This is a young children's book about just doing your best you can do. When Tess has a hard time keeping her room clean, doing what her parents tell her to do and just paying attention to school, she learns that trying means more than you know. Tess wants to sing in the play, however, she does other things and then doesn't go to the try outs. She gets a second chance to audition again. Will she be able to do the audition? Will she make it to be in the play. What can Tess do?
I would recommend this to all the little ones as a read out loud book with adults. It shows how to do your best you can in any situation. It is a great story to teach kids about just trying, not having to be perfect, just be themselves.
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About the Book
Book: Do Your Best, Tess!
Author: Janet Morris Grimes
Genre: Children’s picture book – ages 4 – 8
Release date: June 28, 2022
Tess is as scattered as the toys and clothes all over her floor. She flits from one activity to another and forms the habit of never finishing anything.
But when her dream is on the line, she discovers the importance of not getting distracted so she can finish what she starts.
Do Your Best, Tess! is a read-aloud participation book. The reader will encourage and cheer for Tess as she learns to truly do her best.
The first in the Character is a Choice! series.
About the Author
Janet Morris Grimes may not have realized she was a writer at the time, but her earliest childhood memories were spent creating fairy-tale stories of the father she never knew. That desire to connect with the mysterious man in a treasured photograph gave her a deep love for the endless possibilities of a healing and everlasting story.
A wife of one, mother of three, and Tootsie to four, Janet currently writes from her quiet two-acre corner of the world near Elizabethtown, KY.
Her debut novel, Solomon’s Porch, was a 2022 American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Awards Finalist.
More from Janet
The idea for this series started over twenty-five years ago, when it was my turn to write a skit for our children’s worship service at church. I came up with a rhyming, read-aloud, interactive story where the kids could help the main character make better choices. They loved it, and they remembered the fun catch phrase long after that night. We created some great memories through the story, and that’s what I hope to offer to children of today.
Do Your Best, Tess! is about a little girl who’s learning to finish what she starts, and why that’s so important. Tess gets distracted easily, and I think we can all relate, especially with today’s culture.
I so enjoy reading this story to my own grandchildren. They love helping Tess remember to put forth her best effort, even when she doesn’t feel like doing so.
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Janet is giving away the grand prize package of a $50 Amazon gift card and a signed hard-cover copy of Do Your Best, Tess!!
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