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January 5, 2014
My review of On Top of the Rainbow by K. Meador
On Top of the Rainbow is a delightful children’s story, which delves into the priorities of life, and what is truly important.
Five-year-old Gabe is distraught because of breaking a toy airplane and decides to run away from home rather than having to confess to his parents and Papa. Grabbing Dino, his toy dinosaur, he runs out of the yard and heads towards the forest where he meets a Leprechaun named Lep who guards a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
When Gabe answers Lep’s riddle, he climbs the rainbow where he meets a beautiful unicorn named Elita. Gabe misses his family, but he is also curious about the wondrous things he can see at the end of the rainbow.
Will Gabe forge ahead, knowing he might never return home once the rainbow disappears, or will be forget about the magical land and go home? No spoilers here.
The author does an excellent job in conveying family values, detailing a crucial lesson to teach a young impressionable mind. I look forward to reading more of this author’s works. US Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Top-Rainbow-K-Meador-ebook/dp/B00H4YYB6Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1388952269&sr=1-1&keywords=on+top+of+the+rainbow+k+meadorUK Amazon link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B00H4YYB6Y/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
Authorsdb Book Cover Contest - The Briton and the Dane The Complete Trilogy - FINALIST
Congratulations to talented illustrator, Steven Novak (Novak Illustration) for his creativity.
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M. C. Arvanitis, writer / WORDS TOGETHER MAKE TALES - Teachers - free to copy
M. C. Arvanitis, writer / WORDS TOGETHER MAKE TALES
preschool stories, mid grade chapter books, YA series, and other writings by Margaret C. Arvanitis, teacher and now full time writer.FANTASY & Historical BOOKS FOR CHILDREN, Mid Grade.,
1/30/12THE THROW AWAY HEARTS
FREE TO COPY February's Free contribution. Especially for teachers. Your students will become very involved in this fun story and will wonder why the hearts are sad after Valentines Day. Don't tell them. Make note of the hearts each day during February.
You will need three fairly large red hearts. Draw happy faces on one side, frowny faces on the other side. Post the three happy hearts on board where children will notice them. Turn the hearts over to their sad faces the day after you have your valentines’ party.
On the last school day of February tell the story of the Throw Away Hearts. Exchange the red hearts for the green hearts. shaped into a shamrock as you tell the story. see picture below. Draw happy faces on the green hearts that make up the shamrock.)(Story can possibly be told on flannel board at the last day of February. Tack small squared of flannel on each heart.)
THE THROW-AWAY HEARTSbyM. C. Arvanitis
Once upon a time there were three happy hearts. They lived on the bulletin board in Ms. Millie classroom. A calendar hung beside them. The heading on the calendar read “February”. It had a red X on the number 14. Ms. Millie showed her class the three happy hearts and then made note of the number 14 on the calendar. “This is Valentines day. On this day we will have our Valentines party,” she told her class. The three hearts watched Ms. Millie mark off the calendar days one by one. When Valentine’s Day came the children exchanged Valentines. The three Hearts were as excited as the students.
But after the party Ms. Millie drew Xs over each February day until there was only two days left. The hearts began to worry. “What will happen to us when February is gone?” Heart One wondered.“They will throw us in the trashcan,” answered Heart Two, “Nobody uses hearts to decorate school rooms after February.”“Not the trashcan!” cried Heart Three. “Don’t panic,” Heart One said, “Maybe we can think of a way Ms. Millie can use us next month.” On the last day of February Heart One asked. “Have you thought of any thing, yet?” The other two shook their heads.Heart Two cried, “We are done for.”“Crying will not help,” scolded Heart One. He looked at the next calendar page. “The next month is March. In March spring comes and the grass turns green.” “I have an idea,” shouted Heart Two, “What If we turned green?”“It is worth a try,” said Heart Three. “Close your eyes and imagine being green.” When they opened their eyes they had turned green. “Now Ms. Millie won’t throw us in the trash!” shouted Heart Three.Heart One frowned. “It won’t work. No one needs hearts after February, not even green ones.”Heart Two started to cry again. “Tomorrow morning Ms. Millie will change the bulletin board. What are we going to do?”“We can’t give up,” said Heart Three, “Let’s put our heads together and think.”“That is it!” shouted Heart One. “What?” asked the others.