My Special Friend
Project 2012-04-27 08:22:49 +1200
Teresa Murphy wrote debut children’s book My Special Friend while undergoing treatment for cancer 3 years ago. The result is My Special Friend: a 28 page rhyming picture book, suitable for children aged <5-9+yrs; it has themes of unconditional love, tolerance & friendship during good times & bad.
From Teresa
My Special Friend just wrote itself. When I read it back I knew it wasn’t word perfect, or a literary wonder, but somehow it captured my emotions perfectly, so I’ve never changed a thing. I worked with my good friend & Illustrator Carla Uerata to create the feel of the book.The book's first trial was on kids from Yass Public School in Australia (where a teacher friend works). This is what her 9 & 10yr old students said when asked about the characters in the book:
Teacher's Question: How does Apple show that he cares about Curley?
Children's answers:
- he goes to visit her in hospital
- he helps her when she is sick
- he makes her happy when she is sad
- he's always there for her
I need your help to send & promote my book to as many primary schools in New Zealand as possible. With your help I will also be able to pay off the remainder of the print costs, which are significant! I chose to self-publish, because I had a particular vision for the book...some might say self-publishing makes the road harder, but as far as I'm concerned it makes it more satisfying!
To those who choose to pledge today: thank you so much for your support!
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Last day, last day....breathe.....breathe......!!!
Seven days to go, and I'm nearly half way there...can I pull this off?!!!!! Time to get serious! To everyone who has pledged already, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! And now I need your help again, to spread the pledge even further. If there's anyone you know who could possibly want to support this project, I'd sure appreciate it if you could make contact with them and see if they're keen! SEVEN DAYS....actually, I've heard a whole world can be created in 7 days, so maybe there's just enough time ;-) x
To everyone who has pledged so far and to everyone who has spread the word to friends & family, THANK YOU! I'm so excited to break the first thousand. It's a milestone. And thanks to the kids at St Joseph's Primary School in Queenstown, I've been reading my book to their pupils age 5-8yrs the last 3 mornings & have been on a high since :-)
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