Marilyn Benjamin Wassmann was born in a leap year and earned four degrees-two in art history, one in library science, and one in studio art. Before retiring in 2011, Marilyn worked as an art cataloger at the Library of Congress. She has illustrated and contributed to anthologies for the Greenbelt Writers Group, and in 2010, she published a children's book with her husband's assistance entitled 'What the Wind Blew In'. Besides drawing and painting, Marilyn writes poetry in her spare time. She lives in Hyattsville, Maryland with her husband Paul, and some fish, one rabbit, one cat, and three dogs.
The Longers' family have spent weeks with Teensie. They take him out into the community and listen to what he wants to say. The airplane is different. There, he's seen as 'just a pet,' and restricted from viewing the plane's take-off and landing. This doesn't sit well with Teensie.
A message from Teensie:
Being in a tank has its advantages. Primarily, people forget that I’m there. I mean, let’s be realistic for a moment, even when they do remember I’m around, they don’t see me as a threat.
I’m just a harmless goldfish.
But that’s not my full story. See, I’m more than just a goldfish. I can talk - and the people I talk to can understand me.
I live with an amazing family, Melinda and her father, who are doing everything they can do to keep me safe and give me the life I dream about.
Melinda has her books, and I have mine. This is my side of the story. In Tales From the Tank you’ll hear about what actually goes on in the Longers' home, and out in the community!
Come with me, and let me take you underwater to experience the adventure my way!
From Porsche Ray:
This short story is Season 1: Episode 4 of Tales From the Tank - short stories that take place within the full-size novels. Season 1 matches up with Book 1 of the MELINDA series, “Melinda and Her Father Go Scuba Diving'.
These stories contain bonus content NOT included in the novels, but the storyline does run parallel to what you will see in the larger books.
Like all books in the MELINDA series, the content is safe, fun, and absolutely age-appropriate.
Swimming is easy for Teensie. Not so much for Melinda and her Father. While they discuss the difficulties they are having with their SCUBA lessons, he must advocate for himself to get out of the plastic baggie and into a proper travel tank.
A message from Teensie:
Being in a tank has its advantages. Primarily, people forget that I’m there. I mean, let’s be realistic for a moment, even when they do remember I’m around, they don’t see me as a threat.
I’m just a harmless goldfish.
But that’s not my full story. See, I’m more than just a goldfish. I can talk - and the people I talk to can understand me.
I live with an amazing family, Melinda and her father, who are doing everything they can do to keep me safe and give me the life I dream about.
Melinda has her books, and I have mine. This is my side of the story. In Tales From the Tank you’ll hear about what actually goes on in the Longers' home, and out in the community!
Come with me, and let me take you underwater to experience the adventure my way!
From Porsche Ray:
This short story is Season 1: Episode 3 of Tales From the Tank - short stories that take place within the full-size novels. Season 1 matches up with Book 1 of the MELINDA series, “Melinda and Her Father Go Scuba Diving'.
These stories contain bonus content NOT included in the novels, but the storyline does run parallel to what you will see in the larger books.
Like all books in the MELINDA series, the content is safe, fun, and absolutely age-appropriate.
En rentrant de l'école, Alice trouve un drôle d'œuf qu'elle glisse dans son manteau. En arrivant chez elle, elle découvre au fond de sa poche un petit dinosaure. Elle est ravie, tout comme son papa qui a toujours adoré les animaux de compagnie originaux. Attendez que Marie raconte la nouvelle à son ami Victor !
Une histoire pleine d'émotions et de facéties pour découvrir le monde des dinosaures et des animaux de compagnie !
Papadino et Mamandino sont tout chamboulés : leurs petits dinos Denis et Dany n'aiment ni grogner, ni faire peur ! Heureusement, leur soeur Dina casse, escalade, arrache, une vraie tyrannosaure, semble-t-il ! Bientôt, les petits devront partir effrayer seuls les habitants de la plaine... L'histoire de trois abominables petits tyrannosaures, un peu différents, mais toujours aimés par leurs parents !
Une histoire pleine d'émotions et de facéties pour découvrir le monde des dinosaures et apprendre à s'affirmer et à s'accepter !
Marcus le petit diplodocus est content, il va devenir grand frère et six jolis œufs attendent patiemment d'éclore. Mais Marcus veut déjà jouer avec eux, il fait le clown, les décore, et joue même à cache-cache avec eux et ses amis. Mais quand Maman diplodocus arrive, impossible de retrouver ses œufs ! Heureusement Marcus et ses amis se réjouissent de les retrouver !
Une histoire pleine d'émotions et de facéties pour découvrir le monde des dinosaures et apprendre à développer ses talents !
Tino le tyrannosaure rêve de devenir nounou. Il en rêve tant et si bien qu'il installe un petit coin bébé pour accueillir les premiers parents et leurs petits… en vain. Tino se lamente, personne ne veut confier ses bébés à un tyrannosaure. Soudain, il entend des bruits et découvre cinq minuscules rongeurs affamés. Tino est fin prêt à s'occuper de ces petits délaissés !
Depuis quelques temps, Mikou dit toujours non. Il connaît plein d'autres mots, mais il se sent tout déboussolé. Kami et Miki essaie de le faire, de jouer, rien n'y fait ! Miki lui aussi est maintenant tout chagrin, mais quand il est temps d'égayer ses amis, l'énergie revient !
Une histoire pleine d'émotions et de facéties pour découvrir le monde des dinosaures et l'amitié !
Un petit iguanodon sort de son nid pour la première fois. Dehors, le monde qu'il découvre est aussi beau qu'effrayant ! Mais de mésaventures en expériences, il va surmonter ses peurs et apprivoiser ce nouvel environnement.
Une histoire pleine d'émotions et d'aventures pour découvrir le monde des dinosaures et surmonter ses peurs !
Pablo le petit parasaurolophe est tout découragé : à l'école, dès qu'une activité est proposée, il se sent nul. Quand les autres font de jolies sculptures en terre, il crée de petites boules et quand ils jouent au ballon, c'est lui qui tombe tête la première dans le panier ! Comment trouvera-t-il son talent, rien qu'à lui ?
Une histoire pleine d'émotions et de facéties pour découvrir le monde des dinosaures et apprendre à développer ses talents !
Deep within a forest, Lisa and Anna stumble upon a kingdom of the ripest, juiciest raspberry bushes where they are met by a very unlikely new friend. In this magical folktale, we share the importance of kindness – because not everyone or thing is how it may seem. We have crafted this audio story to include some sound effects, music, and endless opportunities for creativity. This story can be used to help with sleep time, activity focus, or the simple joy of listening to a well-told tale. The Raspberry Bug is suitable for an age range from 5 – 9 years old, and we hope some of us big kids who appreciate the art of storytelling might enjoy it too.
We at LMG Creative are storytellers who enjoy crafting tales that light imagination and inspire. Adapted from a Finnish folk tale by Nora Lang for the Lilac Fairy Book, originally attributed to Andrew Lang (but we’re acknowledging it was his wife Nora who did the actual writing.) Further adapted and narrated by Rose Hastreiter. Published by LMG Creative.ca
This is a children's book based on some adventures of Lady Tigera
Tigera is a character from the world selling The Gathering (The Clan) book.
She is a leader of the Clan, and this novella is based on an incident that sends her into a dream world she has created.
The style of this book is in the old fashion way of story telling that will appeal to a young audience
