This wonderful school program will delight your students. The Mom’s Choice Award Winning Author Melinda Chambers brings her story book characters to life through captivating illustrations by Sue Ann Spiker and music by Chris Chambers.
Fraidy Cat can’t muster up the courage to leave the safety of his shelf in the barn. Teaching trust and confidence, this multiple award winning book will be a favorite with your students. Fraidy Cat overcomes his fears with the help of a most unusual creature and will inspire the reader to be more confident.
Two of the most common problems in school, gossiping and bullying, will be addressed through her book characters from We Are Whooo We Are. Melinda will discuss being happy with “whoooo” you are and will talk with your students about making choices to help them become the best they can be!
Nature provides us with numerous lessons if we are willing to listen and observe. This is a story about the wonders in the forest as seen through the eyes of an owlet. The wise father owl explains to his son in a light-hearted way that he can’t be something he’s not, because he is whooo he is. The surprise ending leaves the reader with the message that we have the ability to choose the kind of person we want to be.
The Day the Snapdragons Snapped Back, will also delight your students!
While digging up a luscious bone, the puppy digs up Beulah’s beautiful garden of snapdragons. Mother dog tells her young pup about the care Beulah had given her snapdragons and how, years ago, chipmunks tried to destroy the flourishing flowers. Puppy learns that for gardens…and puppies…can get them through the rough times and if the roots are strong, the garden will flower again.
These beautifully illustrated books bring the stories to life and provide important lessons from nature that can be applied throughout one’s life.
Multi-award-winning author Melinda Spiker Chambers is a retired educator with degrees from West Virginia University and Ohio State University. She was a WVU Extension Agent, middle school teacher, and Nutrition Director for Hampshire County Schools, where she lives with her family. She serves on the County Committee on Aging Board of Directors and the Board of Governors at Eastern Community Career and Technical College. She volunteers as a creative writer instructor, 4-H resource leader, and mentor. She is a Zoom Into Books author and part of the Headline Kids School Show program, and is a sought-after speaker.
Melinda has been a featured author at Book Expo America in New York City, the WV Book Festival in Charleston, WV, the Mountain State Arts and Crafts Fair at Cedar Lakes Conference Center, the WV Reading Association Conference, and the National Educational Association (NEA) conference. She received the International Award for Children’s Literacy in Los Angeles, CA, is a juried author at Tamarack in Beckley, and her books were also featured on Lifetime TV. Melinda has taught creative writing classes at State 4-H camping events and the State Young Writers’ Award Conference at Charleston, WV. Her books include: We Are Whoooo We Are, The Day the Snapdragons Snapped Back, Fraidy Cat, Chilly Billy, And We Helped, and Melby, all Mom’s Choice National Award winners.
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