About
I'm a bit of an enigma, I suppose. I am a U.S. Marine (no longer in uniform). I am a disabled Vietnam Vet. I have worked as a janitor a hospital orderly, pulled chain on a survey crew, oiled on draglines, dug ditches, poured concrete for sea walls, sold cemetary lots, sold insurance, sold lumber products, sold real estate, been an actor, been an insurance investigator, been a CPA, a forensic accountant, a university lecturer. I have a Master of Accountancy, have been published in profesional journals and write poetry and fiction.
Mice & Spiders & Webs...Oh My!
Description
<p>Mice & Spiders & 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 "Computer Speak," 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 "a modern day Dr. Seuss" by GTMA Review. "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!" Publisher's website: http://sbpra.com/SherrillSCannon</p>
Story Behind The Book
This is a book of poetry.
But it is more than just that.
It is a very personal, no holds barred, exploration of the life I find surrounding me and within me. It is my search for and about what I view as being reality and illusion as I personally view these concepts. It is about life and death, pain and pleasure, sadness and laughter, falling in love with what we call “words”, being captured by them, picked up and tossed roughly about by them, caressed gently by them, and then slowly being set free by them to awakening from a drowsy drunken sleep to find myself having been somehow changed by the brief encounter with them, enchanted by how they tumble about to create sentences which tell tales and it is about my desire to share with others what I feel, see, laugh about, cry over, hate, love, fear, desire and am intrigued by that which I find surrounds me daily.
