Friday, July 15, 2022

Oddball Ornaments; The Story of Christmas by Terry Overton

 

About the Book

Book: Oddball Ornaments

Author: Terry Overton

Genre: Middle Grade Christmas Story

Release date: November 16, 2021

The ornaments in the attic are excited. It’s almost Turkey Day, and they know when they start smelling turkey, they’re going to be pulled down out of the attic and hung on a tree for the humans to enjoy. After all, Box Day is all about admiring the ornaments, isn’t it? But when Grandma joins them for Turkey Day instead of Box Day and brings a bunch of new ornaments with her, the Oddball Ornaments know something isn’t right. Determined to find out the source of Grandma’s sadness and what Box Day is really about, Nutcracker sets out on a quest to climb to the top of the tree to ask Angel about the true meaning of Christmas and discovers the truth is much more wonderful than they could ever have imagined.

 

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 My Review:

They live in the attic, waiting for the once a year that they spend time with their humans. This group of assorted oddball Christmas ornaments become alarmed when their box is disturbed and it's not Christmas time. No one smelled turkey or anything else that leads up to Christmas. What is going on?To their surprise, they are suddenly on the main tree, with the angel. A beautiful angel who shares about the real reason for Christmas - Christ. 

My favorite, being Southern, is the one who talks with a beautiful Southern accent. So well done! The kids loved that! It's an easy to understand story, and as a child we have all thought that our animals or belongings were alive at night, or at some point. That was the perfect set up and flow for this story. I love the gentle and sweet telling of what Christmas is really about and found this story to be endearing. 

5 large yellow Stars! (Which would have to hang on the tree!) 

About the Author

Terry Overton is a retired university professor of educational and school psychology. She has an Ed.D. in Special Education and a Ph.D. in Psychology. Her professional experience includes teaching public school, teaching at the university level, and being a college dean. She has two children and six grandchildren. Her writing and publication experiences include textbook and journal articles in the fields of special education and school psychology. She seeks to answer God’s call to share the good news and grow the church by writing Christian books and devotionals. Her book Both Sides of the Border is a Firebird Book Award winner in the categories of Cross-Genre, Socio-Political Fiction, and Women’s Fiction. Both Sides of the Border also won the American Writing Awards in the Multicultural Fiction category, Social Change category, and a finalist for the Women’s Fiction category. Her book, America of We the People was awarded the Firebird Book Award for Socio-Political and Political categories. She and her husband live in the southern tip of Texas where they enjoy semi-tropical weather and spending time with their friends and family.

 

More from Terry

Oddball Ornaments: The Story of Christmas was written one late fall while I looked at my own Christmas tree. I wondered, “If the ornaments could talk, what would they say? Would they even know why they were hung on the tree?” And that was how the book began. I played Christmas music and imagined a cast of characters like toys in Toy Story but ornaments and humans. It was such fun to write. I ran a few things by my regional experts (grand Angels) and they approved. It always means so much more when family are involved in my writing projects.

Not long after the book was out, the sequel was completed, and it will be released late summer 2022. “Oddball Ornaments: The Story of Forgiveness.”

I hope you have as much fun reading it as I did writing it!

Blog Stops

Texas Book-aholic, July 2

Inklings and notions, July 3

Lights in the Dark World, July 4

Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews, July 5

Girls in White Dresses, July 6

Older & Smarter?, July 7

Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, July 8

For Him and My Family, July 9

deb’s Book Review, July 10

Locks, Hooks and Books, July 11

Mary Hake, July 11

Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, July 12

Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, July 13

For the Love of Literature, July 12

Library Lady’s Kid Lit, July 12

Happily Managing a Household of Boys, July 14

Blogging With Carol, July 15

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Terry is giving away the grand prize package of a $50 Amazon gift card!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

https://promosimple.com/ps/1f7f2/oddball-ornaments-celebration-tour-giveaway


11 comments:

Stormy Vixen said...

Terry, I enjoyed following the tour and learning about Oddball Ornaments, which sounds like a delightful holiday book to share with my grandkids and I like the cover! Good luck with your book and I hope the tour was a success! Thanks for sharing it with me! Thanks, Carol, for sharing your review! Have a fabulous TGIF!

Cindi Knowles said...

I know my granddaughters will love it.

slehan said...

My niece would like this book.
Thanks for the contest.

Debbie P said...

This sounds like a really wonderful book! My nephew and nieces will like this and I would like to read it myself.

marisela zuniga said...

This sounds like a book that my son would enjoy reading! Cute book

megana said...

Thanks for sharing!

Roxanne C. said...

This is a sweet way to tell the true Christmas story.

Jeanna Massman said...

I love the cover! It sets the tone for the book.

Bea LaRocca said...

Thank you for sharing your wonderful review of Oddball Ornaments, this sounds like the perfect Christmas story to share with my grandchildren

Madie said...

This does sound like such a sweet Christmas story that many families will enjoy together :) . I like when a book adds a trait that brings a character more to life and relateable, like an accent :) . Thanks for sharing about it :) !

DreaDrake1 said...

Sounds like a great book! Thanks for sharing!