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My Books Meeting Miss 405 ~ 101 and More Writing Exercises
Available now Order it through your local independent bookseller or through Amazon. 10% of author royalties from the sales of this book go to Surrey Public Library's Legacy Fund	BOOK LAUNCH - Sat. Nov. 1 details here. Meeting Miss 405 October 1, 2008 ~ Orca Book Publishers ISBN 978-1-55469-015-2 A Young Reader for children ages 8-11 “Sardines and wine gums do not go together. But I eat them all, and I drink the milk. Then I sit still for a bit until the sick feeling goes. When I tell Dad what I had for snack, he will not let Miss Stella babysit me any more." Life is hard enough for Tansy with her depressed mom away indefinitely and her dad making a mess of things at home. But then Dad sends her down the hall to a wrinkly old babysitter named Miss Stella, who Tansy hates on sight. Miss Stella has a unique perspective on life, to say the least. But with the help of her best friend Parveen, Tansy gradually learns to manage all the changes in her life and make unexpected new friends in the process. Order your copy from your local independent bookstore or Amazon.ca, Amazon. co.uk, or Amazon.com.
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I read Meeting Miss 405 with great pleasure. Lois Peterson handles important issues, like bullying, and delicate family matters, like depression, with deft grace, good humour and just enough gravity. Tansy is a charmer. And I predict that the Miss 405 of the title (aka Miss Stella) will start a brand new boom of interest in calligraphy! This is a lovely, sad, and hopeful story, very well told. Bill Richardson, CBC broadcaster and author of After Hamelin and The Bachelor Brothers Bed and Breakfast
101 - and More - Writing Exercises to Get You Started & Keep You Going Metta Publications ISBN 0-9780884-0-9 Written for adults, useful for children. Includes articles, lists of resources, writing tips. Use 101 and more Writing Exercises to help you get over the obstacles that stand in the way of putting words on the page. Get motivated, refine your craft, end writers block once and for all, and accumulate numerous ideas to develop into writing projects. Used by writers, creative writing instructors, teachers, students, and writing groups. Order your copy here.	Using 101 Writing Exercises is like going to hundreds of workshops without leaving home. Ruth Stewart, student
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