Publication Date: June 28, 2006 | Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Dot-To-Dot
These dot-to-dots give truck-loving kids a ticket to ride! Each picture presents a hard-working construction vehicle, accompanied by information on what it is, what it does, and why it's so interesting. They range from a bulldozer to a cherry-picker and from a cement mixer with an enormous barrel to an excavator that features a giant arm with a jointed bucket on the end. Examine a forklift that can raise a pallet over 23 feet high--tall enough to go right into the second floor of a new building. Imagine driving a super-modern, clean-air hauler that can carry big loads and dump them out with accuracy. Every machine is fascinating and fun.
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I didn't start writing until about 17 years ago. I had two small children and used to get up at 5:30am to write for two hours before they went to school.
I wish I could say that I did this with support from others, but I did not. No one believed I could be a writer...least of all me...but I was driven to do it anyway. After years of denying myself, I just couldn't help it...like an addict I was compelled to write.
So I started out writing 500 word articles on advertising, business and parenting, all based on my own experience and expertise. Lo and behold, after my first article failed, everything else I wrote got published.
This was exciting and encouraged me. I guess even I could no longer deny that I was a writer. So I decided to attempt my first book, "Beyond the Bake Sale, the Ultimate School Fund-Raising Book."
I got an agent from a friend of mine and she found a top publisher, St. Martin's Press, with a fabulous editor, Elizabeth Beier and I was off.
After six more non-fiction books, I tried my hand at fiction. one cold day last January, while I was recuperating from loss and illness, Callie and Mac, just landed in my head and told me their story. I flew to my computer to get it all down, just the way they were telling me in my head.
Thus was born, "Now and Forever, a Love Story". The characters have no resemblance to anyone I know and, least of all, to me. They are completely formed total strangers that leaped out of my head and onto the page.
It was a wonderful experience, listening to their story. in my head. I fell in love with them. After the book was done, I just couldn't let them go. So they were kind enough to bring another character to the forefront, Danny Maine, Kyle's brother. Then he told me his story and "Now and Forever Again, the Book of Danny" was born.
Now I am just recovering from the onslaught of more characters, Mac's brother, Peter and his father, Sam, and others and, of course, Callie and Mac, because it wouldn't be a "Now and Forever" book without them.
So I'm finishing up my first edit of the new book, the third in the series, "Now and Forever After, Blind Love". I don't know if I will be able to separate from these characters when this book is finished. I love them all so much.
Now it's on to the final edit for book two and more editing for book three, trying to sell book one and to find a publisher for the next two.
But my kids are in college and working so all I have to do is look out for my husband and my beloved pug, Homer. Back to the computer. Please keep reading because I want to keep writing.
I'd love to hear from you. Email me at jean@nowandforeverbooks.com.
This review is from: Construction Vehicles Dot-to-Dot (Paperback)
I got this for my 4-yr-old son as a present. He likes it because it's a dot to dot of things that he likes. A good thing for quiet time and keeps him up on his numbers during the summer. Now if I could only find one to take to church!
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