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Author Alicia Antonio was inspired to write 'The Land Of Nod' for her 4 year old daughter who is a night-owl and a resistant sleeper. When this night-time tale dreamed up at bedtime one night miraculously lulled her daughter into an early and settled sleep, Alicia knew she had to put pen to paper!
Originally from Adelaide, South Australia - Alicia is now based in Los Angeles, California.
Alicia was a critically acclaimed theatre actress in her hometown. She has also regularly appeared on television and film in both Australia and the United States.
Most importantly, Alicia's career highlight was being typecast as a Vampire on True Blood.
Since the birth of her daughter, acting has taken a backseat for Alicia so that she could focus on her other passion - writing.
She ran the successful mommy blog, 'Bottle Poppin Mama' for 3 years and is a freelance writer for Mamamia.com.au.
Her husband is a celebrity life coach, Shawn Antonio, and she helps run his online life coaching business and publish his self-help books.
Prior to following her true path and embracing her dreams, Alicia worked in corporate sales and marketing for major international companies.
Alicia is currently writing the first draft of a YA dystopian trilogy - The Polarity series - and she is about to release a picture book about disabilities.
Reviewed by Jacob R LaMar for Readers' Favorite
The Land of Nod is a 29-page children’s picture book written by Alicia Antonio and illustrated by Manqing Jin. The story centers around a mother putting her daughter to bed and telling her about a whimsical land called Nod that resides across a rainbow arch somewhere in the sky. This land of Nod is where you go as soon as you begin to doze. A land with fancy trees, wild animals and faraway places. A land where you can comfortably settle in beneath the stars. Following the story, there is an author and illustrator bio as well as an information page for World Vision which receives a percentage of the book’s profits.
Alicia Antonio’s The Land of Nod is a lovely book to help children in effortlessly nodding off to sleep each night. It has that special light tone to it that is perfect in a bedtime routine and the concept about a land called Nod is unique and inspired. I feel this book has a natural rhythm to it that’s sometimes broken but there are also plenty of times when the beat is fluid and reliable. The illustrations are simple but endearing and I love that part of the proceeds go to making our world a better place. Altogether, The Land of Nod is a delightful children’s bedtime book that reminded me of Good Night Moon. I have no doubt this book would do well in its nighttime mission.
