'WHALE IN A FISHBOWL' BY TROY HOWELL. ILLUSTRATED BY RICHARD JONES

WHEN A CHILDREN'S BOOK COMES ALONG WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED ON MANY ONLINE REVIEWS, BEING IN THE TOP SPOT ON AMAZON FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, I CAN'T BUT HELP THINK THIS BOOK IS MOVING FORWARD TO BECOMING A CLASSIC.

'WHALE IN A FISHBOWL' IS DOING JUST THAT...BREAKING REVIEW RECORDS!!!

WHEN YOU DO A GOOGLE SEARCH ABOUT THE BOOK, THERE ARE AT BEST 35 REVIEWS FROM ALL TYPES OF BOOK SITES AND BLOGS NAMING THE BOOK FOR 'GOOD READS'! YAY!!!

ALREADY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, CHINESE, JAPANESE, FRENCH, AND SPANISH, THIS BOOK IS COMING INTO THE GREAT READS SUCH AS 'WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE' AND 'GOODNIGHT MOON'.

THE STORY LINE IS ABOUT A WHALE IN CAPTIVITY, LIVING IN A HUGE FISHBOWL IN A LARGE CITY BY THE SEA.  THIS COULD BE ANY CITY IN THE WORLD.  WEDNESDAY IS THE NAME OF THE WHALE, AND PIPER IS THE NAME OF THE LITTLE GIRL WHO CONVINCES WEDNESDAY THAT SHE NEEDS TO LIVE IN THE SEA.

IF WEDNESDAY JUMPS HIGH ENOUGH SHE CAN GLIMPSE A PATCH OF BLUE DOWN BY THE SHORE.

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT DETERMINATION TO GET OUT OF CIRCUMSTANCES WITH WILL POWER!

THE ILLUSTRATIONS BY RICHARD JONES ARE PERFECT FOR THIS BELOVED STORY WRITTEN BY TROY HOWELL.

AVAILABLE ON AMAZON BOOKS, AND BARNES AND NOBLE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS!!!

IT'S THE PERFECT GIFT FOR PRE-SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND DAY-CARE CENTERS TO HAVE IN THEIR CLASSROOMS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
 

A MUST READ FOR CHIDLREN - 'WHALE IN A FISHBOWL' BY TROY HOWELL, ILLUSTRATED BY RICHARD JONES

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY READ 'WHALE IN A FISHBOWL' BY TROY HOWELL, THE REVIEWS ARE REMARKABLE!!!  THERE ARE OVER 35 REVIEWS ON GOOGLE IF YOU TYPE IN 'WHALE IN A FISHBOWL'.

WEDNESDAY, THE WHALE, LIVES IN A HUGE FISHBOWL IN A LARGE CITY NEAR THE OCEAN.  WHEN SHE JUMPS HIGH, SHE CAN SEE A PATCH OF BLUE IN THE DISTANCE.  SHE WONDERS WHAT IT IS.  A LITTLE GIRL NAMED PIPER COMES TO SEE WEDNESDAY AND TELLS HER THAT SHE DOESN'T BELONG IN THE FISH BOWL THAT SHE BELONGS IN THE SEA.

THE CURIOSITY OF WEDNESDAY GETS THE BETTER OF HER AND ONE DAY THE SHE TAKES A GIANT LEAP WHICH TIPS OVER THE HUGE FISH BOWL.  THE WATER FROM THE FISH BOWL TAKES WEDNESDAY TO THE SEA WHERE FREEDOM IS THERE AT LAST!

A MUST READ FOR THOSE WHO HAVE READ 'WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE' AND 'GOODNIGHT MOON'.  'WHALE IN A FISHBOWL' IS FAST BECOMING A CLASSIC, ALREADY BEING PRINTED AND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH, FRENCH, CHINESE, JAPANESE, AND SPANISH.

AVAILABLE ON AMAZON AND AT BARNES AND NOBLE ONLINE.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Fall is in the air! Yay!

