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NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK RELEASE! If you've been wondering what I've been working on this summer, it's this delightful new Look Before You Leap, Froggy   Children's Book! Young readers will quickly engage with the vividly detailed characters and imagery as the story unfolds.   The moral to the story is obvious, but it is presented in a way that is not so much about paying attention to words of caution as it is about taking advice intended to keep us safe.  Unlike traditional children's books where the main character solves his own problems, this story presents a more realistic scenario whereas the younger character may need a little help in order to get out of a precarious situation and to learn a valuable life lesson from the experience.   "Look Before You Leap, Froggy!" is a terrific "read it together"  publication that encourages discussion with each turn of the page.  This is my fourth published children's book title and the first t

Make these fun "Listening Ears for Little Elves" and your holiday storybook reading will be an instant hit with the younger crowd!  To make listening ears like mine, just download the printable project and follow the directions.  I put double sided sticky tape along the top of the plastic headband and then attached a length of tinsel garland.  I wear my listening elf ears while reading my " A Little Elf Upon a Shelf " to the kids and every time I do...it fills the room with giggles! Enjoy the project and feel free to share this link (but please do not post the (C) project data file) so your friends and family can download their own set of ears!