The GNAW Project

Your name: Cynthia Meyers-Hanson & some of my Students

Short AUTHOR Bio:

In Seminole County, Florida, I taught ‘AT RISK’ of dropping out of high school students reading skills. Some struggled because their pantries and refrigerators had no food; others because they lived in shelters or locations with even less ‘creature comforts.’

When Free breakfast was canceled and ‘their reduce’ priced lunches went up in cost as well, some kids came running to my class complaining. We brainstormed ideas to help the situation. This book project- done by my students- becomes their vehicle to publicize the plight of some USA kids that need free or reduced breakfasts as well as lunches and dinners.

My students at SHS call their efforts The GNAW Project , which stands for

Granola bars,

Nuts,

Apple sauce,

and

Water.

These non-perishables will be purchased and given to their peers in need.


Why did you decide to do children’s books?

These teens wanted to help with a book that they could create so they submitted ideas and the two stories contained in The GNAW Project won the vote.

Plus, some of my students were hungry and homeless but imagined The GNAW Project was for others. It helped with their pride to pretend but truly healed their spirits to participate in the creation of this children’s picture book anthology. Now, it's your turn please buy this book (eBook).

What age is your target market? Anyone that experiences hardships might find this book cute and uplifting. It was written at pre-K and Kindergarten level.

What makes your book(s) unique? This book was written for preschoolers by ‘AT RISK’ students.

Promo:

This CHILDREN’S book, The GNAW Project, was WRITTEN BY KIDS. It can be a coloring book as well as EDUCATIONAL TOOL; it was created to inspired and help others in many different ways including using the royalties for curing the gnawing pains of poverty!


Excerpt: Puppy Love then A Cat Tale ( text ONLY meaning without the great illustrations by my students and me.)

Walk your puppy,
But do not let it get away
And walk itself.


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We are going to use the common, vowel sounds that follow:

A as in PAT,

E as in PET,

I as in PIT,

O as in POT,

U as in PUT,

And

Y as in BUNNY.

A

I have a lazy cat.
He is getting pretty fat.

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Find more information about books on my author page @

http://mchanson714.weebly.com/index.html including the ‘True Stories’ tab @ http://mchanson714.weebly.com/true-stories.html.

My books are for sale @ the following links:

My e-books are @ ITUNES, Kindle Amazon, & http://www.smashwords.com/books/search?query=mchanson714

My print books are @ http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mchanson714 & http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/mchanson714

My Blog link is @ http://mchanson714.weebly.com/blog.html & http://mchanson714.blogspot.com

DISCLAIMER: Having some issues with publishing this book, corrections were made in keeping with copyrights. HOWEVER, rest assured this book is for the kids and proceeds have already gone and will continue to go towards feeding children. You can trust me because I used to be one of them growing up with a disabled dad that went without working for periods of time. That lifestyle taught me through ‘the school of hard knocks’ that I wanted to survive and finish college. My hope is that some students fed by The GNAW Project funding will break the chains of poverty, too. Many people jump to the rescue when a plight is highlighted in the media but this book is meant to sustain the cause with hopefully unending sales and royalties earmarked for those children barely surviving their current life situation.