HERE IN CALIFORNIA, THE LEAVES ARE BEGINNING TO FALL...WE HAVE HAD OUR FIRST RAIN WHICH WASHED AWAY THE DUST AND ASH FROM THE FIRES WE EXPERIENCED OVER THE SUMMER.

IF YOU DIDN'T SEE MY LAST POST ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S BOOK 'WHALE IN THE FISHBOWL' PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!  THE BOOK HAS NOW BEEN PUBLISHED IN CHINESE, JAPANESE, AND SOON TO BE FRENCH! 

THE BOOK IS ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL WHO GOES TO VISIT 'WEDNESDAY', A BEAUTIFUL WHALE, WHO IS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF A CITY IN A HUGE FISHBOWL.  'WEDNESDAY' LOVES TO LOOK AT A PATCH OF BLUE WHEN SHE JUMPS HIGH ENOUGH.  SHE IS NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE PATCH OF BLUE IS.  SO, ONE DAY, SHE ASKS PIPER, THE LITTLE GIRL WHAT THE PATCH OF BLUE IS IN THE DISTANCE.  PIPER ANSWERS: "IT'S THE SEA!" AND SHE PROCEEDS TO TELL 'WEDNESDAY' THAT SHE DOESN'T BELONG IN A FISHBOWL BUT IN THE SEA.

FROM THAT DAY FORWARD 'WEDNESDAY' DETERMINES TO FIND A WAY TO GET TO THE SEA.

THE BOOK IS ABOUT SEEKING THE UNATTAINABLE, AND COURAGE, AND FRIENDSHIP. 'WEDNESDAY' DOES END UP TAKING A GIANT LEAP.  PLEASE READ THE BOOK TO FIND OUT WHERE HER GIANT LEAP TAKES HER. 

THE MONTH OF MAY WAS A MONTH OF GLADNESS AS THE BOOK WAS THE BOOK OF THE MONTH CHOSEN BY AMAZON BOOKS!  THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER REVIEWS OF THE BOOK ONLINE.  JUST TYPE IN 'WHALE IN THE FISHBOWL' BY TROY HOWELL TO READ REVIEWS AND ALSO IF YOU SO DESIRE TO ORDER COPIES OF THE BOOK FOR THE CHILDREN IN YOUR LIFE.   THE BOOK PROMISES TO BE ONE READ BY MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.  IT IS A TIMELESS BOOK ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND FREEDOM.

WRITTEN BY TROY HOWELL, ARTIST AND AUTHOR

TROY HOWELL HAS ILLUSTRATED FOR TIME/LIFE; SCHOLASTIC WITH HIS 'DRAGON OF CRIPPLE CREEK';  HE BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH ILLUSTRATING FOR 'CRICKET' MAGAZINE FOR CHILDREN; HE STUDIED AT L.A. ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN.  HE HAS ILLUSTRATED MANY BOOKS, BUT HIS PASSION IS WRITING CHILDREN'S BOOKS.

A PHOTO OF THE BOOK IS ON MY LAST BLOG POST. YOU CAN ALSO READ AMAZON'S RECENT COMMENTS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE READ THE BOOK.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING TROY HOWELL'S RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOK!

Tooting my horn for 'Whale in a Fishbowl' by author Troy Howell

Once in a while a children's book comes out which knocks all other children's books out of the water...no pun intended here folks...as this book is about a whale in captivity.

Wednesday, is a whale, who lives in a huge fishbowl in the heart of a city.  She is visited by a little girl who tells the whale that it doesn't belong in a fishbowl but in the sea!

Whale in a Fishbowl is an endearing tale, or tail, as one would have it, about a whale who makes a huge leap!

The illustrations are by Richard Jones, which are the perfect artwork for the tale.

This is a newly released children's book, and I know the author personally, as he is my brother, who has been in the professional art and author media for over 25 years, as the publicists have agreed this book was chosen as the BEST book of the month on Amazon.books. in the month of May 2018.

