Jason A Marzewski |
.....Jason Andrew Marzewski lives in Searcy, Arkansas, with his wife, Tisha, three dogs, and two cats. He owns JAM Designs, his free-lance graphic design and advertising business. .....Jason fell in love with the art of story telling at an early age and his family cultivated this affinity by giving him an ample supply of books, taking him to the library, and - best of all - telling him special stories from their own hearts and minds! .....Shortly after moving to Searcy, Jason heard a presentation given by Jeffrey Sheets of Searcy Children’s Homes, Inc., describing the needs that this special ministry has. "God used Jeffrey's message to infuse me with the burning desire to help children by creating books that can both build their vocabularies and raise money for Searcy Children’s Homes, Inc.," Jason notes. I began developing Personal Toad and ChickenTM stories as a way to give back a portion of the blessings that God has so richly given to me." .....In an effort to help needy children and those who selflessly care for them, a percentage from the sale of this and every Personal Toad and ChickenTM book will be donated to Searcy Children’s Homes, Inc. www. searcychildrenshomes.org .....Thank you for purchasing and sharing this book with children. |
Personal Toad & Chicken: Toad Meets His Forever Friend by Jason A. Marzewski .....On a warm autumn night when he should have been sound asleep like his neighbors, Toad strutted out of his log cabin, clambered atop a gargantuan mushroom, and, illuminated by the spotlight of the moon, took center stage and began to sing with all his might: "I was born in the swamp! Nee-ee swamp! Nee-ee swamp! And the swamp is where I live! Nee-ee swamp! Nee-ee swamp!" .....Meet Personal Toad(TM), a vibrant, enthusiastic little character with a big mouth. It isn’t that his mouth is physically larger than any other toad’s mouth, but rather that he talks and sings too much, and he never thinks before he speaks or sings, nor does he care to; Toad simply lets everything that comes to his mind escape through his big mouth. .....However, in his first reading adventure, Toad Meets His Forever-Friend, Toad soon learns an unpleasant lesson about controlling his big mouth during the course of a colorful reading story that involves a daring rescue, being encased in mud, and meeting Chicken, a compassionate, white hen, who becomes his caring Forever-Friend. .....Personal Toad and Chicken(TM) stories delight and entertain young readers, yet are intended to help children build and maintain their vocabularies as they discover the meanings of the underlined words that are sprinkled throughout the narrative, which are then clearly defined in Personal Toad and Chicken’s Little Brown Dictionary(TM) - the "book within a book" - featured at the end of each story! .....Personal Toad and Chicken’s Little Brown Dictionary(TM) includes at least one definition for each word found in the story. Personal Toad and Chicken’s Little Brown Dictionary(TM) should be viewed as a colorful story companion that encourages adults to introduce children to the joys of looking up the meanings of words in a regular dictionary. In short, adults should think of a real dictionary as a bicycle, Personal Toad and Chicken’s Little Brown Dictionary(TM) as a really fun set of training wheels, and Toad Meets His Forever-Friend as a colorful friend and guide that propels kids toward great verbal success! |