Tuesday, February 26, 2013

New Kid's Book Contract Signed

The contracts have been signed for This Property is Condemned. Watch this blog for updates, information, and the release date for this new and exciting mystery - adventure for kids. It will be book #4 in the Sam Cooper Adventure Series.

This Property is Condemned

Is it true what they say about the old Remmington Mansion? Did someobody really die in the basement of that scary place?
This Property is Condemned
will be the 4th book in the Sam Cooper Adventure Series from Port Yonder Press.

The manuscript has just been delivered to the publisher who plans to release the book in 2013. In this story, Sam, Tony, and Tyler discover a house that's falling apart. Local developers have sinister plans to tear the place down.

But wait a minute. Didn't the boys just see a curtain move in one of the front windows? All they've ever heard is the place is abandoned; maybe even haunted.

Sam and his friends decide to find out the truth.
This Property is Condemned
Get ready for the next Sam Cooper Adventure / Mystery, coming soon from children's author Max Elliot Anderson and Port Yonder Press.

Why not read the first 3 books now, so you'll be ready when book #4 is published?

Book # 1 - Lost Island Smugglers
Book # 2 - Captain Jack's Treasure
Book # 3 - River Rampage
Coming Soon! Book # 4 - This Property is Condemned

Sam Cooper Adventures VIDEOS

Video - River Rampage - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxoWP4QmVJQ&feature=plcp
Video - Imagine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOAa_eu30Xc&feature=plcp

Monday, February 04, 2013

Tell-A-Friend

One of the most effective marketing or promotional methods for children's books is when one person tells another who tells another about a product or service. I've been writing action-adventures & mysteries for kids for nearly 12 years. Since all of my books so far have been published by small, independent presses, I have to rely on as much word-of-mouth promotion as possible.

If you like what you see on this page, I would like to ask you to pass the information on to your peers, friends, family, and circle influence. Please consider sending the following link by email, text message, social media, your blog, or any other means you have available:

Action-adventures & mysteries for kids I thought you might like http://booksandboys.blogspot.com/2013/02/tell-friend.html

Thank you for your help,
Max Elliot Anderson

Series From Port Yonder Press

LOST ISLAND SMUGGLERS - Book #1 in the Sam Cooper Adventure Series



Sam Cooper had just moved to Harper's Inlet when he met Tony. Tony's father owned a marina. Sam, Tony, and Tyler took scuba lessons together. After they completed the course, the boys decided to try out their new skills in the real world...the ocean. The only problem was, no one had permission. Everything went well until the biggest storm Tony had ever seen blew up from out of nowhere, and the boys found themselves stranded on Lost Island. But, if they thought the worst had happened, they were wrong!




CAPTAIN JACK’S TREASURE – Book #2 in the Sam Cooper Adventure Series



Sam Cooper lives right near the ocean, on the Treasure Coast of Florida. All he's heard about since he moved here are the fabulous treasures that have been found, and those still waiting to be discovered. Sam, Tony, and Tyler are convinced that they will be the ones to dig up the next great find. They meet a crusty sea captain named Jack who's fixing up an impossible looking old tub. What is Captain Jack's mysterious secret? And what is he really planning to do with that boat?


RIVER RAMPAGE – Book #3 in the Sam Cooper Adventure Series


 







Sam Cooper and his friends have the chance of a lifetime to go rafting down the mighty Colorado River. The rains have been heavy this season, turning the raging river even more treacherous. The boys’ become separated from the main group, their rubber raft is going flat, and now they’re on their own. They have their hands full with a crusty prospector, his gold mine, a gang of outlaw bikers, and a desperate river escape on their makeshift wooden raft.







Think that’s the worst that could happen? Well, it isn’t.
 
                                    THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED - Book #4 Coming Soon!






 


Comfort Publishing Adventure Series


WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT



Peyton Aldrich's father is an Army colonel, who specializes in Army intelligence. His work is always top secret, which means he can't even discuss it with his own son. Peyton idolized his father, who believes that after what happened on 9/11, somebody had to help keep the country safe. Now, Peyton, along with his family, find themselves stationed at a new army base, in the middle of nowhere. After his arrival, Peyton finds two friends, Gill and Dave. Together they decide to train like Rangers, and search for some kind of mission to accomplish on their own. Little did they know that a mission was about to put the boys right in the crosshairs of a dangerous terrorist plot, when a secret weapon would be delivered to the base on its way across the country.

 
BARNEY AND THE RUNAWAY



Mike hated the way his parents were always telling him what to do. Along with his dog, Barney, he decides to teach them a lesson by pretending to run away for a few hours. The plan gets complicated when Mike and Barney hide in a railroad boxcar, fall asleep, and end up in Georgia with a circus in the middle of the night. After his experiences away from home, Mike learns the importance of family, and that you don’t appreciate what you have until its gone.




