As you can see, I survived my In-Real-Life teaching experience this weekend! I would tell you about it, but I'm suffering selective amnesia and besides, we've already got something else on the agenda for today, so it will have to wait :)
Today it is my pleasure to host Clara Bowman-Jahn and Susan Elwood on the final stop of their blog tour for Edmund Pickle Chin - A Donkey Rescue Story, their wonderful new picture book!
The previous stops on the tour (listed below for your convenience) covered animal mistreatment, collaboration, a book review, an author interview, and an interview with Edmund himself :) Make sure you visit them and follow the instructions because there are PRIZES involved! :)
Today, we will hear about how teachers can use Edmund in the classroom.
Please help me welcome Susan Elwood!
Hi Susanna, it’s a
pleasure to be your guest!
Edmund Pickle, A Donkey
Rescue Story, may be a children’s picture book, but it is packed with
opportunity for teachers to use in the classroom in various subjects and
themes. I can see the opportunities spilling over into not only in the
kindergarten and first grade classroom but the second and third as well. For
the younger grades it has the days of the week built right in, along with an
adventure Edmund has for each day. The days of the week also allow for the
children to see that Susan, Edmund’s care giver in the story did not get
results in a day, that it took a period of time (and patience).
There’s the cause and
effect lesson. Each and every one of us
are responsible for our actions toward others and the results it may bring, and
that includes our actions toward creatures. For those children who don’t have
the opportunity to have pets, it teaches that all creatures respond to the way
they are treated, be it positively or negatively. Compassion toward others goes
a long way.
Bullying is a serious
topic in schools now a days and this book talks about a donkey trying to
overcome this obstacle and how with patience from his care giver he is able to
blossom and give back. It shows team work and patience.
Ah patience! It seems with all the immediate
results children can get now days with numerous technology devices, instant
gratification is accepted. Sometimes that doesn’t come quickly when we are
dealing with real life. Susan the care giver dedicates the time needed to bring
on the results she hopes for Edmund.
As far as my hopes on
what the book will do for rescue animals, first and for most I hope it teaches
the older children that places like Evermay Farm exists. That there is an option to abuse and neglect.
I hope the book will impress upon them that animals have feelings and
needs. My hope is that the younger
generations grow up showing compassion and not looking the other way, when they
could step in and make a difference.
The book was written in
hopes on drawing attention to a small rescue/sanctuary called Evermay Farm,
which I founded about a year ago. The
book was written to bring attention to the nonprofit and help with donations,
but also, for me at least, to teach children compassion and patience.
In the end....I hope
they enjoy it as a story with a happy ending, because every child deserves
one!
So happy to have had
this chance to chat!
Susan April Elwood
co-author Edmund Pickle Chin,A Donkey Rescue Story
Thank you so much, Susan! I'm sure teachers will find that very helpful and informative!
And now, the moment you've all been waiting for. . .
Prizes - From Clara And Susan!
Thanks so much for reading Friends! For all friends of Edmund are my friends. Below please find our links and the tour. Read every post, follow the blog and comment for prizes. The reader who follows each blog and comments on each stop of the tour will get first prize. And if there are many winners, hurray! We will deliver!
First prize is a print book of both Annie’s Special Day and Edmund Pickle Chin. Second prize is either a print copy of Edmund or of Annie, you get to pick. Third prize is a copy of the ebook of Edmund Pickle Chin, a Donkey Rescue Story.
For Susan April Elwood:
For Clara Bowman-Jahn
BLOG TOUR DATES
May 26: Animal abuse and mistreatment — Joanna -www.joannamarple.com
May 29: Author collaboration— Stacy – http://www.stacysjensen.com
May 30: PPBF and review — Vivian – http://viviankirkfield.com/
June 2: Author interview — Erik – www.ThisKidReviewsBooks.com
June 4: Edmund interview — Patricia – http://childrensbooksheal.com
June 9: Teacher info and guide — right here :)
About the Authors:
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| Clara Bowman-Jahn |
When Clara is not writing, she teaches ESOL to adult students through a library program. She also likes taking long walks with her husband, blogging, and reading books. She is a member of the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Julie Hedlunds Picture Book Challenge 12x12, Susanna Leonard Hill’s Making Picture Book Magic; Pennwriters, Bethesda Writer’s Center and Round Hill Writer’s Group. She lives in rural Loudoun County, Virginia with her brilliant husband, and two fat cats. She is the proud mother of two wonderful grown sons and a grandmother to a delightful grandson.
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| Susan April Elwood |
Susan April Elwood has worked with children for over twenty years in Northern Virginia as a preschool teacher, kindergarten assistant, and a library assistant. With her passion for animals it made perfect sense to combine the two and write an animal story for children, teaming up with author Clara Bowman-Jahn.
Susan and her husband Tom moved from Northern
Virginia in 2007 to central Georgia where they founded Evermay Farm, a
non-profit rescue for farm animals. This is the setting for the book titled,
Edmund Pickle Chin, A Donkey Rescue Story. The story is based on Edmund a
donkey, the first of many animals to call Evermay Farm home. Susan and her
husband Tom have two treasured sons, a wonderful daughter-in-law and a precious
grandson. In her free time, Susan enjoys photographing animals and antiquing.
Thank you all so much for joining us today!
Have a marvelous Monday, everyone! :)
