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LET'S CELEBRATE HOLI

2/24/2019

TITLE: Let’s Celebrate Holi
AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR: Anitha Rathod
FORMATS: Kindle, paperback
PRICE: Kindle-free with Kindle Unlimited, Paperback-$9.99
ASIN: B07CQ2NVCC (Kindle)
ISBN-10: 1795312157 (paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781795312158 (paperback)

This delightful explanation of the Indian festival called Holi is a must have for your home library. ‘Let’s Celebrate Holi’ has beautiful, bright pictures in it that your child will delight in. The pictures show the old traditional dress of Indian royalty, so he/she will learn this without knowing it.

The text is simple enough for your child to grasp and understand. The story is very relatable so a child can understand it. Asking Grandma a question and she answers with a story. Or playing with your friends and getting filthy, getting presents, and singing songs like it’s Christmas!

If you want to learn more about the author and illustrator, just go to her bio page on her website. While you're there, check out all of her other books! You can also learn more about Anitha at her Amazon Author Page .

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MAKE IT FLOW

2/11/2019

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What is flow and what does it have to do with writing? Flow is simple. It’s also known as cohesion. According to The Writing Center of Gustuvas College https://gustavus.edu/writingcenter/handoutdocs/cohesion.php, it’s the seamlessness of one sentence flowing into another. There should be no changing of the subject in a paragraph. The sentences should flow or run together seamlessly into one another without jerking the reader around. The changing of a paragraph should be done the same way with a transition so your flow doesn’t break up and jerk your readers around.

Start your transition to your next paragraph by making your last line in the previous paragraph about what you want the next paragraph to be. For example, they last sentence in your first paragraph could be something like: “They had to climb the mountain to arrive at their destination.” The next paragraph would show them climbing the mountain, stepping over or around obstacles in their way. Maybe the obstacle is an attacking mountain lion? This would be a surprise for the reader. It would also be a plot twist since fighting the mountain lion. That would hinder the climb over the mountain but the flow or cohesion hasn’t been broken since they’re still climbing that mountain.

Look at the picture of the river above (credit: Google Images). See how the river flows without breaking? It gently makes it way to the ocean flowing over rocks and other obstacles in its way. Now, imagine that you’re rowing a boat down that river. The river doesn’t jerk you around at all. In your rowboat, you gently and seamlessly flow down the river passed the woods on the riverbank. What happens when the river comes to a rock in the river does it stop its flow? No. It takes a detour by going around the rock or splashes over it. I like to think of this as putting a twist in the plot.

The same can be done with chapters with one small difference. The end of a chapter should be like the season finale of a TV show. You can’t wait for the next season to start to see what happens next. End your chapter the same way you do a paragraph but with something jaw dropping. So your reader keeps turning those pages. That’s what you want them to do!

Below is a video I found on the subject that I hope will help you.

For more information see:
http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/flow/

Five Ways To Make your Writing Flow Better
http://waldenwritingcenter.blogspot.com/2013/12/five-ways-to-create-flow-in-your-writing.html

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Chloe Counting Florida by 2s

2/4/2019

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CHLOE COUNTING FLORIDA BY 2s
by Suzan Johnson

Chloe loves to travel. She also loves to read about different places. What kind of animals live there? What kinds of things are there to do or see?

In this adorable counting book, Choe learns to skip count or count by twos. In this picture book, Chloe sees that there are two alligators. Now, she knows that alligators live in Florida and there are two of them on the page! Next, she counts four panthers. What’s next? Amusement parks? Restaurants? More animals? By the time she finishes the book, Chloe skip counts up to twenty.

I highly recommend this counting book for your home library. Not only will your child like the adventure of seeing and learning about new things, but they’ll also learn to skip count.

To learn more about Ms. Johnson just visit her Amazon author page.

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