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1-31-2012 Danny the Dragon is used to promote vocabulary and language growth for a 3rd grade deaf class using the teacher’s iPad2
1-23-2012 Tina Turbin’s reading of Danny the Dragon gives her much recognition on gotcream blog
1-17-2012 Danny the dragon ipad app featured on iosnoops blog
1-14-2012 Danny the dragon is featured appsineducation blog as an app to get for your hearing impaired child
1-07-2012 Danny the Dragon review on The Children’s Blog
1-06-2012 Danny the Dragon review on appMinute
1-05-2012 Children’s author Tina Turbin gives parents tips to encourage literacy on blog
11-20-2011 Danny the Dragon Media Set featured in Creative Child’s winter edition
10-27-2011  Danny the Dragon Sits Proudly on Display at the Virginia Library Association Conference.
10-062011 Tina and Danny the Dragon featured on Mymcbooks blog
10-05-2011 Danny the Dragon on Display at the Florida Publishers Association, Inc. 39th Annual Conference
9-26-2011 Reviewer Gerardine Baugh reviews Danny the Drgaon Meets Jimmy on the Examiner
8-20-2011 Faith and Family reviews Danny the Dragon CD and Book
8-20-2011  Faith and Family reviews Danny the Dragon DVD
7-26-2011 Danny the Dragon featured in Iran News
7-20-2011 Danny the Dragon Wins 1st Place Media of the Year Award for Creative Child Awards
6-17-2011 The Deaf Blog UK publishes “Materials for Deaf Children: some helpful resources” By Tina Turbin
6-15-2011 First place award – Best Children’s Picture Book Illustrations 2011, Five Star Publications Inc Purple Dragonfly Book Award
6-13-2011 Rave review on Danny the Dragon DVD on freesamplesreviews blog
6-09-2011 Rave review on Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy on freesamplesreviews blog
5-28-2011 Red Wiseman writes great article about Tina Turbin and Danny the Dragon
5-25-2011 Nikki’s Hurricane Adventure Review by Tina Turbin is showcased on book’s website
4-4-2011 Faith and Family Reviews  – Tina Turbin “2010 Award Winning Author an Inspiration
3-31-2011 The Deaf Blog UK – Tina Turbin contributes a guest column: “Oral Deaf Education: How Does it Measure Up?
3-28-2011 Harford Examiner – Tina Turbin interview about the new Danny the Dragon apps for iPad and iPhone
3-22-2011 BFKBooks.com – Congratulatory blog post about Tina Turbin’s book awards
3-15-2011 The Deaf Blog UK publishes a review about the Danny the Dragon iPad
3-08-2011 Amazon.com UK includes Danny the Dragon products in their selection
11-09-2010 2010 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards – Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy receives 2nd place in Cover Design
11-03-2010 Mom’s Choice Awards® Silver Recipient 2010 – Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy, named among the best in family-friendly media, products and services
9-09-2010 iParenting Media Award winner – Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy product line (hardcover book, CD and DVD)
9-01-2010 Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy is translated into Greek
8-19-2010 PCWorld.com – iPhone app review
8-19-2010 iPad.net – iPad app review
8-16-2010 ABC News 10 features the Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy DVD
8-15-2010 AppMinute.com – iPad app review
8-13-2010 BFKBooks.com – Tina Turbin interview
8-13-2010 Renowned editor Alice Pope blogs about first app for hearing impaired
8-11-2010 PadGadget.com – iPad app review
8-10-2010 “LA Talk Radio with Nina” – Tina Turbin interview
8-05-2010 Apple’s “Special Education – Learning for Everyone” spotlights the iPad app in the iTunes app store
8-05-2010 LunchBoxReviews.com – iPhone app review
8-05-2010 Official release of Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch app
8-05-2010 KHEN Colorado radio – Tina Turbin interview
7-31-2010 PadGadget.com promotes the Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy iPad app
6-24-2010 “The Voices of Baby Boomer Women” blog – Tina Turbin interview
6-10-2010 School Library Journal – DVD review
6-05-2010 Author’s Open House – Safety Harbor Public Library
5-20-2010 National Indie Excellence Awards of 2010 – Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy book/CD set – Winner, “Children’s Picture Books”
5-18-2010 2010 International Book Awards – Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy – Winner, “Children’s Novelty & Gift Books”
5-18-2010 “Online with Andrea” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
5-03-2010 Booklist – DVD review
5-01-2010 SCBWI Bulletin of May/June 2010 promotes Tina Turbin
4-15-2010 Official release of the Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy DVD
4-10-2010 Book and DVD review – Charles Ashbacher
4-08-2010 Dunedin Beacon (newspaper) promotes Tina Turbin and the Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy DVD
