MY BABY BROTHER HAS A MUSTACHE

Hardcover  $10.95

Baby Barley has a mustache, which has caused a great deal of turmoil in his family. Relatives on both sides of the family blame the other; and mom goes through all sorts of actions to hide Barley’s mustache. When mom and dad are at their wits-end with staring, peeping, and trying to hide Barley’s mustache, they take him to the Barber Shop. Baby Barley is subjected to adult-sized barber instruments that are too sharp, too noisy, and too scary before his parents realize it was not a good idea. The ever-calm Barley, however, takes it in stride. The young sibling analyzes her home situation and feels she should do something to solve the problem. She exhibits sensible behavior and thinking when the adults’ emotions keep them in chaos. She however, sees the situation without blame, embarrassment or denial, and uses her power to help solve the family problem. Once solved however, it turns out that baby Barley has power of his own.

DEAD BUGS

Available August  2011 Hardcover  S11.95

This book for preschoolers presents a carefully teacher-planned Science Area activity from a child’s point of view. At the same time, it offers learning about scientific discovery and observation. The illustrations play with the deadness of the bugs, a major interest of children. The author (the same person) leads us through a child’s perspective on a classroom experience, which shows the gap between teacher intent and what a child actually gets out of it.

I CAN TASTE A CIRCLE

Available 2012 Hardcover  $10.95

This is a book for young children focusing on what they know about shapes and the senses, and makes the connection between that and ‘thinking’ as another faculty.

MY BABY BROTHER POOPS ON TOP OF THE FRIDGE

                                                                                                                       PINY     WILLOW   FILBERT

Available  2012 Hardcover  S11.95

Piny is the baby of the family and manages to poop continuously-of all places, on top of the fridge. His family is stymied as to how the toddler gets up there. Together, the siblings come up with a plan to teach Piney how to use the toilet. Naturally, this is no easy task. Although the siblings Filbert, Spruce, Sassy, Willow, and Teak eventually have success with Piny pooping in the toilet, no one ever discovered just how he got to the top of the fridge. But, the illustrations at the end of the book inform the reader just how the clever little guy did it.

MEG’S EGG

Available 2012 Hardcover

$10.95

The book presents numbers, amounts, and their terms such as ‘fractions, and ‘whole numbers’, while offering the opportunity to add, multiply or divide in a natural way using eggs.

My Doll is Pregnant

Available 2012 Hardcover

$11.95

This is a story for preschoolers and elementary-aged children.  A six-and-a-half year girl with twin eleven year old sisters has a prank played on her where they stuff her cloth doll’s middle to make her look pregnant. The little sister believes the doll is pregnant and wants to tell mom. The older two girls realize that this would mean getting in trouble, so they convince her to have them handle the doll’s pregnancy instead of mom. The little sister gets the attention of her siblings in various, extensive, and unexpected ways as they attend to the needy doll and keep it from their mother. Meanwhile, mom discovers the doll’s condition, realizing the mean trick. She decides to have the doll deliver a baby which means buying a new baby doll for the little sister. The twin’s mean trick would backfire, since everyone was told no new toys. However, little sister carefully calculates the situation and announces that the doll is pregnant with triplets.

Dr. Gloria Holmes’ first career was in fine art. She had studied art at the Newark Museum as a child and majored in Fine Arts in college. In New York City she exhibited her drawings at the Woman Art Gallery and at the United Nations General Assembly Building as a member of the UN Art Club. Her Master’s degree is in Museum Education and Early Childhood Education from Bank Street College of Education. She majored in International Educational Development, Tanscultural Studies, and Early Childhood Education at Teacher’s College, Columbia University where she received her Doctor of Education degree. Dr. Gloria, as she is known to Head Start assisted with the start of preschools and infant-toddler centers in three States, and has had a career in teaching and administration in early childhood higher education, research, and professional development. It was however, when she was a teacher in an Infant-toddler center reading books to toddlers that she started writing children’s books for very young to middle grade children. The writer-illustrator enjoys presenting the amusing story that weaves the whimsical with the practical from a child’s sensible perspective, and using images that tell the same story from a slightly different view than the text. Dr. Gloria continues in the field of Early Childhood as a consultant reviewing preschool programs around the U.S. and as head of AFRICA Seed, Inc., partnering with schools in Africa.