Sewing a Friendship

By Natalie Tinti

Four best friends, who are 7y.old girls, are super excited about the start of summer!But things do not run smoothly when 9y.old Kiki, the rival girl, gets in the way by uninviting the girls to a fashion show.The girls dash back home to talk of how they could be in the fashion show also.Everything seemed as though it would work out, except one little thing:their model must be at least 9y.old and

• Language: English
• Publisher: Natalie Tinti
• Release date: Sep 19, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452440453

Natalie Tinti

Natalie Tinti was born in 1999, California. Her amazing innate writing talent showed through in her first-grade essays and continues to be her unique way to express herself.Natalie decided to write the popular kids' book, Sewing a Friendship, because she noticed several children at her school who appeared to have trouble making friends.In addition to being a prolific young author and illustrator, Natalie studies acting and speaks publicly at various venues in Southern California. Her inspirational message encourages other children to follow their own dreams.More about Natalie at http:sewingafriendship.com1. Bronze Award 2010 Children’s Picture Book All Ages hosted by Young Voices Foundation2. Bronze Award 2010 in Children Chapter Books hosted by Readers Favorite Book Reviews3. Finalist 2010 in the Children’s Picture Book Softcover Category hosted by International Book Awards4. Winner 2010 in Children’s Motivation Category hosted by National Indie Excellence Awards5. Winner Spring 2010 Pinnacle Achievement Award hosted by the North American Bookdealers Exchange6. Silver Medal 2009 in Children Chapter Books hosted by Readers Favorite Book Reviews.Since the publication of her book, Sewing a Friendship, Natalie participated in a book reading, a book signing and a book presentation everywhere.

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What others are saying about Sewing a Friendship

"It is with great pleasure that I recommend Sewing a Friendship by Natalie Tinti. Natalie not only has a gift for writing, but her artwork at such a young age is incredible. I also really like the idea of a child writing a children’s book. Kind of makes sense, doesn’t it?" -Greg Giesen, LeadingFromWithin.net

Natalie finds her voice and demonstrates a talent that's rare for such a young girl; especially one who wants to help kids realize that they can help others and accomplish remarkable things that can change the world when they set their minds to do it. Recommended reading for all YA fans. -Lauren Smith, Virtual Book Review

"Created by 10-year-old award winning author/illustrator Natalie Tinti, Sewing a Friendship is a truly unique and life enhancing book. Although the target audience might well be 7-10 years old girls, the positive messages about inclusion and imagination will also appeal to others from teens to adults. -James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Children’s Bookwatch magazine

Natalie finds the poetry and beauty in small moments while proving that kids can do remarkable things when they set their minds to it. -Steve Barancik, Best children books.com

Natalie’s book is not only beautifully written and illustrated, but gives the reader a glimpse of the heart of this young author. -Jennifer Carpetner, School principal

Sewing a Friendship

Natalie Tinti

Published by Tintinatie at Smashwords

Copyright 2010 by Natalie Tinti

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Reviews for Sewing a Friendship

[michellepoe_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Sewing a Friendship, by Natalie Tinti , is a wonderful inspiring story with lessons in friendship. In this chapter book you will find four sweet 7 year olds girls planning a PINK SLEEPOVER, and preparing for a fashion show. The author has written a story using whimsical names such as, Sokron Blossom, Nina Key, Meeka Venya, and Jonsy Jipsy. With character names like these you can imagine how special this story is going to be. The girls decide to participate in a fashion show and begin to sew the clothes themselves. But, there is one problem, only 9-year-olds are allowed to model in the show and they need five participants. The four girls befriend Kiki Shaver, a 9 year-old they thought was not a nice girl.The characters get to know Kiki, become friends and work together to accomplish their goals. The fashion show turns out to be a big success and they learn valuable lessons in friendship. I particularly like the beginning of the book where you will find an introduction to all the characters. Each character is outlined with information about their birthday, hair color, favorite food, and specialty just to mention a few. Each profile includes a full page drawing of the character. I know readers will be able to identify with the characters and maybe even imagine that they are one of them. Did I mention that this book is authored and illustrated by a 10-year-old? Natalie Tinti has written this imaginative story that girls between the ages of 6 and 8 will love reading over and over again. The age appropriate vocabulary used by the author relates to how girls in this age group talk on a daily basis. Kids will relate to this text and will really enjoy the story. Readers will find colorful words and phrases in this story for example, Jonsy’s father asked her what she would like for breakfast and she responds, “I feel like a cherry with vanilla ice-cream, a cup of dragon tea with a yellow umbrella, and a huge hot chocolate cake”. This book is filled with glossy bright original Magna style drawings throughout. I highly recommend this book, and Natalie Tinti will be an author to watch for in the future.

[laurafabiani · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book is written and illustrated by ten-year-old Natalie Tinti, a girl with a bright and very colourful imagination. Tinti creates a fantasy world where the wind speaks and little seven-year-old girls sew and together produce a fantastic outfit for a fashion show. The theme is centered on the value of friendship, and we are introduced to four unique girls who befriend Kiki, “the meanest girl on the planet” to include her on their team as they prepare for the show.As a writer myself, I was impressed with Tinti’s ability to create unique characters, from their talents and traits to their distinctive clothes. I especially liked Meeka, the girl who loves math and solving problems. Tinti also brought to life a girly, fun world that I am certain will appeal to young girls. My nine-year-old daughter read this book too and liked it although I think the story was young for her as she is already in the middle-grade level books with older characters. Finally, the original Manga-like drawings are colourful and detailed and match the fantasy world the author created.There were times when I felt the story was disjointed and a more thorough editing was needed to correct the overall flow of the book and the verb tenses. Otherwise, this is a cute book and story and will appeal to girls between the ages of 5 to 8. I must add that I admire this young writer’s ability to use the elements of story writing (characterization, plot, resolution, etc.) and her bright illustrations to create a unique children’s book. Congratulations, Natalie!

[onyx95_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Summer vacation had just started while the wind listened to a group of friends (Sokron Blossom, Meeka Venya, Jonsy Jipsy, Nina Key), all seven (7) years old, discussing their summer plans, a new one was presented to them. They wanted to be a part of the big fashion show, but the problem was they needed a five (5) member team to enter. They were only four (4), but as they were trying to figure out how to fix it, Sokron’s dog, Dogon, took off with the rules for entering. Chasing him down they found another little girl (Kiki Shaver), but she was nine (9) which might work out because one of the rules was that at least one of the team members had to be at least nine (9). So they asked Kiki if she wanted to be a part of the fashion show as one of their team mates. After much thought, Kiki agreed, for one reason she didn’t have many friends so she thought this would be a good place to start making some. As a story concept, this is a very cute and inspirational one. One member of the team is overcoming a fear of shyness and all of them are looking past some of their preconceived opinions of the others. Mostly I liked how they were all accepted for who they are and they all made the best of each of their own special strengths to make it to the fashion show. The help of Babushka (Grandma) and Dogon was a cute addition to the story, but not entirely necessary. (The nit-pick section of my review is about the grammar), I did find a few spots that should have maybe been corrected, but only a small handful of them. The illustrations on this book are Magna in style, full of color and tie into the story well. The interesting thing about this book is the fact that it is written and illustrated by a 10 year old. As a writer, she has room to grow (of course) but to be able to articulate herself so well through her story and pictures is just amazing. The book I received shows that it is has already been nominated or received awards from several places. This may be an up and coming author to watch.