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Melinda Chambers' Mom's Choice Award Interview, Book Expo America, New York City, May 26,2010
This wonderful school program will delight your students. The Mom’s Choice Award Winning Author Melinda Chambers brings her story book characters to life through captivating illustrations by Sue Ann Spiker and music by Chris Chambers. Fraidy Cat can’t muster up the courage to leave the safety of his shelf in the barn. Teaching trust and confidence, this multiple award winning book will be a favorite with your students. Fraidy Cat overcomes his fears with the help of a most unusual creature and will inspire the reader to be more confident.
Two of the most common problems in school, gossiping and bullying, will be addressed through her book characters from We Are Whooo We Are. Melinda will discuss being happy with "whoooo" you are and will talk with your students about making choices to help them become the best they can be!Nature provides us with numerous lessons if we are willing to listen and observe. This is a story about the wonders in the forest as seen through the eyes of an owlet. The wise father owl explains to his son in a light-hearted way that he can't be something he's not, because he is whooo he is. The surprise ending leaves the reader with the message that we have the ability to choose the kind of person we want to be.
The Day the Snapdragons Snapped Back, will also delight your students!
While digging up a luscious bone, the puppy digs up Beulah’s beautiful garden of snapdragons. Mother dog tells her young pup about the care Beulah had given her snapdragons and how, years ago, chipmunks tried to destroy the flourishing flowers. Puppy learns that for gardens…and puppies…can get them through the rough times and if the roots are strong, the garden will flower again.
These beautifully illustrated books bring the stories to life and provide important lessons from nature that can be applied throughout one's life. Melinda Spiker Chambers grew up in the rural mountains of central West Virginia. Receiving her BS from West Virginia University and MS from Ohio State University, she is currently a family and consumer sciences teacher in Romney, WV. She also writes an award-winning column, Homespun, for The Hampshire Review.
Fraidy Cat, hardback, 32 pages with full color illustrations, ISBN 0929915917, Retail Price, $16.95
We Are Whoooo We Are, hardback, 32 pages with full color illustrations, ISBN 0929915461, Retail Price $16.95
The Day the Snapdragons Snapped Back, hardback, 32 pages with full color illustrations, ISBN 0929915720, Retail Price $16.95
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