Shirley Castro Does Book Signing at Russo's Marketplace Oct. 12
By: Shirley Castro
Topics: children's books, teacher, author, pelicans, book signing, Russo's books
Posted by shcas Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:58:07 PDT
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Shirley Castro, retired teacher from the Beardsley School District, has often watched the Brown Pelicans flying over the ocean in long lines along the California and Oregon coasts and thought it would be fun to write a children’s counting book about them. Seeing her son, Christopher, who attended Bakersfield schools from kindergarten through college, drawing cartoon characters for a hobby, she asked him to draw the colorful cartoon pelicans that move through the pages of the books in the series they are developing for children ages preschool through second grade.
The Pelican Family Counting Book, the first book in the series, starts with one little pelican, named Pelly, flying over the ocean, flying over the sea. A new silly character is added on each page until the line of ten pelicans gets ready to dive for yummy fish. The story contains rhyming words and repeated sentences aimed for young children who are just beginning to listen to stories and start to read.
Telly’s story, the second book in the series, explains why Telly, the eighth pelican in the counting book, has a cat for a best friend. Along with Christopher’s drawings, the books contain real photographs of brown pelicans that Shirley has taken in her travels along the coasts with her husband, Ron.
Shirley will be signing her two books at Russo’s at the Marketplace on October 12, from 12:00-3:00. Children who come to the book signing may choose to take home a stick puppet or Telly finger puppet.
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