Radio Interview for Slippery Willie's Stupid, Ugly Shoes by Larry Peterson

This author is going to be interviewed today on my radio show Stories From Unknown Authors which can be heard at http://blogtalkradio.com/storiesfromunknownauthors at 11 am EST. Larry will also be offering a giveaway for his book that will be ending in mid October. Rules: You must be a GFC member through my blog as well as join Larry's website and/ or blog leaving a comment as well. Good luck to all.

Slippery Willie's Stupid, Ugly Shoes by Larry Peterson
March 2, 2011
Tribute Books
For ages 4-8
Picture Book    Children's

Larry Peterson was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. As a freelancer, he has written many newspaper columns for local publications. Slippery Willie's Stupid, Ugly Shoes is his first children’s book. Peterson has lived in Pinellas Park, Florida for the past 28 years.

Slippery Willie's Stupid, Ugly Shoes is a tale about the acceptance of differences.

Slippery Willie's Stupid, Ugly Shoes is about a boy named, Willie Wiggles, who has the slipperiest feet that anyone has ever seen. He has a hard time playing like ordinary children. He can barely walk without sliding all over the place.


Then one day, it happens, Willie's mother finds a pair of shoes that will make Willie's life a little easier. But Willie doesn't see it that way. He feels they are the ugliest shoes he has ever seen, and he can't stand them. But, not being able to get out of it, is forced to wear them.


He wears his new shoes to school, where everyone laughs at him, including his teacher and principal. Feeling self conscious, he leaves the school and heads for home. His adventure home is full of people who ridicule him. People laugh and make fun, their voices ringing through his ears to the point where he can't escape the cruelty of others.


When he confronts his mother with what happened. He wakes up and realizes it was just a dream, but the lesson he learns from his mothers wise words, makes him realize that sometimes our imaginations get the best of us, and we overreact. When Willie goes to school with his new shoes, will his nightmares become a reality?

This is a great story that recognizes the many problems that children have to deal with on a daily basis. But the moral is not to worry about what others think, and to accept ourselves for the things that make us special. That is where it begins. The back of the book provides some suggested activites for the reader to get involved with, and includes some discussion questions.

My only quibble with this story is that it uses an excessive amount of the words, stupid and hate. Otherwise, this story does give the reader, in a fun way, the importance of accepting others uniqueness, and not ridiculing people who are different than ourselves. We should treat others as we would like to be treated.



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Breathtaking Bowhunts Review

In Breathtaking Bowhunts, the author Mike Lamade, experiences this collection of bowhunting adventures over a period of almost four decades. Mike takes you along as he stalks a huge bull moose in the Yukon and fights through a blizzard for a record book muley on the Colorado plains. Pope & Young whitetails will fall in Kansas, Illinois and Wyoming, and you'll wait with Mike in a ground blind in South Africa for elusive kudu, gemsbok, and wildebeest. In his 40 years of pursuing big game with his bow, Mike has hunted most of the United States and Canada and traveled to Africa eight times. Most of the stories in this collection have appeared in Bowhunter magazine. If you are an avid bowhunter you will enjoy reading about Mike on over 20 action-packed bowhunts as he looks for whitetail, mule deer, bear, moose, pronghorn, alligator and a wide range of African plains game. He provides specific details of each adventure and really gets the reader involved, feeling like they are almost alongside him on his adventure. His description and love for bowhunting is prevalent throughout the pages.

Tribute Publishing

ISBN:0976507285

5.5" x 8.5",

paperback

172 pp

2007

Laurel Line: An Anthracite Region Railway

Laurel Line: An Anthracite Region Railway

by James N.J. Henwood and John G. Munci

(Tribute Books)

The dawn of the 20th Century saw a new form of transportation evolve in the United States: the interurban electric railway. These enterprises were natural offshoots of the original, short urban trolley lines that quickly replaced the horse car in the 1890s.Most trolley lines lived in relative obscurity and enjoyed a few years of prosperity, followed by decline and abandonment in the face of bus and automotive competition. A relative handful managed to survive until the post-World War II years and thus have attracted greater attention.Among them was the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad. The Laurel Line, as it was most commonly known, was unusual in several respects: It was built to higher-than-normal standards for electric short line railroads; it operated mostly with a third rail power system; it ran exclusively on private rights-of-way; and it served a geographically narrow region whose economy was heavily dependent on one industry - coal. The Laurel Line's corporate records survived, and authors Henwood and Muncie made the most of this historical treasure. In the book, the railroad emerges in human terms of strife, struggle, victory and defeat. The reader learns not only what happened, but why, and who made it happen. All railroads are interesting if properly researched - the Laurel Line as portrayed in this work is profoundly fascinating. Life in Pennsylvania's anthracite region is detailed when the Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad was fighting the good fight. This was an amazing book the was well researched and filled with information that any train lover or historian would be interested in.

About the Authors

Authors James N.J. Henwood and John G. Muncie have been friends and colleagues for four decades. Both taught in the History Department of East Stroudsburg University and are currently professors emeriti of that institution. They have been active in local organizations such as the Monroe County Historical Society and the Historical Farm Association.
Born in Upper Darby, Henwood's early contact with Philadelphia streetcars became the basis for a lifelong interest in electric railways and transportation. He presently resides in East Stroudsburg. Muncie spent his first 18 years in Taylor. As a youth, he occasionally rode the Laurel Line to outings at Rocky Glen Park. Muncie lives in Stroudsburg.

Pegasus at the Plow Review

This week I will be blogging about three books from Tribute Books. I had posted them over the holiday last year, so just in case anyone missed them, here they are again this week. Today is Pegasus at the Plow.

Pegasus at the Plow

by Patrick Walker

(Tribute Books)

Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 9, 1958, Patrick Joseph Walker has always been a seeker of truth in all things. His earliest perceptions of life were colored by familial devotion to Irish clan and the Catholic Church. An early scholar, he attended Scranton Preparatory School and was later accepted into the Special Jesuit Liberal Arts Program at the University of Scranton. During a hiatus from formal education, he worked as a staff writer for the Legislature in Saipan. When he returned to the United States, he was awarded a Philosophy Fellowship at Fordham University. Today, he "works" as an editor and proofreader of educational materials for a local correspondence college. His "real" work, however, involves studying the works of Blaise Pascal and Friedrich Hayek. He lives in Factoryville, Pennsylania, with his artist POSSLQ, Ginger Cody, her daughter Anna, and the family's two dogs, Lilly and Rosie.

This short collection of poetry will make the reader feel various types of emotion. Unlike the traditional poetry the world is used to, Walker brings a harsh reality to each poem. Gone is the clouded covered words that makes someone feel lost in a dream world. His words are brash, honest and sometimes brutal. Each poem contains different elements of happiness, deep sadness, religious puzzlement, discussions of the haphazardness of life, love and the finality of death. He is sometimes philosophical and still, at other times, elegant. Their are various sides to Walker. His style is definetly his own and is unique compared to the other poetry books that are out there. There are two ways readers will go with this collection of poems. For those who love to keep their heads in the clouds with soft words and want a gentle truth, you will not like this book, but will appreciate and understand what Walker has to say. For those who are realists and want the honest truth about life and the various phases of it, the brutality of it if you will, will love it. Walker does make the reader open their eyes and read between the lines and is clear in his message. People will be able to relate and empathize with his choice of topic and feelings.