This may just be the next most popular children's book to be published, hoping to match the fame of Goodnight Moon, and Where the Wild Things Are. 

In the book stores, Whale in a Fishbowl copies are flying off the shelves, making a huge leap into the minds of children and adults, alike!

To visit Troy Howell's blog which his most recent post talks all about the book:
Please go to: troyhowelletc.com/blog.html

Thanks so very much!

After you read Troy's synopsis, on his blog, about the book, there is a link directly below that post which links to Whale in a Fishbowl on Amazon.books.com

Or, please, go to your nearest favorite bookstore to order or purchase the book.

A ROSE TUTORIAL FROM 'CASTLE IN THE AIR'...

HERE'S HOPING EVERYONE HAD A SAFE AND HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, HERE IN THE STATES!

I WANT TO SHARE A LOVELY TUTORIAL I DISCOVERED ON YOU TUBE TODAY.  IT IS MAKING ROSES FROM CREPE PAPER.

THIS IS NOT YOUR NORMAL CREPE PAPER ROSE.  THIS ONE IS THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN!

THERE IS A STORE IN BERKLEY, CALIFORNIA WHERE THE VERY SPECIAL CREPE PAPER CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE, INCLUDING TEMPLATES FOR THE ROSES TOO.

AREN'T THESE ROSES GORGEOUS??? THEY ARE ALL CREATED FROM CREPE PAPER.

AS YOU SEE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH, THESE CREPE PAPER ROSES ARE DIVINE!

THE SUPPLIES ARE LISTED ON THE YOU TUBE LINK, AND YOU CAN CLICK ON 'SHOW MORE' WHEN YOU GET TO THE VIDEO.  IT WILL TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE THE CREPE PAPER, AND THE ROSE TEMPLATE.

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE YOU TUBE VIDEO: CREPE PAPER ROSES.  I KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY CREATING THESE ROSES!

JUST SOMETHING SWEET TO CREATE FOR ALL OCCASIONS. ENJOY!

posted by Teresa

WOW! IT'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG SINCE I HAVE POSTED!

MY GOODNESS!!!

'WHERE SHALL I BEGIN?'  OKAY, THAT IS THE FIRST LINE OF 'LOVE STORY' THE SONG...

BUT, AH, ME THINKS LIFE IS MORE THAN JUST A LOVE STORY, AND I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED THE LINE IN THE MOVIE WHICH SAID: "BEING IN LOVE IS NEVER HAVING TO SAY I'M SORRY"...

SAYING I'M SORRY TAKES PASSION, AND HUMBLENESS.  TO LOVE IS DIVINE BUT TO FORGIVE IS FOREVERNESS....

OPHELIA

I DO LIKE FINE ART...AND THE STORY OF OPHELIA IS POIGNANT TO FORGIVENESS.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM GOING WITH THIS LINE OF THOUGHT, MAYBE IT IS JUST TO SHARE SOME PASSIONATE ART! WHICH IS WHAT MY BLOG IS REALLY ALL ABOUT!

A VERY RARE TAPESTRY

I DO LOVE UNICORNS! THOSE ENCHANTING BEASTS OF BEAUTY, WHOSE HORNS BRING HEALING TO THOSE WHO ARE TOUCHED CARESSINGLY BY THEM.

TRISTAN AND ISOLT

MASTERPIECES ABOUT DEATH ALSO INTRIGUE ME. 

AN ANGEL PROTECTING A CHILD FROM A DEMON

I IMAGINE THIS PIECE WOULD BE AMAZING IN FULL COLOR. 

TRIUMPH OF APOLLO

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CLICK ON THE PHOTOS FOR A LARGER VIEW.  THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THE MASTERS ARTWORK.

THE EXTRAORDINARY WISDOM OF EINSTEIN - FOREVER SPEAKS

MY BEAUTIFUL MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS 16 YEARS OLD. SHE IS NOW 89.

