Traveling Tootsie by Karen and Kathy Honaker | 5-Star Children’s Book Review | Guest Post from the Authors
A book blog tour from iRead Book Tours.
Thank you to the author, publisher, & Lauren at iRead for providing me with the information for this tour. 
Traveling Tootsie by Karen and Kathy Honaker is a delightful children’s picture book with themes of travel, adventure, missing parents when they are gone, and creating fun.
Book Details
Traveling Tootsie by Karen and Kathy Honaker
Published by Mascot Kids on 11/01/2022
Genres: Children's Picture Book, Children's
Format: eBook, Hardcover
Pages: 38
Have you ever wished you could go away on your parent's business trip or hide in their suitcase to explore a new city all on your own?
Well, Katie and Steven sure have! They wonder why they always have to stay home when Mommy or Daddy travel for work. Once their favorite yellow teddy, Tootsie, comes up with the idea to stow himself away for Daddy's trip to Washington, DC, Katie and Steven realize that they'll be able to travel along, too--but just not in the way they first imagine!
Traveling Tootsie is an adorable children's book which perfectly captures the authors' passion for--and love of--travel. Come along on an exciting adventure with Katie and Steven's beloved teddy bear in the Nation's Capital!
After you've traveled with Tootsie, we hope you'll begin to explore the enchanting world around YOU!
Source: iRead Book Tours, Received from the author or publisher for review.
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Purchase Links for Traveling Tootsie
Amazon-OneLink for all countries BookShop/IndieBound
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My thoughts on Traveling Tootsie
“Traveling Tootsie” is a delightful children’s picture book that explores themes of travel, adventure, coping skills, and creating fun. Authors Karen and Kathy Honaker based the story on their own childhood adventures with parents who traveled for work.
The main characters, a brother and sister, devise an ingenious plan to hide their teddy bear, Traveling Tootsie, in their father’s shoe when he packs his luggage. From there, Tootsie sneaks out and visits all the sights in Washington, DC. When their father returns home, Tootsie fills in the kids on all the monumental sights he visited on his adventure.
This cute premise helps children cope with missing a parent and teaches them to create fun adventures without leaving home. The bright and vivid illustrations by Chiara Civati create a soft, dreamlike feel to the tale.
I highly recommend this book to families, libraries, daycares, and schools.
I received a copy of the book for the tour. This review is my honest, unbiased opinion.
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About Karen and Kathy Honaker
Karen and Kathy Honaker grew up in the Chicago suburbs and moved to Virginia as teenagers. They enjoyed many family vacations, which began their love of travel.
They both reside in Virginia with their families and continue to instill a love of travel in their own children. This is their first children’s book written together about a favorite childhood memory that they always wanted to share with others to enjoy. They hope to inspire a sense of adventure in you!
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Guest Post by the Honakers
What it Was Really Like to Grow Up With Traveling Tootsie
One of us would walk by our parent’s bedroom door and see the suitcase open on their
bed. We knew what we had to do. We sat on the pink shag carpeting of our room and plotted
out our plan. As soon as it was safe, we sneaked into our parent’s room, took one of dad’s
shoes out of the cloth shoe bag, and pushed Tootsie way down inside to the toes of his shoes.
We put the shoe back just like we found it, ran back to our room, and giggled non-stop!
After we dropped dad off at the airport, we thought about where he was going, and we
couldn’t wait to hear the stories he would tell when he got back. We had other benefits of dad
traveling, too…we always got to get a box of “sugar-cereal’ and we would spend a long time
weighing the pros and cons of which TV dinner to pick out of the freezer at the grocery
store…the favorite meal and dessert never seemed to line up quite right!
The days passed and we would head to the airport to pick up our dad. We would be so
excited when he came out to the car, and one of the first things we would shout was, “Where
were you when you found Tootsie?” We all laughed, and dad would tell us where he was, and
then we would head home for more stories.
Our dad loved photography, so the sharing didn’t stop there. When the film got
developed, we would set up the slide projector and screen, do a few “shadow animals” with our
hands, and watch the slideshow and experience faraway places right there in our family room.
He had a goal to visit all 50 states before he died, and he made it. He shared all of them with us
with stories, photographs, and gifts.
These memories are some of the best of our childhood and have instilled a love of travel
in us. This is one reason we wanted to write this book. We wanted to spark curiosity and
children’s imaginations and help to foster the parent-child relationship within families.
You may not always be able to travel somewhere, but it sure doesn’t mean you can’t learn
about it and enjoy it!
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Purchase Traveling Tootsie online from a local bookstore.
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Easy Amazon Links
Amazon-OneLink for all countries
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Giveaway!
Win a signed copy of TRAVELING TOOTSIE by Karen and Kathy Honaker (USA only) (ends Apr 7)
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