Put on your party hats! We have a fantastic blog tour planned to celebrate the release of the highly anticipated debut novel The Kingdom of Childhood (Mira) by Rebecca Coleman.

From reviews and giveaways to Q&As and guest blog posts, we are giving you a sneak peek into the world of Rebecca Coleman. As a bonus, we’ve also scheduled an excerpt scavenger hunt to give you a taste of the book that Booklist says is “poised to generate major book-group buzz.”

(An excerpt scavenger hunt is when one blog runs a passage from the book and then directs you to a different blog where you’ll find the next passage in order – so don’t miss a single stop!)

Okay, bookworms – be sure to visit the following blogs:

September
26 – Jenn’s Bookshelves & Write Meg
27 – Baba’s Farm Life & The Eclectic Reader
28 – My SLC Mommy & Songberries
29 – Alive on the Shelves
30 – Good Choice Reading

October
02 – Writer Unboxed
03 – Bibliophilic Book Blog & Cindy’s Love of Books
04 – Good Books & Good Wine & The Bookworm
05 – Bea’s Book Nook & Darlyn & Books
06 – Babbling About Books & Book Lovers, Inc.
07 – Chick Lit Plus
10 – Books and Needlepoint
11 – I Just Want to Sit There and Read & Dreaming in Books
12 – Bookhounds & My Springfield Mommy
13 – Reviews by Molly & My Reading Room Blog
14 – Sarah Reads Too Much
17 – Crazy-for-Books & Urban Girl Reader
18 – Sweeps4Bloggers & Blue Archipelago
19 – Curling Up by the Fire & Moonlight Gleam’s Bookshelf
20 – Readergirls & The Book Buff
21 – A Tale of Many Reviews & The Eclectic Element
24 – Bookish
25 – Cheryl’s Book Nook
26 – So Many Precious Books
27 – Book Junkie’s Bookshelf
28 – The Pen & Muse
31 – Girls Just Reading

Rebecca received her B.A. in English literature from the University of Maryland at College Park and speaks to writers’ groups on the subjects of creative writing and publishing. Her manuscript for The Kingdom of Childhood was a semifinalist in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Competition.

A New Yorker by birth, Rebecca grew up in the close suburbs of Washington, D.C. in an academic family. A year spent in Germany at age eight would later provide the basis for the protagonist’s background in The Kingdom of Childhood. Rebecca first learned about the Waldorf School movement at age 14 and quickly developed a fascination with its culture and philosophies. After studying elementary education for several years, she graduated with a degree in English, awarded with honors.