Author: moonuser

September 15, 2019 moonuser

Magic Moon: A Young Boy’s Journey (Vol. 1) is featured in the Sept. 10, 2019 Critic’s Pick – KIRKUS REVIEWS Sept. 10, 2019 Newsletter on page 3, “Great Indie Books Worth Discovering.” Books must be in the top 10% of Kirkus Reviews to be featured.

June 19, 2019 moonuser

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTvbpStpYKjTPhH2Q9xLt9Q Click the link above to find 3½ to 4½ minute videos with excerpts from each book, or to see a 13 min. video with excerpts from all 5 Magic Moon books!

June 19, 2019 moonuser

Got some new ratings and reviews for each Magic Moon book on Amazon in March, April and May! Check it out. Customers were given a free digital copy of each book for their honest reviews. Search for “Magic Moon Shirley Moulton” on Amazon.

November 10, 2018 moonuser

I drove 480+ miles round trip to do Special Author Presentations for students in Idaho on Thursday, Nov. 8th!  The trip was well worth it!  Great kids and wonderful teachers!  Students, teachers, and the school library received free Magic Moon Books!  I had a Blast!  Thank you to the kind teachers and to a couple…

September 13, 2018 moonuser

Facebook Post by Sandy Essler, 3rd/4th Gr. Learning Center Teacher:  [Shirley Moulton] is a very good friend of mine. She presented in my classroom last year and my kids loved it. In fact, one student became so obsessed with writing the 6th book for her. Mind you, this kid hated writing and usually did what he…

August 1, 2018 moonuser

Face in photo blurred for privacy, and posted with permission of student’s mother. May 2018:  I was thrilled to find out that this amazing 5th grade student had already read the first three Magic Moon books before I did an author presentation at her school.  As the one of the first two students to read Magic…

July 4, 2018 moonuser

Magic Moon: A New Beginning (Vol. 4) won Honorable Mention in the 2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards in the category School Issues. Magic Moon: Bears Ears (Vol. 5) won Honorable Mention in the 2018 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards in the category Green Books/Environmental Issues. Thank you to Marilyn Whitchurch for illustrating the cover for Magic…

June 4, 2018 moonuser

Teachers & Students:  I hope you all have a GREAT summer!  Thank you for welcoming me into your schools and classrooms!  (I did my Author Presentation to several more classes during the last week of school -well, for most students!  I know some teachers and students are still at Year-Round schools, but “the end is…