LEGEND OF THE WHITE WOLF



Brian Fisher discovered a white wolf pup caught in a trap and set it free. Since then, Brian was convinced that he and the wolf shared a special bond. Stung by the disbelief of his family and friends, Brian sets out to prove that his fantastic story is true. He soon finds himself lost out in a snowstorm and attacked by a mountain lion. When a group of lawless hunters begins killing off the wolf population, Brian is caught right in the middle! An eleven-year-old boy, a mysterious white wolf, a dangerous band of illegal hunters, and all the excitement of the rugged outdoors near Yellowstone National Park.


NEWSPAPER CAPER



Tom Stevens was a super salesman. He and his friends delivered newspapers early every morning. Along their route, the boys often saw some pretty strange things. Then one day, they actually became the story in the papers they delivered. Early in the morning, while it was still dark, the three boys stumbled across some suspicious activity. A begins to hook up an expensive car in someone's driveway along their paper route, but when the tow truck driver sees the boys, he drives off leaving the car behind. Tom reads in the paper the next morning about a string of car thefts around the area. He begins to see a connection between a local car repair shop and the thefts. The boys' adventures begin as they take matters into their own hands and investigate the car thefts. They befriend an elderly widow whose car was stolen, encounter vicious guard dogs and the thieves themselves at the chop-shop. But it's Tom who proves to be the one who carries this mystery to its dangerous conclusion. tow truck


TERROR AT WOLF LAKE



Eddy Thompson's hero is John Dillinger, one of the most dangerous bank robbers in American history. So it's no surprise that Eddy cheats on anything, anytime, anywhere. With school out for Christmas, Eddy's father invites Chet, Rusty, and their fathers to drive up to a cabin he owns on Wolf Lake, Michigan, for ice fishing, tobogganing, and winter fun. But something happens there that will change Eddy's life. One day, two real bank robbers toss their stolen cash over the fence at Eddy's cabin in hopes to come back for it later, as police sirens race toward them. Of course, Eddy wants to keep it, and that's when their troubles really begin. With so much danger closing in and with the help of his friends, Eddy realizes how wrong it is to cheat. But the terror doesn't end there and follows them all the way back home.


NORTH WOODS POACHERS



The Washburn families have been coming to the same cabins, on the same lake, catching the same fish, for about as long as Andy can remember. And he's sick of it. This summer would be different he decided. Only he never imagined how different. The story is filled with excitement, danger, humor, and drama. In the end, Andy learns the concepts of family tradition, that God loves justice while He hates injustice, and it is important to follow the rules. Readers will enjoy the gigantic, jet-powered floatplane, computers, home made radio transmitter, and naturally, no one will ever forget Big Wally. He’s a fish of course. 
 
                                       MISCHIEF AFTER MIDNIGHT - Coming Soon!
 
                                    THE GREAT CAVE CAPER - Coming Soon!
 
                                    MYSTERIOUS CABIN - Coming Soon!
  
Chestnut Publishing Group

These books are especially for public schools and libraries.
 
Book #1 - Coming Soon!
Book #2 - Coming Soon!
Book #3 - Coming Soon!
Book #4 - Coming Soon!
Book # 5 - Coming Soon!
Book #6 - Coming Soon!
 
"Max Elliot Anderson brings a lifetime of dramatic film and video production to the pages of his action adventures and mysteries." Jerry B. Jenkins, Author
"Sam Cooper Adventures are like good, family movies . . . as an ordinary kid finds himself in exciting and extra-ordinary adventures!" Bill Myers - Author

60 pages of reviews -
http://maxbookreviews.blogspot.com My Youtube Videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/Maxbooks100?feature=watch


These exciting books are compared by readers and reviewers to Tom Sawyer, The Hardy Boys, Huck Finn, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, Lemony Snicket, and others. They can be ordered from any bookstore, are available at Amazon and Banres and Noble & others online, and are available as ebooks.


Friday, February 01, 2013

New Book Of Children's Short Stories Published

I've just had 2 more short stories for kids included in a new release by Knowonder. The titles are The First Snowflake - a really cute story with a bear, a rabbit, and others, and Polly Porcupines's Prickly Problem. The book is in Ebook and in print.

http://www.amazon.com/Nerissas-Celebration-collection-stories-Volume/dp/1482324024%3FSubscriptionId%3D1QZMGW0RRJC2PX87HDR2%26tag%3Dsalranexp-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1482324024

Nerissa's Celebration: a collection of 30 read aloud stories for kids (Volume 3)