I HAD TO POST THIS TIMELESS PHOTO OF MY LOVELY MOTHER.  SHE IS STILL VERY LOVELY AND ALWAYS WALKS WITH POISE AND GRACE...SOMETHING THIS GENERATION SEEMS TO LACK.

WATERHOUSE - GATHER YE ROSEBUDS

JOHN WATERHOUSE IS ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE ARTISTS OF THE GREAT MASTERS.

MORE -WATERHOUSE

I USED TO HAVE THIS PORTRAIT AS MY BLOG HEADER.

ART NOUVEAU - OWL & FAIRY

FROM THE GRAPHICS FAIRY - FREE - NO COPYRIGHT - I DO LOVE ART NOUVEAU!

PERFECT FOR MOTHER'S DAY MIXED MEDIA

MORE FREE ART FROM 'THE GRAPHICS FAIRY'.  CLICK ON FOR A CLEARER VIEW.

THE THREE BEARS

PERFECT FOR COPING ON AN INKJET PRINTER USING AN AVERY FABRIC TRANSFER 8 1/2  X 11 DOWNLOAD. WHICH YOU USE AN IRON TO TRANSFER THE PHOTO ONTO ECRU COTTON.  WALMART CARRIES THE TRANSFER PAPERS.  AND IT HAS TO BE AN INKJET PRINTER IT CANNOT BE A LASER PRINTER.

MORE OF THE CHARMING THREE BEARS! SHE KIND OF REMINDS ME OF ALICE!

LOVELY PANSIES!

FROM THE GRAPHICS FAIRY - COPYRIGHT FREE - LOVELY IN A FABRIC JOURNAL

TRISTAN AND ISOLT

FROM MYTHOLOGY.

FAMOUS ASIAN ART

I WILL BE SHARING MORE FINE ART AND WHIMSICAL ART AS THE DAYS GO BY.

UNTIL THEN, HAVE A LOVELY SUMMER, SPRING, FALL, WINTER...WHATEVER YOUR SEASON AROUND THE EARTH HAPPENS TO BE.  IT IS ALWAYS A STATE OF MIND IN WHICH WE SURROUND OURSELVES WITH.  DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY, AS THE MONIKER WAS BACK IN THE DAY!


HUGS,
Miss Teresa in California

ALICE MIXED MEDIA ART AND CHEMTRAILS...

HELLO EVERYONE!
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I DID A BLOG POST.
LIFE HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND OF BUZY-NESS, ALMOST LIKE I WAS IN A VORTEX TO THE LAND OF OZ, ALTHOUGH I WOULD PREFER WONDERLAND!

IN JULY WAS THE MAD TEA PARTY WHERE I SHARED SOME SNAP-SHOTS OF MY ALICE IN WONDERLAND MIXED MEDIA PIECE.

I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH MY CAMERA AS THE PHOTOS DID NOT COME OUT VERY CLEARLY.  SO HERE IS ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE MY MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE I CREATED JUST BECAUSE I ADORE ALL THINGS ALICE!

PLEASE CLICK ON THE PHOTO FOR A LARGER VIEW. THE ENTIRE PIECE IS 16 INCHES BY 22 INCHES.

IT WAS VERY ENJOYABLE CREATING THIS COLLAGE' OUT OF COPYRIGHT FREE IMAGES FROM A YAHOO SEARCH.   I TOOK MY TIME CREATING THIS COLLAGE' DURING OUR VERY HOT SUMMER MONTHS.  I WOULD ADD SNIPPETS OF ALICE IN VARIOUS ESCAPADES WHIST IN HER JOURNEY THROUGH WONDERLAND.  I WANTED TO ACHIEVE A COHESIVE WHOLE WHICH TAKES THE EYE THROUGH A VISUAL VISTA OF WHIMSICAL DESIGN.  I WAS VERY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS AS WE KNOW THE CREATIVE SPIRIT TAKES CONTROL AT TIMES AND GUIDES THE ARTIST THROUGH A MAZE OF INSIGHT WHICH SEEMS TO BE PLUGGED INTO THE UNIVERSE CONFIRMING THE AH! HA! MOMENT OF COMPLETION.

