Making Time for Mythic Adventure
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LOS ANGELES - Californer -- Best-Selling children's author, Paolo Mazzucato, takes readers on a journey through Irish folklore and mythology in his contemporary adventure tale, The Time Makers. The book will launch at the Orange County Children's Book Festival in Costa Mesa, California, on September 20, before its general release on September 22. The middle-grade novel is available at BepiBooks.com, Amazon and other bookstores.

While the story's fantasy, adventure, and humor is written to appeal to young readers, the story also explores themes about the worth we place on time itself, and whether "time is only valuable because it doesn't last." A young boy, eager to be "grown up" has to team up with his mother when a birthday package from his father, who disappeared seven years ago under mysterious circumstances, calls them to an adventure into the mythic land of Tír na nÓg, the land where time stands still. "At its heart," Mazzucato explains, "is a tale of family—learning to work together through fantastic challenges and personal discoveries to stand united against whatever peril might arise and attempt to defeat them."

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The Black List calls the story "…a delightfully crafted middle-grade, ordinary-boy-tasked-with-magical-journey tale told through Irish fables and lore," and says "the writer does a wonderful job building the world of the story, both…on 'this side' and the vibrant world of Tír na nÓg on the 'other side.'

Paolo Mazzucato will attend the festival for book signings at table AC12 where his other books including The Gondoliers: The Secret Journals of Fanticulous Glim, and AJ and the Incredible Fish will also be available, along with a selection of his most popular children's picture and storybooks.

For more informations about The Time Makers or other titles by Paolo Mazzucato, please contact BepiBooks at http://www.bepibooks.com. The Orange County Children's Book Festival, on September 20 between 10am and 3pm, will be on the grounds of Orange Coast College at 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

About Author
Paolo Mazzucato is an American fiction author and screenwriter. He began his writing career as a Chicago playwright and award-winning student filmmaker before moving to Los Angeles where he won awards for screenwriting and scripted various projects for film and television.

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Mazzucato is the author/illustrator of several children's books including NO ONE MOCKS A PANDA (an Amazon #1 Best Seller, Feb. 2019), and THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY OF LA BEFANA (a holiday Top 100 available in both English and Italian language editions). His debut Early-YA fantasy/adventure novel, THE GONDOLIERS: THE SECRET JOURNALS OF FANTICULOUS GLIM, is a "recommended read" by the US Review of Books; and his MG fantasy/adventure novel, AJ AND THE INCREDIBLE FISH, is hailed as a "delightfully bizarre narrative" by Kirkus Reviews.

More information at http://www.writer.mazzucato.org