About the Book
Book: Tyrone the Terrible
Author: Jan Lis
Genre: Children’s Chapter Book
Release Date: March, 2020
Tyrone is the skinniest chameleon in the swamp. No one wants him on their team. After going on a fitness program, Tyrone gets carried away with his new self and terrorizes his friends in Gnarly Tree Bend until he meets Sly, the meanest gator in the bayou. Looks like Tyrone is gumbo.
The moral of this story? Someone is always bigger and badder than you, so you’d best make friends along the way.
TYRONE THE TERRIBLE is a bullying tale. The feisty chameleon picks on his bayou buddies before meeting his match. In the process, he learns the value of friends and family and how actions have consequences.
This delightful story is filled with swampy animal characters with a distinctly southern voice – not quite Brer Rabbit, but a good deep-south feel.
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Guest Review from Donna Cline
The story is short at 15 chapters and only 40 pages long.
What I think about this book:
While Tyrone the Terrible is a cute book that aims to teach a good lesson, “ You have to be a friend to make a friend” I was disappointed in how Tyrone’s own mother bullied him. I always aim to teach my sons that I am ALWAYS on their side cheering for them and rooting for them. I hate that Tyrone did not have a positive influence in his life yet was expected to know how to be a friend when everyone else bullied him.
What My sons think about this book:
My sons really enjoyed this book, they thought that Tyrone was funny, although they did wish that more of the characters would have been illustrated as they liked the front cover of the book. They were able to easily read and understand the moral of the story. They gave it five stars.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Celebrate Lit, this in no way influenced my review. All opinions are my own.
About the Author
Jan Lis is south Florida writer and artist. Living in this multicultural area, Jan utilizes these diverse cultural influences in her stories. Jan fills her children’s books with spunky characters and rich imagery, bringing to her stories and illustrations the same vivid quality found in her fine art paintings.
Jan attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, has a degree from Ohio University’s School of Fine Art, and took post-graduate writing at Case-Western Reserve. She established her writing as a journalist contributing articles to publications such as the Miami Herald, and the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, and worked as Fine Arts Editor and Columnist for the Florida Arts Gazette.
Jan Lis is an established artist who has exhibited and won awards in many of the country’s top Annual Exhibitions including: The Butler Institute of American Art, the San Diego Watercolor Society, and the Piedmont Biennial at the Mint Museum. She is represented in corporate and private collections including: the State of Florida Art In Public Buildings Program, the Brevard County Florida Art in Public Places Program, and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC.
Jan is represented by agent Cyle Young, Hartline Literary Agency, and is member of the
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
More from Jan
How I first met Tyrone was an interesting adventure in itself. One day, a curious little chameleon climbed up on a stone, and watched me as I went for my afternoon swim. Day after day his little head popped up every time I entered the pool. Then he scrambled up onto his rock to watch me swim. Over the course of the summer I saw this skinny fellow gradually mature into quite an impressive chameleon. Sometime during the summer he gained the name Tyrone, and the story was born. Much of the action in Tyrone The Terrible takes place around Gnarly Tree, located along the bayou. While the setting of the story is fiction, the tree is not. My Gnarly tree is a venerable old Banyan, located along the pathway near my home. These days I give it a nod whenever I pass by. I loved writing the Tyrone characters, and the southern feel of the dialogue. It’s a story you just have to read out loud, and have fun with.
Blog Stops
For Him and My Family, June 1
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, June 2
Vicky Sluiter, June 3 (Author Interview)
Older & Smarter?, June 4
Babbling Becky L’s Book Impressions, June 5
Texas Book-aholic, June 6
Simple Harvest Reads, June 7 (Author Interview)
Library Lady’s Kid Lit, June 8
deb’s Book Review, June 9
Inklings and notions, June 10
My Devotional Thoughts, June 11 (Author Interview)
Mary Hake, June 12
Splashes of Joy, June 13
Artistic Nobody, June 14 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Jan is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon Gift Certificate and a signed copy of Tyrone The Terrible!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/fc14/tyrone-the-terrible-celebration-tour-giveaway