TELL ME A STORY

TELL ME A STORY
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Friday, September 6, 2013

I SHARE MY HOUSE WITH CREATURES

Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking




I’m in the process of completing a book, "I SHARE MY HOUSE WITH CREATURES" - filled with stories and poems that I’ve been “telling” children for almost four decades!  My participatory-storytelling format gives children the opportunity to become storytellers themselves as they add sound effects and share story ideas.  This book has been enriched because of the children’s input. 

 The subtitle for the book reveals its purpose: To Help Kids Discover and Understand Their World. 


Portions of the book have been accepted for 
publication in a national children's magazine.
Would you like a sneak preview of my book?

  


I SHARE MY HOUSE

WITH CREATURES



A Real-Life Book (For Children Age 3 and up)

To Help Kids Discover and Understand Their World


Dedicated With Thanksgiving

To The Creator of All Creatures



I wrote this book…

For all the children

who crawl into a parent’s lap to hear a story;
or sit at their teacher’s feet;
or hold this book in their own hands;
or download the audio on their ipod or MP3 player...
and
For all the parents, grandparents, big brothers and sisters,
aunts, uncles, neighbors, teachers and librarians
who invite children to share this reading experience with them.
Look for creatures around your own house.
Draw your own pictures.  
Write your own stories.
Act them out. 
Have FUN!




TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.    Inside Cover Page:  “Scene and Season” 
(Map of USA, Missouri highlighted)   
(Summer at My House in the Heart of America)
2.    Dedication Page
3.    Let’s Talk About Creatures
4.    Theme Rhyme:  I Share My House With Creatures
5.    Cotton-Candi (The Dog)
6.    A Hummingbird
7.    A Wasp
8.    A Tree Frog
9.    Bear (The Cat)
10.        A Grasshopper
11.        Fleas
12.        Four O’clock
13.        Centipedes and Millipedes
14.        A Housefly
15.        Expanded Theme Rhyme: We Share the Earth With Creatures
16.        Your Own Creature Journal
 

 
Let’s talk about creatures!



Creatures are beings

that have been created with life…

like animals, fish, birds, or people. 


“Our task must be to free ourselves…by widening our circle of compassion
to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” 
Albert Einstein


Does the Bible talk about creatures?
“O LORD, what a variety of things you have made!  In wisdom you have made them all. 
The earth is full of your creatures.”
Psalms 104:24

“Praise the LORD, you angels of his, you mighty creatures
who carry out his plans, listening for each of his commands.”
Psalms 103: 20

Holy Bible, New Living Translation
Copyright 1996 Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.



I share my house

with creatures…

some walk;

some fly;

some crawl.



Sometimes I like

the way they act…

Sometimes  

I  don’t …

at all !

 

A Hummingbird

A hummingbird visited my garden today.



He tasted the tangerine nasturtiums,

                and sampled a bit of blue morning glory.

He  swang for a while on its vine.



He  did not relish the red geraniums,

                nor  linger at the alyssum.

The daisies did not delay him.



He hummed briefly at the bleeding hearts,

and then he was gone.
  


A Tree Frog
W hat keeps that frog stuck to the glass
          on my back patio door?
                   What is the sticky stuff that keeps him
                                from falling on the floor?
Why did he stick his tongue out?
Do you think he is mad at me?
If I was a little tree frog….
I would rather climb a tree.

Let’s talk about frogs!
“Frogs have it easy.  They can eat what bugs them.”  Author Unknown

Does the Bible talk about frogs?
“Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘Tell Aaron to point his shepherd’s staff toward all the rivers, canals,
and marshes of Egypt so there will be frogs in every corner of the land.’ ”
Exodus 8: 5
“Then frogs overran the land; they were found even in the king’s private rooms.”
Psalms 105:30, Holy Bible, New Living Translation

  

 Four O'Clock

At four o'clock, The Four O'Clocks
Entertained a Butterfly.
It seemed a pleasant social call
To those who happened by.

Grand-daddy Long Legs
And a Black Widow, too,
Tiptoed past The Four O'Clocks
About four twenty-two.

The persistent Cricket Serenade
Lasted quite a while.
A carol from the Cat
Provided grace and style.

The Butterfly left The Four O'Clocks
To visit with someone new.
She did not tarry very long --
Social Butterflies never do.

 
(The book features other creatures 
that visited my gardens one amazing day.)

I share my house

with creatures…

some walk;

some fly;

some crawl.



Sometimes I like

the way they act…

Sometimes  

I  don’t …

at all !


We share the Earth

      with creatures…

   some walk;

 some fly;

some crawl.



Some we like more
     than others --


 Still, 
we need them

one and all !
 


Thanks for stopping by!

Come back often, and bring a friend!


Marcia Norwood
America's STORYTELLER
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

  

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