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Help Your Kids Combat 'Summer Slide'

• Make reading fun. Have your child read books that are new to her or she might not ordinarily read. Read aloud with your children, especially younger ones.
• Read as much as possible. Encourage your child to read when he or she has free time or between activities, and make reading part of his or her daily routine.
• Encourage your child to write about his/her experiences. Writing will help keep their language skills sharp.

So, how much reading is enough? Some research suggests reading as few as six self-selected books per summer will maintain a child’s reading skills. Ten to 20 books actually improve those skills!

Get a jump start on your summer reading by purchasing a signed copy of Larkspur!

During a dance performance, Taylor and Leslie mysteriously fall into the enchanted land of Larkspur.

With the help of Redmond, the great counselor-in-training, they discover their mission: to perform the magical Dance of the Dawn in order to help their beloved dance instructor, Madame Lumiere, find her way home from the Earthly Realm. But first they must rescue the adored talking pet of the Fiery One and aid Little Light, the glowing princess, as she bravely sets off to rid Larkspur of the cruel Puranna and despicable Derrick of Dungeoness.

Join Taylor and Leslie in Anastacia Hawkins’s Larkspur as they discover the depths of their courage and faith and the risks they are willing to take for friendship. You will fall in love with the Areli, the amazing people of light, and Larkspur, a land where beauty and the arts reign and magic abounds.

Author Anastacia Hawkins resides in Maple Grove, Minnesota, with her husband, Shayne, and their daughter, Sierra. Anastacia writes for the young and young-at-heart. Her books are always age appropriate and written to entertain and inspire! Larskpur is a middle grade novel, written for ages 8-12.