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WHERE LIONS ROAR AT NIGHT A read aloud book for the whole family to enjoy by Rosie Boom
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Books Illustrations Reviews About Us Phot	BOOM FAMILY APRIL NZ TOUR Chris and Rosie Boom are singer/songwriters who have travelled NZ for the last 20 years, delighting audiences with their personal, heart felt and heart healing songs. Now, their six children join them on tour, sharing their own gifts and talents. Join the Boom Family for a night of song, testimony, puppets, laughter and family fun! Meet the author of the award winning book Where Lions Roar at Night Bring a plate for a shared supper Websites: www.wherelionsroaratnight.com: www.boomfamily.co.nz Thursday 14th April – Whangarei Crossroads Community Church, 10 Mill Rd, Whangarei at 7pm. Entry by donation – all proceeds to go to Christchurch Friday 15 April – Auckland Te Atatu Baptist. Old Te Atatu Rd, Te Atatu Penninsula. 7.30pm Saturday 16th April – Hamilton. New Life Church - 360 Tramway Rd, RD1, Hamilton 7.00pm Sunday 17th April - Hamilton - Hamilton South Baptist 131 Ohaupo Road, Melville, Hamilton 10am Monday 18th April - Rotorua Baptist 7.30pm 100 Malfroy Road Rotorua 3010 (07) 348 5263 Tuesday 19th April – Napier/Hastings Reformed Church of Hastings 1234 Howard St Hastings 7.30pm Wednesday 20th April – Waikanae El Rancho 25 Kauri Rd, Waikanae. 04 902 6287 7.30pm Thursday 21 April Blenheim concert - venue to be confirmed (Watch my website for further details) Friday 22 April Blenheim Nativity Anglican Church 76 Alfred Street Blenheim 7201 ph (03) 578 3909 Sunday 24 April – May do a church service in either Blenheim or Nelson Wed 27th April – Nelson. Hope Community Church. Ranzau Rd, Hope, Nelson ph 03 5446628 Parenting workshop at 10am; Home schooling work shop at 2pm; Family concert at 7.30pm Thursday 28 April – Palmerston North at the Reformed Church,541 Ruahine Street, Palmerston North 7.30pm Friday 29th April – Wanganui; St Andrews Church, 42 Glasgow Street. 7.30pm Bring-a-plate supper. Cost: $5 per family to cover the cost of the venue. Sat 30 April – New Plymouth Northpoint Baptist Church ,116 Mangati Road, Bell Block, New Plymouth. 7.30pm 6th November 2010 Exciting news! Where Lions Roar at Night was announced the winner of the CALEB Book Prize in the Children's Category! I flew over to Brisbane and attended a writers' fair which was very inspiring, and then attended the awards dinner that night. Great celebrations in the barn when I returned! Where Lions Roar at Night - Winner CALEB prize Children's Book The winners from left to right: Valerie Volk, Poetry; Rosie Boom, Children's Book; Sally Graham, non-fiction; Amanda Reed, Fiction NOW AVAILABLE Where Arrows Fly - the sequel to Where Lions Roar at Night - is now available. To purchase your copy, order from the Books Page. 12 October 2010 Where Lions Roar at Night is one of three finalists in the Caleb Book Prize - Children's section!! I am flying to Brisbane on the 5th November for the awards dinner. CALEB BOOK PRIZE I recently found out that Where Lions Roar at Night has been shortlisted in the Children's section of the Caleb Book Prize for Australasian Book Prize. And The Gift of Values ~ Volume One has been shortlisted in the non-fiction section! Finalists will be announced later in October. 25 September 2010 Today I received the first 100 advance copies of my new book Where Arrows Fly , ready for my book launch next Saturday!! So exciting to hold it in my hands and read it after such a long process. For all of you readers who have ordered a copy, I will post them out just as soon as the main shipment arrives, which I'm guessing will be in about two weeks. Thanks for your patience! BOOK LAUNCH This is going to be held at the Vintage Car Club Hall, Heritage Park , Whangarei on the 2nd October at 3pm. Trevoe Irvine, pro-archer and many times national champion arcer will be giving an archery demonstration, and there will be the chance for you to have a go yourself and win some prizes. Fiddlelore, Whangarei's own fiddle group, will be playing, and it's also possible they may have their debut album available on the day! Drinks and nibbles and prizes to be won! Come and meet the Boom family! Book signing. Should be a good time. :) I would LOVE to see you there. 14 July 2010 I am currently doing the final proof reading before Where Arrows Fly goes to the printer. Release date is 24th September 2010. If you'd like to pre-order a signed copy, just send me an email. 8 March 2010 Well, the New Year is well and truly underway, and I have been flat out building our new house with Chris as well as finishing all the drawings for the sequel to Where Lions Roar at Night. It's been a big job! But all going well, the book should be in the bookstores by August. Exciting! 