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.
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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