Okay, so you saw this pic of Granny Smith apples last week and here it is again. That’s because I’ve come up with yet another way to eat them. This time, it’s apple crisp but with a twist. Ever tried a bottom crust sweetened with molasses? Surprisingly good, actually VERY!
Did you catch my recent post about The Book of Awesome?
Well, as awesome as that book is, I’ve discovered a pair of equally awesome books for kids (and, let’s face it, most of us grownups love a good kids’ book too). These books are aptly named An Awesome Book! and An Awesome Book of Thanks!. They are the whimsically wonderful brainchildren of Dallas Clayton, a ding-dang awesome young fellow who also created The Awesome World Foundation in order to “promote children’s literacy by encouraging kids to dream and dream often.” The foundation gives away one of Clayton’s books for each copy sold and has sent books to charitable causes around the world.
Clayton told Amazon.com, “Whenever an author would read at my son’s school, he would come home with this order form asking for a check to be sent in so he could buy the book. I always just pictured myself as the kid in the class who wouldn’t have had the money to buy the book, so I just thought ‘I made the book, I can give them away.’ So I set up the Foundation to do just that: donate a book for every book sold. So now I travel around, reading to kids all over, giving away books.”
So, what exactly is so awesome about Dallas Clayton’s books? You simply must read them to understand, and reading them is so easy it’s—you guessed it—awesome. All you need to do is click on a book title here to read each book in its entirety:
I’m guessing that, after reading them, you’ll have the sudden urge to buy one for each of your loved ones (whether they have kids or not). After all, everybody can use a nudge once in awhile, a tickle, a spark that reminds us how sweet it is to dream. Let your eyes tumble and romp through the playground of Clayton’s illustrations and you’ll get it. I know I did, and I can’t wait to share these books with my grandgirls.
An Awesome Book!
An Awesome Book of Thanks!
I thought this letter by Erin Barnett, Director of Local Harvest (www.localharvest.org), was a good read for Thanksgiving gratitude.
We had such a great voting turnout for the cover of our last issue (more than 6,000 votes), Come All Ye Dec-Jan ’12, we are doing it again! To be eligible to vote for the next cover of the magazine go to our MaryJanesFarm website and …
For my b-day party last weekend, my parents got up early (while my sis and I were still sleeping) to decorate the house and cut out crown pieces (princess and king), and make cupcakes that my friends and I would later decorate.
Buy props used in MaryJane’s books and magazine!
5% of profits will benefit www.firstbook.org, a non-profit that provides new books to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Here’s how:
MaryJane will post a photo and a description of a prop and its cost along with a few details as to its condition here: https://shop.maryjanesfarm.org/MaryJanesCurations. It’s a playful way to be the new owner of a little bit of farm herstory.