23 September 2009 Yesterday the children and I (and Angel the dog!) went to speak to the children at a school. It was so much fun! The teacher had just finished reading the book to the students and they wanted to meet us and ask us all sorts of questions. The funniest part was when one of the kids asked what my children wanted to be when they grew up. Jacob piped up and said that Milly wants to marry a dairy farmer! They laughed with delight and then started saying a boy's name - he promptly turned quite red...he is the one in the class who dreams of being a farmer. :) Fun. Milly took it very well. I'm getting the opportunity to speak at lots of schools and it really is so much fun. A delight too, to see how much the book resonates with the children who are reading it. And all the beautiful letters I get from the children!!! When we move into our new house and I set up the office, I'm going to put a whole lot of them up on my wall. :) 24 August 2009 I am heading off on a short lower North Island tour this Sunday. Places visited will be Foxton, Levin, Marton, Taupo, Auckland. 23 June 2009 Today I finished the first draft of the sequel to Where Lions Roar at Night. I have drawn about thirty of the illustrations so am well on the way! 28 May 2009 We heard some tragic news today. Dalu, the man from Zion Wildlife Gardens who came and talked to us at my book launch, was mauled by a white tiger and killed. Terrible. He was such a kind, caring man. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, and all his friends at the Lion Park. Book Launch on the 16th April 2009 We had a wonderful time at the book launch! About 100 people came and crowded into the shop and spilled out into the Strand Arcade. Fiddlelore played while we had drinks and nibbles and then we started the more formal proceedings. Storytime introduced me and I talked for a wee while about our life in the barn and what inspired me to write Where Lions Roar at Night. My children did a puppet show and we had a talk from Dalu, one of the lion men at the Zion Wildlife Gardens. Jake and Sam came in their usual gear - coon hats and bows and arrows. Jessie Foote (my artist niece) had a challenging time trying to sort through all the fantastic art work that the children had done and find some winners. I didn't envy her the job!! Well done, to all of you who drew such fearsome and colourful lions!! (I've posted most of them below.) We had hot chocolates and marshmallows and more music from Fiddlelore, and then plenty of time to chat with everyone. Thanks so much for coming and for buying a copy of the book - I hope you LOVE it!	"Our eldest is four and he loves Where Lions Roar at Night. Pure, real, tangible, sense enhancing reading." ~ Fleur, mother "Thank you so much for writing such an amazing book. I read the whole thing in less than 24 hours and have begun reading it to our children. We also have 6 children and just that fact alone hooked them in, but I was totally incredulous at the fact that I had them all begging for me to keep reading, my children NEVER do that!!!, they often find reading time is not their favourite time of the day as they would rather be out exploring like the children in the story. My husband marvelled at the fact that the children all sat perfectly still and didn’t make a peep during reading last night. And "Poppa" (Grandad) was just as drawn in and wants to find out what happens next. We can’t wait for the sequel (oh we do so hope there is one) I was actually one of the blessed people to win your book the other day on radio Rhema so I am so very grateful. Thank you for finally giving my children a reason to look forward to reading time. We can’t wait for the sequel (oh we do so hope there is one) " Jacqui. Mother "Thank you so much for writing such a wonderful book! Our children (we have 8) all LOVED it. It is one of their all-time favorites. We can't wait to read the next installment! You remind me of the special effect that Laura Ingalls Wilder said she was trying to put into her stories - I can't remember exactly how she worded it but it was something like a golden thread of hope and love and you certainly achieved that. Thank you so much." ~Gwenda, NZ “I loved hearing how Aslan the Lion lived just along the road and I wanted to play on the rope swing by Black Rabbit Island. I liked how the children surprised their parents for their wedding anniversary. That was a fantastic idea!” ~ Benjamin, age 9 “This story is a fantastic and engaging read. The characters are inspiring. I didn't want to put it down. Exciting and written for all ages, it makes for a very good read by the fire on a winter's night.” Rachel, 16 “This book is a winner! We devoured it as a ‘family read’ in less than a week. Many chores were left undone as my family pleaded for “just one more chapter, Mum!” again and again. We got to know each family member as a close friend, laughing at their antics, sharing their adventures with enthusiasm and their crises with bated breath. This is the captivating, real life story of a Kiwi family that every reader would want to know and be a part of, a family who cares for each other and shares each other’s triumphs and losses. It’s about creativity, making the most of life’s ups and downs, dancing in the puddles (or canoeing in the floodwaters) on rainy days and living the great adventure with whatever’s at hand. Where Lions Roar at Night is more than the New Zealand family biography that we’ve been longing to read, it’s an inspiration to families and readers of all ages. We can’t wait for the next installment!” ~ Jenni Anderson, mother "A very good story - exciting, funny, surprising. This is one I'll enjoy reading over and over.” ~ Ben, age 13 “Great book! Kids of all ages will enjoy it.” ~ Samantha, age 15
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WHERE LIONS ROAR AT NIGHT

A read aloud book for the whole family to enjoy by Rosie Boom