AND NOW ON TO PHENOMENON WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE DISTURBING FOR SOME TIME.  WHEN I FIRST LEARNED ABOUT CHEM TRAILS I DIDN'T THING TO MUCH ABOUT THE INFORMATION I WAS READING.  SURE, 'THEY' WHOEVER 'THEY' IS, WERE CREATING CLOUD FORMATIONS AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD RAIN AND SOMETIMES IT DID NOT.

I FOUND A GEOENGINEERING SITE WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, AND THE SITE IS ASTOUNDING AS TO JUST HOW SOPHISTICATED THIS TECHNOLOGY IS.

HERE IS ONE LOOK AT THE CLOUD FORMATION FROM JUST TWO DAYS AGO HERE IN OUR CENTRAL VALLEY CITY, IN CALIFORNIA. THIS CLOUD FORMATION BEGAN IN THE WEST, AND PROGRESSED EAST, BECOMING WIDER AND SPREADING OUT IN A 'FAN' FORMATION.  THESE ARE NOT 'NORMAL' CLOUD FORMATIONS.  YOU WILL NOT FIND THESE IN A DESCRIPTION OF NORMAL CLOUD FORMATIONS.  IT IS BECAUSE THE MAGNETIZED PARTICLES IN THE CLOUDS MOISTURE ARE BEING CONTROLLED NOT BY THE WIND OR BY NATURE, BUT  SOPHISTICATED, ELECTROMAGNETIC DESIGN.

THIS PHOTO IS FROM MY OWN CAMERA AIMED AT THE WEST.  THE CLOUD FORMATION IS FLOWING SLOWLY TOWARDS THE EAST.  THESE ARE NOT NORMAL CLOUD FORMATIONS.

IN THE PHOTO YOU CAN SEE A RIFT CUTTING ACROSS THE CLOUDS, AND A VERY STRANGE DARKER OVAL SHAPE ON THE RIGHT CENTER SIDE OF THE PHOTO.

THE BIZARRE THING ABOUT IT ALL, WAS, THIS DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN ONE TIME WITH THE SAME, EXACT, CLOUD FORMATIONS, IT REPEATED ITSELF AT LEAST FIVE TIMES, FLOWING AND ENDING, AND FLOWING AND ENDING, AGAIN AND AGAIN, WITH A BRIEF INTERVAL, BUT ALWAYS IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE IN THE SKY.  NO CLOUD FORMATION EVER REPEATS ITSELF LIKE THAT, EVER.  DO YOU SEE WHAT I AM SAYING?

THESE CLOUDS ARE GEOENGINEERED.  PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITE WHICH I GIVE THE LINK FOR:

GEO-ENGINEERING OF CLOUDS

I HOPE THIS LINK WORKS AS YOU WILL BE ASTOUNDING AND BEWILDERED AT THE SAME TIME THAT SUCH EXACT SCIENTIFICALLY PRODUCED CLOUDS CAN BE CREATED.

WE ARE LIVING IN VERY SOPHISTICATED TIMES AS FAR AS THE GENERATION OF THINGS ONLY RAY BRADBURY AND OTHER SCIENCE FICTION AUTHORS USED TO ONLY DREAM OF.

SO, WITH THAT, I WILL LEAVE YOU TO YOUR OWN WANDERINGS IN YOUR MIND WHETHER IT BE IN WONDERLAND, OR IN THE REAL WORLD, ALL MAY NOT BE AS IT SEEMS.

posted by Miss Teresa
a poet, an artist, an emapth, and a revealer of things happening upon this bizarre Earth we live upon.