Wayne Edmiston

Ellie and Her Elephant

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ellie and her Elephant is about a young girl named Ellie, who enters a contest to name a pending baby elephant at the local zoo. She sends her own name in as a potential name for the new elephant because the name must begin with an E and the second letter had to be an L, as per the Mayor's edict. The mayor drew the winning name while being blindfolded; Ellie is the winner. She is honored to have named the baby elephant and takes the added responsibilities seriously. Ellie's father (a music store owner) shares with Ellie's friends about how music came into being and something about pianos. Prior to it had not excited Ellie about learning to play any instrument, and when her fingers touch the keys for the first time, magic happens! The years roll by quickly and Ellie eventually gets a partial music scholarship that includes housing for students with physical limitations. Coincidentally, this is the same community college her father attended. Ellie finds love in the eyes of her physical therapist and this helps her to reach her goals of gaining her strength and walking to surprise her father on her graduation day. There are several thinking questions for the reader to answer, whether it be in their own minds solely, or by writing in spaces provided. It allows the child to be taught great principles through their own personal inquiry. That is so much better than preaching. We learn lessons when the individual experiences and decides, rather than when he or she is told.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indy Pub
• Seitenzahl: 38
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 171g
• ISBN-13: 9781087984421
• ISBN-10: 1087984424
• Artikelnr.: 62875858

Autorenporträt

Wayne Edmiston is a fourth-generation Californian, a fifth-generation teacher, an Eagle Scout, and now a published author. He served in the Air Force for almost four years, including an 11-month tour in Vietnam (1969) as a crew chief for an RF-101 Voodoo aircraft, and honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant; he is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW.)He earned his bachelor's degree and a California State teaching life credential at Chico State College. Throughout his teaching career, Edmiston focused on special education.He taught both academic and vocational subjects in four of California State's correctional institutions. As a correctional educator for 24 years, he wore many hats, including acting academic supervisor, senior librarian, literacy coordinator for GED and college distant learning programs, chief GED examiner, and assistant literacy supervising Laubach tutor-trainer, and was a member of the State Planning Panel for Corrections with California Literacy for five years. He spent two more years as the Community Living Skills facilitator for the state mental hospital at Atascadero. He is an ordained New Thought minister with Centers for Spiritual Living, teaching Science of Mind principles. He is an all-denominational wedding officiant and respects all couples, including LGBTQ families and prison inmates. His website: http://www.onespiritbeachweddings.com/As a writer and author, the screenplay version of Edmiston's family-oriented, science fiction story, Unfatally Dead: to Thaw or Not to Thaw? was a finalist in two contests. Both the play and the subsequent expanded book depict a fascinating time-traveling journey of two icons, Samuel Clemens (known worldwide as Mark Twain) and Walt Disney, accompanied by Eepia, a new soul. Recently from The Chanticleer Reviews awarded Wayne the Mark Twain category for Satire and Allegory First Place ribbon.