELS’ WHISPERS BOOK 1 Virtual Book Tour December 15 – February 15! Inside the Book Title: WAR ETERNAL: ANGELS’ WHISPERS Author: J.F. Cain Publisher: Independent Pages: 355 Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Romance BOOK BLURB: Alex Meyers, a dynamic, global entrepreneur, has an advantage that no other human has ever had: he is protected by Aranes, the Superior of the Angels. While he is skiing, he dies in an avalanche, but his all-powerful protector breaks one of the ethereal world’s most important Rules and brings him back to life. Alex falls head over heels in love with the beautiful Angel,
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📢 {SciFi Thriller} The Final Reality Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Stephen Martino’s THE FINAL REALITY. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than March 7, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: THE FINAL REALITY Author: Stephen Martino Publisher: Light Messages Publishing Pages: 312 Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller In 1938, Nazi Germany sent an expedition into Tibet- supposedly in search of the Aryan race. What they discovered almost
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Survivors’ Dawn Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ashley Warren’s SURVIVORS’ DAWN Virtual Book Tour January 3 – March 30! Inside the Book Title: SURVIVOR’S DAWN Author: Ashley Warren Publisher: Chaparral Press LLC Pages: 316 Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Women’s Fiction / New Adult Fiction BOOK BLURB: A heroic story of three college women’s fight for justice At first glance, Brooke Flanagan, Lauren Le, and Nikki Towers have little in common: a churchgoing virgin, a party girl, and a resident advisor. But they all have their own dreams, dreams that can be shattered in a single night. When freshman Brooke Flanagan first arrives at the university, she’s excited to escape her
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents Good Girls Guide to County Jail Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ellen Marie Francisco’s GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO COUNTY JAIL Virtual Book Tour January 3 – 31! Inside the Book Title: GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO COUNTY JAIL Author: Ellen Marie Francisco Publisher: Scribbles and Ink Publishing / Friesen Press Pages: 176 Genre: Nonfiction BOOK BLURB: Millions of viewers have made the television series “Orange is the New Black” a pop culture sensation, but Ellen Marie Francisco (http://www.EllenMarieFrancisco.com) has no interest in watching it or reading the memoir, by Piper Kerman, which spawned the hit show. Francisco has lived her own version of “Orange is the New Black,” an experience she refers
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📢 {Women’s Fiction/Humor} Harmony to Heartburn Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Shelly Hickman’s HARMONY TO HEARTBURN. This is a review campaign and not a blog tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than February 12, please. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via PDF. Thank you! Inside the Book Title: HARMONY TO HEARTBURN Author: Shelly Hickman Publisher: Independent Pages: 224 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Humor It’s safe to say Anna’s path to wedded bliss was strewn with craziness, so the last three years of relative tranquility
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Adventures of Mitee Mite Series Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David John’s THE ADVENTURES OF MITEE MITE Virtual Book Tour January 2 – February 28! Inside the Book Title: THE ADVENTURES OF MITEE MITE SERIES Author: David John Publisher: Mitee Mite Pages: 120 pages total in series Genre: Children’s Picture Book BOOK BLURB: Building on a desire to teach children about time, shapes, measurements, and money, author David John created THE ADVENTURES OF MITEE MITE series. In the same way that many of us learned our ABCs, the book and app (available on Google Play and iTunes) collection helps young readers learn how many seconds are in a minute, the
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