4-07-2010 Florida Library Association – 2010 Annual Conference
4-05-2010 “A Labor of Love” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
4-04-2010 HomeMediaMagazine.com – DVD review
4-03-2010 “Book of Dad” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
4-01-2010 MyShelf.com – book review
3-21-2010 The Baytown Sun (newspaper) – book review
3-17-2010 DeafWeekly.com promotes the Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy DVD
3-15-2010 Deafness Research Fdn promotes the Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy DVD
3-01-2010 “Ask Mom RN” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
2-18-2010 “Healthy Ways for Children” radio show – Tina Turbin
2-11-2010 Milk and Cookies Story Time at the Greater Palm Harbor YMCA
1-16-2010 “Books for Kids Giveaway” – Clearwater Academy, Clearwater, FL
1-04-2010 “Womens Voices” radio show – Tina Turbin
1-02-2010 Official release of the Danny the Dragon Dreams CD
12-12-2009 “Single Dads Town” radio show – Tina Turbin
12-08-2009 Florida Association of Partners in Education promotes Tina Turbin
11-27-2009 The Midwest Book Review’s “Children’s Bookwatch” – book review of Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy
11-25-2009 Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA) promotes Danny the Dragon to 1000s of member bookstores
11-19-2009 Sunset Park Elementary School, Florida, author reading
11-18-2009 National Best Books Awards 2009 – Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy, Award-Winning Finalist
11-13-2009 TheChildrensBookReview.com – Author Showcase
11-12-2009 “Pregnancy.org Live” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
11-10-2009 “Role Mommy” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
11-07-2009 Arizona Literary Contest and Book Awards – Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy receives 2nd place in Children’s Literature
11-01-2009 Virtual Bookcase.com – book review
11-01-2009 Tampa Bay Parenting Magazine – Tina Turbin featured as the “November 2009 Extraordinary Woman of the Month”
10-30-2009 “Book Bites for Kids” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
10-30-2009 “Sesame Street Halloween Concert” in Pasadena, CA – pre-release of the Danny the Dragon Dreams CD
10-26-2009 “Off the Shelf” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
10-25-2009 “Teacher Talk” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
10-14-2009 Frankfurt Book Fair
10-07-2009 “OC Family” radio show – Tina interview
10-01-2009 National Foundation of Celiac Awareness (NFCA) – Tina and “Danny” start contributing to a column for the monthly newsletter
9-28-2009 “Women Making a Difference” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
9-25-2009 Tina Turbin donates several copies of Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy to Altrusa International
8-22-2009 Pamela’s Products, National Foundation for Celiac Awareness (NFCA), Tina Turbin and Danny the Dragon team up for a gluten-free cupcake baking and decorating party to raise celiac awareness
8-21-2009 Tina Turbin and Danny the Dragon contribute to the massive worldwide relief effort to rebuild the library collections damaged during the Victoria, Australia wildfires
8-18-2009 Palm Harbor Public Library – author reading
8-10-2009 Clearwater Public Library – book display
8-05-2009 “Single Again, Now What?” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
8-05-2009 “Garden of the Soul” radio show – Tina Turbin interview
8-01-2009 IAmMoxyWomen.com – Tina Turbin is featured as a “Moxy Woman”
7-31-2009 Beloved children’s author Judy Blume congratulates Tina Turbin
7-29-2009 Largo Public Library – book display
7-29-2009 Gulfport Public Library – author reading
7-19-2009 Arthur Frommer Travel Show congratulates Tina Turbin and Danny the Dragon on the success of the East Coast Book Tour
6-25-2009 Pinellas Park Public Library – author reading
5-28-2009 Book Expo America, NY
5-28-2009 Suite101.com – book review
5-18-2009 St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa – author reading
5-12-2009 Shriners Hospital for Children, Tampa – author reading
5-07-2009 Tampa Bay Rays, Tina Turbin and other supporters contribute to the Goddess in the Garden fundraiser for the Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf
5-06-2009 Florida Library Association Conference
5-01-2009 Blossom Montessori School for the Deaf – author reading
4-22-2009 Spring Valley School – author reading
4-20-2009 London Book Fair
3-29-2009 New York State Reading Association Conference
3-23-2009 Bologna Book Fair
2-15-2009 American International Toy Fair
1-23-2009 American Library Association Conference
12-19-2008 Official release of the book Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy