THANKS so much for buying my book(s). If you’ve already got your kindle copies of AMAZING MATILDA and/or PURE TRASH, I would love to send you a Message & an Autographed Cover for your kindle library. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! Here’s the link that will take you to both of my kindle books on Authorgraph…
http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/BetteAStevens
Find out more about author/illustrator Bette A. Stevens and her books at http://www.Amazon.com/author/betteastevens
AMAZING MATILDA: 2013 Purple Dragonfly Award-winning picture book (ages 6-10)
PURE TRASH, The Story: 1950s short story adventure (YA/Adult)
THE TANGRAM ZOO & WORD PUZZLES TOO! Children’s activity book (Ages 4-12)
A children’s activity book written and illustrated by Bette A. Stevens.
Kids learn how to make their own tangrams:
Find out more at The Tangram Zoo and Word Puzzles Too! | Book Club Reading List.
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Learn about our Amazing Monarchs! ~ Bette A. Stevens http://www.4writersandreaders.com
Related articles
- The Incredible Journey of the Monarch Butterfly! (4writersandreaders.com)
https://4writersandreaders.wordpress.com/fun-learning-with-monarchs/ (Companion links for AMAZING MATILDA: A Monarch’s Tale
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=suHn7tGjrjk AMAZING MATILDA’s Video Debut
Have you ever seen one of these? It’s a Monarch Butterfly. Every spring, millions fly from Mexico and southern California to other parts of the US and southern Canada. And every autumn, they fly back. On the first of November, called the Day of the Dead, people celebrate the return of the monarchs to the mountainous fir forests of Central Mexico.
But their numbers are dropping. In 1997, there were 150 million. Last year there were only 60 million. One problem is the gradual sterilization of American farmlands thanks to powerful herbicides like Roundup. Monarch butterfly larvae eat a plant called milkweed. But the amount of this plant in Iowa, for example, has dropped between 60% and 90% over the last decade.
And this year was much worse for the monarchs. They came late to Mexico… and I think only 3 million have been seen so far! That’s a…
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Poignant poem of epic proportion… We must not forget. ~ Bette A. Stevens http://www.4writersandreaders.com
BOOK LOVERS EVERYWHERE: Don’t miss out on READ TUESDAY! ~ Bette A. Stevens, author of children’s and adult literature. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
BOOKS: The gifts that keep giving… Happy Holidays! ~ Bette A. Stevens http://www.4writersandreaders.com
The Shopping Season has arrived. It used to start on Black Friday, but it sure seems to me that it has been moved back. Way back.
Flyers are advertising “pre-Black-Friday” sales, and many many stores are boasting that they will be open on Thanksgiving, trying to get a jumpstart on those bargain hunters.
Online shopping is certainly a good alternative choice to facing those crowds.
Although I think that a little bit of crowd-mingling can be fun, when it comes to facing checkout lines that are hours long? Not fun. 😯
Considering the calendar I thought it would be timely to revisit a few time-saving how-tos. Specifically how to gift a Kindle book, and also how to gift an app.
How to gift a Kindle Book:
Simply navigate to the book that you would like to give. Look over to the right hand side of the page…
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You’ll find Bette’s INDIE books at http://www.Amazon.com/author/betteastevens where you can purchase her print books and get the kindle versions FREE to download to you reader or PC. Happy Reading & Happy Holidays!
Celestial sky
Shining, simmering shower
Spectacular Show
—Bette A. Stevens © November 19, 2002
On my 55th birthday after observing the Leonid meteor shower, I wrote this haiku. The following day, I shared it with my fifth grades students and after some celestial research, the students wrote their own “Heavenly Haiku” poems.
“Pure Trash is unlike any story I’ve read. At first, it reads like a memoir from Reminisce Magazine, but as the story unfolds, I connected with the characters at a deep level. The author explores prejudice, class division, alcoholism, poverty, injustice, and bullying. It’s a story all audiences over the age of ten can enjoy. While reading this story, the reader will experience the joy of a carefree Saturday and the blistering pain of feeling not quite good enough.” (excerpt from Book Review by Tricia Drammeh, Authors to Watch) http://www.authorstowatch.com/2013/10/book-review-pure-trash.html
The year is 1955. If you grew up in the 1950s and the 1960s, you may be among those who like to recall those good old Happy Days of television fame. Even younger generations enjoy watching the old TV reruns to get a peek into what life was like back then.
Nine-year-old Shawn Daniels is ready to embark on a Saturday adventure with his younger brother Willie. They’re off to search for trash to turn into treasure. It’s going to be a great day. Shawn is sure of it. No school and no bullies to remind him that he’s not one of the crowd. PURE TRASH is a short story about bullies and what it’s like to be bullied. It may redefine your concept of bullying. If you were a child who was thought of as different in some way, you know what bullying is about: torment, persecution, intimidation, to name a few of its descriptors. For Shawn and Willie, their difference is based upon the social status of the dysfunctional family and the alcoholism and abject poverty in which they grew up. This short story is a prequel to Stevens’s upcoming novel.
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Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
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on 12/23/2013