Posted in Book Reviews, Children's literature, My Books, On writing chldren's books, our children, Uncategorized, Wordsworth Dances the Waltz, Wordsworth the Poet, Wordsworth! Stop the Bulldozer, Wordsworth, It's In Your Pocket, tagged books reviews by children on July 3, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Thank you, Cameron, Lex and Cooper for your review of my Wordsworth books.
Folks, the three brothers Cameron and Lex are 13 and Cooper is 21 months. They each received a letter of thanks from Wordsworth and me, mailed in three separate envelopes.
I plan to read their letters to the lecture I’m giving this month on Wordsworth and children’s literature in my effort to show the difference between children’s books and literature. What makes it literature? These boys know.
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To Wordsworth the Poet fans, please check him out at his own FB page. He’s complaining that no one goes there much. In today’s post, he is complaining how he was not flown first class from Sacramento to Honolulu to Hilo. He also explains how he was created. He’s getting pretty verbal, now that he’s so well-sought by his fans in Hawaii. Do you know Maui has now invited him over to visit their schools to teach them about Alzheimer’s and memory loss? No, I was not invited.
https://www.facebook.com/WordsworthThePoet?fref=ts
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Hi Everyone,
Just a reminder that Frances will be reading my poems from four of my books at Barnes & Noble on Saturday, Dec 9th at 11 a.m. I told her to read how and why I wrote these poems, too. She’ll be signing my books. ( I told Frances I need a new aloha shirt.)
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Saturday: December 9th
Arden Fair, Sacramento
11 a.m.
I’ll be reading and talking about these four books. In the meantime, here are a few stories of how Wordsworth is making a difference in children’s and adults’ lives:
Wordsworth the Poet:
A grandmother found her 4 year old granddaughter out in the yard one early morning.She asked her, “What are you doing out here?”
Granddaughter: I’m Wordsworth the poet. I’m trying to catch some dewdrops.
Wordsworth Dances the Waltz:
From a young mother of two pre-schoolers: I read Wordsworth Dances the Waltz to my children. One day my four year old asked me, “Why do you talk so mean to Grandma?” I realized they have turned into Wordsworth and are teaching me about compassion and kindness.
Three classes in an elementary school used this book to work on a year- long project at a nursing facility.
Wordsworth! Stop the Bulldozer!
I love the scent of Christmas trees. After this book was published, many readers wrote me during the holidays assuming that I no longer use real Christmas trees. They use artificial trees to help save our trees. Gulp. I now use artificial trees.
Wordsworth, It’s In Your Pocket
A grandmother of teens emailed this: I gave this book to my teenage grandchildren. I was so happy to hear them say, “He’s talking about us!” We are all being more aware of time being used on our electronic devices. Thank you, Wordsworth.
Come join us on the 9th.
Wordsworth and Frances
Posted in Barnes & Noble, Events, My Books, our children, Poetry, Uncategorized, Wordsworth Dances the Waltz, Wordsworth the Poet, Wordsworth! Stop the Bulldozer, Wordsworth, It's In Your Pocket, tagged Barnes and Noble, CA Poetry Center, Poetry, Wordsworth the Poet on November 20, 2017| 1 Comment »
My little mouse poet Wordsworth and I will be at Barnes & Noble at Arden Fair, Sacramento on December 9th, at 11 a.m. Come meet Wordsworth and bring your children ages 1 to 90.
Wordsworth the Poet: Poor Wordsworth, everyone worries or makes fun of him because he is different by being a poet. One day his poetry saves his whole village.
Wordsworth Dances the Waltz: Wordsworth teaches the adults that his Grandma is still a Grandma even if she is losing her memory.
Wordsworth! Stop the Bulldozer: The trees are being destroyed. Can Wordsworth and his friends use their poetry to save these trees? See how a group of children become empowered through writing, to make a difference.
Wordsworth, It’s in Your Pocket: Poor Wordsworth, all his friends are addicted to electronic games. Can he bring them back again to ocean waves and human conversations and true human friendship? An old mouse tells him the answer is in his pocket.
Posted in Basically Books, Electonics VS Human, Electronic vs. Nature/Human, Poetry, Uncategorized, Wordsworth, It's In Your Pocket, tagged Basically Books, Electronics vs. Human, Wordsworth, It's In Your Pocket on September 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »
So here I am, reading Wordsworth, It’s In Your Pocket. Wordsworth is in deep grief because his friends are all addicted to their electronic devices. How can he get them back into the real world of friends? An old mouse tells him the answer is in his pocket.
During the reading, I heard a woman say the battery to her phone had died.
A man in the audience later said, “I felt I was transferred to a new dimension…it was so surreal. While you were reading, many were so busy with their electronic devices, they weren’t hearing your story at all. Amazing!”
Yes, Wordsworth has his job cut out for him.
Thank you Christine Reed of Basically Books in Hilo for the standing room only event.
Posted in Events, My Books, Wordsworth, It's In Your Pocket, tagged new friends, old friends on August 29, 2016| 2 Comments »
It takes Wordsworth to bring the past and present together. I had two special guests at my Wordsworth reading at Native Books this weekend. Months ago, young Erika wrote a poem for Wordsworth and sent it to Wordsworth, and they are now active pen pals. They both take karate. Sandi (far right) was a former kindergartner and first grader when I was a 24-year-old teacher. And here she is, after all these years. She showed me a class photo and I recognized each by name. My heart almost blew up.
Ashlee Affonso and Native Books, thank you for hosting the reading/signing of Wordsworth, It’s In Your Pocket. What stories gathered around that table. I’ll see you next week for the lecture/signing of I Am Somebody:Bringing Dignity and Compassion to Alzheimer’s Caregiving. You make it possible for a visit home with my books. (The lecture will be Saturday, September 3 at 11 a.m. Native Books is at Ward Warehouse.)
After Native Books, I went to Barnes & Noble at Ala Moana. (Thank you, Ipo Roney, for your care there.) There I had a visit from Alia.
Alia was 4 years old when she first met Wordsworth the Poet. A few days after hearing Wordsworth, her grandma found her in the yard in early morning. Her grandma asked her, “Why are you out in the yard?” and Alia answered, “I’m Wordsworth, I want to catch some dewdrops.”
Since then, Alia has attended each of Wordsworth’s four books signing. She was there on Saturday for the fourth book: Wordsworth, It’s in your Pocket. Alia is now a senior in high school.
What a wonderful weekend!
Posted in My Books, My Rants About Something, our children, Uncategorized, Wordsworth, It's In Your Pocket, Writers on June 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Once Upon a Time
Soon, soon,
I will be sitting alone
Under a tree perhaps,
Turning pages of a book.
The sound of paper, delicate
As hummingbird wings joins the rustling of leaves.
I take the top right corner of each page
Between my thumb and forefinger and savor
The sound now lost to man.
“Why are you weeping?” You will ask,
With Kindle in hand.
“Because this is the last book on earth.”
“A book?” You will ask. “What is that?”
“This” I say, and hand you my book.
“What is this?” you ask.
“That is a bookmark.”
I will then turn to the front of the book.
“This is an autograph signed by the author.
She signed this to me in real ink eons ago
In a place called a book store.”
Frances Kakugawa
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