Erica Gore

Erica Gore

About

I am a retired primary school teacher who writes mystery adventures for young readers.  My stories are aimed at the children trying to make the transition from picture books to novels.  They are about real kids with no special powers who have to use their wits to cope with the situations in which they find themselves. 

Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My!

Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My!

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<p>Mice &amp; Spiders &amp; Webs...Oh My! Is your child a good listener? Rosemary is a little girl who is worried about returning to school after her teacher warns the class that they would soon have some mice, spiders, and webs in the classroom. Could Rosemary have misunderstood something? How can mice and spiders and webs belong at school? Full of &quot;Computer Speak,&quot; this story introduces young readers to basic computer terms in a delightful way! See if your child can discover the mystery of the misunderstood words, and learn about the fun of computers with Rosemary. This is the seventh rhyming children's book by this award-winning author, whose other bestselling books include My Fingerpaint Masterpiece, Manner-Man, Gimme-Jimmy, The Magic Word, Peter and the Whimper-Whineys, and Santa's Birthday Gift. Former teacher Sherrill S. Cannon has won twenty-eight awards for her six previous rhyming books, and is also the author of seven published and internationally performed plays for elementary school children. She has been called &quot;a modern day Dr. Seuss&quot; by GTMA Review. &quot;I love to teach, and this book teaches basic computer terms in a fun way. I am retired and spend six months of the year with my husband of 55 years, traveling from coast to coast and sharing books along the way. I grew up in The Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C. , where my father was the manager. I'm the original Eloise!&quot; Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/SherrillSCannon</p>

Story Behind The Book

This story was inspired by a visit from a carpet python to my own backyard. The hungry reptile came in search of a meal, namely my four little peach face parrots. I called the local snake man to come to remove the python. He laughed at me and told me that since it was "just a little one" I could have moved it myself. I don't think so. I am not a snake charmer.

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<table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="10" style="padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Tahoma, Arial;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;width:550px;"><tbody style="padding:0px;"><tr class="rowcompletedon" style="padding:0px;"><td style="padding:8px 0px 0px;font-size:14px;width:140px;" valign="top"> <div align="left" style="padding:0px;"><strong><span class="gray-text-underline" style="padding:0px;font-size:12px;">Completed on</span></strong></div> </td> <td style="padding:0px;font-size:14px;" valign="top"><strong><span class="gray-text-underline" style="padding:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:30px;">12/10/2014</span></strong></td> </tr><tr class="rowscore" style="padding:0px;"><td style="padding:8px 0px 0px;font-size:14px;width:140px;" valign="top"> <div align="left" style="padding:0px;"><strong><span class="gray-text-underline" style="padding:0px;font-size:12px;">Review Rating:</span></strong></div> </td> <td style="padding:0px;font-size:14px;" valign="top"><strong><span class="gray-text-underline" style="padding:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:30px;">5 stars! </span></strong></td> </tr><tr class="rowdummy" style="padding:0px;"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0px;font-size:14px;" valign="top"><span class="gray-text-underline" style="padding:0px;font-size:12px;"><strong>Reviewed By Jack Magnus for Readers’ Favorite</strong><br style="padding:0px;" /> E.J. Gore’s children's and preteen detective mystery, Taya Bayliss: Snake Charmer, is so much fun to read. Taya and Chris have an important mystery to solve while they make preparations for their party, and Taya gets to meet a Carpet Python. While I’ve long been a snake fancier and have owned Burmese and Reticulated Pythons, I was thrilled to learn about this most interesting Australian python. Too many people have irrational fears of these gentle creatures, and Gore’s story is a bright light shining in appreciation of another of God’s creatures. Taya is a marvelous, intuitive sleuth and the two detectives are prodigious at what they do. Taya Bayliss: Snake Charmer is an enjoyable and satisfying mystery and it’s most highly recommended.</span></td> </tr></tbody></table><p> </p>