“Putting our heads together,” laughed Heart One. “Look at the March calendar. There is a special holiday called St. Patrick’s Day.”“So?” asked Heart Two.“It is marked with a shamrock leaf. The leaf looks like three hearts with their sides together.”“Good idea. We’ll become a shamrock.” laughed Heart Three.The three hearts moved together, their sides touching. Heart One pulled a green stem from a paper flower on the bulletin board. He placed it on their bottoms. “Now we look like a shamrock leaf!” he exclaimed.The next morning Ms. Millie came in early to decorate her room for the new month. The Hearts held their breaths as she took down all the hearts around the room. When she started to decorate the bulletin board she saw the green shamrock leaf.“Where did this shamrock come from?” she asked herself. “It is just what I need for this month.”The Hearts gave sighs of relief as Ms. Millie marked number 17 on the March calendar. She told her class, "On this day everyone should wear something green and we'll celebrate St. Patricks day." The hearts knew that they would be safe for another month.____________
Art Activity
Let the children cut out their own green hearts and put them together making their own shamrock. Green of course is celebrated in March and on St. Pat's day my students loved to make and eat green eggs with ham .. after reading Dr. Suess's GREEN EGGS AND HAM. http://mcarvanitiswriter.blogspot.com/2012/01/throw-away-hearts.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MCArvanitisWriter%2FWordsTogetherMakeTales+%28M.+C.+Arvanitis%2C+writer+%2F+WORDS+TOGETHER+MAKE+TALES%29
preschool stories, mid grade chapter books, YA series, and other writings by Margaret C. Arvanitis, teacher and now full time writer.FANTASY & Historical BOOKS FOR CHILDREN, Mid Grade.,
1/30/12THE THROW AWAY HEARTS
FREE TO COPY February's Free contribution. Especially for teachers. Your students will become very involved in this fun story and will wonder why the hearts are sad after Valentines Day. Don't tell them. Make note of the hearts each day during February.
You will need three fairly large red hearts. Draw happy faces on one side, frowny faces on the other side. Post the three happy hearts on board where children will notice them. Turn the hearts over to their sad faces the day after you have your valentines’ party.
On the last school day of February tell the story of the Throw Away Hearts. Exchange the red hearts for the green hearts. shaped into a shamrock as you tell the story. see picture below. Draw happy faces on the green hearts that make up the shamrock.)(Story can possibly be told on flannel board at the last day of February. Tack small squared of flannel on each heart.)
THE THROW-AWAY HEARTSbyM. C. Arvanitis
Once upon a time there were three happy hearts. They lived on the bulletin board in Ms. Millie classroom. A calendar hung beside them. The heading on the calendar read “February”. It had a red X on the number 14. Ms. Millie showed her class the three happy hearts and then made note of the number 14 on the calendar. “This is Valentines day. On this day we will have our Valentines party,” she told her class. The three hearts watched Ms. Millie mark off the calendar days one by one. When Valentine’s Day came the children exchanged Valentines. The three Hearts were as excited as the students.
But after the party Ms. Millie drew Xs over each February day until there was only two days left. The hearts began to worry. “What will happen to us when February is gone?” Heart One wondered.“They will throw us in the trashcan,” answered Heart Two, “Nobody uses hearts to decorate school rooms after February.”“Not the trashcan!” cried Heart Three. “Don’t panic,” Heart One said, “Maybe we can think of a way Ms. Millie can use us next month.” On the last day of February Heart One asked. “Have you thought of any thing, yet?” The other two shook their heads.Heart Two cried, “We are done for.”“Crying will not help,” scolded Heart One. He looked at the next calendar page. “The next month is March. In March spring comes and the grass turns green.” “I have an idea,” shouted Heart Two, “What If we turned green?”“It is worth a try,” said Heart Three. “Close your eyes and imagine being green.” When they opened their eyes they had turned green. “Now Ms. Millie won’t throw us in the trash!” shouted Heart Three.Heart One frowned. “It won’t work. No one needs hearts after February, not even green ones.”Heart Two started to cry again. “Tomorrow morning Ms. Millie will change the bulletin board. What are we going to do?”“We can’t give up,” said Heart Three, “Let’s put our heads together and think.”“That is it!” shouted Heart One. “What?” asked the others.“Putting our heads together,” laughed Heart One. “Look at the March calendar. There is a special holiday called St. Patrick’s Day.”“So?” asked Heart Two.“It is marked with a shamrock leaf. The leaf looks like three hearts with their sides together.”