{"id":619,"date":"2018-12-31T13:06:55","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2018-12-31T13:06:55","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T13:06:55","slug":"glenn-dromgooles-texas-reads-column-appears-weekly-at-lonestarliterary-com-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Dromgoole’s Texas Reads column appears weekly at LoneStarLiterary.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n

8.14.16\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Children\u2019s books: adventures, dreams, bullying<\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span>Children\u2019s adventures:<\/span> A new series of children\u2019s books, The Adventures of Willy Nilly & Thumper,<\/span><\/a><\/span> has made quite a hit in Midland, home of the authors, Jim Henry<\/span> and Jimmy Patterson<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The books ($6.95 paperback), beautifully illustrated by Marjorie van Heerden<\/span> of South Africa, provide a bridge for young readers moving up from picture books to chapter books and include factual notes at the end.<\/p>\n

Book one is The Lost Treasure of Mount Methuselah<\/span> and book two is The Hermit\u2019s Last Hairs.<\/span> The stories, featuring a dog and his rabbit friend, were told by Henry to his children and grandchildren over the years and then adapted into print by Patterson. More tales are on the way, Patterson says. Check out the series website, willynillyandthumper.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Patterson is also the author of a very impressive volume about the history of Midland, A History of Character: The Story of Midland, Texas<\/span> ($25 hardcover) that came out a couple of years ago. The first half of the book tells Midland\u2019s story chronologically and topically, while the second section focuses on short profiles of about seventy significant \u201cpeople of integrity, past and present.\u201d Read more at historyofcharacter.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Bullying:<\/span> Steven T. Moore, <\/span>who teaches English at Abilene Christian University, has written a children\u2019s book about Theodore Thumbs<\/span><\/a><\/span>who is subjected to verbal taunts by bullies at school (Clear Fork Publishing, $16.99 hardcover). \u201cTheodore Thumbs,\u201d the author writes, \u201cshows us how to overcome bullying in our schools, neighborhoods, and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Illustrated by Morgan Davis<\/span> of Dallas, the story features a small, shy boy who has a hard time fitting in at school. At recess, the other children make fun of his clothes and his hair and make up a song ridiculing him. At home, his parents and neighbors assure Theodore that he is very special and give him his own special word to boost his self-confidence when others begin to tease him. For more, see clearforkpublishing.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Flying and faith:<\/span> A dream can come true, but sometimes we need help in making it happen. That\u2019s the theme of Abilene author Graham Hill Gutting\u2019s<\/span> children\u2019s book, TR\u2019s Dream: Never Give Up on Your Greatest Desires<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Christian Faith Publishers, $13.95 paperback).<\/p>\n

Gutting, who served in the Air Force and has ministered to children in church and secular venues, combines his passions for flying and faith in the story of TR, a trainer aircraft headed for the scrap heap until a miracle totally changes his future. At the end of the story, Gutting provides a \u201cspiritual application,\u201d relating TR\u2019s experience to the biblical accounts of Jesus\u2019 life, death and resurrection. A video about the book can be viewed on youtube.com.<\/p>\n

Purple: <\/span>TCU Press has published a coloring book for budding TCU fans \u2014 Color Me Purple \u2014 A TCU Coloring Book for All Ages,<\/span> thirty-two pages of line drawings featuring various aspects of campus life and quite a few horned frogs ($6.95 paperback). Good idea for any campus.<\/p>\n

Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is More Civility, Please. <\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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