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Virginia Kay White
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Little Honker's Backyard Adventures
Children's Books
Author Insight
Redeeming Power of Love
A Tale of Two Cities was one of my favorite books to teach. Sure, it presents a very disturbing time period, but it is filled with strong and determined people whose goal is survival. Threaded throughout the violence, death, and revenge is love. Dickens shows the redeeming power of love. It is that redeeming power of love that gives hope to people and the future. When I write for young readers, I want them to feel hope for their own future. Believe in yourself. Believe you can do it. Just like Dickens presents his characters needing help along the way, Little Honker in this book needs help in the pond to survive. Dickens characters are redeemed or become whole through caring and love. Here, the caring of the ducks gives comfort and hope to Little Honker. It is love for another that redeems us all.
Book Excerpt
Little Honker's Backyard Adventures
“Hold on, Warren. We’ll help you swim to the side so you can get out.”
Warren had two front paws on two ducklings and they were all swimming to the side of the pond. Warren was working his hind feet as fast as he could and holding on to the sides of two of the ducklings. The two in the back were pushing Warren and trying desperately to keep him afloat. When they got there, he put his front paws on the edge of the pond and two of the babies pushed and pushed and pushed him with their heads from the back.
They pushed and pushed until finally his back side was out of the water. Those ducklings had way more superpower than Warren could ever imagine.
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