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Malinda Mitchell

Malinda Mitchell

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Malinda Mitchell is married to her husband Alton, has four grown children, a fifteen-year-old son, and eight grandchildren. She has been writing fiction for all ages for more than forty years. Among her books and Amazon Shorts, Malinda was also published in the summer issue 2008 and spring and summer 2009 issues of Once Upon A  Time Magazine, before they closed their doors. She also has stories published on www.more.com   http://64.151.118.227/user/profile/7840.  Malinda's most recent book is, Miss Sugar Crumb's Magic Kitchen. Watch for Miss Sugar Crumb's Cooking Lesson, with beautiful hand painted, color illustrations by Nora Tapp Franzese, soon to be released. Also watch for, Starville, a World of Magic, Love and Friendship, illustrated by Corey Colombin.

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A Penny for Your Thoughts

A Penny for Your Thoughts

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<p>Have you ever loved, been loved, been confused about love, or suffered from loss of love? All these feelings have been captured and shared in the words of heartfelt poems, compiled over many years by a former teacher and award-winning author.</p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon now shares her thoughts in this book of feelings. &quot;As a teacher, I used poetry to help counsel many troubled teens and friends, and have continued this pattern throughout the years.&quot;</p><p>There are three sections in her book: Heads, Spinning, and Tails ... (Love &amp; Loss: Coin Toss?). The variety of lyrical poetry forms include free verse, blank verse, haiku, and sonnets. Some poems are simply plays on words.</p><p><strong>A Sign</strong></p><p>In the depths of my winter</p><p>I heard a small bird -</p><p>Braving the cold,</p><p>Bringing the word.</p><p>He gave my heart hope</p><p>As I heard him sing -</p><p>Three little notes</p><p>Promising spring.</p><p>Sherrill S. Cannon, a former teacher and grandmother of 10, is the author of nine acclaimed rhymed children's stories that have received 48 national and international book awards between 2011 and 2017. Also a playwright with seven published plays for elementary school children, her works have been performed internationally in over 20 countries. Most of her children's books try to teach something, such as good manners and caring for others. Married for 57 years, she and her spouse are now retired, live in Pennsylvania, and travel in their RV from coast to coast, spending time with their children and grandchildren.</p><p><strong>Publisher's website: </strong> http: //sbprabooks.com/SherrillSCannon</p><p> </p>

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I love to write children's books that promote love and friendship.

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Book: <em>Miss Sugar Crumb’s Magic Kitchen</em></span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Author: Malinda Mitchell</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Publisher: Tex Ware, 2009</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Illustrator: Nora Tapp Franzese</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">ISBN-13: 978-1-935500-06-3</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Related website: <a href="http://www.authorsden.com/MalindaMitchell"><span><font color="#3f3f5b">www.authorsden.com/MalindaMitchell</font></span></a> (author), <a href="http://www.tex-ware.com/"><span><font color="#3f3f5b">www.tex-ware.com</font></span></a> (publisher)</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Language level: 1 (nothing objectionable)</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Reading Level: ages 8-12</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Rating: 5 stars (EXCELLENT)</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Reviewed by Wayne S. Walker</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"><span>     </span><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Mitchell, Malinda</span>.<span>  </span><em>Miss Sugar Crumb’s Magic Kitch</em>en (published in 2009 by Tex Ware, Everett, WA).<span>  </span>Most fairy tales are set in some undetermined place and time, but what would it be like if a fairy tale was put in a modern setting?<span>  </span>Miss Sugar Crumb lives in a little yellow house surrounded by a white picket fence out in the country.<span>  </span>She likes to plant flowers, bake pies, feed the animals that live in the woods near her house, and visit her neighbors, Jake and Emma Colworth, who are childless but very much want a baby.<span>  </span>But why was a rabbit able to talk with Miss Sugar Crumb and tell her that hunters were trespassing on her property and the Colworth’s property?<span>  </span>And when she went to ask the Colworths to put up more “No Trespassing” signs on their property, why did the green and pink tea cup which she took with her and accidentally left suddenly have the faces of a little boy and a little girl on it?</span></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin-bottom:0pt;" class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"><span>     </span><em>Miss Sugar Crumb’s Magic Kitchen</em> is a charming, fairy-tale like story, that children will adore, but the characters are pictured by the striking illustrations from Nora Tapp Franzese in as modern a fashion as you or I would be, perhaps making it appear more relevant or applicable to our time.<span>  </span>Miss Sugar Crumb seems initially to be unaware of the magic in her kitchen, but she likes helping the animals and doing good deeds for others.<span>  </span>Maybe there is a metaphor here about how we may not always realize the sort of “magic” that we can work in the lives of people by our pleasant attitudes and acts of kindness.<span>  </span>Miss Sugar Crumb certainly provides a positive role model for youngsters, and I can’t think of a better reason to read a book.<span>  </span>Author Malinda Mitchell has given us a pearl.</span></p>