![]() ![]() If you haven't read the book yet, I think his answers to my questions may send you right off to the bookstore. Jim has clearly thought a lot about the work he is doing, and he shares those ideas generously. And Jim's story doesn't stop with that familiarity, but takes Alice and her mother and all of us on a warm, comforting, lovely bedtime ride. She could be half the children I watched my son go through preschool and early elementary school with, who insisted on pink or orange or Buzz Lightyear or light-up sneakers. Alice could be me, many years ago, if the blue was purple. When I got the book and opened it, the first seconds of relief (that the book was good) quickly gave way to utter delight that I really loved the story. This was all without having read, or even seen, Jim's book and, you know, that always feels like going out on a limb. I didn't need to worry, though. ![]() Earlier this year, Jim posted on the local SCBWI mailing list that he'd be doing a blog tour when the book was published and asked if anyone was interested in being a stop on the tour. Beckylevine Jim Averbeck's In a Blue Room has been out for a few weeks now. ![]()
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