This is a post for kids, but get your parent or guardian’s permission before reading or replying to this!
After writing six Three Lost Kids books (two distinct trilogies), it’s time for some more fantasy fun from our favorite sisters. The first trilogy is a world discovery series with illustrations (Lexie World, Bella World, Maddie World), where the sisters discover magic and other worlds and learn important life lessons. The second trilogy is a holiday series (The Death of the Sugar Fairy, The Christmas Curse, Cupid’s Capture) where the lost kids save Halloween, Christmas AND Valentine’s Day. They’re busy kids!
But I have to say I’m most excited about this next trilogy, the Magic Library series! In this series, the three lost kids have started a new school, one with peacocks and a library they could live in. But when they find a forbidden book that releases magic from other worlds into theirs, they will have to use all of their skills to save their school from dark forces.
The first book in this trilogy, The Forbidden Book, will be released this fall, and I need YOUR help!
I’m doing a contest, just for kids. Think about this series, about what it would mean if magic (dark and light) were released into your world, your school… what kind of problems would that cause? What could go wrong? What do YOU want to see in these next three books?
Unlike the first two trilogies, which had stand alone books (meaning you could read them in any order and they weren’t really connected to each other except for the characters), this new trilogy will be all connected, and each book will be longer than the first six books were. About twice as long, actually. So we have more room to play with fun plots and scary situations.
So, here’s how this is going to work. Have your parent or guardian help you comment on this post with your answer to this question:
What kind of magical trouble do you want to see The Three Lost Kids get into with this new series, based on the premise of the book?
We will randomly draw two winners who will get their names in the book (with their parent or guardian’s permission) and a free signed copy of The Forbidden Book once it launches. Your idea may or may not be used, but all will be considered for this and future Three Lost Kids books!
UPDATE NOVEMBER 6, 2013
We are SO SORRY for how late this is. LIFE HAPPENED. But we have winners! Jordyn Alexander & Lauren Rolfert, you both will have your names in the next Three Lost Kids book to come out sometime next year. (Date to be announced.) I will be happy to give you a signed copy when it comes out, but in the meantime (since my publishing plans got derailed a bit), I would like to offer you each a signed copy of The Three Lost Kids & The Christmas Curse! Just have your parents email me at Books@KarpovKinrade.com with your address and I’ll get those in the mail to you.
Thank you ALL for your ideas. You are each so creative and I hope you take your ideas and use them in your own stories. Feel free to even write in the Three Lost Kids world if you’d like. We love when friends join us for adventures! 🙂 (As fan fiction only, not for profit.)
Learn more about The Three Lost Kids series here. You can also visit The Three Lost Kids website for beautiful illustrations from this series.
A gift for you!
Here’s an illustration from Maddie World for you to color! Just have an adult click on it and print!
We are SO SORRY for how late this is. LIFE HAPPENED. But we have winners! Jordyn Alexander & Lauren Rolfert, you both will have your names in the next Three Lost Kids book to come out sometime next year. (Date to be announced.) I will be happy to give you a signed copy when it comes out, but in the meantime (since my publishing plans got derailed a bit), I would like to offer you each a signed copy of The Three Lost Kids & The Christmas Curse! Just have your parents email me at Books@KarpovKinrade.com with your address and I’ll get those in the mail to you.
Thank you ALL for your ideas. You are each so creative and I hope you take your ideas and use them in your own stories. Feel free to even write in the Three Lost Kids world if you’d like. We love when friends join us for adventures! 🙂 (As fan fiction only, not for profit.)
Learn more about The Three Lost Kids series here. You can also visit The Three Lost Kids website for beautiful illustrations from this series.
A gift for you!
Here’s an illustration from Maddie World for you to color! Just have an adult click on it and print!
Taea says she would like them to see what happens when they come across an evil wizard that doesn’t like books (o.O she’s weird x.x I know)
How fun! 🙂 Tell her thanks for her idea!
Sebastian said that monsters would be released into our world through the magic book, and the 3 kids of our world would have to be armed with special weapons to defeat the monsters.
That’s a great idea! Tell Sebastian thank you!
I think they will have to find other magic books in the library that have characters that will come out and help them fight the bad guys. Everyone will probably think they are crazy when they tell adults what is going on and kids will be mad at them for causing so many problems. My mom is Heather Heslip Alexander.
AWESOME! Thanks so much for coming by and giving your idea. This would be a lot of fun. What kind of characters/books would you want to see come to life?
Here is my idea: In the first part of the book: When the three lost kids open the forbidden book, they are sent to the principal’s office. Because of the dark magic, the principal is turned into a dark wizard king. There they are held prisoners. The school counselor is turned into a good witch queen, and helps the lost kids escape. She tells them the history behind the book. The man who wrote the book was meaning for it to be an ordinary book to read, but he had an evil twin brother who cursed it. So, whoever opens the book releases good and dark magic into the world. Then she tells the 3 lost kids that the way to get rid of the dark and good magic is to find the man who wrote the book; and take it to him so he can destroy it. The good witch queen tells where he lives and gives them a peacock, which from good magic, has turned into a giant peacock. Also turned by good magic is the secretary who has become a fairy and also knows the way to the author’s house. So they start there journey to his house.
In part 2: They have begun their journey and go through challenges, like creepy forests, trolls, goblins, and werewolves. The the 3 lost kids, the peacock and the fairy find themselves in a battle and make several new friends. They go to an ice castle and make friends with the ice prince and princess who have magical powers and help them through another battle. Then they arrive at the home where the author lives.
In part 3: There is another battle going on back at school and the 3 lost kids have a dream about their parents. Then they wake up and they are in beds in the author;s house. The 3 lost kids have to persuade the author to destroy the book. He finally agrees and they start their journey home and get into 3 wars that are very long. At the end of the third war, everything goes back to normal which means the author destroyed the book. Then when the story ends, the 3 lost kids are back at home asleep. My mom is Anne Rolfert.
Wow! This is an incredible story. You should start writing this one! I’d love to read it! 🙂
i think that they find a magic banana!!!!!! with an evil peel that trips people!!!!!!!! they trip the bad guys!!! BAD HEALTHY FOODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!