“Good idea. We’ll become a shamrock.” laughed Heart Three.The three hearts moved together, their sides touching. Heart One pulled a green stem from a paper flower on the bulletin board. He placed it on their bottoms. “Now we look like a shamrock leaf!” he exclaimed.The next morning Ms. Millie came in early to decorate her room for the new month. The Hearts held their breaths as she took down all the hearts around the room. When she started to decorate the bulletin board she saw the green shamrock leaf.“Where did this shamrock come from?” she asked herself. “It is just what I need for this month.”The Hearts gave sighs of relief as Ms. Millie marked number 17 on the March calendar. She told her class, "On this day everyone should wear something green and we'll celebrate St. Patricks day." The hearts knew that they would be safe for another month.____________
Art Activity Let the children cut out their own green hearts and put them together making their own shamrock. Green of course is celebrated in March and on St. Pat's day my students loved to make and eat green eggs with ham .. after reading Dr. Suess's GREEN EGGS AND HAM. http://mcarvanitiswriter.blogspot.com/2012/01/throw-away-hearts.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MCArvanitisWriter%2FWordsTogetherMakeTales+%28M.+C.+Arvanitis%2C+writer+%2F+WORDS+TOGETHER+MAKE+TALES%29
History Trivia - Edward the Confessor, the last King of the House of Wessex, dies
January 5
1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England, died. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, and ruled from 1042 to 1066.
1477 Charles the Bold was killed at the Battle of Nancy at which time Burgundy became part of France.
1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza conquered Milan.
1554 A great fire occurred in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1531 Pope Clemens VII forbade English king Henry VIII to re-marry.
1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England, died. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as the last king of the House of Wessex, and ruled from 1042 to 1066.
1477 Charles the Bold was killed at the Battle of Nancy at which time Burgundy became part of France.
1500 Duke Ludovico Sforza conquered Milan.
1554 A great fire occurred in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
1531 Pope Clemens VII forbade English king Henry VIII to re-marry.
January 4, 2014
Authors Database - Congratulations Bill Jones, Jr - Top 10
http://authorsdb.com/authors-directory/6284-bill-jones-jrAuthors Directory Bill Jones, Jr.
Bill Jones, Jr. http://authorsdb.com/media/reviews/ph... Hot Written by Bill Jones, Jr. December 23, 2013
Author DetailsBloghttp://thisblogblank.wordpress.comTwitter@billjonesjrFacebook PageLike My PageLinkedInConnect With MeMy PinterestRepin & Follow MeAuthorGraphGet My AutographBioBill Jones, Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up as a painfully shy kid in southern Virginia, listening to his mother’s war stories and wondering why he didn’t inherit her gift for storytelling. Some years later, after discovering he had a talent for writing poetry, Bill that perhaps not all of Mom’s genetics went to waste. In 2008, a writer friend encouraged him to pen a short story. He loved it. Shortly thereafter, he decided to see if he could turn the story into a book. It became two: Discovery and Awakening, the first two books of his fantasy fiction series The Stream.Since then, he’s been writing almost constantly. He finished The Stream trilogy with Emprise, and then went on to write a short story anthology, The Juice and Other Stories, as well as his first Sci-Fi novel, Hard as Roxx. Currently, he’s editing a detective novel, has another in progress, and has begun a second short story collection.
On those rare days he’s not working at his Lockheed Martin day job, or his writing night job, Bill is a photographer, father, and life coach, along with other things he does for love rather than money. Usually, however, Bill can be found somewhere under a camera, shooting whatever there is. On the very best days, his photos end up as a scene in a book. On his bad days, they still end up as an scene in a book – just an angry one.Where I LiveGermantown, Maryland, USABadges
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History Trivia- Ethelred of Wessex is badly defeated by a Danish invasion army
January 4
46 BC Julius Caesar defeated Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
48 BC, Julius Caesar arrived in Greece in pursuit of his rival, Pompey, whom he later defeated at Pharsalus.
871, at the Battle of Reading Ethelred of Wessex fought and was badly defeated by a Danish invasion army.
1642 King Charles I of England sent soldiers to arrest members of Parliament.
1698 most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, was destroyed by fire.
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46 BC Julius Caesar defeated Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.
