Broccoli Chronicles

by Taneeka Bourgeois-daSilva, Alvina Kwong (Illustrations)

Ten-year-old Myrtle Beckle lives on Sugarbird Lane with Blabbermouth Samantha and the No Eating Vegetable Club. This vegetable patrol has banned every kid on their block from eating any vegetables, which is why they mock Myrtle, the vegetable nerd, for her bizarre fascination with broccoli. While dodging their antics, Myrtle plants broccoli seeds in her backyard in hopes of one day becoming a scientist and finding a cure for cancer through broccoli. This humorous, educational, and inspiring chapter book, filled with secret clubs, rivalry, broccoli experiments, and more, proves that the voice of a child should never be ignored.

170 pages, ebook

First published December 5, 2014

About the author

Taneeka Bourgeois-daSilva is an educator at heart and divides her time between many educational avenues and platforms of learning. She wrote the award-winning Broccoli Chronicles which won three literary awards and is available on BN.com. She is a big advocate for reading and therefore created Reading Builds Character, a nationwide reading initiative to encourage more kids to read. Some of Taneeka's article's and books have been featured in the Merced Sun Star, VoyageLA Magazine, IBPA's Independent Magazine, the Children's Writer's Guild, the Big Bear Grizzly, the Chapman Alumni Blog, the CSUDH Newsletter, and in other media. She tweets at @taneekabdasilva and blogs at www.taneekabdasilva.com.

💡About Me:

I am an award-winning author, educator, adjunct professor, blogger, and entrepreneur. I am the author of the Little Kids, Big Voices series. I am Founder and CEO of Building Voices and TCD Kids Foundation. In my spare time, I love reading and writing children’s books, primarily coloring books and chapter books. I also enjoy volunteering at my church and giving back to the community. My favorite vegetable is broccoli and my favorite beverages are blue cream soda and sweet tea.

Author of over 30 books:
1. Perfectly series 👸🤴 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN27WM2Y?...
2. Bible Stories series ✝️ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN4LQ83Z?...
3. The Secret Mystical series 🦋 🧜‍♀️ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BN1WXQW5?...
4. Big Animal Adventure series 🐘 🐈 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMLWH591?...
5. Little Kids, Big Voices series 🥦 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNJ95C4X?...

📢 All books are available at Amazon.com. Some books are available at BN.com, Walmart.com, and other online book stores.

📌 Literary Awards:
Broccoli Chronicles won: the 2015 National Indie Excellence Award in Children’s Fiction, Honorable Mention in Foreword Reviews’ 2014 ‪INDIEFAB‬ Book of the Year Awards for Juvenile Fiction, and silver place for the 2015 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for Juvenile Fiction!

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