Julie Dickerson

Gebundenes Buch

Beaches, Boats, and Birds

A Lake Michigan Alphabet Book

Beschreibung

Spending time outdoors enriches children's creativity, imaginations, and relaxes and refreshes them. With the use of beautiful watercolor illustrations, Beaches, Boats, and Birds: A Lake Michigan Alphabet Book, examines the importance of playing outside with family while also teaching children to appreciate and respect nature and beauty. This book shares a story of the Great Lakes beaches for first-time visitors or for those who want to relive their experience, while also serving as inspiration and motivation to unplug and get away from technology and screens. Beaches, Boats, and Birds: A Lake Michigan Alphabet Book will serve as a keepsake for those vacationing to the Great Lakes, and for those who cannot visit, it will serve as an educational tool, showcasing the uniqueness of the treasures our state holds.

Autor

Julie Dickerson, a retired Elementary school teacher who spent 18 years teaching, has always had a passion for reading to children. She studied teaching literature abroad, too, as part of her education. She grew up in rural Flushing, Michigan. Her parents imbued in her a love of nature and literature. After retiring Julie pursued her hobby of writing and published a book about her grandfather, Beyond My Dreams, and joined the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association. She was recently published in their UP Reader, 7th Edition. She also enjoys attending writing workshops such as Walloon Lake Writer's Retreat and local writing groups.Reading aloud to her children, Elyse and Jonathan, was always rewarding and now she is joyfully carrying on that tradition with her grandchildren. Becoming a children's book author is a dream she has always had, as well as sharing the beauty of the Great Lakes.Julie spent decades enjoying the lakes of Michigan and sharing times there with family and currently lives in Manistique and in Jackson, Michigan on an 18 acre hobby farm. She also enjoys studying genealogy, gardening, reading, hiking, biking and canoeing, and spending time with family and friends in the splendor of the Great Lakes Region.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mission Point Press
• Seitenzahl: 40
• Altersempfehlung: 0 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 286mm x 221mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9781961302457
• ISBN-10: 1961302454
• Artikelnr.: 70178985