Day Three – Raucous Royals Tour

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Well as it’s the last day of the tour, I thought I’d touch more on the author, Carlyn Beccia. I don’t have an interview but here is some information you may be interested in:

Carlyn Beccia made her picture book debut with the captivating Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo? Who Put the B in the Ballyhoo is all about the Circus.

The idea for The Raucous Royals, her second book, came after a trip to Paris: “I went to Versailles,” she writes, “and discovered that Marie Antoinette never said her infamous line ‘Let them eat cake.’ Then I remembered also believing that Anne Boleyn had six fingers. After much digging, I discovered that one of her biographers after her death said she had an extra nail. A nail isn’t a finger. That discovery led to another rumor and then another . . .”

Besides painting, drawing, and researching royalty, Carlyn enjoyssalsa dancing, horseback riding, and raucous games of badminton with her husband. She lives in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.

If you haven’t already, be sure to check out the Raucous Royals Blog for all kinds of Royal information not found in the book: http://blog.raucousroyals.com/

Check out these other tour stops:

01 Charger, the 160acrewoods, A Mom Speaks, All About Children’s Books, Becky’s Book Reviews, Cafe of Dreams, Dolce Bellezza, Fireside Musings, The Friendly Book Nook, Homeschool Buzz, Hyperbole, KidzBookBuzz.com, Looking Glass Reviews, Maw Books Blog, Never Jam Today, Our Big Earth, Quiverfull Family, Reading is My Superpower, SmallWorld Reads, SMS Book Reviews

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