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Books by
M. Lavora Perry
Wu-Lung and I-Lung /
Successful self-Publishing /
Taneesha’s
Treasures of the Heart
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Taneesha’s
Treasures of the Heart
By M. LaVora Perry
Illustrated
by Chris
R. Seaman Reviews
In
author M. LaVora Perry’s
Taneesha’s Treasures of the
Heart, the main character, Taneesha Bey-Ross, learns about
diabetes at the urban Hospital where her mother is a nurse. When
Taneesha’s best friend, Carli, is taunted by a bullying older
girl because of her physical disability, Taneesha defends Carli
and becomes the bullying girl’s target. With faith, hope,
courage and friendship, Taneesha helps the bullying girl uncover
kindness inside her own heart.
Suzanne
DeGaetano, Mac’s Backs Books, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United
States “.…a
way to learn about world religions.…will touch your heart with
its message of enlightened tolerance and kindness….should be in
every library and school.”
Jan
Godwon, Author of Family
Fun in Florida “I
feel enriched for meeting Taneesha….What with violence in
schools, a book that offers concrete ideas on everybody getting
along together, ought to be highly sought out by schools &
families.”
Kathy Bernetich, Former
Executive Director, Editorial, American
Greetings Corporation®, Cleveland Ohio, United States
“...a warm and
beautiful story of friendship and kindness.”
Katsuji Nakamura, Lecturer of
Japanese Language, School of Arts and Sciences, United States
International University, Nairobi, Kenya “carefully
constructed...full of humanism…easy to read.”
Melissa
Bradford, K-8th grade Teacher, Shorewood, Illinois, United
States “My
9 year-old said, ‘I loved everything about this story.’ My
eyes teared up when I read it.’”
Ted
Lardner, Associate English Professor, Cleveland State University,
United States “How lovingly these
best friends are created.”
Jeanette
Velez, Physician Liaison, Huron Hospital, East Cleveland, Ohio,
United States “I think this story
will really motivate kids.”
Sue Garrett, Photographer and
Web Designer, Pataskala, Ohio, United States “Children
will love this book for its honesty.”
Susan Andrus, Author of Beyond
Mars and Venus: Lessons in Dialogue and Peace
“…touching and powerful . . . clearly shows the pain behind
many bullying situations.”
Jamie Upton, Timbuktu Bookstore
and Afrikan Gallery, Cleveland Ohio, United States
“…a fresh approach to peer
conflict.”
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M. LaVora Perry former actress has
appeared in film and stage productions in New York and Europe.
In 1995 she graduated from Cleveland State University with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education. That same
year she became American Greetings Corporation’s® (AG’s)
first African-American staff greeting card writer. Since then
her writing has appeared on gift items in six countries and on
three continents. She was the lead editorial conceptor for
AG’s innovative In Rhythm
card line. While at AG she earned Creative Excellence awards in
the years 1999 and 2000 for writing and editing.
In the
1990’s LaVora was awarded in Cleveland Free Times and Ohio
Writer Magazine contests for her short story,
“Forgiving.”
She has
been a
contributing writer for Living Buddhism journal and the World
Tribune newspaper.
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She also seeking a publisher for her
new titles, Wu-lung &
I-lung, a
tender retelling of an ancient Chinese legend of a son’s
loyalty to his deceased father and Pictures
of My Days: An Art & Writing Book—a
lively illustrated work book that helps the young and young at
heart imagine and create the tomorrow of their dreams.
LaVora lives
with her husband and their three children in Ohio, where she was
born and raised. Visit her website www.fortunechildbooks.com
for informative articles on Eastern wisdom, pages for
children, teachers, parents and everyone and to learn more
about her upcoming titles.
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Chris
R. Seaman is from Canton, Ohio. In fifth grade he once
had a detention for drawing pictures instead of doing
class work.
However, he grew up to graduate at the top of his class
at the Columbus College of Art and Design.
Chris
illustrated the Harry Potter® collectable
card game for Wizards of the Coast® in association with
Warner Brothers Studios®. He currently is lives in his
hometown of Canton, Ohio and is illustrating new books.
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Blessing the Boats
New and Selected Poems 1988-2000
By
Lucille Clifton
Clifton's poems owe a great deal to oral
tradition. Her work is wonderfully musical
and benefits greatly from being read aloud:
"It is hard to remain human on a day/ when
birds perch weeping/ in the trees and the
squirrel eyes/ do not look away but the dog
ones do/ in pity." Her keen sense of rhythm,
of the sound, tone, and texture of words, is
delightful, a rare find in this day and age.
The language is crystal clear and
deceptively accessible. The poems are
personal, but the distant thunder of history
rumbles behind every line. As she says on
seeing a photograph: "is it the cut glass/
of their eyes/ looking up toward/ the new
gnarled branch/ of the black man/ hanging
from a tree?" Clifton's work hearkens back
to the days of the
Black Arts Movement and sheds light on
the new black aesthetic. These are
economical slices of ordinary life,
celebrations, if you will, of African
American existence. With simple language and
common sense, she writes of grace,
character, and race by way of the personal
and familiar. Clifton's voice, her unique
vision and wisdom, make this book essential
for any serious poetry collection.—Library
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