"Gratitude Journals" by M. K. McClintock

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Gratitude Journals

by M. K. McClintock

The Gratitude Journals are a series of six journals designed to help you be grateful every day. Seasons Gratitude Journals available: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Africa Gratitude Journals available: Wild and Dreams.

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Description

What talents have you been blessed with? What challenges have you faced and overcome? Who has impacted your life in a positive way, no matter how large or small the good deed? How did you feel when someone gave you a helping hand?

When we focus on the positive things in our lives, we are replacing negative energy with positive affirmations. To put it simply, gratitude means being grateful for everything you have and are, every single day.

This journal is a powerful instrument that provides a simple, yet effective foundation for your personal declarations of gratitude and thanksgiving. Discover your voice, your dreams, and the profound moments of your life with daily expressions of appreciation.

100% of all author royalties from the Africa Gratitude Journals goes to the Africa Heartwood Project.

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Look inside Spring.

Look inside Summer.

Look inside Autumn.

Look inside Winter.

Look inside Wild.

Look inside Dreams.

Praise for Summer

"The artwork on the cover is beautiful, and the paper is good quality (living in a papermill town, I know good paper). Each month of the year is represented, with three lines for day to day writing space. At the end of the month, there is a full page to write on. Throughout the journal, there are lovely uplifting and inspirational quotes. This journal just cries out to be written in!! I'm so thrilled with this journal, that I'm going to purchase several for gifts and one for myself. What lovely presents these journals will make for a birthday, graduation, Christmas, or 'just because'. Plus, there is a nice selection of covers - the seasons and some African ones. You should really get one - or two. :)" ~ S. Laughner

"Seasons, A Gratitude Journal, Summer theme, by MK McClintock, is so beautiful! I received this journal as a gift and was totally surprised with the quality of the paper, the beautiful shiny cover, and the well written positive quotes. It's also the perfect size for traveling! I strongly recommend this journal to everyone! If I can make a suggestion, maybe add a pen matching the cover!" ~ Nicole Laverdure

About the Author

M. K. McClintock, an award-winning author and life-long seeker and adventurer, is inspired by the good works of mankind and believes that within every person is a better version of themselves waiting to be discovered. She lives a quiet life in the Rocky Mountains.

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"Africa's 'Big Five' Wild Animals" by Anna Othitis

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Africa's "Big Five" Wild Animals
(My First Travel Books Book 4)

by Anna Othitis

Africa's "Big Five" Wild Animals by Anna Othitis is the latest in the My First Travel Books series for children ages 3 to 9. Also available: My First Travel Book, The Seven Natural Wonders of the Earth, and The Seven Wonders of the World. All four books are available for only $0.99 each.

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Welcome to Angelic Airlines! Are you ready to take to the skies? Children come join us this time on a wild adventure with Captain Frankie on Angelic Airlines as we travel across the world to learn about, visit and see Africa’s "Big Five" Wild Animals. Captain Frankie is waiting for you to book your ticket, safely stow your bags, and open your eyes to these amazing animals in the savannahs of Africa. Most of these beautiful animals are about to become extinct. We have to save our wild animals; this earth belongs to them as well.

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Praise for the Series

"This would make a great present to give a child at any time of the year and is sure to give them hours of entertainment and get those minds thinking and asking questions which can lead to further exploration!!" ~ MikiHope, Amazon

"I wish that I’d had books like this when I was little. I think it would have made me more interested in Geography. I would have paid more attention in class!" ~ Cinnamon Hollow, Amazon

"An amazing way to learn about the world beyond our own borders from the comfort of their own home, Anna has carefully composed the pages to make them fun and entertaining. It is books like these that children learn and may one day decide to travel abroad." ~ Sheryl, Amazon

"Very informative and easy for kids to understand! Really works their imagination and would recommend this book to all parents for their kids. Very well written." ~ Michael S., Amazon

"Adorable travel and coloring book for young children. It’s never too early to spark a child’s imagination for what is out in the world." ~ Jessica., Amazon

About the Author

Anna Othitis lived and was raised in the beautiful land and country of Zimbabwe, Africa (home will always be home. She left all of her life long memories, endless charity work and good people behind vowing that she will continue supporting the needy children in her land Zimbabwe, Africa and beyond. After traveling long and short distances from the East coast to the West coast twice she and her family eventually found their sense of belonging and final settling destination in New Jersey, USA.

Her husband George, sons Johnny, Elia and Frankie encouraged her to write her first children’s book titled My First Travel Book, inspired by Frankie (Captain Frankie), who is graduating from his Master’s degree in Aeronautical Science and beginning his career as a professional pilot. Anna’s favorite saying is "Be Bold Be Brave".

She was inspired to write her children’s books with a vision to link up the children Africa and of the world on Angelic Airlines to so many beautiful places of interest and popularity on our wonderful planet Earth with all its beautiful some natural and some manmade creations and resources. One of the beautiful natural wonders featured in her books is in her birth land of Zimbabwe, the Mighty Victoria Falls. All of her books educate our children and widen their scope of interest in the amazing surroundings, creations and nature to appreciate and look after our environment for many generations still to come.

