I would like to introduce you to a new Christmas Gift Guide Sponsor 2019 The Agency at Brown Books in Dallas, Texas. You may, say hey didn’t I see them earlier and yes, you did with Ted the Friendly Frog series.
Manners and Me: An Easy-Peasy Guide for Kids and the Grown Ups Who Love Them by Nancy Dorrier
MEET THE AUTHOR
Nancy is a consultant at Dorrier Underwood where she creates innovative approaches to organizational transformation and effective leadership.
Her piece of advice for anyone in business is: Remember to use your manners, and work on getting along with the people around you.
She has developed story after story for how these simple rules we teach our children can yield exceptional results for adults at work.
Her grandchildren inspired her to write this book as she watched them grow up and mind their manners.
Nancy loves her grandchildren and writes stories with them… about crawdads, homeless people they meet, how to fry chicken, and how to get along when there is an argument.
At Camp Nana, the granny camp she’s led every summer for the past 16 years, Nancy and her grandchildren sing, dance, play games, and practice manners and help each other out.
They also sit in hot tubs in Hot Springs, N.C. and make New Year’s resolutions for the school year: Do homework the right way. Practice my music. Be friendly to new people. Be a good baker.
In 1972, Nancy and some other moms decided to start a parent cooperative school. They hired two teachers and found an abandoned school building that they rented for $1 a year.
The parents painted and repaired the space and built and fenced a playground. They bought school supplies, toys, and puzzles; laid carpet; and loaded the reading corner with books and pillows. Forty-six years later, the school is still going strong in Huntersville, NC www.TheChildrensSchoolhouse.org.
She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, and has two well-mannered children and their wonderful mates, four amazing grandchildren and an angel grandson, William, who is in heaven.
Discover Nancy’s first published book, Stan Went Fishing, Stories and Images of Waking Up, a book about moving from darkness to light that features Nancy’s writing and black and white photography from Paul Fetters.
Jeannie’s Crab Lake Christmas by David Mulford
Jeannie loves going to Crab Lake with her family every summer. But this year is extra special because she’s visiting at Christmas too! Jeannie gets to see all her animal friends from over the years in winter for the first time ever, and they share with her the secret of Crab Lake that she never knew existed.
Meet the Author
In addition to writing, David has a PhD from Oxford University, serves as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institute at Stanford University, and has enjoyed a long and notable career in international finance and diplomacy.
Prior to the Hoover Institute, the author was the Vice Chairman International at Credit Suisse, having rejoined the bank following his five-year tenure as the US Ambassador to India. In recognition of his extraordinary efforts as an ambassador, the US Department of State awarded him the Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service; David is also the founder of the US-India CEO Forum, and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations.
For the last 27 years, David’s Christmas gift to Jeannie, no matter where they are in the world, has been a story of Christmas at Crab Lake. This is the first such tale. When not traveling, David and Jeannie reside in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
I was sent these children’s novels in exchange for a spot in this years Christmas Gift Guide. The thoughts in the review are all mine and my families.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
