Writing a children’s book seems easy: how hard can it be to write a few dozen pages, most of which are illustrated anyway? Harder than it looks, if you ask writer Susan Marie Swanson of St. Paul, Minnesota. Swanson’s latest book, The House in the Night, awarded the Caldecott Medal in 2009, took her about ten years to write, edit, and re-edit to perfection. Often, it’s because they’re so short and simple that children’s books are challenging. More than just tell stories, they should “inspire, intrigue, and uplift,” according to publisher Brett Waldman. It’s not the kind of thing you can do over a weekend. Even someone with advanced degrees can take ...

When communication becomes the harbinger to being ahead in society, one should never consider it a reason to binge on self-pity and extract oneself from the outside world. Rose Pizzo did exactly the opposite.Growing up with the loss of her hearing posed a great challenge for Rose who was raised in a hearing family. Having worked as a Data Entry Operator for several years, she describes her daily life as fun but with degree of difficulty and effort in it. She shares her stories in the book, Growing Up Deaf: Issues of Communication in a Hearing World.Stories of being left out and ostracized, which sometimes make the spirit weak, are explored in ...

Goodword Books is a publishing house, which is devoted to publishing morally healthy books, which inculcate sound values to the children. Though Goodword Books at present focuses on Islam and tries and bring books, which brings forward to the kids the Islamic morals and ideals, the philosophy behind Goodword's venture is to promote peace, happiness, togetherness and respect for fellow human beings. Goodword books tries and create special rapport with the children by bringing out for them picture and storybooks with exquisite illustrations in watercolour. The Goodword books by the help of ideas taken from the Quran weaves stories for the children which become the rich source of sound moral education and ...

Nursery Rhymes have been taught to children for hundreds of years, with many dating from the Middle Ages. They are the earliest educational tools that children use for learning language and counting skills. Additionally they combine movement and music teaching kids rhythm and melody.But according to a recent study more than 40% of parents cannot recite a single nursery rhyme all the way through.Many cultures around the world have their own indigenous nursery rhymes but most of the best known rhymes are from England and more recently the US.Many nursery rhymes were originally political commentaries from a time when free speech was punishable by imprisonment or even death, especially if you criticized ...

Variety is the spice of life. Children need to have a variety of reading experiences if they are going to learn to make good decisions. Children's books should be food for their thought process. There are two separate stories to each volume. This Manuscript is a story about a bear named Pearl. Pearl lives on a boat with her Mum and Dad.Readers Report: DORRANCE PUBLISHING"The first adventure Hide and Seek reveals that Pearl was named after a pirate ship named the Black Pearl. Pearl cannot leave the boat without an adult because she might fall in the water.Pearl enjoys playing Hide and Seek with her Mum and Dad on the boat. Pearl ...