Blast Off with Space Dust comes to an end

Ritu has kindly taken the helm and is leading us to the final stop at her special blog where there’s a party going on! Treats and a quick video of me reading Space Dust are part of the line up, so don’t miss out.

For the final time, click on the pic!

Friday Fun Giveaways

Blast Off! We’re going to the magical home of books, writing and inspiration where Marjorie is keeping a warm spot for us. She has something special lined up so do head over to see what’s going on. You might be a lucky reader!

Click on the pic to blast off.

Day Four – Reaching Elastic Limits with Space Dust

The time difference squirrels away at our estimated time of arrival but we will persevere to Howard’s blog space where special gifts await.

Watch this space…

…as we glide to a gentle stop where time and space meet. Join Big Ox and Little One as they visit The Elastic Limits at Howard Loring’s place. Click on the pic or his name to begin your journey.

Space Dust – Day Three After Cecily

Welcome back to Space Dust’s journey across different blogospheres. A big thank you to Cecily for hosting us yesterday.

Today, we have stopped off at my blog so that I could share a bit more about the book with you and, maybe give you a snippet of the next book!

Day Two in the Canoe

Good day my intrepid travellers.

Blast Off with Space Dust Blog Tour

It’s time! Let’s all climb aboard Big Ox’s canoe for a trip across the ether. Our mission: to spread the word about Space Dust’s debut and enjoy exploring the characters and extraordinary creatures they discover in the story.

So, grab the spoon and off we go up the rainbow ribbon trail to Lorraine Mace’s blog where we will stop for an interview and story share before sailing away to our next blog.

Keep your eyes peeled for free copies of the book along the way.

Let’s go! We’re off to Lorraine’s! Click on her book pic or name and away we go!

Story Time at The Book Corner – E. De Sousa

I have been remiss in sharing some exciting local events with you where I will be reading my latest book, Space Dust. So, without wasting words, here are my diary events for the next few weeks. Do come along if you can and join in the fun, creative activities at these events. 6th August- Story…
— Read on eloiseds.com/2019/08/02/story-time-at-the-book-corner/

Space Dust

It’s here! My blood, sweat and tears arrived today in the post and I’m so pleased with how it turned out.

The setting is as close to perfect as I can get it and my illustrations have come to life on the white, glossy pages. The true test, of course, will be whether the children engage with the book and if the story fires their imaginations. After testing it on my book club members and year Reception at school, I have optimistic hopes of getting them to love this story as much as I do.

Now the fun part: this story was written for the library service in my borough, inspired by their theme Space Chase. I didn’t want to write a generic book about racing through space and instead, took inspiration from the imaginings of the children as they gazed up at the moon. Is it made of cheese? Does it have alien trees?

Using these ideas and brainstorming with Mark Hickling, one of our teachers at my school, and my youngest sprog, a new concept was born. I created Little One – a character who could be a boy or girl, giving the story a gender neutral balance. Little One’s mum has gone away and, like most young children at some point in their lives, Little One feels as if the separation is for a long time. Big Ox, the adult in charge, decides to take Little One on an adventure to help his tiny friend cope with Mum’s absence. What better way to occupy the mind of a small person than take them in a canoe ride across space, using Big Ox’s absolute favourite spoon as an oar?

This space story aims to entertain young and old alike with various visions of space through eyes that aren’t jaded by time or a lack of imagination; instead it inspires silly questions and adventure.

If you’d like to order your copy of Space Dust, click on the pic below. It will take you to my author site with all my book titles available to purchase.

Thank you for stopping by.