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     GIVE A GIFT OF READING    For a special present give your child a gift of very meaningful and fascinating reading!  Each of my signed books can be purchased for a reduced price of $10 plus $ 3.00 for shipping and handling.     Each book will be signed by the author.     If you want a special notation on the inside cover let me know.    Each book comes with a book mark hand crafted by the author.      In the book “Four Great Stories and So Much More” youngsters are introduced to a monster.    When you buy this book you have the opportunity to enter a “Monster Drawing Contest” where I will choose three winners with the following prices of $50, $30 and $20.     Since my passion is to plant as many trees as possible to help reduce global overheating and mitigate the catastrophic impacts of our climate crisis, 10% of all sales will be donated for tree planting in the watershed of Lake Simcoe.  If you can only purchase one book, I highly recommend “Four Great Sto

THE IMPORTANCE OF POLLINATORS For the last 6 months I have been working on a children’s picture book entitled “The Magic of Pollinators.” After much research from sources all around the world, I became extremely concerned about the alarming decline of our pollinators right here in Simcoe and all around the world.  Our future existence here on Earth depends on pollinators. Mammals, birds, insects, and wind that transfer the pollen grain from flower to flower are called pollinating agents. Most pollinators are tiny. But their importance is mighty!   As a matter of fact, over 450,000 species of plants depend entirely on pollinators. A great variety of pollinators actually help pollinate over 100 food crops, including fruits, veggies, and nuts. As a   matter of fact pollinators are responsible for every third mouthful of food that we eat!  And if you eat a lot of meat, you still need pollinators as alfalfa, which is recognized as one of the most nutritious forages for ca