Lifestyle Of Me: BLOG TOUR: Made By Maxine by: Ruth Spiro & Holly Hatam

Monday, November 19, 2018

BLOG TOUR: Made By Maxine by: Ruth Spiro & Holly Hatam

Rockstar Book Tours is hosting the next two weeks a tour for this cute children's picture book written by Ruth Spiro and illustrated by Holly Hatam.

Title: MADE BY MAXINE

Author: Ruth Spiro (Author), Holly Hatam (Illustrator)

Pub. Date: October 9, 2018

Publisher: Dial Books

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Pages: 37

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, B&N, iBooks, TBD

Summary: Meet Maxine, an inspiring young maker who knows that with enough effort and imagination (and mistakes), it's possible to invent anything.

Maxine loves making new things from old things. She loves tinkering until she has solved a problem. She also loves her pet goldfish, Milton. So when it's time for her school's pet parade, she's determined to create something that will allow Milton to march with the other animals. Finally, after trying, trying, and trying again, she discovers just the right combination of recycled odds and ends to create a fun, functional--and absolutely fabulous--solution to her predicament.

Review: Maxine is the cutest little character who has a big imagination and a lot of determination. She upcycles and repurposes old junk for her inventions. Her class is having a pet parade and she has to find a good way to be able to carry her goldfish, but she also wants to do it with style.

I thought this little children's book taught a good moral lesson that you shouldn't give up if something doesn't work the way you want it too. Just keep trying and you can also use anything lying around, you don't need go out and buy new materials, if you have something similar already laying around the house.

My oldest daughter really enjoyed this book. She is into recycling and keeping outside clean for the animals and the earth and her favorite part was where Maxine would take old items and make them "new" again.

About Holly:

Holly Hatam’s a girl that sometimes wears something pink and sparkly and sometimes dons capes and fights dragons. Some days she’s moody, but other days she shakes her booty. Some days her heart may seek wild adventures, but other days she just wants to be a couch potato.

She is a picture book maker, greeting card designer, and a textile engineer. She is also the #1 New York Times Bestselling illustrator of Dear Girl. Her other books include, What Matters, Tree Song, Maxine the Maker, Jack (Not Jackie) and The Acadia Files.

Holly lives in Whitby, Ontario with her weird husband and even weirder son. But that’s ok, because weird is a side effect of awesome.

Client List

Harper Collins, Orca Publishers, Dial Books for Young Readers, Annick Press, Tilbury House, Lady Bird, Usborne Books, Hallmark, American Greetings, Mudpuppy, Baby Bug, Highlights, Chickadee, Little Bee Books, MacGraw Hill, Learning A-Z