48 BC, Julius Caesar arrived in Greece in pursuit of his rival, Pompey, whom he later defeated at Pharsalus.
871, at the Battle of Reading Ethelred of Wessex fought and was badly defeated by a Danish invasion army.
1642 King Charles I of England sent soldiers to arrest members of Parliament.
1698 most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, was destroyed by fire.
January 3, 2014
Green Wizard Publishing - Carla Second Edition Short:Extract and Background
Mark Barry says:
Carla (Second Edition) is out...and it really is a beautiful looking book.
I'll leave readers to comment on the writing and the story, but I'll shout how lovely looking this book is from atop the Walls of Jericho (...before they fall down, that is!)
I wish I could give it away free. Amazon won't let me!
People need to see this. It's a work of art. It's been reedited, reduced in size, given a new cover, a new font typeface and just generally tidied up.
Please visit: http://greenwizardpublishing.blogspot.co.uk to read more
The Wizard of Notts Recommends: Saint Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art Glasgow
Saint Mungo is the commonly used name for Saint Kentigern (also known as Kentigernus (Latin) or Cyndeyrn Garthwys (Welsh)). He was the late 6th century apostle of the Britonnic Kingdom of Strathclyde (now modern Scotland) and patron saint and founder of the city of Glasgow.
The award-winning St Mungo Museum, named after Glasgow's patron saint, is home to inspiring displays of artefacts and stunning works of art exploring the importance of religion in peoples’ lives across the world and across time.Opening Hours
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10am - 5pm
Wednesday: 10am - 5pm
Thursday: 10am - 5pm
Friday: 11am - 5pm
Saturday: 10am - 5pm
Sunday: 11am - 5pm
St Mungo Museum
2 Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0RH
0141 276 1625
museums@glasgowlife.org.uk
Text Phone: 0141 276 1629
Fax: 0141 276 1626
http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/st-mungos/Pages/default.aspx
Book Rview: Sanguinary: Emma Edwards
Mark Barry says:In 2003, I was a member of a forum in America called The Nook.
It was quite a social place at a time when social networking was just beginning.
There, I met a librarian from Watford.
She told me her name was Freya and wouldn't give her real name even in private messages, of which, over time, there were a great many.
Toward the end of our interaction, I was beginning to get excited at the prospect of some local weekend action, when lo and behold, she invited me down to Watford.
Then she told me what she did at weekends.
Along with a posse of like minded others, she spent her nights dressing up as a vampire, sleeping in coffins and...
...drinking the blood of willing donors and/or supplies stolen from Watford General.
She was very candid about it. And she thought I would enjoy it and she wanted my company.
And for my part, while fascinated, I declined the offer. Naturally, our friendship petered out.
As my life collapsed like a rack of dominos in the next eight years, I forgot this story, but when I encountered Emma Edwards and her bloody tome"Sanguinary", it came back to haunt me like a legion of demons breaking down my door for a quick word.
Please visit: http://greenwizardpublishing.blogspot.co.uk to read more
The Phil Naessens Show : The Quenelle Gesture, Dieudonne and Is Tony Parker a Racist?
http://phillipnaessens.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/the-phil-naessens-show-the-quenelle-gesture-dieudonne-and-is-tony-parker-a-racist/
On this edition of the Phil Naessens ShowRacism, Anti-Semitism, Tony Parker, Boris Diaw and what will the OKC Thunder do next now that Russell Westbrook is injuredSegment 1: Pounding the Rock Managing Editor J.R. Wilco joins Phil to discuss a picture taken with French comedian Dieudonne, the anti-Semitic Quenelle gesture, Parkers apology and much more Segment 2: Welcome to Loud City Managing Editor J.A. Sherman joins Phil to discuss the injury to Russell Westbrook, what the team does going forward, their losses to Brooklyn and Portland, a look at the week ahead and much more
On this edition of the Phil Naessens ShowRacism, Anti-Semitism, Tony Parker, Boris Diaw and what will the OKC Thunder do next now that Russell Westbrook is injuredSegment 1: Pounding the Rock Managing Editor J.R. Wilco joins Phil to discuss a picture taken with French comedian Dieudonne, the anti-Semitic Quenelle gesture, Parkers apology and much more Segment 2: Welcome to Loud City Managing Editor J.A. Sherman joins Phil to discuss the injury to Russell Westbrook, what the team does going forward, their losses to Brooklyn and Portland, a look at the week ahead and much more
