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January 30, 2017
Parental Love Shines Through: A Wonderful Day! by Michael Samulak. Illustrated by Louise Charm Pulvera. Book Review.
Click here to buy A Wonderful Day! A Wonderful Day! is a simple story of a parent and child going to the zoo. This book by Michael Samulak has a completely different appearance from his first. It is in the landscape format and uses pencil crayon and watercolor illustrations. Text is on one side of … Continue reading Parental Love Shines Through: A Wonderful Day! by Michael Samulak. Illustrated by Louise Charm Pulvera. Book Review.
January 29, 2017
How to Get Robbed. Recycled Sundays.
Having grown up in a twelve street town, I wasn’t prepared for life in the city, complete with burglars. When my husband and I moved into our first single-family dwelling we stupidly considered ourselves at no risk. The house was older than our combined ages. We owned a rusty Chevette and wore clothes from the bargain … Continue reading How to Get Robbed. Recycled Sundays.
January 28, 2017
Mirror, Mirror, Smashed to Pieces
What if there was a magic mirror that showed only your ugliness when you looked into it? What if that mirror was smashed on a mountain top and a million slivers drifted on the wind down into the villages? So begins the story of the Snow Queen. In the traditional fairy tale written by Hans … Continue reading Mirror, Mirror, Smashed to Pieces
January 27, 2017
To Know the Sea by Frances Gilbert. Illustrated by Rhett Ransom Pennell. Book Review.
Click here to buy To Know the Sea The first thing you will notice about this book is the dramatic and beautiful illustrations. On the cover you see the green eyed, black haired girl hugging a book and dreaming about tropical fish. She has a captivating expression. The story begins with this little princess having … Continue reading To Know the Sea by Frances Gilbert. Illustrated by Rhett Ransom Pennell. Book Review.
January 25, 2017
A Life-long Mission of Equality and Inclusion – Author Janet Ruth Heller Three Random Questions Interview
Janet Ruth Heller is a fiction writer, poet, playwright, educator, memoir writer, and literary critic. Bonnie Ferrante: Welcome, Janet. When do you find time to sleep? Janet Ruth Heller: I have retired from teaching and write full-time. I published two books while I was teaching, but I have published four books since I retired in 2010. … Continue reading A Life-long Mission of Equality and Inclusion – Author Janet Ruth Heller Three Random Questions Interview
January 24, 2017
Cara’s Kindness by Christie Yamaguchi. Illustrated by John Lee. Book Review.
This gentle picture book is written by Kristi Yamaguchi, a famous figure skater well known for her modesty and generosity of spirit. So, of course, she would write a picture book that shows kindness is always the best choice. The characters in this book are anthropomorphized animals. Cara, a cat and a figure skater, … Continue reading Cara’s Kindness by Christie Yamaguchi. Illustrated by John Lee. Book Review.
January 23, 2017
A Prickle of Porcupines. Think You Know Animal Groups? – Herds of Birds Oh How Absurd! by S.J. Bushue and Deb McQueen.
Click here to buy Herds of Birds Oh How Absurd! This is a bilingual picture book, English and Spanish. It begins: “Cattle roam in herds, but not a covey of quail. El Ganado Vaga en rebaῆos, pero no un grupo de perdices. Cranes stroll in herds, but not a tower of giraffes.” Readers learn that … Continue reading A Prickle of Porcupines. Think You Know Animal Groups? – Herds of Birds Oh How Absurd! by S.J. Bushue and Deb McQueen.
January 22, 2017
Do You Have to Suffer to Be Beautiful? – Recycled Sundays
“You have to suffer to be beautiful,” was drilled into my head as a child. I wouldn’t have minded the suffering, if the beauty was forthcoming. When I was little, every spring I got a haircut and perm. The old permanents burned like Mount Saint Helen, though no one believed my discomfort. Now there are gentle … Continue reading Do You Have to Suffer to Be Beautiful? – Recycled Sundays
Jayne Barnard’s Great Tips on Reading Your Work Aloud
Posted on Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop Blog “We’ve all seen them, and many of us have been them: authors standing up front with their nose in the book, mumbling, inaudible beyond the second row. The audience isn’t fidgeting because they don’t like the writing; often it’s the delivery that’s killing you. Yet you can land … Continue reading Jayne Barnard’s Great Tips on Reading Your Work Aloud
January 21, 2017
Inferno by Dan Brown. Book review.
Click here to buy Inferno (Robert Langdon) In order to enjoy Inferno, you need to have an interest in history, architecture, and art as a good third of the book is focused on one or more of these. Fortunately, I do enjoy reading about these subjects although I felt at times less would have been … Continue reading Inferno by Dan Brown. Book review.
