Elaine Ambrose

Bestselling Author, Ventriloquist, & Humorist

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INDIES Book of the Year

Forget the Elf! Find Myself on Your Shelf!

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‘Tis the season to give lasting gifts, so stock the stockings with award-winning books from Idaho bestselling author Elaine Ambrose. Save a few for yourself! Shop local and order books from local bookstores. If they can’t secure books, find them online.

The new memoir, Frozen Dinners – A Memoir of a Fractured Family, debuted in November and has received 5-star reviews. It’s available from local bookstores, online, and from the author in hardcover and eBook formats.

 

 

Four other books by Ambrose have won professional praise and six national writing awards in the past four years.

 

   

Midlife Happy Hour – Our Reward for Surviving Careers, Kids, and Chaos

 


Midlife Cabernet – Life, Love, and Laughter After Fifty

 

Gators & Taters – A Week of Bedtime Stories

  • 2018 “Distinguished Favorite” for Children’s Literature from the Independent Press Awards
  • One of 50 Children’s Books Selected for Bowker’s National Recommended Reading List

 

The Magic Potato – La Papa Mágica 

  • 2018 Silver Medal Winner from the Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards for Children’s Literature
  • Adopted by the Idaho State Board of Education for the statewide curriculum.

 

For those in the Boise area, Ambrose is available to autograph and personalize her books. She prefers to meet at The Club at Spurwing with books and can include a holiday hot toddy.

But wait! There are more books and anthologies to view for your reading pleasure. For additional information about the author’s books, blogs, and events, see her website at www.ElaineAmbrose.com.

     

 

 

       

“Magic Potato” Wins Children’s Book Award

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The annual Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards contest has announced this year’s medal-winning books “in recognition of exemplary children’s books and their creators, and to celebrate children’s life-long reading.” The Magic Potato – La Papa Mágica – Story Book in English and Spanish by Idaho Author Elaine Ambrose won the Silver Medal for bilingual education.

Entries for the 2018 Awards were submitted from across the United States, Canada, and six countries overseas.  Moonbeam Award winners will be honored at an award ceremony November 11th at the Traverse City Children’s Book Festival in Michigan.

Authors enjoy naming characters after family members.

The Magic Potato describes the adventures of a flying potato giving rides to children as they explore Idaho. The bilingual text in English and Spanish teaches key phrases in both languages and includes numbers, colors, and days of the week. The book was adopted by the Idaho State Board of Education for the statewide curriculum and was awarded to children who won the essay writing contest at the last Idaho Potato Drop. Mill Park Publishing, owned by Ambrose, published the book and sponsored the writing contest. The book is illustrated by Patrick Bochnak and translated by Emily Nielsen. It’s available at retail stores, online, and in paperback and eBook formats.

 

Another children’s book written by Ambrose recently won a medal for children’s literature from the 2018 Independent Press Awards.  Gators & Taters – A Week of Bedtime Stories features seven original stores designed to be read aloud to children. The book is available at retail stores and online in paperback, eBook, and audiobook read by the author.

Four books written by Ambrose have won six national writing awards in the past four years, including INDIES Book of the Year Finalist. Through her children’s books, Ambrose celebrates her childhood on an Idaho potato farm near Wendell. Her nonfiction bestsellers include Midlife Cabernet and Midlife Happy Hour.

Ambrose’s memoir Frozen Dinners will be released next month by Brown Books Publishing Group. The premiere party is November 8 at Telaya Winery in Garden City, Idaho.