A colourful ABC book to help young children with reading skills. A gift for children at Thanksgiving, birthday or Christmas. A book to help children who are anxious or unsettled in their environments.
This colourful book highlighting the simple pleasures of being thankful in our natural world and the everyday will bring joy to very young and young early readers, parents and caregivers. A Fabulous gift for Christmas, Birthday or Thanksgiving.
"Every child, parent or caregiver should read this book. A beautiful resource for spending time together, encouraging reading skills and being thankful for everyday." - A.R. Early Childhood Educator.
"I would have loved this book growing up. Will be buying it for my children's waiting area." - P.N. Family Mediator.
Anecdotal evidence and research has demonstrated there are many mental health benefits to children and adults who practice being thankful html)
Mary-Beth Mazzini aka as Liza Miles specializes in strong character driven story telling. From Cosy Mystery to Slice of Life short stories and a YA novel. She is currently working on a dual narrative standalone novel set in 7th century and 21st century Scotland.Her cosy series, Murder on Morrison, A Game of Murder, and Murder by Stealth are traditional mysteries with a modern twist. The books, set in Edinburgh, feature female sleuth Rose McLaren. Murder in Midwinter will be published in November 2022.Liza's other titles include Love Bites seven short stories about the good, the bad and the ugly sides of relationships. Her standalone YA novel My Life's not Funny won a People's Choice award in 2021.Writing under the pen name of Mary-Beth Mazzini in collaboration with illustrator and writer Melissa Royle-Guimaraes she is excited to be launching a series of beautifully illustrated title's for younger children. The first book, ABC of Thanks will be published in October on kindle, paperback and hardbackShe has contributed poems and prose to the 2020 lock down Anthology Stir Crazy, published by The Book Whisperers and the anthology Stories for Ukraine to raise money for the Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal.She is a member of the Federation of Writers (Scotland) and the Scottish Writers' Centre.In 2017 Liza settled in Scotland, the home of her maternal ancestors, to concentrate on writing fiction. She has two daughters who are the light in her life and two cats who keep her company while she spends time writing, researching, and developing stories. Melissa Royle-Guimaraes is an NLP Hypnotherapist, EFT practitioner and Nutritional Therapist with a background in design and advertising, hence the birth of The Very Scary Monster book series! Melissa has worked in the Middle East and Europe as a self development and well being facilitator, helping adults, teens and children (and even a few animals!) to transform their lives for the better through the power of NLP, Hypnosis, EFT and Nutrition.Melissa has helped children of all ages to overcome fears and phobias, gain self-confidence, improve learning, deal with negative emotions and much more. Her experience has lead her to create a range of short story ebooks aimed at capturing the imagination and attention of little ones while giving them the opportunity to benefit from these truly effective techniques in a fun and engaging way.Melissa is also a keen photographer, artist, musician, qualified personal trainer and health and fitness writer, currently wandering the planet with her adventurous husband and very scary cat!To learn more about NLP and other techniques like EFT, meditation and hypnosis, follow The Very Scary Monster on Facebook (facebook.com/theveryscarymonster) or The Very Scary Monsters' blog (theveryscarymonster.weebly.com) and look out for more books coming up in the series!