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"Terra Cotta Beauty" by Jola Naibi

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Terra Cotta Beauty

by Jola Naibi

Terra Cotta Beauty is currently on tour with Write Now Literary Virtual Book Tours. The tour stops here today for an excerpt. Please be sure to visit the other tour stops as well.

Description

Follow the daily lives, loves, and hopes of an entire community in Jola Naibi’s moving debut, Terra Cotta Beauty.

A carefully crafted selection of short stories, this collection examines life in Lagos, Nigeria, during the era of military rule. It reveals the struggles, loves, and hopes of a disparate group of people whose lives always manage to intersect - sometimes in the most devastating of ways.

With each brief conversation and split-second decision containing consequences that reach further than anyone could ever imagine, each of the book’s seven tales is a delicate thread that helps form the social fabric of a nation divided.

From a woman whose journalist husband is jailed for criticizing the government to a young man’s reluctant descent into crime, Terra Cotta Beauty acts as a carefully crafted ode to the essence of Lagos itself: its people.

Excerpt from "The Fire Starter"

As the pair walk away, you follow several yards behind them. You instinctively realize that you don’t want to be seen, and when he throws a glance over his shoulder, you swiftly duck and hide in a corner near the wall of the house, where you startle a gangly man who is calmly responding to the call of nature. You ignore the startled look on the man’s face; you ignore the tirade of insults that he throws at you for daring to disrupt his moment of peace; you ignore the steady stream of liquid forming a triangulated pattern against the wall. You keep your eye on the pair, who by now have arrived at their destination, a quaint-looking house on the corner of a street. The house is barricaded by a gray gate.

The sign in front of the house says Terra-Cotta Beauty.

Praise for the Book

"Terra Cotta Beauty presents characters you’ll care about, who provide a window on life in Lagos, Nigeria, but who also express thoughts, attitudes, and emotions that are universally human. The well-crafted stories are intertwined and full of surprises. I enjoyed this journey to a place I’ve never visited - but now feel as though I have." ~ Shannon Roe

"I loved this book. It consists of short stories that are interconnected – a minor character in one story may play a major role in another. Each story paints a portion of a larger canvass that, taken together, gives the reader a rich view of life in Lagos at many levels of society. It was fascinating for me, as an American, to experience another culture through Jola Naibi's skillful storytelling. This book will appeal to readers at many levels: learning about life in a major African city, exploring the complex social web of Lagos, and human relationships. It is a fun and engaging book and will leave the reader with a lot to think about. I am happy to recommend this book." ~ David Lawrence

"In Terra Cotta Beauty, Author Jola Naibi has penned captivating tales expertly woven together and steeped in Nigerian culture. As I traveled from story to story, I found it hard to put this book down as the undeniable connections of humanity unfolded before my eyes. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about a different culture and human experience. Naibi has a way with words and is a wonderful storyteller." ~ Adrienne Thompson

About the Author

Jola Naibi was raised in Lagos, Nigeria, studied in the United Kingdom, and currently lives in the United States. She enjoys writing and blogging as a way to satisfy and extremely eager imagination. Terra Cotta Beauty is her first collection of short stories.

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"African Safari with Ted and Raymond" by Rhonda Patton

African Safari with Ted and Raymond

by Rhonda Patton

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Ted and Raymond go to Africa. They take a safari to learn new foods, new names, and interesting facts about the animals. Did you know that elephants can grow as tall as 13ft and weigh nearly 15,000 pounds? Or that "Adebayo" is a Nigerian name meaning "born in a joyful time"?

Your kids will love the pictures and they will learn, too.

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By Lynda Dickson

Ted and Raymond are getting ready for their great African adventure. They pack all the things they will need for their trip, travel on an airplane, and land in a strange new country. They learn about the dress, culture, food, and animals of Africa. And so will your child. This book might also ease the fears of young children who are about to travel for the first time.

There are some problems with mixing present and past tense, but this doesn't detract from the narrative. This book has been delightfully illustrated by the author's husband, Chester McDaniel. I especially loved the drawings of the African animals that Ted and Raymond saw on their safari. All in all, African Safari with Ted and Raymond is a fun and educational book for children of all ages.

From the Author

Hi I am Rhonda.  A Shreveport residence, a mother, a wife, and a daughter. I have a wonderful husband (Chester McDaniel) who is the illustrator of the Ted and Raymond Series as well as my co-writer in Searching for the Unknown and Spirits of ChesterVille General Store (coming soon). I started my love for writing at an early age of 13. I loved to write even if it didn't make sense. I started my writing in serious love poems and different things. Then in 2000 I wrote my first Ted and Raymond book that turned into a series, The Croak 500. I didn't know that I would have a series until two years ago. As I researched for my husband to do voiceover work I came across some awesome people and then my book showed up. With NO animation or characters my husband made the book come alive. Then I was inspired to do more and more stories. And well.... Here I am. Inspiring kids to be better!

My goal as a writer is to teach children how they can succeed by being themselves. I have learned in life you do not have to be first at everything. You follow your dreams no matter how old. You look at other people and are nice and not be a bully or pushover. It is sad that life has taught us how to be rude, mean, and ugly to even our own family members. Kids need to learn at an early age to help the elderly, be a good friend, and be better with talking to others.

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